Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-26
LOOKING AHEAD.


 One very significant ract which should cause a strengthening of conf dence in the Warren district and in Douglas is the activity now noted at both th, great smelling plants of the Copper Queen and Calumet and Ari- zona- At the latter all the furnaces are in operation and the present cop per product is about equal to any for mer period in its existence Besides this the construction work on plans fer practically doubling the plant is going ahead. At the Queen smelter the work of putting an addition of 125 feet on the west end of the main building is being pushed forward
 This addition to the Queen building will accommodate two additional fur naces of 800 tons capacity each. The Queen now has ten 500-ton furnaces; with two more the total capacity of the plant would be 60OO tons daily. The Calumet and Arizona now has five 300-ton furnaces and it is planned to rebuild them larger. Two new 5OO- ton furnaces are also planned at the c. and A, which would give the plant q capacity of 5000 tons daily Thus we have total smelting capacity planned by these two companies of 5000 tons daily. It is easy to imagine what would happen to Bisbee and Douglas with these two companies in action, according to plans which it is. known have already been decided up on, and we must not lose sight of the fact that the present slowing up of production is but temporary incl dent in the history of the great War ren district and it's dependable enter prises. To haul the daily feed for the completed plants of the two pre- dominating companies would require 1SO cars. It would mean that more than double the number of men now employed in the Warren district would be required to mine this amount of ore: it would mean that both Bisbee and Douglas would be doubled in population. And the Cop per Queen and Calumet and Ar.zona are not the only enterprises which premise increased importance to Bis bee and Douglas. The Shattuck-Ari zona company is now receiving bids and it is expected will soon award | the contract for the construction of an S00-ton smelting plant in Douglas. This company has been an important producer in the past and it is known to be in position to resume produc- tion to an extent sufficient to supply the proposed smeiter Here will be ,an addition of>probably one thousand men in the mines and reduction works of this company. Other com panies are known to have excellent showings in the Warren district which give rosy promise of still great CT things for the future The prosper ity of the business enterprises within the radius of the Warren district, in- ciuding Douglas, will be further strengthened by the growth of the mineral industry in Sonora. During the best days of Cananea the trade coming from that camp to Douglas and Bisbee amounted to a nice per centage of the daily business. Cana nea will soon be back in the 9roduc- tion game and with the revival of this camp and the full operation of the en- Iarged plants of the c. and A. and the Copper Queen, not forgetting the shattuck, it will require all the ca pacity of the railroads reaching Doug las to handle the business, thus more than doubling the number of shop men, trainmen and yardmen. Let us not forget all these points when pointing to the probable future of CO chise. county. It is within the range of possibilities that within the next i've years the county will be doubled n population ana 1t Is needless D