Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-09-15
Cheap Transportation via The Deep
 Water HarbOr. Texas.
An Opan Letter 10 the Editors of the Citize
 and fha Star

Water HarbOr. Texas. An Open Letter to the Editors of the Citizen
 and the Star.
 In accordance with an appointment from Mayor W. F.. Stevens to me to re- present Tucson iu tine Deep Water HsrbOr" Convention that met in Den yer. Colo. August 2n;h 10 3lsi. loSS. l attended sad convention. There were present oyer seven hundred delegates re presenting the states of ATkaBsSs, Iowa, Karsss, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri aud Texas, and She Territories oi WyOm- inE, New Me1Ioo and Arizona. Being the only one from Arizona l haze en- desvored in q general way to inform our Territory of i.s importance by sending reports thereof to every newspaper n the Territory. 1 now desire through your valuable papers to call attention to the special and great interest our Terri tory has and should have in this subject: FIRsT--It will very greatly reduce all freight rates and transportation.
 SECoSD--II is absolutely certain Co give our Territory one or more addition al lines of East and West trsns-oonti- mental railroads.
 REDUCED FBEIoHTs AND TRANSFORMATION From Arizona, say Tucson. to tlde water New York City Is about 25OO ms. by R. R.
 Tucson to nearest Gulf DOT. about 1000 ma. by k. K.
 Saving over \. '. route 150O ms. by R R.
 Tucson to New Orleans l5OO ms. by R. R.
 Tucson :o Gult Port l0O0 ms. by R. R.
 Saving by \. O. route 300 ms. by R. F.
 Vessels for New Orleans must so up ;he Mississippi River l60 miles The dangers on this river add largely to the costs in insurance and othervise-in fscT few or no large sailing vessels care to pay the heavy towsge and insurance charges.
 Transportation rates in large vessels vary but little from European ports to New York or to the Gulf ports. They would be even less to Gulf ports than to New Orleans either from foreign ports or New York, owing to the heavy charg es on the Mississippi river.
 The people Of Ksnsss. Nebraska and Missouri estimate that they would save % cents freight per bushel on all grain | 60 lbs or sbout 36 cents per hundred pounds, If a deep water port was opened for large vessels on the Texas coast. and yet they are over one thousand mile: nearer inc Atlantic coast than we are and have line upon line of competing railroads.
 These facts apply without any change in OUT railroad system.
 ADDITIONAL RAILBOADs.
 Itis a well known fact that s. P. R. K for large portion of the year IS taxed to its utmost capacity to carry the trans constineutal freights that now come tC 1t via \. O. It's last annual report shows over 6 million dollars net profit. Al before stated this is only steamer freight.
 san Francisco to New York City |, about 3J00 ms. by K. k.
 San Francisco to nearest gulf por about 20O0 ms. by R. R.
 Saving over New York route lJ0O ms of R. R.
 san FrgneIsco to New Orleans abou 25OO ms. by l.. R.
 San Francisco to nearest gulf DOT about 200O ms, by B. k.
 Saving over \. O. route 800 ms. O R. R.
 We will save ID addition all the extr costa aud dangers of the Mississipp river and the very great additional ad vantage of freights by sailing vessels.
 4 study of the above facts must con vince one and all who will pToperl study them, that the trsns-continents trade must and will be carried owe this route as soon gs 0 deep water hRrbo | f.a. s.wawaA an fha IaWa coast that will R6mit Gnd protect larg vessels.
 It will follow then. as a matter of fac to accomodate this trade, additions railroads East and West must be COT sirucied from such port or ports to th Pacific coast and through Arizona.
 One or more East and West lines c railroad through our Territory VII cause healthy competitor m rates tha IS certain to give every portien of th Territory more or less reduction ! transportation from the excessive locS rBtes.
 If you will look at the map of Texa you will see that there are long, nsrro' islands lying just of a large portion C the coast of Texas, and it is a fact thH where there is break between thes | lelhugS luhI NtIg eublltN ohbu Oh connected them; behind these island and bars there are several fine dee Barbors, and the object of thIs conver ton is tp obtain from the U. 5. Congres au appropriation ample enoHgh to cu and maintain a deep water channt across one of these bars, leaving Il [ the United States b select such point 6 the government thinks bes. 10 accon ! ! modate the wants of commerce and th people of the great southwest. IL IS asked by thIs convention tht the political parties of the dIfferer States and Territories interested will in ' ssrt in their party platforms resOlu ton iustruc!Ing their representatives ( 2 delegates in Congress to do all in the J power 10 farther this object. l, ther' fore urge upon you, gentlemen, that pc sonslly and through your valusbl papers you do sll you can to have yor , respective party convention, that sr ] soon to meet m Tucson, to insert sue r resolutions iu their respective platform Texas and Kansas. the banner demC B cratic md republican States, ulIse - this request.
 Respectfully,