Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
HOW WE GROW.
Our Record for 1sss-


 past, but we look back over it's
 rages with pride and pleasure as we
 read the~1ecords of our town and
 county; as Seen in the numerous ad-
 ditions to our Business population the
 new buildings in aI directions the in> ~creaaed acreage of Send cultivated
 the great increase in tfs amount of crops raised and uumbeN of new
 settlers All evinces the fact bat The Salt River Valley is to become the home of heavy and thriving and that as it's mer; ts become more and more wleaely known capital and enter prise will more eagerly seek e. place among ss. Tn the. city of Phoenix itself, duxing thepast year, most extraor- dinary progress has cen made in numerous directions, potwithstand> 1ng the sf;.ct that it has been scourg- edwin small pox for six months of that time, and altogether has had one of the Closest years financially that
 fl 1las ever known.
 During abe year, thirty>three new and substantial films tlat we TOW call7to mind have gone into business among us, as follows:
 Ruiz & Co.,, Llttman 6 Co, and R. E. Farrir gton, general merchan> disc; o. L. 8Isl oney and R. B. Todd, drug and variety stores; ". T. Woods, stationery and variety store c A. Cation, photographer; Mir. Recum boot md shoe s.ore; W. L. Whepley, fruit and candy store; I. Miller, jewelry store; J. T. Hord, watchmaker; N. Zubrod, shoemak- CT; F. A. Pollock, bakery; F. Kuch- Ter. bakery and coffee house T. ". | Byers, Whitaker 6 Kurtz, and J. s. Sheldon, carpenter and furniture shops; Ba;sz 6 Wells, general butch- sring business; Arthur ". Bvers, wagon>malSer,s shop; J. Orozco, general merchandise; J Montaro, wholesale liquor store; Jas. Mc> Carly, blacksmithing, I. Stroud S Son, livery and feed business; Phoe. nix Warehouse Co-; First National Bank of Phoenix: H. N. Alexander, law; Frederick 6 Hill, tlnsmiths and tinware dealers; Sears 6 Co, p@ntels and dealers in paint; NJ. Maris, painter; Mrs. MIhoney, O. L. Mahoney, R. T. Osborne, and Mrs. E. A. Ingalls,, physicians. These are completely new additions to business.
 Aside from these partners have been taken in in a number of m stances and old places of business have changed hands, especially { among saloons and eating houses.
 Within the town limits we are able to count about seventy new t buildings, residences. most of them, and a number of business houses Several of the residences are quite fine costing from s2,50O upward. Among business houses the most important are the elegant and costly :. brick building of Guss Ellis 6 Co.,, q and the fine hotel building being Il put up by Mr. A. D. Lemon, The 0 built by the Phoenix n Company is also a very extensive and substantial stone building with iron roof and we must C not forget the elegant court house T, now about flushed. ' A number of new buildings u have boen put up just out Il side the limits of town and in Neahr's addition. Two other e additions to the town have just been ! aid out insb lots, the Dennis addi- ion and the Balsz addition. u Business has been steady and q Iuite fair, taking the whole year into G consideration and the peace of the H has been undisturbed K Iuring the whole time by a single : 'rawl of any consequence more than z rises in any community in the older t4tes where the chances are sup> osed to be much less. as
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