Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-10
PHOENIX AND TUCSON
IN WRANGLE OVER
BORDERLAND ROUTE
Claimed That Phoenix Is Luke
Warm towards Borderland
Route; Phoenix ReSentS AS
SertlOn: Declares " 'Taint So"

Tucson and Phoenix are engaged in
/ one of those "sisterly spats" which,
from time TO time arise between them.
/ On this occasion it is the Borderland
Route and the alleged lukewarmness
Iof Phoenix thereto that has brought
about the strained relations" The
papers OF the two cities have taken
Iup the matter editorially and Phoenix
|vehemently insists 'Taint So"
Recently an article appeared in the
4 Phoenix Republican. that for the time
being Phoenix had abandoned the idea
/ of sending q representative to Spring
Ierville to route tourists through Globe
to Phoenix, because the Springeyille
route was now impossible. This
brought an editorial from the Tucson
| Star which commented upon the gen
| eral lukewarmness of Phoenix toward
the BorderlaBd Route Next day the
Star printed an interview with J. c,
Lester, Father of the Borderland
Route" in which he commented on
| the editorial and also upon the al
legged sentiments of Phoenix.
] Cudgels have been taken up by the
Phoenix Republican which replies
/ that traffic diverted from Springer
willie to Phoenix could not otherwise
reach the Borderland Route and by
such diversion proceeds on over the
westerly part of the Borderland Fur
|ther. the Republican says that four
out of five Phoenicians favor the Bor-
|derlaud Rodte. and always recon-
mend tourists to proceed eastward via
Tucson, Bisbee and FL Paso.
In this connection Secretary Welch
of the Phoenix Board Of Trade has
written to the Warren District Com
mercial Club and TO the Tucson Cham
Der Of Commerce suggesting that they
put an agent into Albuquerque TO di-
vert travel south to Lordsburg and so
over the Borderland.
Advices received here and which are
thoroughly reliable are that in Phoe-
nix west bound tourists are being
routed over a "cut off" to Needles in
stead of via Yuma and the Border
land and that this cutoff also ignores
Prescott Yuma people are in arms
over the report and thus Phoenix and
Yuma are falling out.
Whether or no the contention of
the Republican that tourists are rout-
ed east over the Borderland by four
ont of five citizens is correct or no.
Bisbee lis not in a position to deter
mine. Those routed via Roosevelt
Dam and Globe never reach here.
But there can be no doubt that there
has been a routing west of Phoenix
via Needles rather than by way of
Yuma from the testimony received
here.
Phoenix Is on the so-caued Ocean
to Ocean Highway" as well as on the
Borderland Route and on the north
and south state highway that runs
through Prescott and to the Grand
Canyon. Neutrality is important for
Phoenix to exercise but the capital
city seems TO have as much trouble
over the question of neutrality as
does the nation with the powers of
Europe
That there is more sentiment fav-
oring the Borderland Route in Phoe-
nix than was formerly, Bisbee is con
WINGED, but that such sentiment is so
strong as the Republican indicates
is by no means certain, nor are PEG
pie here satisfied that the Border.
land Route and the cities along il are
receiving absolutely fair play from
garage owners, hotel men and others
of the metropolis of the Rio del sal.