Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-06
No ACTION
ON LOWELL
ANNEXATION
UP to Citizens of That Place,
Welcome if Care to Come In.
All Ready for Glorious Fourth
Celebration.

No definite action was taken by the
Board of Trade at its meeting yes
terday afternoon in regard to the an
nexaticn of Lowell and Johnson Addi-
ton to the city Of Bisbee. II develop
ed early in the session that there was
going to be some opposition, and rath-
er than have the people of those dis
tricts think that the members of the
Board of Trade were trying to force
annexation upon them, they thought it
best TO take no action until the senti-
ment of the citizens were ascertained
more fully.
A restitution was passed to the eff
feet that the Board of Trade would
welcome any outlying district, Lowell
or any other community, that might
wish to become a part of Bisbee. The
sentiment which prevailed was to the
effect that If Lowell desired to become
a part of this city it would be well
come, but that if it did not it was its
own affair, and no efforts would be
made to force it to take this step.
Lowell and Johnson Addition were
represented at the meeting by the
following: E. F. Williams, J. B. John
son, Abel Johnson, B. NJ. Pattison,
| Charles Mexican, Jesse Yoakum and
Judge Grier. Practically all of them
are in favor of annexation provided
certain boundaries are fixed, but upon
what these should be there is great
diversity of opinion. Provided this
can be satisfactorily settled, there
seems to be no doubt but that the
measure would be accepted by the
majority of the property owners.
The matter will be brought up be-
| fore the next meeting of the city
council and a request made of them
that they have the city engineer sur
vey the proposed city limits. A COM
mittee was appointed by the Board
of Trade, consisting of seven of the
leading citizens of Lowell and Johnson
Addition, whose duty it will be to find
out what proportion of the property
owners in the territory to be affected
| by the proposed change in the city
| limits are in favor of annexation.
| A paper was presented by Jesse
Yoakum and others in which it was
stated that a petition was attached
signed by rs per cent of the taxable
/ property owners OF Lowell and John
son Addition, the same having been
circulated in May, 1907. 1t was also
stated that 80 per cent of them had
given assurance that they would sign
a new petition for the same purpose.
The paper contained the following
among other reasons, why Johnson
Addition and Lowell should be an
nexed to Bisbee: Greater fire pro
lection; 100000 additional taxable
property; $4,000 a year business
taxes; $1,000 more realty taxes; 20
per cent extra revenue from the street
car company; adequate fire protec
ton; garbage collected daily; Mace
road sprinkled; lights for those go
ing to and from work; no vacant
houses; better rents for business
houses; better police protection; less
cost to Bisbee and to Lowell.
The committee on the Fourth Of
July celebration reported that practi
cally all arrangement had been made
and that the committee would make
trip to Douglas in a short time tC
complete plans. 1t was announced
that tickets for the excursion would
be placed on sale at different points
in the city so as to enable all who
cared to to purchase tickets without
trouble.
IL Two new members, the Palace
Grocery company and the Brooks
Cooper Furniture company were ad
mitted.