Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-01

) The realization of those preliminal
 improvements would attract people 8r
 capital, and in a few years our eli
 would grow to such proportions that
 would one of the most prosperous m or state. Other and more important improv ments would follow by necessity, an our property would be increased in VI : lue 800 per cent and taxes reduced to minimum.
 Then thousands of strangers woul . seek to build homes in our midst instea of moving away as they do at present. In compliance with the promise mad
 in our previous article we intend to ca
 the attention of our citizens today i
 regard to the way we propose to raie
 money for carrying out the improve
 merts for the city mentioned in the las
 issue.
 We cannot raise money by increasinI
 taxation on city property.
 Our county and city taxes are alread,
 excessively high and any plan for rais ing money by an incrense of taxation
 would meet with the strongest opposi ton and result in most certain failure
 The same objection would be made il
 we should propose to raise money fol the improvements by borrowing money or by issuing and selling city bonds. It is true that in large cities the issue of bonds for improvements is often re- sorted to as the easiest and most efficient means to obtain money. But our city IS too small yet to follow this course with safety. We do not wish to run any risk and increase our debt for the sake of making improvements. We can be satisfied in obtaining money by safer means on a smaller scale which will secure speedy improvement and per msnent growth of our city.
 The means which we propose to use to raise money for our improvements are those which result by the creation of market revenue and a tax on cer- tain articles of consumption, which tax is so evenly distributed, and so small that every individual who eats or lives here in Tucson, poor, rich, man, woman or child, citizens and strangers, all con- tribute to it without feelling it. Who could object to contribute few cents every day for obtaining improvements which will bring back to him thousands, in the " ay of increase of value of his property, increase in business and con- forts of life and recreation?
 The rents derived from city market or markets and the aggregate collections made of the duties imposed on certain articles of eatables by market tariff. To what can this market revenue amount? We estimate fully s20,000 per annum, net Of ell expenses, as we will demonstrat. later on.
 In the first place we want a market in a central part of town, Say, for in stance. on Church plaza, which shall not cost over six thousand dollars.
 The city can issue six bonds of a thousand dollars each, redeemable in six years, or one every year, bearing six per cent interest, payable interest and capital out of same market revenue. The city would not need to disburse one cent for the market, and at the end of six years she would have the market free of cost. The existence of market is very desirable in many respects. It offers activity and attraction, in busi- ness point of view, convenience to the people to select their eatables, facility for inspection by authorities and health officers, better maintainance of clean ess and hygiene. The present system of market delivery at home, can be con- tinued without interfering with the market. The rent of the stalls would be sufficient to defray all expenses for the administration of said market and collection of tariff fees. A nice market on the Church plaza would be by itself good improvement. It will not be long before the Catholic cathedral will be removed to Stone avenue and the va cant ground will be sold and occupied probably by commercial buildings, which will make the market plaza still more attractive.
 Now in regard to the revenue derived by the market tariff, it will be sufficient for our gradual improvements which we intend to do, and it would amount to S20, 900 per annum according to the fig ures which We will show from the list of articles taxed in said tariff.
 Before we proceed with said list, how ever, allow us to call the attention of our citizens to the income which we can derive from one article alone, meat. The average number of bseves killed daily in thls city, the year around, is fifteen, which at dollar and half each makes daily revenue of S22. 50. The revenue for other meats, hogs, mutton, deer, veal, etc, is not less than SlO.50 per day, making for meat alone a total of s33 per day, or s990 per month. This tax would increase the price of meat about 12 cent per pound and no family no matter how poor, would feel it. There is also a list of articles which we could tax and the estimate amounts to be derived from them.
 Admitting that our net revenues would amount to 10000 per annum, we would distribute S8000 for sewerage, s8000 to pave streets and S40O0 for de- veloping water and fixing up a big park. The city has a fine field for swerage on the Santa Cruz river, ending it at a safe