Mohave County miner., 1913-11-08
Clarkdale to be a Model City.

Verde, where the mammoth Smelter of the United Verde is located. It is 10 have streets, lights, sewerage, water, and all the thousand and one other things necessary to the life and successful conduct of beautiful and modern municipality and the inhabi- tants will not have to worry over pay Ing taxes on the property, for the con- pany which has had the organization of the town in hand will look after these details.
 To the man seeking a business To- cation there is now an opportunity af- fordeo which seldom comes ones way. The company will erect the buildings and lease them, charging only enough rental to cover the cost of keeping up the town and small interest on the money it has invested.
 ReRoy Anderson. who is attorney for the Clark interests in this State, when asked yesterday for some facts regarding the model municipality gave the following interesting information: "The new town of Clarkdale has the distinction of having not only one of the largest smelters in the world To. cated there, but has the very tallest steel stack in the world This stack, which carries the smoke and fumes of the shelter for it's three different lx;o de s,,f f,,p high, has an inside diameter of thirty feet and takes approximately four hun dred thousand brick to line the inside of it.
 "The Clarkdale Improvement Con- pany. the company organized to handle the town of Clarkdale, is now ready to receive applications for business To- cations. Their plan is to build the buildings and lease them to anyone wishing to open business. They will build the kind of building desired and necessary for the particular business that the applicant desires to engage in.
 "rhe company will police and other- wise care for the town, maintain streets, sewers, light and water. The individual business man will need to furnish his fixtures and pay his indi, vidual light and water bill only.
 "They expect to make model town of it and have laid out broad and beautiful streets with plaza in the center and have planted trees aod taken other means of beautifying the town.
 Ut will be a fireproof town in every particular. No buildings except fire proof buildings will be erected in any part of the same. Residences will also be erected and leased.
 "Desirable. substantial and respon- sible business men are wanted and will be given every opportunity af forded every protection necessary The rental for the buildings will be just enough to cover the cost of keep, ing up the town, the street improve ments, etc, with small interest on the money invested. There will be nc city taxes and no county taxes, except on their stocks of goods and theil personal property. The company vii pay all state and county taxes and vii take care of the local expenses in lleu of city taxes.
 "The new shelter will have Ca pacity of 2,500 tons per day and it i' expected that it will be ready to blow in about July l, next. Briefly, th' smelling equipment will comprise si, wedge roasting furnaces, three rever beratory furnaces. four blast furnaces and four upright converters. Witl this increased equipment over the olt smelter it will be the policy of th' company to handle more custom orr and to take ores from other propertie in the district, which was impossible in the past, owing to the limited ca pacity of the works.
 ''So far as the company's official are concerned there is no intention 0 desire to ever divide the county an particularly so long as they are ac corded the uniform courtesy rnd cor sideration from the officials of Yava pal county and the business men an ctlzens of Prescott and vicinity
 Senator Clark has just complete