Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-08
CHAMBER OE COMMERCE URGES PEOPLE ID VOTE
 FOR SEWER BOND ISSUE

That the establishing of a sewer system in. Bisbee will reduce the loss of life from disease, increase the val
 uation of real estate to more than
 the face of the bonds, and make Bis
 bee a good place in which to live the year round so that the people will not have to send their wives and fam
 Ilies away during the summer, Is the belief of the Chamber of Commerce
 as shown in the report of the commit tee appointed to compile facts about the sanitary condition of the town, which was submitted at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night. These facts and figures are to be printed in pamphlet form and scat tered over the city in order that the voters will know exactly why sew
 CT system should be established, and what the voters. are voting for when
 the sewer, bond. question comes to a
 vote March 20. -z- -- .ss
 Since the bonds were defeated at the. first bond election a number of voters who voted against the bonds.
 are going to vote for them. If was believed at that time that the cost of connecting with the sewer would be great, but this has been learned to be a mistake, and the cost will be consld- erable less than at first supposed. Blue prints are now or exhibition at the Fire house which show just where the mains and lateraIs will be laid.
 A point which was brought out in a discussion which followed the reading of the report was that voters living on the company's ground did not want the sewer because they might have 10 move at any time. Walter Doug las stated that in case anyone should
 have to move the expense of connect ing 10 the sewer would be paid by the company. This seems to satisfy them. as it is a guarantee they will not lose anything.
 The report sets forth many reasons why the sewer bonds should be elect ed. It also states and rebutts the objections set up against the bonds
 The following Is the report in part:
 Needs of Sewer. -r,
 Every city in Arizona, where the
 population has reached the 10000 mark and over. have had the public spirit and the sense of welfare of the community so impressed upon them,
 as to provide themselves with sew CT system. Health officers write in the opinion that whenever ten thous- and people live together in close prox- frnity a sewer system becomes an ab- solute necessity as a preventative against fever and other contagious diseases. In the past Bisbee, which is now fast taking the place Of the leading city in Arizona, has alone been behind the proc ession Of progress. Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson have met this condition face to face and solved 1t satisfactorily by building and op- erating a sewer system. Shall Bis bee do likewise is the question which presents itself for our approval today. The physicians of Bisbee pub hshed rot long ago statistics, regard ing the loss in wages by the preYa-' Ience of typhoid fever during the summer. These figures were complied from the hospital records alone ana show that thousands of dollars are lost to the community on account or this disease alone. It Is not maln- tained that the sewer system will be a cure for all ills, but fl will be preventitive measure. which if it IS not grasped at the present. will prove q continued loss 10 the community not alone in. earning power, but In deprsc!ated property values on 3, ac- eoun, os an exodus of residents to