Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-12
SANTA FE TRAINS IN
 THE SHELTER CITY
Passengers Delayed by Floods Were Brought Here on Their Way to the Pacific Coast.
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 Douglas. Oct. 1l-"Its an ill wind that blows no one some good, and the storms that have tied up the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads have been, ln q way, a blessing to Doug las.
 This morning at about Ii o'clock four long Santa Fe trains, with over a thousand people on board, pulled into this city from Fl Paso, bound for Cali fornia. The sight was an interesting one. The tired. hungry travellers pill ed off the trains and went foraging for something to eat all over town. Hun dreds of pounds of groceries were sold today to the delayed people who for a little while were detained here. The hotels and restaurants were crowded and hundreds of hungry tourists were fed on the best Arizona afforded.
 Many of the people walked about town, and many questions were asked about this city. The conductors of the trains did not know how long the train would remain here. consequent ly the people did not have time to walk out into the residence portion of the town as they wanted to do.
 The washout between Fl Paso and San Marcial was the cause of the trains coming this way. These trains were~ decidedly mixed; elegant Pull mans, tourist cars, chair cars and day coaches being mixed helter skelter in trains of from eight to fourteen cars each When these great trains pull ed into this city and drew up on the switches and the No. ? of the E. P. & s. V. with it's chair cars came in the local depot looked like a grand central station in city the size of St. Louis. IL was 8 good thing for Douglas. This city got thousands of dollars worth of good advertising. Every passenger on the trains was interested m this town the minute they put their feet on Douglas soil.
 A Review reporter went through all the trains and talked with a great many Of the passengers. and was ask ed many questions about this city and its history How old is Douglas 9" What keeps it up?" "Who owns the smelters2" Where does the ore come from" What is the amount paid out in wages each month" How many people live here?" What are the business chances in Douglas % Are there good schools and church es?' What kind of people live in this city?" 'Is the water good ?7 Are wages good2" eIs living ex- pensive2" The former and many other questions were asked about the city and answered to the best of the re- porte-'s knowledge.
 That a town only three years old could have reached such a size and have such buildings and be the center of so much business was a great sur prise to most Of these people, and they are leaving here with good i'm pressions Of the wonderful growth and future prosperity of this city. 4 number of these people said that they would come back and get better ac. quainted with the town and mayess permanently locate here and go into business of some kind The delight ful climate was greatly appreciated by the travellers, most of whom came from the north, where they left cold weather. and they had travelled through storm after storm. Today was an ideal day, and when the people were informed that today is no nicer than any other day, and that this is our kind Of everyday weather, they ex- pressed great surprise and many said that they would like to live in this city, where the sun shines 365 days in the year, and it never gets cold. The trains remained several hours and then left fOr Reusor with P D e w engines pulling them. One train came in last night and many of the passengers remained over night Two or three more Santa Fe trains are ex- pected over the road before night.