Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-09
COUNTY SEAT
 BISBEE WANTS IT
A TOMBSTONE CORRESPONDENT TAKES OCCASION TO ABUSE
 6ISBEE
The People Here are in Earnest-Will Present the Petition at the Proper Time
Tombstone, August ', 1902.

Editor Review-I read with consid- erable interest, your editorial in last Sundays issue, on the subject of the removal of the county seat.
 I am of the opinion that this sub feet has only been viewed. by most people at least, in the abstract; sim ply as a matter of adding something to the already most populous and wealthiest town in the county. without regard to the polite or economic side of the question. The property owners DO doubt believe it will further en- hance the value of their property by having the county seat at the town where their property is located Now. in the concrete. these are the facts: If the county seat is removed to Bis bee where will the court house be built? Up Brewery Gulch. or Tomb stone Canyon. School Hill or Castle Rock? The typographical and other conditions answer the question. It will be built where there is room to not only swing cat, but where one can live and breathe. occasionally at least. bit of air that is not contam- mated with a thousand pestiferous odors and permeated by innumerable disease germs. That means at least a mile to a mile and half from the public plaza of the present city of Bisbee To do so will draw a great deal of the business of all kinds to the vicinity of the court house. which will be the nucleus about which will spring up stores, lodging houses. ho- tels, saloons. barber shops and all other kinds of shops. and the places that are now bringing to the owners handsome revenues in the way of rents. will be either unoccupied or producing a gretly reduced revenue. The only beneficiaries will be those who have property in the vicinity of the Lowell or South Bisbee lands.
 The chief objection heretofore against continuing the county seat at Tombstone. has been the lack of rail- road facilities. This objection will be obviated within very short time, the road from Fairbank being now under construction as fast as men and mules can construct it. and when completed will make Tombstone easy of access for the larger part of the county. The people of Tombstone have. with com mendable faith and perseverance. waited and worked for the rehabilita- tion of the old place, and now, just as their faith and perseverance IS about to be rewarded. it seems like extreme selfishness to take away from her that which of right belongs to her the seat of county government. But, after all, l may be unusually and un- necessarily exercised over the matter the court house has not yet been re- moved. and l will advise those who are scheming for it to not let it trou- ble them, but rather follow the injunc- tion of the Review, oft repeat ed, keep your eye on the flood gate
 The above from a property holder of Tombstone is evidence that the people of the county seat are exer- cised over the proposition to move the county seat from Tombstone to Bisbee More than that. the above correspondent is up in the air"
 The correspondent expresses, from his standpoInt the sentiment of Tomb stone towards Bisbee. It is the pes tiferous hole" as he calls it, but it is also the goose that has for years laid the golden egg for the enrichment ot the Tombstone gang" who have fat tened on the Bisbee contingent al each succ eeding term Of court
 II there was no stronger argument in favor of county seat removal thar the benefit that would accrue to few property holders or the loss tha would accrue to a like number i1 Tombstone. county seat remova would indeed be a dead issue. Blu there is more in the question tha! real estate values.
 The location of the county seat Q Bisbee would be the means of saYini thousands a dollars annually to Co chise county in the matter or couT expenses Mileage fees for both del uty sheriffffs and const ables would b reduced and a great majority of tn citizens of the county would not D taken away from their business [ spend weeks at a time at Tombston' and then in all probability, have th case dismissed without even bein called before the grand jury.
 Nine cases out of ten tried in thl county originate, either at Bisbe' Naco or Douglas. These three town furnish a majority Of witnesses an jurors. and as a matter of conyel fence and economy they will ask tn; the court house De removed to Bisoe
 The people Of this vicinity are fnll alive to the present situation IT law requires a majority of the vol east to remove the county seat and
 due time the proper petition will
 ,-eserted 10 the board
 We would advise our correspondel
 to keep an eye on the court house
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