Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-04
LOWELL MAY
BE ANNEXED
To B|SBEE
Petition BY Citizens of That
Section to Be Presented To
Next Meeting of Council
Board of Trade to Act.

At the next meeting az the city
council petition will be presented
bS property owners of Lowell asking
that Lowell aa6 that part OF the DIS
trict between Bisbee and there be an
neXed to ana made part of the city
Of Risbee. q special meeting OF the
Lisbee Boa.l of Trade will be ned
Friday afternoon a > o'clock at which
action will be taken regarding the
proposed move.
Last year a petition was circula ed
asking property owners TO agree to
annexation to this city. and no Fdffi-
Guilty was encountered in getting the
required fifty-one per cent o. the
|, .operty of the place represented on
the list. A new petition Will be cir
culated again in Few days, and from
| the expressions Of most of the prop
erty owners, who have already been
seen in regard to the matter, il is
| known that there win be no difficulty
| in occurring the required amount OF
property listed.
| No action was taken lest year be
cause of the fact that the county was
making improvements in Lowell to
| the amount of about $4,000, and mao
| il been added to the city of Bisbee
| the citizens thereof would have had
to either go without the improve
ments or have made them themselves
The petition last year included u
smaller territory than the one wnica
/ will be circulated at the present time
/ Under the plans as indicated by the
| blue print of the proposed addition, all
| the dwelling houses along both sides
of Naco road, including those on rae
sides or the aills, all of johnson adj
| dition, and all of the business section
| of Lowell, will become part of the
| city.
The reasons why the people of
| Lowell should desire annexation to
| the city, as given by those OF Lowell
who are in favor of the move, are,
some of them. as follows. In tAe
| first place il will give those now out
side the limits an opportunity to
/ connect with the sc Yer system ST a
| greatly reduced rata. Ii will place
| the new addition under the sanitary
! department of the city and secure the
| shrinking OF the streets. II viii place
/, the new territory under the police
jurisdiction of Bisbce, of which 1t
: win then be a part. It viii enable
{ the city 10 have adequate fire protec-
I ton by the extension of the fire mains
to Lowell-an extension which IL is
understood Chick & White of this
city have agreed to make and accept
1 therefor the scrip oT the city. All
otha Improvements which the city
might make. would, of course, be APP
portiruod equally.
In addition to the considerations
given. it would mean q closer relas
tinnnehip, n is urged, between the
two places and secure a cooperation
which would mean much toward the
greater Bisbee toward which all 10y
al citizens of the district are working.
The petitiou watch will be present
ed by the property owners of Lowell
viii read somewhat as follows:
ITO the Hon Mayor and Common
Council
Bisbee, Arizona.
"Gentlemep:-We. the undersigned
citizens Of the Towel and Johnson Ad-
dition, owners of not less than one
half lin value) Of the property cover.
ed by said addition. which said add
ton is contiguous to, but not en-
braced in. the limits of your city, do
respectfully request that you annex
the said Lowell and johnson Add.
ton TO tne city of Bisbee. so that
the Inhabitants CT said addition may
more fully enjoy the benefits, pro
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