Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-27
b|SbEE|TES 4
 TRUE TYPE OF
 WESTERN IDEA
Section of Camp Devastated In October Already Populat. ed With Modern Business
 Structures


 l. cheers the heart to take walk along upper Main street. Thers where biackened ruins marked the curse of . half million dollar fire on the morning following the fatal fourteenth of October last, structures hat put to shame the former build ings of the street, have been reared. and are either already occupied, or nearly ready for occupancy. Those who with dire fccebodings predicted that so tremendous a loss. occurring as it d'd In a financial depression, would mean q blow from which the camp would be years in recovering. have seen their fears proved ground less: while the most optimistic have been filled with surprised gladness at the rapidity with which the city has recovered from its disaster.
 The Johnson block, destroyed en- tirely during the fire, has been re- placed with q modern building, in
 very respect Snrpassing the other, although it was not in itself inferior The new structure, with it's neat lE.ck, its balcony. it's big double of fee windows in the upper story, its basement extending the entire length and breadth Of the block. proclaim 1t an ornament to the street, and & monument to the enterprise of its owners. As it stands, the structure, owned by Pete Johnson and Anderson & Gull. cost not far rom s25.0o0.
 The upper story of the old block WAS divided into rooms for lodging taf, cid .n that four excellent office rooms occupy the fIont of the upper story, the rooms in the rear. however, re maining as before In the lower story, at the east end of the block, the Bis bee Hardware company will have its quarters. removing in a very few days rom the'r temporary quarters across the street. The Stoltz bar has llTeady been established next door This place occupied the wedge" next 70 Gilman, the jeweler before the fire. The Cosby tgothers will adjoin the bar, and fixtures are being put In now The Cosbys were burned out, but have planned a well arranged stock that will easily surpass their fcTmer quarters. The west end of the ccrner Of the block, will be occupied, it is sad. by Pete Johnson, who is re- ported to have made arrangements for butcher shop there.
 Across the street, and a little fur ther up the canyon, the two big store rooms being erected by Bowen and Hubbard are rapidly nearing eomple- tion. The west half of the structure VII he occupied by the undertaking business of the firm, while half of the other section Of the block will be occupied by the gas company. No arrangements have been made for the occupancy Of the remaining part Of the building
 The former site Of the Grand hotel. which was hardly all that its name indicated. inasmuch as st was an un- -afe and unsightly wooden structure three stories in height. and the one u which the disastrous fire of last fall originated, is being rapidly re placed with g. handsome brick build ing Ball & Bied5oe, it is understood, will occupy the corner store room. while AIue-Cr. the music man, will have quarters adjoining.
 Nearing completion just back of lalI AA4lElu1 bA4AsAAiAN- " hniNh -Asho sLssII gone uD since the fire, are two mod ern cottages built of cement blocks. and attractive with their long sloping i1OIs and inviting wide porches. They are owned by Mrs. Mary Wslke~. and completely outclass the small wooden structures which stood there before the fire.
 Improve ments which nave been mentioned from time to time, con tinCe. while others. of the most mod era architecture. are being planned There is no room for a reasonable icutl cf the fact that the residence -ecgion. as ts assured in the business -ec,ioa of the burned area will with 'n a years time. and probably less, take rank as second to none in the ap- 1cinments and att-activeness of the .t-uctures That these are the facts 'Elghs moro eloqGently than words Ii inc indomitable spirit and hopeful lanra Of the Bisbee.tes-Siemon- strates that they are indeed Gf tae rae type Cf the vest