Tombstone epitaph., 1902-09-21
AENT COUNTY
 SEAT REMOVAL
Taxpayers Not Anxious to
 OverbuIdeu Themselves
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN

The question of county seat remov- al IS oLs that every citizen and tax payer should study and ponder 'ver before sisniug 6 petition for ths, removal. And We believe that many do so without consideration of the merits of the proposition ard that ii means the burd ming of the coun.y sitb some $50.000 to $75,OOO more Do ded indebtedness, while the tss ayers are already in debt to the tune oi sl35, ,0OO. The county seat i. now heated near she geographical center O he county and ID 6 short time will be n-sr the O. ntsr Of population. Now thst
 he city of Bi-bee has taken u the nettv criminal bu-;aAss and ihe board 'f supervisors have wisely rf,-ed to sl!ow the bills for misdemespnr crime. within that city's limits, m.sniux e ssvIpg to ihe county of over 5000 6 year; this will more than offs-t any nil age the sheriff may make in 90. 'ng to Bi-bee, Dougls- or Nsco Tor the eiony prisoner. The desire to hay be county sest ct Bisbes is becsu. the citizen. oi shs, place have eIag" iersted id-s' oi . great ioo,ease in be property value of tha. town, and o'csuse Douglas i- to get her snelr. gre, she would rob Tomb,,ona, sh mother of Jhe county, Of her court house snt ho'pitsl. Those who ex- pect . co unty seq, boom for that town gre doomed to disappointment. Thoae who th;nk if the court house va, To- cs,ed at Bisbee money could be p,cked op in the streets will look in vaIn for s,ch . happy condition.
 People are prone D sign petition. sirhou, fully considering the result. We believe many are signing the pe.. tition asking for c county sec. cleo. uon who would never vote to move i,, To move the county ss.t aud erect
 
 nch bnil liogs as Cochise county ought to have, if the present build. ings were to be ab+ndoned, will cost the county between $50 900 sod s75,- coo. This ~Ill mean smother bond '-sue and the tax collar tighteoed around tho property owners neoks :or many vesrs to come. There is no other way to raise the mouey. Bis bee has not even offered a bniiding slte and there i. not now in the whole camp building where the various county offices could be located, and II they were placed ID temporary frame buildings the danger Of fire i. immense and all of the record th., ru1dr-ds of thou-snds of dollars could never replace, would ,e lost.
 or course the people of Bisbee gre working earnestly for county sest re novsl; no one blames them for it l. would add eume value to the lots in E:is addition. I, would help the ss. loon, hotel aud restaurant business of | that city twice yer, but what would | be gained by Bisbee would be c ios- to Tombstone and the county would be buriened tv the extent of S75 300 'or their benefit. No public neces i,y requires county sest removal in I Dochise county. It cannot be shown otherwise thao that the county se.t would entail increased taxes Tor many yesrs. What the tsr pay. -rs should do is to join together in an earnest effort to have an act pss.ed oy Congress to have tbe bonded ir- ieb'ednees refunded into 3 or { pr ,ent bonds, instead of paying per :ent as now. This would mean a .avinx of $l0.O0O & year, which, with he increasing i.xsbls property, in eW years would reduce the out-tand.. ng indebtedness and adjust tie tax ate where it would not be . borden Q :be owner of . anal! house to . '.y his yearly tex. Al the present ] im-, with the tax rae at A 20 per | undred, we fail to see why resson. 1 bl- men will vote Co burden them. ,elves with $50.0UO or $75,C00 more