Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-02-15
A PROPOSITION
Which Should Receive the support sf
the People of Tucson.


There will be meeting at the City
Hall on the 18th day of February, 1890,
at o'clock p. M, of the electors Of
School District No. l., for the purpose of
considering the sale Of lot belonging
to said district.
By order of the Board of School Trus-
tees.
III. BUEHMAN, Clerk,
The above notice has been posted in
several places in the city, and CITIZEN
reporter with view of ascertaining the
facts concerning the proposed sale, has
interviewed. the parties directly in
terested. 1t will be remembered that
the triangular tract bounded by
Alameda street, Toole and Stone Ave
nues, and formerly occupied by the city
as its cemetery, was, by order of the city
authorities, subdivided into lots and
blocks which were sold at auction. The
block on the corner of Stone Avenue
| and Alameda street was. however, set
| apart for school purposes and granted
to School District No. l. This is the
tract of land the ACCESSIBILITY of selling,
which the electors of School District
No. l. are called upon to decide. Mr.
W. S. Read was the first encountered by
the CITIZEN man. He said: at is pro-
posed to hold a special meeting of the
voters of this school district to decide
whether the lot on the corner of Stone
Avenue and Alameda street shall be
sold to parties who are to erect on the
site a we'll arranged hotel. Every one
who has had occasion to stop at our
hotels complains of the fact that there
is not one amongst them which may be
considered thoroughly first class. In
valids find it especially difficult to OBJ
tain even comfortable accommodations
| at our hotels. The fame Of Tucson as q
sanitarium is fast spreading, and each
year brings more and more invalids in
search of health. 1t is we'll known
| fact that many of those health seekers,
who would otherwise stop in Tucson, do
| not do so merely because they
cannot find suitable hotel accom-
| dations. There is no one thing the alb
sence of which Tucson misses more
strongly than first class hotel.
My idea is to have hotel erected
which, when completed, will cost S75, 900.
The building to cost $4,000 and the
furniture about $4,000 / have been at
work on this proposition for IA months,
| and if this lot can be purchased at a
reasonable figure, the capital necessary
| for building the hotel will be readily
| forthcoming. | have already attracted
| the attention of eastern capitalists to
| this proposition, and l consider that a
| subscription of at least $4,000 for this
purpose can be raised from the business
|! men of Tucson alone, who have already
| signifed their willingness to support the
| movement. / do not think it would be
advisable to erect school building on
the ground, neither is it needed for that
purpose; what the district needs are
| funds rather than building sites.
The sooner the property is acquired
for the building of a good hotel, the
better it will be, for although the con-
struction of the building would not be
started Immediately, the blowing Of the
ground and the planting OF trees
should be proceeded with at once.
I believe there is no better site
for hotel such as it is proposed to
erect, than the one in question. 1t is
located on the corner of two OF our most
desirable residence streets, is conven-
iently near the depot, and the soil It
self being f the most fertile kind, is
we'll adapted to the raising of trees and
shrubbery-a very essential feature of a
pleasant and attractive hotel"
Mr.. III. Buchanan, member Of the
board of school trustees, was next seen
and in replies to various inquiries said:
THE object of the call for meeting
of the electors of school district No. /,
| is that they should decide by ballot,
| whet her the school lot on the corner of
Stone Avenue and Alameda ST., shall be
sold for the purpose of erecting a good
hotel on the site. The board of trustees
have an offer of 5000 for the lot; con-
slider this a good price, and as the
school district IS sadly in need of funds,
/ am in favor of selling the lot"
| Mr.. S. Mansfield, another member of
the board, was asked for his views on the
proposition submitted, and he replied:
If we could get reasonable price
for this school property, / would say sell
it. The money could be used very adj
vantageously in identifying the grounds
and putting in our own water works in
the present public school building.
do not consider, however, that enough
money has been offered for this prop
erty. We need good hotel in Tucson
and | would like to see one built at an
early day, and will do all that is reason
! able to help it along"