Arizona republican., 1910-09-26
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH ERECTS IFS TENTED CITY CIRCUS ARRIVES IN NIGHTTIME AND IMMEDIATELY BEGINS
 UNLOADING.
Will Give Parade and Two Perfor-
 mances Today.

tented city sprang up in her midst. The Greatest Show on Earth" Barnum &
 Bailey's superb aggregation, is housed under canvas upon the lots in the northeastern section of the city which have come to be classed by children from five years to seventy-five years old as the show grounds" Today two performances will be given under the
 big tent while in the forenoon display of pageantry never before approached or attempted by any one organization will fill the downtown streets, rousing in young and old alike the circus" fe-
 yer and turing people from every walk
 of life to the menagerie and sawdust rings.
 A wierd sight was presented in the
 yards of the Maricopa X Phoenix rail- road last night following the arrival of
 the first section of the four heavy trains necessary to move this great collection of attractions. Hardly had the wheels ceased turning before my riads of torches attached to the scores of long flat cars were set ablaZe, throw ing a lurid glare over the animated scene. Great draft horses were hurried
 from their cars, fitted with strong har- ness and attached to the heavy wagons.
 In less than fifteen minutes after the train pulled into Phoenix long stream
 of heavy wagons, the sound of their creaking wheels carrying far in the
 stiffness of the night, was upon its way to the grounds.
 Beacon light had been set at frequent intervals along the streets to be trav-
 ersed, so that the drivers of the six and eight horseteams would have no difficul
 ty in determining the route from the
 railroad to the circus grounds. Hun
 dreds of men were hurrving back and forth to the uninitiated appearing to
 have no definite aim, but in reality all
 working together for the carrying out of one great plan. The master mind of
 this great activity sat calmly in a bug
 gy. and occasionally gave an order or
 suggestion in an undertone and without
 show of authority or harshness.
 Time was when the unloading of
 great circus was attended with the sounds of raucous voices, commanding, even bullying the men and the inter change of profanity was usually such as to render the surroundings fairly blue. All this has past since Ringing Bros have become the head of this great show It was in marked con
 trast with the experience of former
 years that those Phoenicians who went down to the railroad yards last even ing saw the unloading of the circus. There was hardly sound, other than
 the grating of the wheels or the move ment Of the cars. People within few blocks of the neighbOrhOod slept
 through it all without being dis 1 turbed And scores of people living in ! the neighborhood of the circus grounds will know for the first time this morn 1 ing that the circus is in town.
 owing to the lateness of the hour when the trains began arriving, the | first pulling in to town about 10 o'clock there was not a large crowd present to 1 witness the unloading. Profiting by i the experience of last year at which | time an aged woman met death and sev
 eral youngsters had narrow escapes while watching the unloading of the cars, Superintendent C. NJ. Scott, of the l Maricopa & Phoenix railroad. arranged | that there should be several extra po- | lice upon the grounds c assist the To- | cal officers in keeping all sightseers at safe distance and, largely as re- | suit of this. no accidents were reported | from the railroad yards last night.
 Tie big parade will pass through the ] downtown streets this morning about 1 10 o'clock. and because of the early ar i rival of the circus in town this feature will undoubtedly take place on time | The school children will be afforded an | opportunity to witness the parade. Incidentally Marshal Moore an
 nounces that he will have an extra force of officers at work today to pre- vent disorder His men will be ins-
 trructed to arrest all suspicious char acter and the marshal advises all householders to keep an eye out for persons acting suspiciously and in the ! event of discovering any such to call up his office immediately.
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