Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-09-11
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A Man OF an 4naniriag Turss
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During tie past lew days hav
heard some discussion relative to a.
idea recently b.oached in Your COZ
uinns regarding u water stof
age scheme.
1t seems to me that you are keep
ing hack some of the most import
ant details OF this scheme.
| Do you propose to make the tax
payers OF the counties you lane al
pay taxes alike for the sole beneD
of the ranchmen and millmen?
| Why should grocery, or drug
store or shoemaker pay taxes te
help ranchers and millmen MAKE
more money?
Would not such bill, if passed,
benefit those people mostly, your
self among the number, who have
recently taken up land in this
county. Yours,
! A TAXPAYER.
The APPEAL will print all such
letters as the above, as it gives the
paper a chance to discuss a We. y
important question; q question
which is linked with the future WEI
fare of this section of the country.
Ii the people were all 10 share
equally the cast of building the
storage reservoirs at the headwaters
of the Carson, and issue bonds 10
run % years at 6 per cent, the
burdens of taxations would be SO
light as to be scarcely noticed by
the taxpayers.
The ranchers and millmen would
not alone be the beneficiaries OF the
scheme. They would pay the same
taxes as the rest, but in connection
with this would pay additional iof
the water they used, and this mon
ey would 20 to wipe out the bonds.
With plenty OF water, a great d.. al
of land, useless without irrigation,
would soon be supporting some
body, ard the valley could before
long double its population.
With the population increased,
the grocer, the druggist and shoe
maker end all the balance would
find a corresponding increase of
business, which would make the
taxation seem but bagatelle.
Empire would be benefited fully
as much as Carson, aud the river
mills would be running under full
head throughout the season, giving
not only to the Mill
men but the miners OF the Com
stock.
This scheme would put new life
into this section of the State and |
pull il out of the rut. We believe |
this storage system would prove the
salvation of Carson City, Empire,
Dayton and Genoa, and materially
assist Virginia City.
No man whoinvestlgates this ques-
ton thoroughly can oppose 1t, tor it
helps all alike, and those whom il
most directly helps will have to
pay 50 much per inch for water in
addition to the regular tax.
As for the land owners being
helped by the increase of value,
his is the strongest argument In
avor of The bill, tor anything that
lelps land values helps other busi-
ness in the vicinity in fact, land
values do not rise except in re-
'uonse to rise in general business.
The editor OF the APPEAL pleads
guilty to owning land in the imme-
late vicinity of Carson, and pro-
poses to hold on to it and improve
t, and his faith in Ormsby county
8 still strong.
We advise our friend, "The Tax
who seems to object to the
water storage scheme. to get some
'agebrush land as soon as he can,
md if the water storage scheme
becomes . reality, he will find land
coating a better speculation than
t0cks. The APPEAL invites further
correspondence on the subject.
Carson Guards Attention.
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