The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
Four Suburbs Knock
At Tacoma's Door
Annexation Campaign Spreading: Four Towns Will
Discuss Issue Tonight: "Let Them All in. 1t
Will Help Them and Help Tacoma" Says Mayor
Linck

For exation-Milton, Park
land, National City, Fern Hill.
The annexation campaign is on
with enthusiasm. The residents
of four towns will meet tonight to
plan to come into Tacoma.
Mayor Linck Favors 1t.
I'm for it, bring them all in,
said Mayor Linck today when ask
ed what he thought about annex
ing the suburbs. .It would build
up Tacoma wonderfully. 1t would
open up all this outlying country
and help the city greatly"
Milton Joins In.
Milton caught the contagion to-
day. A mass meeting has been
called for Kinney's hall at Milton
tonight to arrange to join the city.
Milton is only six miles out. That
.26 cent fare to Tacoma and back
does not look good to the home
builders there. They will knock
at the door of Tacoma with 500
or 600 population in the village
and 1000 all told in the i'm
mediate vicinity.
Parlkland Ready.
When Parkland and National
City saw the announcement in the
Times yesterday of the meeting
at Fern Hill tonight they said:
me, too" Word was sent to
Fern Hill that they were coming
to the meeting. At Odd Fellows
hall in Fern Hill tonight therefore
Fern Hill, National City and Park
land will all unite in a plan for
expansion of the city limits of Ta-
coma to take them all in.
PuyaIlup i'm Line.
Puyallup people are up in arms
over the scheduled increase in
street railway rates to that city.
A hey are talking annexation there
with a vim. Little else is heard
but annexation and valley fair this
week. If the whole city does not
come into Tacoma at least Puyal-
lup wants Tacoma to etend her
limits to meet the limits of Puy-
allup. There is only about three
miles of land between them now.
This three miles, however, will
cost every passenger just 10 cents.
If the limits of Tacoma were ex-
tended to the Puyallup city line
the fare would be but 10 cents
for the whole trip.
Would Save $5O,OOO.
1t is figured this would save the
people travelling between the two
cities at least $4,000 year. 1t
would also cause the valley to
build up at once.
Out on the prairie the people
are stunend over the action of the
street railway and annexation Is
said to be in the air there also.
A large part of the population out
toward American lake and Stella
COON lake do business in Taco
ma. 1t is believed the vote
would be almost unanimous to
join the city as the saving in
street car fare for each person
who has to visit the city once
Jay would be over s31 year.
This would pay the entire taxes
of the average resident on the
prairie.
The advantage of five cent fare
would also largely increase the
value of real estate in this section
and bring it in the market.
Citizens of Tacoma are discuss
ing the matter generally and SEN
timent is almost unanimous in
favor of taking in the whole sec
ton. 1t is generally urged that
it be done at once also so as to
have the whole population in be-
fore the new census next year. II
the circle were made to include
Puyallup the increase would bring
Tacoma up to iout 10000 for
the census of 1910.