The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-22

dents furnished no clue to sucf
an enterprise. Mayor Johnson
of Fargo. gives & .Ssurance tina
his estimate of more than . mil
lion dollars expended in privat'
buildings in this city during tn
past three years is conservative
and as good Ak official. In boil
residence and business parts o
Fargo building is active. An in
terview with one man who is put
ting up business block in Farg,
revealed the fact that he has beer
in business in Moorhead since
1852. He hss lived to see take.
business diminish, an6
property values dwindle, and he
has determined tn put up an Sll,
) 90 building in Fargo and cone
k this city to retrieve his losses
dt' states that Che Moorhead sa
90 rs bave stolen bis business,
mo that they are after his chill
1re,. as soon as they step from
lis oor,. and he has determined
% ch ange both hts place of bust
less and his residence and heart
ly wi. shes that he could dispose
# his Moerhead real estate at a
'acrifi. :e.
CITY DEBIT.
The thoTghtfu] business man
vil at q nee conclude that, with
II thes., pnblic improvements,
bove rel erred to, and with the
1sastero US fire which destroyed
1vch of the property belonging
0 She city Fargo must be. much
,cre encu mlsered with debs than
1ovrhead. And WREN he con-
i hs value of the pave
,euts, watt ,r system and sewer
ge. he will not be disposed to
n, r will he find cause
!, do So. W itii' all the superior
avantages 'ffcred in Fargo, the
ty debt is 7.as per cent of the
ssessed val uation, wfdie Moor
eady the licel 1ss city, watered by
le same rive II: supported by the
sme fertile soil, afforded the
ame transp ortation facilities,
I'd fully as avorably e11vironed
fseveEy way has a city debt of
rs per cent or over one, fifth of
le assessed valuation Of her
roperty. S . Morhead is big
asst in some PARTICULARS. Mayor
shuson's fig ures~ show the per
spita city de ot in Fargo to be
1t $3.50, while Moorhead
oasts city OF legations aggregat-
gsSs444 - pei capita, and Moor
ofd' S city ia x rate is over 5 per
'nt higher ii IAN that of Fargo,
to 2.1BS per cent, as
,ainst 1,59s for the prohibition
WI.
Though the city is nearly three
nnes> as Yars' :, and enjoys such
,eomfortabl proximity to the
saloons of Moorheod, the ar
.sts i'm F'arg' } were but slightly
Gre than t, lose of Moorhead,
1mbering 6t q. as shown in the
r aport, as compared
it'll $40 on he Minnesota side.
ms was one arrest for esch 19
,pnastion in Fargo, and one for
Ich seven il , Meorhead. An i'm
r1ew wit 1 the police rnagis.
sse of Far 90, elicits the state
emit that it is probable that not
So than t .o-thirds of the ar
,sts in this ciiy- are the result
Moorhea / whisky. A. detailed
causes showing PIP
De drum KS, 232 vagrants and
Tree other from causes which
ost usua ily result from iutox-
aeiun, les DIS TO- the conclusion
spressed
TABU LAR COMPARISON.
Fargo Moorhead
uiacs reot p' .veme1tror
en- h.... ......... GIG rpp 3862 oon
mite water ain fCYleach go -. c;r :"
lsi~ snwcrs to- caoh. 80. 33S ME-
tS debt per capiie.... 1880 SATtu
stfB Of city ebt tCasseescG
valuntio i....--. TRposs eo5 vet
~ tax levy. ....-....... l.4Gss 2ix3
,e arrest fol ench.. Igpop, z non
'ssssed vain of pDpcrty
per capi Ia. .-.-..... S23. S9Tu
But wi lat becomes of the s23,.
10 which b tn s46 saloons 0f Moor
cad pa, intD the cirv treasury?
lid that money not build side
ralks: areSt waterworksr and
ay fo,' public improvements?
reaSure.r Martin Straight is au.
nority for the sntemeUt that
hey n"ver-paid for Il single plank
4 a side walk.
That hse~aloon system certain
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