Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-15
CH APER RAILROAD IRANSPORTA-
 TIOS WANTED,

OPP RTUNITIEs for towns are usually slow in coming, but when once billed should be worked for sll they are worth. For the past decade the people of Tue son have cried aloud for plant of suffi- cient capacity to reduce the large bodies of low grade orss that are to be found on almost every hill and hollow in south ern and middle Arizona. They hav' worked and planned and subscribed money, but to DO purpose, for with the sole exception of penniless sdventurerF. who built smelters on paper snd sought to profit at the expense of the town, no one could ever be induced to give the subject serious consideration. The ques- tions involved were reduced to two, viz, the supply of ore, and railroad trsuspor tstion. Until the latter had been dis posed of it was useless to enquire into the first, and as the hlgh rates of trans portstion stood an impossible barrier to ihe shipment of low grade ores, investi- gstlon went no further and the longed for plant failed to ms.erlslize.
 R. H. Paul tried to bridge the gap be- tween realization and expectancy. and with the aid of citIZsns succeeded ir removing the old Columbia smelter to this place, but as neither he nor they had the wherewIth st their disposal to purchase ores nothing further could be or was done in the premises.
 The opportunity has stlength arrived. It's backed by large capital so that no :hing in the shape Of money will be wanting to achieve success. As stated ID the CITIZEN yesterday, Mir. Gei,t proprietor of the Pue bio Smelling workf has decided to practically test the ad- vsntsges offered by Tucson for the pro ftsble reduction of ores. He vill be gin with the Paul Shelter. plant of 30 tons capacity. and will add thereto. RE he dId st Pueblo. ss occasion r,quireF If a 30 ton plant will not meet the re quir ment, perhaps 60 or l20 ton will It iS not, however, claimed that the alIIG= contiguous to Tucson cen keep a plant of profitable capacity in cortinuous O. erstion and other sveuues of suppiy must therefore be cpsued up, hut thesa there are no end. It lower rates of railroad trans ports'ion osn be secured.
 \ ,tuitbstspding that southern anf middle Arizons is ribbed and scanned with undevelopsd mineral wealth. It il n-ver.heless conceded flat the ores are not pf suffic ently high grade to be msd7 prpti ab e. either to the producer or re- duo r. and pay the present schedule fir igh' rs'es. We trust therefore that ibe rrilrosd company eau be In1uced to give 'be territory a special rate Cn this cl ss Of merchsndi @ by whIoh it can be made dv.uEageous 'o all concerned
 There IS not a custom smelter oD the line of the Southern Pacific, between El Paso on the east and San Francisco on the uest-s distance sggregating near and miles end ss much oi the ores will not bear such len 2thy trans purtstion it must of necessity be reduc- ed at home, else lie unused and unclsim- ed wherever found. But the present railroad tariff preoludes even that UT less the company, as before noted, can be induced to give requisite rate that will allow miners 8 oompenssting margin on the products of their labor.
 We therefore urge upon the press of the terrIsory to place the matter proper Iy before the Company and induce them if possible. for tho benefit of all concern ed, 10 lower the rates m question. We make this appeal direct on behalf of a long suffering people and trust thst 1t will not psss uuheeded.