Arizona citizen., 1876-12-30

shifting traveller. with no aim or ener 1 gy, go on and travel, because for thes,
 latter we have no word of encourage
 ment.
 But as it is useless to criticise, grow
 and mourn over rmattcrs which are now
 gone beyond our control, let U!
 sum up wha: it is we want our city tC
 be, and how it is t0 tC accomplished
 We all agree upon the wish to see oul
 city prosperous, to be the chiefmetrop olis of the Territory, t5 sec the mineral IagTicul;ural and commercial interest,
 concentrated here, .o attract labor ana
 capital for it's abode amongst us, and a,
 the time is not very distant when diff ferent lines ofraiiroads will cross and
 intersect our Territory, to have them forced by our commercial importance
 to come to cur city, without danger oi
 being left out in the cold. hope not
 to be considered an enthusiast if ac-
 tually believe that by adopting the Iproper means, all this can be accom-
 plished, or if we do not gain entirely
 the object in view, we may surely de Iyelop results equally benefcent to our ! city, on the well known parable of the
 man dying telling his sons to dig for a treasure buried in the vineyard, but ex- Ipired before explaining the exact spot,
 which resulted in their not finding the supposed treasure, but one more bene- iicial to their prosperity by the ;ncreas- 1 ed amount of fruit given by the vines, which but for their exertions would never have happened. We have enough lprecedcnts before Us 10 warrant the as. sertlOn, and the writer incidentally calls attention to Denver. Colorado, which to-day has risen to be one Cf the most important cities of the West. due only .to the cXertIOns of Its citizens, although
 in early times it had 10 contend with other places, for instance like Boulder, which although nearer 10 the mining and farming ceniers and possessing other advantages net enjoyed by Den. ver still through its prudent manage ment, Il soon gained the supremacy il enjoys today, having by its own exer- tions built the Denver Pacific Railroad connecting with the Union Pacific at Cheyenne, at the time when threatened
 by the latter place with isolation.
 Although the development ofa town
 is mainly due to the individual exer- tions Of is inhabitants, nothing can be done without the combined efforts .of municIpal administration, fully versed in the matter before them, and energetic enough to carry them out, al ways keeping the general good in view. The municipal administration. although looked upon heretofore with Ia great deal of indifference by theresi- dents, has now 10 my opinion become of the mostvital importance to the accom- plishment of the subject of this com mmication, and only through manifest interest in the matter, starting with a fully determined will, can we give it a fresh impulse, and new life, tO awaken it from the slumber of indifference in to winch it has fallen. hope no one will imply that the writer desires to criticiSe the acts Of the Mayors and Councils of this town, heretofore exist ing; this is not his object, nor to in vesigate the reasons of there not hay ing been done what might have been done, but only treat with the present. The incorporation act of Tucson is be licved by some to be defective and de
 icient of sufficient legal strength toI enforce any acts, no matter how bene-
 icial to tine town, for want of legal power. While such doubts exist. con- scientiOusly alleged to be true bymany' prominent citizens, there cannot exist. that requisite confidence and boldness to enact, being subject continually to' embarrassing threats of legal contest, and harrassed at every step by those whose ideas may differ or who may. think that some imaginary wrong has been done to their interests. To rene. dy this, it must forcibly strike the reader that our primary efforts must be. to have the laws thoroughly examined by men well learned in law, and by all honorable means procure at the next Legislature relief to remedy any de fleets if so existing and any additional power needed to enable the authorities to place themselves upon a secure ba ! sis, without fear of triding and hinder ing opposition. This once done, the. path of reform will be clear to those who will be trusted in the future with the administration of our municipal. affairs.
 Without inQuirng into the philoso-I phy of the reason why strangers gen erally make up their mind as to the merits of place from the first impres- sons they receive from il, let it be sui icient to know, that such is generally the case, and our Grst object to draw attention 60 our city must Lo 70 makeI it's appearance as attractive and as ia. vora5le as We can. Nobody will deny that those who come from California