Arizona republican., 1905-10-02

in the few hours succeeding. About midnight the work of unloading and transferring to the grounds began and it is expected that when the sun rises this morning it will greet a new tent city in the suburbs of Phoenix. A great deal of disappointment was eX- pressed yesterday by many who de- sired to spend their Sunday watching the army of employees building a cir GUS, but the wise ones went to church and will be able to see the circus to- day with a better conscience. It was expected the circus would arrive about noon yesterday but the jump from San Bernardino was a long one and it was necessary to stop in Yuma long enough to water the numerous ele- phant and feed the aggregate lion, all of which took time. It also took a good deal of water and a lot of meat.
 But quite number of the employees of the big show came in on the morn ing train from Maricopa. Among them were the purchasing agents, "the twenty-four hour men," who as the appellatiOn indicates, are on the ground early to attend to prelimina- ries. and MT. Dan s. Fisheu, the press ! agent. It was the business of both MT. Fishell and the reporter to get tOgeth- CT, and they did so. The latter learn ed at once that MT. Fishell is not an entire stranger in these parts as he was here three years ago with the FL . lery band. He says he notes many Improvements in the city and is pleas ed with it's air of prosperity.
 As soon as the proper opening pre- scented itself MT. Fishell was asked about a very foolish rumor that was started yesterday, originating no doubt in the fact that the circus was delayed for a few hours. The rumOr was that the time was consumed in splitting up the show at Maricopa, that part of it might be sent to southern Arizona. This story MT. Fisheu emphatically l denied, saying it was the same old tale that is always told about a big circus when it visits smaller towns. He said there were eighty-seVen big circus cars in the four trains and that every one of them will be in Phoenix today, are here now in fact; that it takes , twelve acres to properly accommodate the big show and that if any of it is missing it will be because there isn room enough in the county to put up the tents. The splitting of circuses is an imaginary idea to begin with and of all shows the Barnum Ss Bailey az gregation could least afford it for 1t has an enviable reputation to main tain.
 Phoenix is guaranteed the same per formance that was given in San Fran cisco where there were 236,000 admis- sions during the few days the circus stayed, and in Los Angeles, where there were between sixty and seventy thousand admissions to the four per formances and where the heaviest traffic of the street cars was in car rying home the people who could not be admitted by reason of the seating capacity being sold out.
 Speaking of splitting the show MT. FisheIl said that the modern circus consists very largely of big special features, which cannot be split and they must be given as advertised or there would be an immediate loss of reputation even if a riot at the show grounds did not follow. The circus grounds selected in Phoenix are near the Churchill school house and every body who journeys thither today will see enough to convince him before he buys his ticket that there is nothing missing and that the exhibition will make good the newspaper and bill board promises.
 The Barnum 6 Bailey circus has been enjoying the greatest prosperity on it's trip through California and has been we'll patronized everywhere, the seating capacity being crowded in all