The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-25

The following address was tcnd hy
A. X. HsbenEtreit before the kiwnniH
club at It's meeting last "Wednesday
There are two sides to the question
of extending the city limits, one slae
with reference to It's effect on thoae
living in the districts now called out
side6 and the other, the effect the
Extending Of the city limits would
have on those now living "inslue'
Inaomuch az the first step ware
this undertaking requires detinite
action on those living outside OF nv
city limits. I have only treated un,s
subject from their view point. In n,y
opiuion. the second phase OF trlS
mhtter ran be treated al a h''t UNIV
il such IL necessary.
A great deal has been said III the
unst about the matter OF thNatioh'
and "A great deal OF stress mas p''h
i,fd on the fact that taxation Is tph
sid.rably less outside OF the CITY thAn
IN the city. In the matter 81 genera
NATION THU IL more or less irhe' pu,
an examination OF special taxes anu
additional costs In Gent 70 HNhih ~
m. outside will show that the maiteI
~ tnxatlon Is secondary TO the actual
cnst ~ living ON the outside ana IS
"A matter OF no consequence whatever
when tho problem OF comfort anu
recommendations are taken into con-
.ta.rn,Ion And when the matter nt
civic development ~ considered tne
matter of dollars ana cents ehpe''"'1
when of such small magnitude as W
this case. and even the nlatter "
,omfort and accommodations, are
s-.rondarv For The purpose of bring
tnp ont this comparison. ] nave thhch
al typlcal homes outside OF the city
limits or these az homes an actuhl
s.lilnK value was a~scertained ana u
This was impossible. a conserNatlN'
npurnlsad value was secured lh'
actual amount Of insurance was tur-
nished and the actual assessed Nulue
Tor taxation was determined An
average of these 90 ZONES showed re-
suits ~ follows;
Average selling price, to,luo'
Average Insurance, f3,4OO,
Average assessed value. $500
civ tax rate approximately, 4-''
Rural "a rate. 1871.
Cost a. Outsider.
Comparing the general taxes OF we
average home In the outlying us
tticts valued al $1,000 20 the taNts
OF that same home II n were inslu'
the city. it h. $1,000 per thousand ON
So o or SIS. Twcnty-cight dollars
per year then would be the Zee
charged IN. tax payer living outside
me NllN 10 hhlAf NNAN ~ 49, -
This average Will be greatly reduced
to those owning a home valued at
less than S5.l0O or Tor instance. u
the same rate existed. "A man haNing
IL 81. geo home a@esscd NJ fl'sVo
would only have TO $500 per
wear additional taxes, Now let us
outline. a few OF the expenditures re-
quired OF a resident as an offset
to thh
In the first place. sewer charges
poopIe In the lowlands and outside
tho city limits enjoying advantage OF
, city sewer pay $500 per year as
"a minimum charge. People In u
highlands who enjoy IN" use OF th'
,ity sewer pay $500 pcr year add
tiannl These charges are greatly IN
creased wh.r. the service is IN cN-
,,4a Of that required Tor a five room
house,
In some instances the property
owner tuutsiuvl has had To build ms
own sewer line iu order to take nd
vantage OF The charges mentioned
In some INSTANCES. as iu the case uI
East cntra avenue am addIuuuul
Zee Of $500 wus Uhurgud tur ih" use
Ut IL sewer uilf Dos 81 private CON
tractor cine E'll -'wrrl Illmiuai-
ing the original cost ui 81 sewer We
will only consider the fec of NlNuo
changed In some parts ut the put
hlug districts people are denied the
l-o Of n sewer. University Heights)
IN these eases the a|utipuatcd un-
houlthful use Of Cosspuuis must he re-
sorted to. Not considering the orig
iual cost Of a c%esspool. not consider
ing the msanitary conditions sur
rounding them. hut the cost Of main
taining SAM, In c%lraninE and general
uukccp BE- f3g 90 per home. This A.
ln the ease ~ six homes h a the
writer has investigated, over ID period
~ three years.
Leaving the main discussion for "A