Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-17
THREE VIEWS OF THE SEWER
QUESTION.

Any real estate man IN town will
tea you that there ls no greater OBJ
efacic 10 the way Of the sale Of prop
'fty in Albuquerque than the lack OF
adequate sewer facilities.
For the purpose Of gaining reliable
information on this point, $50 have
Inado Inquiries Of several u "a. prom
inent real eAtate men ~ the place as
% what effect. II any. the want Of
good sewer facilities has upon the
sale - good property, and the replies
have been. Invariably to the same ~
facf-~ihat 1t Was nne Of the most aeri-
ous difficulties they had to contend
with one of the gentlemen inter.
viewed said
4 viii give You an exact statement
~ y ease ! had last week. which IL o
fair sample OF what wa meet aith al
most every q A gentleman from
Illinois had been advised by his ply
stefan to come % this section on ac-
count 81 thf health Of q member Of
his family. and after booking around
n little he concluded tina Albuquerque
WAS luss about the place ne waa look.
ing fof. and that he would buy "a com
Portable little home and settle down
here. ! drove around with him two
and finally he found "a place that ne
thought would just anit him The
price was two thousand dollars. aud
after talking the matter over with his
wife he told me they would take IL n
the inside arrangements we're salts
factory 20 her. 30 next morning /
q them both out to see the place.
and after going through the house the
Ntdy said everything vas satisfactory,
and she thought 10 would make them
an excellent home. and regarded the
trade as made, hut Just ae wa were
getting into the buggy Ia come back
something was said by the lady about
the sewer connection. and nf course /
was Obliged 90 tsil her that a cess
pooi had % be used 40 present Then
she wanted "a know how much II
would cost them 20 connect with the
sewer. I replied 10 the effect that q
sewer connection was not practicable.
az this time. but that we were going
90 ave M election la "a few days for
the purpose of voting bonds to extend
the sewer Into That neiRhborhood
And DO an these people living around
here use cess pools she inquired. /
lola her they asa az present. bnt that
it would not likely Dee long until they
could make connections with the new
sewer. And then she exclaimed. -.
my gracious I wouldn't live ln the
midst az such "a mess Of nulsances. o.
you would give me the place and pay
me for taking h MaNbe YOU viii get
the sewer here. and maybe sou won't
Elections are doubtful things. After
you got the sewer and connect the
house, well take it at that price but
we don want o. az any pfles az il IS
nos
And that" continued the real rs.
tate man, is q fair sample of cases
ws have 20 deal with every day. The
next morning the parties left for FL
pnso. telling mo thrs would ssc me
when they came back bat / hasr NOT
heard from them since
~ a transaction of that sort onl,
hort fhe real estate agent. lt would
not be- 30 bad bot u~uiortunatsi,
everything thai drives a dollar out Of
ihc town hurts the business of every
merchant. mechanic and iaborar ln
tho town ree more nea people v
can induce ~ settle among us. and
fhs more additional money VIE can
put IN circulation. the better viii
tlmes he Tor every man who lives
here. 10 matter shat his iins ri husi-
fSHs 'Ynay ~h1hn0 THAT siMnio fitt'
makes an argument in favor 81 tho
building 81 d sewer which ought 90 b.
convincing 20 otefy business man
even ln the ahsenos Of any other ar
rnment-lt viii torn loose enough
new money in the community 10 make
good times for al 81 our people In
stead of the -distrersinEly duii season
that We have experienced for some
months past
And then the "big tax bug-a-haa
which l. set zap by a Few persons Who
are willing TO live in fifth. and sacFi-
flee the lives ~ those who are Liable