Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-12
Aizona.

l A
 to San Francisco from Arlzona, gives
 his opinion of this Territory through
 the following correspondence to the
 Bulletin;
 Arizona bids far to be gridironed
 with railways. To contemplate that Territory to-day with It when alltrelght,
 passengers and malls came and went by wagons, an almost marvellous con
 trast Is presented. Omlttng a thou
 sand minor items of value and comfort
 which the ''olack cavalry brlng It
 brought the one needed above all Oth-
 ers-capital-In Territory where but
 few supplies are produced, fuel and Wa
 ter scarce, and inning only made sue
 cessful by costly machinery. The truth
 IS that in many parts Of the vast lnterl-
 or of the continent, It requires as much
 capital to procure water by sinking
 well, as 1t did to open a farm m most
 of the States of the Union. Railways
 are obliged to have water, and at
 great expense they find 1t here apd
 there Tn localities heretofore only dry wastes. They will soon develOpthe hitherto useless coal fields. The Atlantic and Pacific Company Is now exporting l coal from Apache county, and lt IS quite cert ain that the San Carlos ana l Sonora beds will sCOu be made tO sup ply southern Arizona by the Southern | Pacific and AtchIsOn systems, and thus | largely reduce the cost of fuel Wood l Tn Tombstone and other districts sells | at eight Co twelve dollars Der cord, and must advance until coal takes its place. Already reduction works are being located with reference to railroad facilities. Successful smelling works are now in operation at Benson, the junction of the Arizona and Guaymas railroad with the Southern Pacific. This gives d vast field from which Co draw its supplies of ore and fuel, and by railways controlled by different Another road has been talked of, to run northeast of Benson, via the San Carlos coal, to point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and within few days past a company has been organized to build a road from Tucson nOrtheasterly to some other line, and also take in the coal fields in the northern as well us the southern part of the Territory. As Senator Logan and other r ! ton, 1t IS thought 1t means a speedy severance of the San Carlos coal field from the reservation. 1t IS also sIgnIh- can't that just at the same time com pany was organized in Tucson to erect smeltlng works. Should thIs railway and coal scheme be cOnsumma- ed, and the proposed railway be built rom Calabssas, near the Sonora hne, north to the Atlantic & Pacific, via Tucson, Florence and Phoenix, Iucsou's 1 , lscendancy in wealth and population will be as notable as that of Denver, Iu Colorado.
 TUCSON's ADVANCEMENT.
 Tucson is lighted with gas and sup ,hed with water-works and good water. t has taken wonderful strides since the dyent of the railway, notwithstanding | lost much wholesale trade because Of astern railway facilities. It Itneedssew- rage, and will of necessity soon have t. Its public and private buildings have ! astly improvedin style and cost because If cheaper facilities for getting material. nd It is a fact that skilled labor Is low | r there than in many parts of Califor- ' Iia. Railways work wonderful for the better in all sec ions, and particularly SO where capital 3 essential to enterprise and develop s nent of natural resources. \ couple Of \ men, who were riding n the Southern Pacific Road the other lay, had a talk like this. in my hearing: Well, they may cry monopoly as they Till, but those who have railways have lany points of advantage over those rho have none" Yes, you bet they ave-" was the response, and more like ]. Lands in the southern part of Cali Drnia have risen from Sl.2j to hundreds dollars per acre because of new mar cts opened and created by the South m Pacific Railroad system. Curse and ' crate railway methods, as men in all rades of life apparantly delight to do, ct all who are far from them are coax Il ig for them, offering inducements for lem, and will not cease doing so till ley get them. r