Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14
TUCSON AFTER AJO RAILROAD
Construction of Line
 10 NeW Cornelia
 Mining Country

] TUCSON, Sep. l3.-A meeting of
 the chamber of commerce ana all citi.
 zens will be held this eveGing to form
 ulate plans for securing the construc.
 tion of the proposed railroad from Aio
 to Tucson The water question is also
 on the talk program
 News that the survey as being car | ried on by company of engineers working from Tucson to Ajo was only
 the mapping of all alternative route.
 and that another survey from GiIa ! Bend to Aio would also be made. was
 the means of stirring a number Of prominent members of the chamber of commerce 10 action. t Is realized that if Tucson is to secure the con stT1Iction of the railroad energetic steps will have to be taken to con- vince the promoters fthe railroad . that it is to their best interest to
 have the road constructed from Aio to Tucson instead of from GiIa Bend to Ajo.
 Plans for securing the railroad, the | appointment Of the necessary commit tees and other details will be arranged 1 at the meeting and the leaders of the movement are confident that Tucson has a splendid case if only properly presented.
 The fact which Tucson representa-
 tives will have to meet when they | present their side to Captain John C. | Greenway and other officials of the Calumet and Arizona mining company l is that the route fro mTucscn' to AiO is approximately 135 miles while the mileage frof Gila Bend to Ajo is but 40 miles. The construction of the railroad from Ajo to Gila Bend would also be easy as the country is pracit- rally a. flat one and no engineering difficulties would be met. On the Oth- CT hand the construction of the rail- road from Tucson to Aio will present the ordinary problems of railroad ! building in the wes'. with country partly mountainous ard holding many difficulties for the railroad builder Prospective Arguments.
 To offset these indisputable facts. however, Representatives of the cham
 Ter of commerce will have a wealth
 of other important facts to lay before the company. It is believed that the tonnage of freight will be very much increased ii the railroad follows the
 longer survey. There is a rich cattle
 country contibutary to the line from
 Tucson, and it's extension would bring
 7to close touch with the rich dis
 Jricts in northern Sonora The mining resources of the new district are large
 " undeveloped vet it appears to be
 universally agreed that they only
 await the conquering of the difficulties
 of transportation to become rich and prosperous mining section.
 Then. too. it is pointed out that the
 building o ia line from Gila Bend to
 Aio would not only result in making
 a branch line which would always
 remain a brarch line. On the other fand the construction of a line from
 Tucson to Ajo would bring into exist
 ence railroad in direct line 70 the
 coast and which could be readily
 sold by the miTing company to any
 railroad corporation wishing to put
 through a transcontinental line. These
 are but a few of the very important considerations which Tucson can sug-
 gest for the attention of the company
 officials. and it is believed that the
 meeting definitely before the public
 and the Calumet and Arizona com
 nany.