Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-09
THE BRIGHT AND NEAR FUTURE
 OF DOUGLAS
The Present Year Will See a
 Marvellous Growth
Douglas, Ariz., Sept. S.-(special)-

Douglas, Ariz., Sept. S.-(Special.) )- Now that the fall season is ap-
 preaching, it is in order to take stock
 of Douglas during the first seven
 months of the year. This city nas
 made a much better progress during
 the first half of the present year than
 during the first half of last year. and
 the outlook for the remainder of the
 year is very encouraging.
 From the beginning of this city.
 now nearly five years ago, there have
 been those who predicted the collapse
 of its growth from month to month
 and from year to year, but still Doug
 las has continued to advance in pop
 ulation and industry, and today it's future is brighter than ever before
 The great copper smelters in this city will at the end of this year have dou- bled the capacity they had at the be
 ginning of the year, and this means
 many more positions for laborers at these mammoth enterprises.
 The enlargement of the Copper Queen smelter means more to Douglas
 than the employment of more men, as when the present additions are com pleted the Copper Queen will be able to handle all the custom ore offered for sale or reduction, and will go to the mines to buy the ore This will add largely to the trade of Douglas.
 as where mining men market their ore, there is the place most likely to supply the mines with their necessi- ties
 During the present year the build l ings erected in this city have been of a superior quality, and it is estimated
 that more than $200,00O has been put
 into new buildings since the first of last January. Among the principal | buildings may be mentioned the
 S35,000 Young Mems Christian Asso- citation building, now nearing compile
 ton, and the two new school houses already completed at a cost of SIPS 800. | On c avenue. the principal business street, have been erected a number of
 large and handsome business struct- ures and new ones are being planned for the near future. among which the
 three-story building to be erected by | the tirst National Bank. at the cor
 ner of c avenue and Tenth street, will be the equal of any building in
 the city, if not superior to any ether
 than the Copper Queen store
 There is not a merchant ia Douglas but finds his business growing larger. and some of them can point to a busi- ness one-third larger than a year ago. The people of Douglas have not been content to build business houses and residences alone. but can point to splendid progress in the matter of building churches during the present year. During the year the Christian church at the corner of E and Twelfth street was erected, and the handsome Baptist church, at the corner of E and Tenth was completed and later burned down. Its recreation is now slated for the near future. In addition to these. the Presbyterian congregation, headed by Rev. George Logic has not been idle. and by the first of the new year they expect to have a handsome church on their lot at the corner of D and Tenth street, for the payment of which ss000 is now in hand.
 During the year the mineral devel- opment in the state of Sonora has added much to the trade of Douglas,
 and the trade from this section is growing larger every day. It would 1 be hard to overestimate the future trade from Sonora which will reach Douglas. and our business men cannot be too energetic in the effort to start
 the trade from the splendid mining camps in that section to this city During the last two weeks here has been a decided increase in the demand for real estate in the city, and with assured adding to the number of men at the smelters in the near future, indeed the outlook for Douglas was never more roseate than now.