Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-16
THE RAILROAD.
Our Reporter Runs Across Opinions
 ofSome of Our Leading Men.

With the view of sounding public opinion on the railroad proposition, a CITIZEN reporter interrOgated several prominent business men.
 Mayor Maish is radically in favor of the scheme, and stated that the Council and himself stood ready to do all in their DO Ser to promote its succ, ss.
 MT. D. W. Henderson speaks highly in favor of the transferring of the road to Tucson, and declares his willingness to forward 1t as much as lies Tn ais power. He says that Tucson will be benefited m many ways by the change. 4 competing line, the A. '. < 5. r., will lower freights; the foreign trad5 will be nearer the S. abnard, Guaymas being only 250 miles away, besides be k a city of S0OO inhabitants which Her mosillo, a city of l2,C00 inhabitants, will bring trade that will make an important. item. The state of Sonora has an esti- mated population of l20,J00 people. IL Tucson were opened up to the trade of this great state, with her rich silver mines fertile farms and great cattle ranges, the benefit thus accrueing must be inestlmable. Work would be made | for 100 men smelling ores from Mexico, rich agricultural regior in the vicinity | of Calabasas would be settled up. MT. HeCderson says that real estate would dou' le its pr. sent value, if the road is | brought here. He thinks that the branch eau be built for about S600J per mic, or | a total of s350,00G. Be also favOrs the | building of the branch at all events | whether it be rebuilt to Benson or not Tucson being far the better place fer trade. and larger, would naturally at | tract the trade from Mexico.
 | Judge Wright thinks the railroad would make Tucson n greis distributing | poin. for the entire {, Irito:y and that It | would be worth thousands nf dollars tC the city and property owners.
 | Hon. Brewster Comeron believes that the road would accomplish wonders ir the way of developing the latent mining | interests of the territory. It would re | suit in Tucson being great smeltlng centre MT. Cameron thought ais that the road would thickly populate much of the now sparsely settled country. Hon. c. R. Drake regards the road as a great public benefactor. i've al
 want it," he says, "and every property
 owner should assist in getting it. Rea estate will witness remarkable advance
 ment, if the road comes in."
 MT. Albert Steinfsld says that the
 building of the road IS entire practica
 b!e, and that the cost would be about S450,0O0. He says that the henetits t
 accrue would be mutual, that the road
 would be much more profitable to the
 company than the one to Benson, be
 sides being in a country where there
 would be no washouts, and which il
 very level for the entire distance. Mir
 Steinfeld thinks that the people of Tue
 son are willing to do their share
 Hon. H. E. Lacy, Chairman of th,
 B ard of Supervisors, is of the opinion
 that the building of the road will bene
 fit TucsC and Pima county generally
 to an immense extent. New settlementi
 will be opened up along the line, anC
 mining will be much increased. Mir
 Lacy is inclined to think that the Boar(
 of Supervisors will be unable to contri
 buts anything to aid the road without
 consent of the legislature, and even ther
 the Harrison act which allo no expenC
 itures of over four per sent of the assess
 ed valuation will probably stand in the
 way, were the Territorial legislature will
 inc. MT. Lacy also thinks that tn,
 building of the road will be an incentiv,
 to the construction of the North ant
 South railway.