Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-27
Tucson & West Coast Is EX- pected to Pay From
 It's Inception
TUCSON GAVE BOND
 TO PAY INTEREST
Will Be Opened for Traffic May } With Celebration
 at Old Pueblo

TUCSON, Ariz., April 26.-The Tue sosn & West Coast of Mexico railroad, which will be formally opened for traf- fc on May ,, gives Tucson direct con ncetiOn with the west coast of Mexico. When the Southern Pacific company of Mexico was organized and the building of the line from Guaymas to Guadala- iara was begun, the people of Tucson were quick to realize the advantageous position of their city and the necessity of making it the American terminal of this great system. The existing line from Tucson to Nogales was circuit ous route by way of Benson. A line had already been built from Tucson up the Santa Cruz valley as far as Twin Buttes and there remained gap of about thirty miles of road to be built to give Tucson direct line to Nogales. The Tucson chamber of commerce at once took the matter up with the Southern Pacific company and were ad- vised by that corporation that the pro posed line would ultimately be built but that it would not pay to construct it for three or four years when it is expected that the line to Guadalajara will be in operation.
 The chamber of commerce immediate ly proposed to pay the interest on the cost of construction of the line for five years at ,000 per year. The South ern Pacific company agreed to build the line under the conditions and the people of Tucson voted $l50,000 in bonds last August. This bond issue has not been approved by congress as yet, but the company, in order to secure tax exemptions granted by the Arizona legislature at its last session went ahead with the construction of the new line
 Since last summer industrial condi- tions in southern Arizona have i'm proved to suich an extent that it seems possible that the new railroad will pay from the Start.
 The people of Tucson who had already through their enterprise secured the new road, were quick to prepare for an appropriate celebration on the oc- casion of it's formal opening The cham Der of commerce took the matter, up, Hon. J. M. Ormsby was named as chair man of the committee on arrangements, sub committees were appointed and in short time $l0,0OO has been raised to spend in entertaining the city s guests and in preparations for the eel, ebration.
 The new railroad which has now been completed and will be formally opened on May 6, really makes Tucson the terminal of the great trunk line building down the vests coast of Mex ico. This line reaches the border at Nogales and connects with the Southern Pacific at Tucson, seventy-fve miles north in a direct line from the inter- national boundary. In few years Tucson confidently expects that through passenger trains will be run from San Francisco to the City of Mexico by way of the Southern Pacific company to Tue son and by way of the Southern Pacific company from Tucson to the city of Mexico.
 Recently when eastern interests an nounced that a railroad would be built from Port LObOs on the Gulf of CalifOr. mia to SascO, where the shelter of the Imperial Copper company is located, the people of Tucson at once took steps