Arizona republican., 1910-04-01
WESTERN GATE ID
 SOUTHERN REPUBLIC REPUBLICAN CORRESPONDENT WHO HAS HIS BOOSTING
 CLOTHES ON. He Sees m Nogales Something More Than Custom
 House.

l After being here SIN weeks l am wei satisfied that Nosales is a good pro position. with q most promising futur, ! and q prosperous. though rather quiet ! present The Randolph lines have sI-
 ready located and will soon establish or rather enlarge. shops here Wher, work can be done for their three
 roads centcring here. the S. T. C0 the 1 Cananea. Yaqui River X Pacific and the sonora Ky. \ small power plant ! will be installed. While the begin ming iS modest. the chances are that
 the shops will grow. and ultimately be of considerable importance. l do moi credit Tucson report that shops rrc tu be at CalahaSaS. Prominent off cialS from Tucson were here but rr- gently. taking action in matter "i shops here.
 The new short line between Tue son and Nogales k expected tn be ready for train service. So far as road bed goes. by April 20th l know of no official announcement regard ing train service but l find that rail road men count upon a through tram service between Phoenix and Nns;,lc> with a change of crews ;und motive
 power at Maric"pa. the N. X r. be- ing a separate corporation This would mean much to Phoenix pasScn- gers for NOgalcS and the great west coast of MeNicp mining districts: no change of cars at Maricopa and no longer going way round by Benson. with the delay there and the change of cars for day coach passengers. The present running time between Phoenix and Nogdlvs x over clrv,n hours. bN the new rout" it C;m be cut down tn about six hours. lt Is probable that a mixed train will b'. operated between Henson and Nogal-s. taking care of fr ight and probably part of the passenger buSiIcSs coming from the east
 As l understand it. it Was up C" Tucson to back the Tucson X No gales short line in order tO save the <. P. shops being located at Benson. yet when the road is completed a his share Of the traffic advantage will come 60 Nogales. d matter of Tucson pulling out some che stnuts which far seeing NOSales business men will aT- preciate. Because Of it's proximity to 
 gales has lower freight rates than any other point in Arizona IT the pro- posed Tucson Port I.obos railroad is built Tucsn may enjoy rates equally as good as those given Noga!es. but not any better
 The ultimate completion, in time tn come. of the hoped for line from Den yer via. Durango q bclieVrp to Doug las, and of the S. r. trackasc south Of NacOZari. may some time divert shipments of mining machinery. sup plies. etc. for eastern Sonora to that route making Douglas a more impor- tant port. but that is in the dim :.nd misty Naco is hardly in the race. Nogales will continue to be the prin- Cipal port for tn" west, as Fl Paso k for the center and Laredo is for the east. on the eastern border san Antonio is the great distributing cen ter while the trains cross the line at Laredo The west coast of Mexico has greater commercial. possibilities than the east coast. The problem K whether Nogales is to play the part of Laredo for Tucson) or whe ether it becomes another Fl Pas". l find that there are here. unfortunately. some knockers wh" do not know q good thing when it is shown them. on the other hand l find here hard headed. far seeing business men who will make this Western Gate" a most important distributing and industrial point. no matter whether the knock CT knocks himself out or is convert ed At any rate l am a booster for NogaleS l caught the spirit in PhOe- nix. and l find here good material for it's cultivation am identifying my self with Nogales: I want to help her along: to see her name printed on the commercial map in bigger letters.
 When the new train service is es- tablished it may be possible for you tG deliver here the best daily in Ari- zona the day it is printed. day ahead of the Los Angeles papers. giv- ing the people news instead of his tory.
 President Lovett and q distinguished party of railroad men were here last Saturday. with special train of seven coaches. bound for an inspection Of the Mexican lines Incidentally. it is said that there remains 150 miles of difficult construction between MaZat- lan and Guadalajara. and work is not being pushed upon this remaining sec ton now. there being four years yet to spare for it's completion. under the concession. Mir. Lovett's trip may bring about much earlier connecting up of the great line which is to eX- tend from San Francisco to the City of Mexico. with a through train ser vice. via Nogales, where stop of considerable time must be made to comply with customs regulations.
 The NOgales Board of Trade was scheduled to have meeting tonight. Tuesday, to consider q matter which may be of the greatest importance to Nogales. Great interest is being talk en in the development of placer de- posits in the Altar district of Sono- ra The town of Altar (capital ar county seat Of the diStriCD IS the dis tributing base for the region. which is quite extensive. Fl Orc or LaBaca, being the scene of the greatest activ- ity at present. While il may turn out to be another "GlOry Hole" great things are predicted for the district and a corresponding influx of pros pectors is expected. Altar is about equally distant from Santa Ana, So- nora, and Nogales. Arizona. At pre- sent there is a twice q week each way stage line between Santa Ana and Altar The proposition before the Board of Trade is to complete the highway between Nogales and Sono-
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