Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-08
EASTERN IDEAS.
WHAT GENERAL BARNETT THINKS OF TUCSON.

Yesterday afterucou, General Joseph Barnett, who for several days mas been the guest at the residence of Wm. c. Davis, departed for California. He will remain a short time in Los Angeles, and then proceed to San Diego, where a brother resides. The General is rep resentative eastern business man, and his views on the future prospects of Arizona, obtained by careful ob-erva- tion and trips beyond the line of rail way, or the well beaten track of the stage coach, are worthy of considera- tion.
 4 CITIZEN reporter approached him yesterday, while he was walking up the street with Mr. DavIs. In answer to the irst question by the reporter. as to his impressions of Tucson and vicinity be- fore leaving his Cleveland home, the gentleman rephed:
 Il had for year or SO looked upon Tucson as a comparatively small depot of supplies for an immense territory. l believed 1t was a Mexican town, with but few Americans doing business there. Of course, | knew there were a few of my own c0uutrymen who were engaged in mercantile pursuits. but, 10 1 fact, the primitive ideas of yOur city formed in my mind a sort of d missiun town way out here, Tn the lonesome val | ley Of the Santa Cruz | believe you D.
 been dlssipated now"
 How SOP asked the reporter.
 Because l find here a thriving Amtr icau city. You have handsome and ex- pensiye buildings on nearly every s5reet Your business men ] find, are as euer- gotIc, as experienced, and as generous as any m other cities, and a thousand times more sO than some In sleepy easlerI towns"
 "What do you consider the future oi Tucson?'
 Bright. There seems to be no Teas ID
 why Tucson should not become a cIty of financial importance in ihe country. l already know as a winter resort, 1t eX- cels any other place I ever visited with ln the limits of the United States"
 "What," again inquired the reporter, twill bring about the pleasant consumna | tion of Iucson's welfare"
 The second day after my arrival here, went into the country fully forty miles. l saw fine ranches, graZng lands. equal to any m the southwest. ] SAW how water could be brought to these ranges with but small cost. This does not apply tu one direction. but tO all directions out of Tucson, and within short distances. Stock ranches will De, and l suppose are now, source Of i'm meuse revenue to the Territory and tbe city. Also 1 have been in some ot the mining districts. l know you hi.ve a- good mines as have ever been found What else does a city want as tributaries than rch mines, and agricultural re- l sources of unbouuded limits: Bl-, by the way, more railroads are needed. and | they l understand are sure to he built | The narrow guage, moving northward will tap coal and metal mines, cause the starting of scores of paying produce l farms, and bring into Tucson the wealth of an area of country gs large as New Jersey. The talkCd-of railroad to the Qmjotoas. oGght also Co be construct ei at once, while au iron pathway t0 Port l Lobos, seems to be a necessity" Thanking the General for his eu- cOUrarinE remarks concerning Arizona. and wishing him pleasant trip further westward, the reporter departed.