The daily morning oasis., 1919-11-25
THE NOCALES
development
ASSOCIATION
Business Men and Property
Owners on Grand Avenue
Organize to Work for
Improvement and Ad-
vancement of the Line
City.

Pursuant to call circulated Satur-
day afternoon there gathered at the
Hotel Bowman Sunday morning about
fifty business men and property
owners interested in Grand avenue
and Arroyo boulevard, to consider the
best methods for advancing improve
ment in that part of the city, which,
of itself would work advancement for
the city itself.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. J. E. Wise, who was made per-
manent chairman, and Mr.. Guy C.
Griffin, was made permanent secre-
tary.
In taking the chair, Mr.. Wise said
that the aims of those who were ac-
tive in bringing about the meeting
were to effect organization, and
with such organization to work for
advancement of those streets where
lie their interests (Arroyo boulevard
and Grand avenue) without any in
tention whatever of blocking the aims
and aspirations of any other part of
the city. The gentleman asserted
that the city of Nogales has bright
future, and the remarkable growth of
the past four or five years is destined
to continue. With that growth the
business of the town will not all be
concentrated upon any one street, nor
upon any two streets, and that in
working to advance their own inter-
ests the gentlemen present need not
work against the interests of any
other locality.
The matter of a site for Federal
building at the corner of Grand ave-
nue. and Court street was brought up
and a correspondence read that threw
considerable light upon the subject:
A letter from ]. H. Moyle, assist
ant secretary Of the treasury at
Washington, to the postmaster at No
gales, stated that while the site men
toned had not been offered, special
agent of the department who had
visitd Nogales in the interest of the
department, had recommended the
site, and that the department had
sounded the Southern Pacific COM
pany, which had agreed to sell the
site (186 feet on Grand avenue by
ITO feet on Court street) for $4,000,
the department could devote only $8,-
900 to site purchase. The letter sug-
gested that property owners in the
vicinity would readily contribute &c.
900 additional, and asked that guar
antics to that end be secured.
Mr.. Wise stated that the guaran-
ties had been prepared and forwarded
to the treasury department at Wash
ington.
A committee of three to follow up
the federal building site was pro-
vided: Charles L. Fowler, Writ G..
Bowman and n. J. Karns.
The subject of covering the arroyo
between Crawford street and the In
ternational bridge was taken up. Mr..
Mr.. Wylis stated that in case that is
done municipal authorities in No
gales, Sonora, had assured him that
their municipality will carry out the
covering from International bridge to
the Sonoita avenue bridge, which will
give a broad thoroughfare from the
Mexican custom house and Plaza
Trece de Julio, in Nogales, Sonora
to the Town Hall in Nogales, Arizona
and to the custom house site at the
corner of Court street and Grand ave-
nue., in Nogales, Arizona.
Several present said such a thor,
oughfare would be great benefit, in
making a more direct route, and saw
ing crossing the railway tracks twice
as is necessary by the route now fol
lowed, the tracks being particularly
hard on automobiles and trucks.
The idea was advanced that if the
gate in the fence at the line at tn,
Senonita avenue bridge could be
opened there would be given a route
between the points indicated along
Gale Pesqueira, international avenue