The border vidette., 1910-04-30
TUCSON & NoeALEs RAILROAD.
Citizens of Tucson Will Celebrate It's
 Completion GrandIy.

The Tucson and Nogales Railroad, which will be formerly opened for traffic on May 9th, gives Tucson di- rect connection with the West Coast of Mexico. When the Southern Pa cific Company of Mexico was organ ized and the building of the line from Guaymas to Guadalaj ara was begun, the people of Tucson were quick to realize the advantageous position of their city and the necessity of making 1t the American terminal of this great system. The existing line from Tue son to Nogales was a circutious route by way of Benson. A line had already been built from Tucson up the Santa Cruz Valley as far az Twin Buttes and there remained a gap of about thirty miles of road to be constructed 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 advised by that corporation that the proposed line would ultimately be built but that it would not pay to construct it for three or four years, when it was ex- pected that the line to Guadalej ara will be in operation.
 The Chamber of Commerce imme- diately proposed to pay the interest on the cost of construction of the line for five years at $50. O.OoO per year. The Southern Pacific Company agreed to build the line under these conditions and the people of Tucson voted $50. 900 in bonds in August. This bond issue has not been approved by Con- gress as yet but the company, in order to secure tax exemptions granted by the Arizona legislature at it's last ses- sion, went ahead with the construc- tion of the new line.
 Since last summer industrial condI tions in Southern Arizona have i'm proved to such an extent that 1t seems probable that the new railroad will pay from the start.
 The people of Tucsan who had all ready through their enterprise secured the new road were. quick to prepare for an appropriate celebration on the occa sion of it's form al opening. The Cham Der of Commerce took the matter up. Hon. J NJ Ormsby was named as Chair man of the Committee on Arrange meuts, sub committees were appointed and in a short time SlO,O0O had bee n raised to spend in entertaining the city's guests and in preparations for the celebration
 The new railroad which has now been completed and will be formally opened on May 9th, really makes I uc son the terminal of the great trunk line building down the west Coast Of Mexico. This line reaches the border at Nogales and connects with the Southern Pacific Company at Tucson, seventy five miles north in a direct line from the International boundary. In a few years Tucson confidently ex- poets that through passenger trains will be run from San Francisco to the Oity of Mexico by way of the South ern Pacific Company to Tucson and by way of the Southern Pacific Com pany from Tucson to the City of Mexico.
 Recently when eastern interests an- nounced that a railroad would oe built from Port Lobos on the Gulf of Cali fornia to SAsco. where the smelter of the Imperial Copper Company is To- cated, the people of Tucson at once took steps to make their city the ter miual of the new tidewater line, and there IS every indication that the new road will extend from Sasco to Tue son, distance of about thirty miles,