Arizona citizen., 1880-02-21
| o CIL MATTERS.
Tucson as q Manufacturing POnt.

] NAS 1DaAhNAh IT oCAAN 1lU reaches here this end of the track vii be $40 miles from Los Angeles, wher, the principal shops of the Comoan,
 for rebuilding and repairing cars anC engines are located, and IL is more thar probable that considerable works vii be built here to supply the require
 ments of the service. Such an estab ', lishment will be hailed with great sat isiaction by the people here, both ole
 and new timers. For it will no
 only bring mechanics here to live. anC give the appearance of additional
 thrift to the place, but it will eau, private manufacturing enterprise tC . take root. Hitherto the manufacture.
 of this place have been limited 10 tn,
 making of flour, tinware, cigars, and
 household furniture Everything wood
 en Is worked out in the most laboriou. land least economical fashion. From
 iron nothing is made, except as far as the blacksmith's hands can manipu
 late it. We want foundry and ma. ichine shop with pretty large capac. Iitv, to meet the needs of the heavy machinery now being set up in this Icounty and in Sonora. There is no question but that Tucson is the point at which to start such an enterprise. and the first man on the ground will reap harvest We also need a plan ing mill, including all that the term can be made to imply. In the course or the next year or two buildings will be projected and the projectors will want the work done quickly, for ready money. Hand saws, jack plaEes and augers will not answer. Sieam and buzzing wheels must lend their assis- tance.
 The railroad will do two things to forward such enterprises. IL will lay down the necessary machinery and plant without the nightmare of team ing il for long distances, and at as low rates as it can be had anywhere on the Pacific Coast, and it wIll bring the raw material also. We specify only two branches of manufactures. They are the leading ones and those we need most. But there are many others which might be entered into profiiably ! here. Thousands of hides are sent away to the States anG thousands more go to dust on our plans because nothing can be done with them here; at the same time that our shOemakers are payrng thirty-fve cents pound for sole leather.
 Adobes tramped by the feet of Mex jeans and shaped in rude boxes with iOut pressure are rough and shapeleSs, and are not tenacious enough to bear s ttllng in wall; a brick machine of large size would improve their quality greatly.
 There is but little lime to be had for Ibuilding and that is of bad quality It seems to be burnt to death With a mountain of fine stone within stones throw of Tucson this need not be. And speaking of stone, the St. Jo- seph's Hospital shows what resources there are near Us for building with that material. Tbere is a beautiful article of limestone within a mile of Main street in endless quantity. It can be quarrled to any sIze and cuts easily to any shape But it needs ma chinery to raise it and it must have saws 10 cut it up; otherwise it is too expensive for building.
 And so on. We are far away from bases of supplies, and the manufac lures of this place need fear no rival in any direction for five hundred miles. The influx of population will make demands that can not be satisfied by shipments from California and the East, though the cost of production there might be less.
 AN opportunity is now offered to those who may be deSirOus of visiting ICalifornia after the railroad Is con- Ipleted to Tucson. The Southern Pa icific railroad company proposes to run |an excursion train to San Francisco from this city and return. Tickets good fir twenty days. Fare for round Itrlp sixtv-five dollars, including berth in sleeping-car EXcursIOnists will have to travel together to San Francisco. Stop over privileges given on he re turn trip within the twenty days limit. A sale of twenty four tickets will rem der this excursion a certainty. It will take place as soon as possible after the road is opened 10 this city. Those who desire to take advantage oft had bet ter arrange matters at once with MT. Cash, the company's agent ID this city.
 TIE old time road station where lhe traveller by stage or private convey lance halted in the hope that there might be something comfortable for man and beast, but where he was gen eraIly much disappointed, have passed away, and there is a new order oi things. Among the best of those now existing we often hear mention Of the excellence of J O. Dunbar's at Cien- Iega; Thomas Dunbar, at Tres Ala mos. and McKenzie's, at Point oi Mountain. Any one stopping at either of these places can be sure of gener- .Ous welcome.
 THE Papagos are getting nervous over threatened invasionS of their res Iervalion south of town. Wood cutting ;s sa,d to he r0insr Ou on a large scale