Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-02-11
THE LAND GRANT:
What Some of the People of Tucson
 Think Of 1t,

[ expressed or some well knOWl Tucsonities on the Land Grant ques J ton:
 Councilman Miltenberg-''I an ! in favor of it. A year and a hal ago when twas discussed in the Council l and only one other were for it.
 } 1. \. Shedd-.'I am in favor of 1t
 Why should not l be: If the city Is entitled to it, l want it. , Col. Zabriskie-.. have not inves- ! tigated it. At first blush it looks
 like good thing" Territorial Auditor Hughes.-''I am very much opposed to it. We
 cannot tell how long it would take
 the courts to settle it and in the
 meantime otr affairs would be at a stand still. Now that things are
 beginning to come in favor of Tue son and decidedly so, 1t would be suicidal to open up this litigation. l.. Q. Suatton-'It looks plausi- 1 ble to me" The granting of these grants has always been customary in Mexican countries. It is sure that capital has always horror of Investing when there is a danger of a grant being brought up at some future time"
 J. P. Lonergan- -'Opposed to 1t because l believe it will take too long a time to settle the matter in the courts and keep people out of the town in the meantime on ac- count of the uncertainty regarding titles.
 Sam Drachman-"I am not in favor of it and shall certainly vote against it. The only home 1 have is in this city and l am in favor of anything that will help and advance it but l have worked here 20 years to establish little home for myself and family and do not favor any thing which can possibly disturb my right to that.
 "A man might wish to dig under the foundation of my house and promise faithfully not to damage my property. If I were to allow it and if as result he walls should crack would be sorry and say I was foolish to have let him dig there"
 Deputy Proctor-''In ''Inclined to dis favor 1t. Like the idea in case the people should de- eide to allow the matter to be pushed of having the city take no chances of loss and the attorney work on commission as it were, but think he should give a bond"
 Judge CuIver-"W Want to see itt settled one way or the other as soon as possible"
 Butcher ZeIIweger-s.Ne don't want it.".
 Mayor Personally T am in favor of it, but expect to be gov erned by the people"
 Opera House William Reid d-aI | am strongly opposed. The people | of Albuquerque have had any | amount of trouble with their grant. | They paid lawyer $I5oo to re- ceive it had to have a special act of 1 the Legislature for the transfer of deeds before titles could be made | valid"
 A. Steinfcld- If the city can re-
  cover so much additional land with out disturbing titles, 1 think it should. There may be something about it l do not understand, but from my knowledge without looking in- to the matter carefully I am inclined to favor it"
 Supervisors ClerlsHughes- -"Op- posed to 1t. It wouldn't make so much difference in the city but would be bad for the settlers outside the limits. They would surely have to pay bonuses"
 Attorney Borton-'The people of Tucson will be very foolish if they do not present thei- claim. If the matter is not taken up now it will be later"
 Sheriff -s.First of all op- posed to the principle of the city's agreeing to share equally with the individual receiving; secondly op posed to the idea of bringing the suit at all"
 Judge Meyer-''I am not in favor of it as proposed, think MT. Ainsa should show his papers and proof to the Council and that they should if they see fit agree to give him S3ooo $4OOO, or S5oOo for his work in re- covering. 1t could not disturb any titles anyhow"
 City Treasurer FeliX-''I don't think there is anything in it"
 Royal \. Johnson ''Dead square against it. It looks all right on the surface but is found to maks lots of trouble if allowed to proceed"
 City Assessor Hayes-''If there IS grant, think the city should nave ii, if it doesn't disturb titles"
 Charles F. Hoff- -"Opposed to it. It would hurt Tucson terribly while t remained in the courts unsettled"
 Marshal Roche-''I'H tell you [ don't believe in this land grant rack ct for fear it will make trouble for the settlers"
 Judge Sloan: ''It strikes me that if sufficient guarantee can be ob- tained that present holders will not be disturbed, it would be a good