Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-14
THE TUCSON THAT Is

To many inquiries about Tucson ana surrounding country, now being made at the Star Office, we will answer a few of the most general although this work should be done by the cham Der of commerce.
 Tucson has. or is believed to have ,Jout 22.000 inhabitants os which about two-fifths are Mexicans.
 It has a municipal form of gov srnment under a special charter grant ed by the legislature.
 It is the county seat of Pima coun ty, one of the richest and best gov erned counties in the territory
 It has a city hall. fine library, new engine house. good county court house. and will shortly have fine government building.
 It is the most important point on the Southern Pacific railroad between Los Angeles and Ei Paso.
 It is headquarters of the Arizona division. The round houses and car shops of the company are located here. employing many mechanics and other employees.
 It did have the largest repair shops on the Southern Pacific road between Sacramento and New Oraans but un- fortunately these were oestroyed by fire a few months ago and have not been rebuilt. However such building is hoped for soon.
 Tucson is the natural railroad cen ter of Southern Arizona. From this point the whole or the West Coast of Mexico is opened by means of the Calabasas connection
 The Fl Paso and Southwestern road will ultimately build in here This line will traverse some of the most important mineral fiefjs there are in the entire southwest.
 Another road-the Post Lobos-is not only projected but is actually in process of construction. This road will bring Tucson to within about l2 hours of tide water
 The city has several good hotels and any number of comfortable lodg ing houses where transient travel can be comfortably housed.
 It has one of the best water works systems to be found in any city oi it's size in the southwest.
 It has an electric light and poweI plant that is capable of giving first class service to a city Of 50.000 peo pie. Its car lines traverse the prin cipal streets of ,he city and give the town a thoroughly metropolitan look
 It has a fine, well managed ga: plant, aEd much Of the annoyanceS of the housewife due to the dirt, cos; and trouble in the use Of wood ana coal are thus obviated.
 II has the best public school builC ings and the best managed public schools in the southwest. Ii employ. between 50 and 60 teachers and ha, oFer 2,000 pupils in attendance
 The University of Arizona is loca cd here. It is an education institu ton that is last making for itself al enyiable name among the learned in stitutions of the country. IL has l; half million dollars invested in build ing alcne.
 Tucson has cwo daily ani thre, weekly papers one of the latter bein, printed in Spanish. No better inde1 Of the prosperity Of a growing cit. can be round than in its newspapers.
 The climate Of this entire sectiol is unexceptionable for at least tel months in the year The winters ar, as mid as those of Florida and fla more pleasant and enjoyable, due 7' rhe prevailing dryness of the stmos pAsre. Consequently the health rec ITd Of Tucson vii compare favorabl. with any health resort on tue Amer an continent
 The geographical location of TuC on is most favorable 10 a large ra d.as Of mining camps 1he entire coul try for hundred miles being tribr ,Ty to it.
 Tucson merchants can offer induce menis to retailers in surrounding towns not found elsewhere in the te ritory.
 Tucson has four banks and severn other kindred institutions. Some c these moneye1 concerns carry ovo one million dollars in deposits.
 Tucson offers many inducemen' fer profitlhle investment. \ tanner