The oasis., 1895-02-23
NoGALEs AND THE NORTH & SOUTH
 RAILROAD.


 their capital invested n lha1 c.tF should do all in their power to make all things tributary to it, and in all their calculations ignore every consid- eration save that Of their own aggrand- isement, and adroitly cast cold water on every proposition that would tend to the advancement of any portion of the county unless the same was coupled with resultant good to them selves, it is also in like manner nat ural that other places should look to their own interests and disregarding the wishes of the people of Tucson do all in their power tO advance their own prosperity. Tucson wishes the construction of the north and south railroad on lines which will adyant- age it, and unblushingly asks Noga- les to subscribe to the fund for it's construction on those lines, when the same would be a direct disadvantage to Nogales.
 An article in the "Citizen" of the l6th inst says:
 "A seaport is what Tucson and southern Arizona is most in need Of at the present moment. Water rates on freight would bring about pros perty in short order We made futile attempt when Port LObOs was agitated, but Tucson has the oppor tunity now to connect with Guaymas by building d connection with the Guaymas road at Calabasas. This road will not cost to exceed S6000 a mile according to many estimates and would give the key to the situation in southern Arizona. At the present moment many things can be brought into Tucson from Guaymas and freight paid to Benson, thence tO Tucson oyef the Southern Pacific and offered at price our merchants can not compete with on account of high railroad freights. This Is absolutely a fact, and shows what can be done over a direct line to CalabaSas If the north and south road seizes the opportunity of building up the fertile Santa Cruz valley to join tbe Quay mas road, that answers our purpose. If they do not the people of Pima county must do the work, which is the most feasible railroad proposition we know of.
 There is exactly what we of NOga les do not desire; we are at the point at which this trade mentioned in the article should be concentrated; the natural geographical point from which the trade of Sonora should be distributed Nogalesashould not be- come simply way station on the road that carries prosperity aD1 wealth to Tucson.
 The building of the road through Tucson to Caabasas would result in the abandonment of the present line from Benson to Calabasas or at the very least from Fairbanks to Calaba- sas would leave Crittenden back in the country, and give Harshaw and all that portion of the county east of the road many additional miles to travel to req h railway. The road built with its terminus at Benson is the road which will assure to Nogales all the advantages that she can desire from it's construction, and built as Tucson desires she will not only be minus those advantages but will be injured for all time.
 It is not enough that Tucson makes a bitter fight in the legislature against the passage of the bill proposing the new County of Papago, the passage of which would be clearly to'our bene- fit: it is not enough that she uses every argument against proposition which we almost unanimously ad- vocate; but now she must ask us in addition to become tributary to her trade and subscribe money to give her