Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-02
DOUGLAS GREAT GROWTH
 FUTURE OUTLOOK GOOD

ing of 200 per cent We are now ad- lding to our store building on the cor
 ner of Ninth and G new ore room. 5Qx54. in which we will place our ladies ready-to-wear millinery. Also line of household goods. Business in
 both our stores has been exceptionally good during the past year and We are feeling extra good over the prospects
 for next year. or we would not double
 our stock as we are now doing" said
 Joe Calisher.
 The Douglas Drug company people
 report the best business for 1906
 since their first year in the city. They
 have increased their local stock dur
 ing 1906 by about 5000 and will add ts10,000 more to their stock as soon
 as the building adjoining their present quarters Is vacated. They will oceu- Ipy both buildings. Mir. Hammiil, of the company expresses himself as very much encouraged as to the out look for 1907 and the contemplated increase in the firms capacity for handling the new busin Is voiced by its expansion in stor room and stock The firm has increased its cap 1 ital stock during 1906 from s20.0eo to
  in Globe.
 J. 0. Martin, of the real estate firm of J. O Martin and Co, said: "Busi- ness has been good in the real estate line during 1906, especially during the latter half of the year. It is growing every day better now, as is also the brokerage business The recent ac- tivity in mining stocks and real es- tate is caused by the big strikes in tAe old mines tributary to Douglas and Bisbee and the opening up of so many new properties. The developing of the Sonora mines has only just be gun and the future of Douglas is the future of the great mining districts to the south and all about us here in Arizona. AS the mining interests hereabouts are only in the first stages of development, so Is Douglas only fl her infancy. We will have city of a size proportionate to rhe rich mining districts of which 1t is the center and outlet to the markets of the world"
 Erickson and Howe jewellers, speak cheerfully of their business for the past year. 'Tt has increased ma teriRlly," said the conservative mem Der of the firm interviewed. The De cenber business has shown the same rate of increase as has been shown by she other months. We are going to more than double our floor space this year by moving to 6 larger building, the old First National bank building Our stock will also be enlarged"
 The Douglas postohce gives the best indication of the growth of the city during the year now closing. Dur ing 1906 three and quarter million packages were handled at the Douglas postofice The town has outgrown the facilities for handling the malls. Every box in the office is taken and many more spoken for provided there should be any vacancies or increase in the number. Long lines of appli- cants at the general delivery windows every day during postoffce hours is a sight that was not so common a year ago. The per cent of increase in the business during 1906 Is the greatest with one exception since the founda- ton of the city.
 c. o. Ellis, cashier Of the Bank Of Douglas: We have every reason to be gratifed on account of the splendid years business; 1t has far exceeded any previous year and we have every reason now to expect as much of 1907 as we had to expect of 1906 when 1t began. To meet the growing business of the bank we recently increased our capital stock and also the surplus ac- count think Douglas will continue for sometime to grow at rapid pace; the extension of the railroad farther Into Sonora will do more for the city than any other proposed enterprise that has been mentioned"
 Mayer Adamson says the improve
 aents in Douglas for the coming year will be extensive. Said he: The council Is now working out plans for paid Are department for the city, something that the rapid growth of the town demands. Other freight ing machinery will also be added. The number of fire plugs are to be in- creased to fifty or seyenty-fiye. The new sewer system Is also to De in- stalled, costing SIS. 1000. The paving of the streets will be carried forward during the coming year to the extent of some t15, GOO cost to the city. Yes, but we have planned more for 1907"
 E. R. Thornton, of the firm of Scott and Thornton, said: We began busi- ness here little more than three years ago and have been successful at all times. but the business of the past year was tbe record breaker. We win greatly increase our stock when we move into our new room in the bank building, which win be in about ten days. I ana of the opinion that Douelas has just begun it's reai growth -