Arizona republican., 1899-09-29
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+J Jt4 O4l.S. Al h., toE Je -D---A . DO~.l II 1 Correspondence of The Republican.)- 1 No visitcr to Arizona should evzr leave the territory without rid
 ing over the Jerome railroad and sec 1 ing the town Of Jer-me Many stories are extant concerning the dangers i'll
 riding over the Jerome read. The writer never experienced a smoother
 ride, although the crookedness Sf ehe read cannot be expressed in language.
 Whatever dangers there may be al tached to the trip are dur ing the wet season when the
 inevitable torrents threatsn the
 ombankments, curves and bridges.
 The read bed. however. is be
 ing improved continually. The
 scenery from the car window is some
 thing never to be forgotten. After a
 climb that seems to bs an initial cf-
 fort tc conquer natures fastness, the
 little engine triumphantly pulls its
 train around the brow Of great
 mountain, and 10 ali nature lies in
 L-maga there below. Ten thousand
 peaks arise to view. Ten thousand
 square miles are subject to the eye.
 The river Verde flows thousands of
 fat below. a thread in the endless
 waste, until dim distance alone
 defies the gaze. Another turn farther
 CT brings in view l whole mountain
 side on fire and yelled in blue smoke.
 It is the great rows of roasting ore
 All else is waste Another turn and
 there bursts upcn the view great vol
 Umes cf smoke rising from twen1y stacks, a sea of roofs, darting ears
 moving OUt like human beings The ear fasls the din Cf chains and wheels and the lear of pOndslCus machines Slowly it is realized that it is one Of the worlds great copper camps Jerome.
 A ride flicm the dapot to the hcteI is taken down a st-ep, narrow and crook ed road at pell-melI speed. seemingly regardless of circumstances. The road is wide enough but fer one team half the way, but teams pass one anoth P in way unknown to stranger. There appears to be nothing straight in this part Of the territory. The line of beauty is everywhere met with. Thera is n-thing level, it is all up- hill The climate Cf Jerome will cure a case C. indigestion, fer 1t is climb 1t always and yet no one so afflicted may hope for the f1od at the res tauTants will ruin all the climatic ef- fSc5s obtained between meals
 The new company hotel is nearing ccmpleti-n. l. sets above the t1wn 0n the mountain side and looms up as big as the city of Phoenix. It $ three stories high On the upper side and five at the lower. It is fire-prOof and solidly built of brick and steel It will accommodate over 300 men to
 lodgings and a much greater number to board It seems prepostercus that such q building should be located Cn such place where it appears to hug he mountain to keep from falling off l
 The new company store building $ llmcst finished. The sub-stcry on she 1 Ower side is occupied by a branch Ct he Bank of Arizona Of Prescott. a | ewelry store. Parks barber shop (as ] lic5 as the Hotel Adams ship in l Phoenix. but there is more of it). and | Campbell & Meyers news stand. | Three rooms are yet vacant The ] irst floor has been elabcrately fitted | ID with store fixtures and is being | 3cccked with goods for the T. F. Mil | CT company. Nearly everything need | d by anyone in Jerome will he | landled. The second story is a dance ! md opera hall Th5 upper f1Cor is oc- upied by different lodges.
 It has been said. Where e'er the ! -ord erects a house of prayer the levil always builds a chapel the-e" The devil certainly did net want for he house of prayer in Jerome. There $ one beggarly looking church and at east sixteen saloons and more going ID. The saloons are the most elab- rately furnished places in the town. Scme from the outside appearances .-nT1Id hc fol l-pn ho -I a ! Xcha1ge. On entering it would be earned that the bank was faro bank nd the exchange was over the bar here are nc bars in Phoenix that can | ompare n costliness with these. nor ny palaces of iniquity as gilded ss hose that run wide open day and
 fight in Jerome
 Jerome has. Iisen from it's ashes a etter built town than it was before
 $ destruction. All the new buildings n the business portion are of brick, tone. "dcbe" or concrete. WhcIsi locks have been built with these ma erials and other whole blocks are ned with new buildings in course of obstruction. which are also Of fire roof material. Thsre are more than fCeen business blocks going up and liners will be built as soon as lime all DS Hau' IlS- "S'ifI OA " "AlNH lo 9l o-'1- 7 felt The company is building two ne cottages and individuals have niShed Q number of others.
 The concrete buildings are some hing new fer Arizona and it's people i'm mbeTs or small iron uprights a-e l rected and small concrete columns ] uilt around them These columns { uppoIt the floors and form the ribs of { ne building. They stand about four ( 5st apart and these for a twO-stOry l uilding are from eight to ten inches |, IuaTe On the inner and outer sides [ these are fastened iron sheet lathing I hich is covered with Alpine cement. he whole face of the wall is then ' lvered with a c2at Of cement and the (