Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-03
DOUGLAS IS DIS
CUSSED BY
BRYAN
Its a Place Who're People Do
Things and Got RlCh."
Tic Says.

quen representative at the recent IN
tornaii0nal convention OF the Y. nj. &.
A. nt Douglas. talked intpFcsilngiY OF
tho Arizona city yesterday afternoon
% q reporter Tor The Evening Citizen
Nr. bryan. who returned Sunday. was
visited here yesterday BY che three in-
iruhiiunal feprctafirE. y. "a 1Dod-
man, New York, Bruno Hobbs. Den-
YER, aud j D. McDill. ChlcnED. Mr.
/ Mcniu ls the international railroad
secretary aud hia work Or therefore
/ confined almost exclusively amoar
/ railroad employees. The fOntlcmon
went east un No. g yesterday after
/ spending sorural hours here
Eve had n gruat time no Douglas.
said Mr. Bryan. taking up the matter
of hla visit 90 the young Arizona
city. which he added confidently exc
poets TO douhlc ifs population of g 900
people within the ncsi five years.
They took an the T. a. G. a. vls-
iturs about the town and showed rs
Everything They aro an optimistic
lot down in Douglas" be- went on.
"Tho city la on boom. one OF The
biggest onos Ia its history and it has
heen soaring ever since the amellern
were placid there.
"Douglas is built right ONT on q
mesa and che city o. ao young &c has
no trees but this don't bother them
any over in Douglas. They went 20
work and planted trees. The people
arr 700 busy 20 watch them grow but
they are thriving an right and some
day Douglas win have a. proitlly
shaded parks and streets aa any city
in the southwest.
CITY Owes $4,000.
"n0nriaa only Owea $4,000 This
is bonded Indebtedness They needed
The money 90 build sewer system
aud having Nll the other modern Ia
cilltloa ANA convenience auch as
electric lights. waterw0rea. macadam
ICED streets electric street railway
and gas, when tho sewer system 81
completed they feel ihgy Will about
hayI D. all.
There are pretty homes in Douglas
aud mOsr OF the houses are mourrn
The city lOaaia of good hotels church.
GO. a public library. banks. Y. &c. q.
A. huildlrg and other structures that
are an ornament to the town
''rhe two bls smeltera of course
keep up the place and ! want 10 aay
RIGHT acre that o. is certainty we'll
kept
The smtliefs down there mako
g3i 900 q day. just figure Il out YOUR
sen. yhey put out an average of 40
tons OF metal bullion per day.
The bullion, which is 90 per cent
pure. contains mostly copper but
tboro are distinct traces Of gold and
silver The cost OF mining, smelling.
Transporting and refining the metal
u considerable but tho company man
ages to clear NJ cents "a pound net on
every pound produced And the best
part uf q ia they had enough ore
blocked out io run the EmeliarH for
twenty-five years before they over
huiiI them.
They could ran the mines and
Hmoltcrs ai n profit when copper was
selling nt NJ cents bui now it has
gone 90 twenty. 30 y0u aen Douglas
ia money making center
Tho famous Copper Qnfon o. the
principal mine at Douglas and Is has
Made fortunes l0r Cos owners and will
make several more hut there nrc
other mines in ihnt part 0f Arizona
ihai are paying we'll ln fact Douglas
ia situated in "a rich mining country.
n iH just across the border from the
Hfafo Of Son0ro in Mexico. sou know,
and that s. ono Of the rIchest coun.
tries .n ihc word iu mineral wealth.
How They 80 Things.
While lquH'aa D. Wha1 might hf
called O. company town o. la m iho
hands ni one 0f the best nf companies.
l THEY d0 thInaa down there
For Instance. Che Phelps Dodge
people wanted the souihorn pacina
tH srsut them certain concessions ln
fhe matter OF cheaper freight rates.
The Southern Pacific could uoi pnaEla
b'y grant tho concessions and make
ans kind of proai. they wefo Inform
80 lf that's tho case suppose Wo
VIII have 90 build a line of our own
was ihe reply ~ the company
"rhe idea was not taken seriously
hy no dominant railroad until the
Phelps Dodge people begun to Rfi husy
ami sprung tho 81 rsso q 8aaih-
western deal
"Bui the Phelps Dodge railroad ven.
iures dld not stop here. Ihey needed
coke Tor their smelling and failure
in secure tho fuel shipmenia at a
freight rate which the company
thought reasonable. resulted in the
bnllding ~ a line from their connec.
ilon on the El paa0 a Southwestern
20 toe dawson roal NeIds iN NNrnefN
NnH Mexico.
"a met several former residents Of
Albuquerque in Douglas. q. " Howe,
formerly 10 the ieuoiry business here.
d nov The leading ioWeler oi Douglas
and f-d. Ci0Hlhier 81 in charge of she
grocery department of tho be- Copper
Queen store
Henry Maurlno who used o. ha a
stone cutter hers iu Albuquerque, ia
down there in business. All the fore
mor Albuquerque folk ! met are d0lug
WeN
There % lots nf money 10 circule-
lion down There. Wages are hlFh and
! NFlnE D. corfpsponllnEiy high Fore
;unos have been made in short
lUme And Mr bryan concluded the
liaiwflcw hy cIiMg aefarai Instances.