Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-16
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF DOUGLAS.

Every day brings new cause for confidence in the future of Douglas While the growth of this city has been the wonder of the southwest since the day when the first mesquite bush was cut from the townsite there is every reason to believe that it's future growth will be cause for still greater astonishment.
 At the smeIters plans are being made for enlargements which will in- sure that the amount of ore to be smelted in this city within the next two years will be double that finding accommodation hee now and besides the additional capacity of the smelting plants already here it is known almost to an absolute certainty that before the expiration of the present year work will have been started on the construction of new smelting plant by the Shattuck-Arizona company.
 Looking further into the future we may look for still other smeiting plants here for the accommodation of other mining companies in the War ren district. Not only that but it is probable that custom smelters will be erected here for the accommodation of ores from Sonora and southern Ari- zona It is the history of all cities having a special line of manufactories that business makes business. In Lynn, Massachusetts, are some of the largest shoe factories in the United States; after the shoe manufacturing business was first established in Lynn other great factories followed for the reason that Lynn was the. home of those who were skilled in the manu- facture of shoes. Nearly a dozen great shoe factories are located in St. Louis which has become the noted shoe manufacturing city of the west for the same reason that the factories gathered at Lynn.
 So it will be in Douglas. With the start now made Douglas has the strong inducement of skilled labor in the smelling of copper to offer to any one looking for smelter site in this section of the southwest. One will bring another just as the firsS shoe factories attracted others to Lynn, Massachusetts, and to St. Louis, Mis- souri, Another thing which is even a stronger reason why smelters should be located here is the fact that the supply of water to be had in this val ley has no superior for making steam power We have it on good authority that the superiority of the water here over any to be had within reach of the Warren district for use in boilers is an advantage which will save enough in fuel to pay the freight on the transportation of ore from Bisbee to Douglas. Douglas is destined to be the greatest smelling city in the Unit ed States and the hub of the richest mineral zone in the known world, in- cluding a radius taking in Bisbee, Paradise, Cananea and Nacozari.
 With the exception of the Warren district and Cananea this mineral country is yet practically in an unde- veIoped state. It is known that dur ing the past year ore has been en- countered by the Phelps-Dodge com pany in the NacozarI district which insures that camp to rival both the Warren district and Cananea as a producer of copper.
 Not only is 1t this magnificent min eral country which will give to Doug. las support sufficient to sustain fifty thousand people at the end of the next ten years, to be relied on for the future of this city, but with the exten- sion of the Nacozari railroad to Quay. mas we will have a direct outlet to the coast which means that we will have two of she great continental lines connecting us with both the At lantic and Pacific. as any considerable future growth of Douglas will see the
 Southern Pacific laying track Gowr the Sulphur Springs valley from Pearce. The railroad from Douglas to Guaymas will develop an agricul tural country equal in fertility to any
 which has ever been planted to corn
 barley, wheat and alfalfa and with ar
 abundance of water for it's irrigation
 Au this rich country will be tributary
 70 this city and depend on 1t for sup
 plies.
 l Notwithstanding the enormous
 amount of building which was done here last year there Is not today |
 vacant residence to be had and rent. are at the fanciest of top-notch prices Many new buildings are now planned
 fer immediate construction. but oi