Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-08
BUIL DLRe IMPROVEMENTS M
 OUR CITY
The Stock Raising Industry
 of the County.
The Glorious Future in Store for
 Southern Arizona.

The past year has been ono of the most evesttul periods in the history of Arizona. The completion of the South ern Pacific Railroad through our Ter ritofy Las opened up new avenues of trade, and inspired life and activity in all branches of business. Pima county has greatly proited by the ad- vent of this modern civilizer: it Is now possible for mining men 10 open up and develop mining property which, hitherto, il has been almost impossible 10 undertake with any reasonable chances of success. New mining
 camps have heen organized, and old
 ones have been developed; mills and smelters have been brought in for the reduction of our ores to silver bars and bullion; towns have sprung up along the line of the railroad and the population of our inning camps has in many instances more than doubled during the past year. The names Of Benson, Bisbee, Wilcox, San Simon and other places were not designated upon our maps year ago.
 We shall endeavor to notice in de- tail some of the improvements which have been made in Pima county dur ing the past year, aud so far as pos- a5le with the material at hand report ou the production of the precious metals in the county.
 Tucson the Metropolis of Arizons-
 IL is with just pride that We point to ths steady and healthy growth ot Tucson, the metropolis of Arizona, during the past year. While we have never had what may b. termed a
 bloom, the growth of our city has been steady but surely going on. The class of buildings put up during the past few months is far superior to anything hitherto undertaken, and many of the private residences would do honor to towns and embryo cities of much greater pretenSions than Tucson. In order that our readers may realize more fully the extent of improvements made during the year we invite a careful reading ot the number and value of buildings put up in Tucson during the present year, an account of which will be found in an- other column of thIs article.
 Tucson as the Coming SanitOrium and
 Winter Home for Northern Inyaiidt
 The winter climate of Southwestern Arizona is perhaps unsurpassed by that of any other section of lhe United States. The atmosphere is dry and invigorating; the days are warm and pleasant, comparing with the early days of October in the Eastern States. The even temperature of the weather which varies but few degrees during .he entire winter season, seems to be especially adapted to pulmonary com plaints, and large numbers of inyailds from California and the East have been materially benefited or perma- nently cured by temporary residence in this secuon of the Territory. Even the long, hot days of summer in thIs section of Arizona have, in very many cases, proved beneficial to con- sumptives, and persons afflicted with bronchial troubles. There are no "northers " here, as in Texas, to chili the very msrrow of one's bones; no damp, cold winds and fogs, as ID Cai- iforuis. which prove so distressing 10 persons with weak lungs. with A reasonable investment by our cltlzens in the erection of one or two nrst-ciass hotels. such as may be found In Den yer or Salt Lake City, Tucson "ou'u soon become one of the most popular winter resorts in the country. we have hot springs, and other mineral springs, equaling the famous ho' Springs of Arkansas, only t~e,He Ss miles, over smooth road, from uc- son; there is plenty of game, consist ing of quail, rabbit, duck, wlld tul key, squirrel, deer. mountain snesn' ,o both black and white-talled oeer, PeC. cary axa ibs, fer sEsIzsyf haAHns