Arizona republican., 1904-04-10

he had been correctly quoted.
 !. C. Adams was the next speaker. He spoke to the voters of the city,
 mainly in behalf of the merchants of the city. He said the revenue of the city by taxation was annually, in round
 numbers, S5O,0OO and that half of it
 was borne by the merchants who also contribute ninety-five per cent of the i amount spent for chariity. ninety-nine [ per cent of the maintenance of the board of trade, and ninety-nine and one-half per cent of all subscriptions that are circulated from time to time. and all the merchants are favoring the ] bond issue. They know what is best | for them and the voters of the city
 owe them their support of the Tonto 1 hOrds for these reasons, if for no oth- | CT. Put there were many others which | he proceeded to enumerate, among
 them the fact that when you raise the
 value of the farms a dollar an acre, | city property advances two dollars an | acre. so that the benefits are to be en- l joyed by every property owner, every man in the citiy who pays a cent of taxes; and every other person. too. for
 that matter
 Arthur P. Davis was the last speak
 CT. He said he would talk but a few
 minutes. but he wanted to confirm the statements of all who had appeared be- fore him and would add some things. | He said the cost of the dam was to be l largely for labor, which in the event
 of the road being built. would approach
 the dam mainly by this route and
 would be paid off through this center of activity Much of that money would
 be spent here. But in addition to all
 that and in addition to the freighting | that would be done over the road
 would be the permanent benefit. The
 dam has not only to be built but con- tinuously operated. The electric DOW i CT plant and transmission line will be
 a constantly growing enterprise and its initial cost will be much less if a good road is built along the line. Then there | Is the future tourist business to con- ! Sider. Not cnly the thousands that will be attracted from abroad to the largest dam in the world, but the val ley people themselves who will resort" at the dam, fishing and boating on the lake or spend the hot weather in the
 Sierra Anchas beyond, a mountain range that already attracts many PhoeniX people annually. All this money will be kept at home. It is es-
 timated that the people of this valley
 carry to California every summer. a
 half million dollars and when the town
 doubles in size, under the same con
 ditions. twice as large a sum would be
 spent there. With a good road to the
 dam large part of that money would
 be kept here. In conclusion he said he could only add that if the bonds were voted the road would be built equally as good as advertised, and permanent
 in it's nature. Further. he would guar antee there would b. no second pass Ing of the hat. It would be dona for
 the amount asked for.
 At the conclusion of MT. Davis re- marks opportunity was given to any who might desire to ask questions. No
 one responded except MT. Fowler, who asked various questions for the pur-
 pose of bringing out points that had
 been discussed. The principal one
 was, How long before the road will
 be built if the bonds are voted?" MT.
 Davis replied that as soon as the fla Vorable- vote was announced from the three towns work would be resumed by
 the government where it was left off sclne time ago and completed at the
 earliest possible day, probably within
 three or four months. He also de-
 scribed fully the conditions respecting the hauling of freight, setting at rest
 the doubts of those who feared 1t would