The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-28
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION,

TT is difficult to see how any property owner living outside the city
= the Kiwanis club last week by A. r. Hebenstreit, that il is cheaper
safer wd a better business proposition TO have his home within. in
stead o without the city limits. This argument, brought out in n
statement covering city limit extension asked for by the kfwanis
club, has been made by Mr.. lIebenstrcit on the basis of hard cash re-
suits to the property owner and takes into consideration no element
Of civic pride or good citizenship, which certainly exists IN the minds
Of all our people, regardless of whether their homes are inside or out
side the corporate limits
Mr.. Hebenstret showed that upon an average home, valued at
5000 and assessed for $500, the saving incident to bringing that
property within the corporate limits, on three items of sewer, water
and insurance charges, is Sass a year over the total amount of city
on such a house and &c of them were carefully appraised for illus
traiion; would be SIS a year. The saving in the three items named
would be $305s, q net gain per year OF s2sS.
This cash argument does not take into consideration the other and
eyea more powerful arguments of health and safety for property
The menace of the cess pool is ever present AS districts become
crowded its use becomes impossible. Eventually in some Of the sub.
systems must be built Safety to property from fire is now by cOur
tesy whatever the city fire department may be able TO do. That is
why the insurance rate is 81 much higher on houses outside the city
limits, even though they are just across the boundary line.
The residents of these suburban districts, now building up so rap
idly, owe il to themselves to read Mr.. Hebenstreit's article, which ap
peared in The Herald of November 25. 1t presents what to us seems
to be an unanswerable argument why the property owner outside the
quickly as the procedure can be carried out
From the standpoint of Albuquerque a $ a whole, the broader
standpoint of good citizenship, the necessity for making Albuquerque
This city appears officially in the census as a town of 1900 peo-
pie. Our population, within three miles of Second and Central, is
messenger every prospective investor. sppr raSs Albuquerque at Just
one-hsf its actual value as a market and place of residence. That APP
movement through our banks and wholesale houses.
The discrimination 10 make Albuquerque a city of 100000 people
one sixth that growth can be accomplished by a single petition which
can be put through in a week whenever the people are ready to go
ahead.
What $ more important is the fact that we cannot proceed with
our greatest need, a complete city plan, comprising parks, sewers, ex-
tended water supply, paving. etc. until our city limits have been ex-
tended to the area embracing room for residential expansion and
parking.
This matter of the corporation boundaries therefore, is funda-
mental. II is the foundation for everything we wish to do and we
cannot start intelligently until ii has been accomplished.
The city plan, as a matter Of course, is as vitality important to the
property owner in University Heights or on north Fourth street as to
the resident of the Robinson park section; indeed it is much more
important. The older residence sections within the corporate limits
are very pleasant in their surroundings and fairly complete in their
improvements. They do not need much. That the owners Of property
in those older sections are willing 10 shoulder their share of the load
for expansion and improvement of sections still in the raw state,
speaks well for the public spirit of this city.