El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24

gotten, is in the heart Of a city of H.
600 people. The town has built up al
around it; the dead of modern Blsbee
are taken out to the more level ground
to the south and buried, but the pio-
neers sleep in the midst OF busy,
bustling population and around their
decaying bones moves the activity OF
II was difficult to shape the frontier
town into a city when the railroad
came and the smelters were built ana
the camp grew from a settlement INTO
a city, but the task that the men OF
modern Bisbee took upon themselves
has borne fruit, and B1sbee IS blesseu
TO a larger extent with streets ana pas
sages than many clties m4ch L 45, -
vorably located All the business
streets are paved, they all nave goou
sidewalks, and most OF the DuAulnss
set upon a common line. Inele az e
many substantial structures; IN 1acL,
the business district is full Of two ana
three story buildings, and many u
them are exceptionally modern IN tnelI
arran cement In the heart OF the cry
ing organizations when they cong
through and affords amusement W.
a, vaudeville program on other mig
Nearby is a really first class holei.
All RevOlVes Here.
As might be expected Of town Ihat
has been built practically as Iesul1
of the operations Of a gigantlc coIpoEd-
ton, everything reVolVes aDOLS ~.
Conner
Queens train and alighting at us ran
road station, in the heart OF the toWt,
the visitor is faced by the mdIlIllOt -
department store OF the copper y
company; in front OF the store = ~
three story club building erected 1OL
the accommodation and convenience OF
the Copper Queen employees. me III
floor of this building is occupied "
the postoffice. To one side o! Lne ~
store is the general office DullulnB u
the Corner Queen company ana Desl9o
this on the side Of q hill, comnlal9
ing a view that is magnificent sIGllos
the Copper Queen hotel, Ilrsl CIaS9
concern ODerated at rates as redSOnaD-S
as any hotel of the same class Besloe
it is another building Of the copper
Queen company, where there are IlOI
offices Of the same corporation ~
this building are the otIlces OF JUN
telegraph companies.
Radiating almost like the spokeS OF a
wagon wheel from the copper CISS--
center are the main streets-Bre" 80
e-ulch O. Z. avenue, Main street ana
other thoroughfares. Up these streets
the business houses are located. Inc l
NJ c. A. one of the finest IN the west,
occupies q commanding location on me
hill above the hotel, and on one slQe
of II stands the Presbyterian church,
while on the other Is the big CenIrA
school building, as imposing IN appear
ance as 1t is modern in It's arrange
ment The Y w c. A. occupies a vine
home of Walter Douglas, residenI wee
president Of the great Copper queen
corporation, now living in mansion IN
the fashionable suburb Of Lowell Re"
The Suburbs of Bisbee.
Through the heart of the town runs
the Bisbee- Warren electric railway,
winding out to the north up Tombstone
canyon, among residences, and TO the
southeast through Lowell to warren,
where are located the homes Of many
of the prominent Bisbee people, ana
likewise the country club, where they
NAV golf and tennis and drink high
balls Lowell is virtually part OF BIS
bee, and is merely the continuation OF
the original town. Warren is 1urtneE
away. but still is as much part OF
Bisbee as is Bisbee itself The head
quarters building Of the Calumet anu
Arizona Copper company, another pig
Bisbee operating company are locale0
in Warren IN q handsome pullulnB OF
pressed brick. Warren and LoweH are
both the homes of many large boarding
houses that accommodate the semi
transient population of the district.
Bisbee's homes, like those OF all otn-
er mining towns stretch out upon the
sides Of all the surrounding noun
tains, and to reach many Of them stair
ways 100 feet in length and even more
have been built. The gulches that
radiate in several directions from the
main part Of the town also have their
quota Of homes. Many Of these noun
tain homes cannot be reached without
a very tiresome and difficult climb, but
the view is superb and the climate Is so
delightful that these advantages pay
the occupants for all the trouble they
experience in reaching them.
Delivery Of Mail Impossible.
The peculiar character Of the town
however is what makes free delivery
Of mail impossible. There are rev II
any streets in the residence section
and the correct addressing Of mail TO
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ness section, and almost impossible
there. Then, too, wages are so eXcep-
tiOnally good for men in the town, that
it is impossible to find competent per-
carrier at the salaries which the United
States is willing to pay beginners in
the service This is also mainly the
reason that there are no male mali
clerks in the pOstOffice, although post
master Cassidy says he IS not sorry, as
his force Of girls constitutes one OF the
best postal forces he has ever seen, and
he is willing to pit the record or ms
office force against that OF any IN the
country. Mr.. Cassidy has been post
master for six years, and is giving Bis
bee a model service His was one Of
the first postOffices selected for the
operation Of the postal savings bank,
and he now has 549 deposltors ana mas
received on deposit from the people OF
the town $4,000 since the first Of the
year.
Inere are no small mining concerns
operating about Bisbee. The Copper
Queen, the Calumet and Arizona and
the Shattuck and Arizona are the big
concerns that furnish employment to
the men of the district The Queen and
the c. & A. operate shelters at Doug
las, about 80 miles distant on the plains.
The Queen formerly operated in Bisbee,
and the abandoned mammoth iron tubes
that carried the smoke away from the
town and up to the top Of a tail peak,
are still seen; the old Stag dump is still
here, now affOrding a location for a
fuel and feed company, for all space
in Bisbee is valUab bic. But the smelter
has gone; the fumes from the furnaces
made life very disagreeable for the peO-
pie of the city and the smelter was
moved away. The steel ore trains that
haul the ore from Bisbee to Douglas
are kept busy between the two towns,
and give employment to a large number
Of men.
Good City Government.
Bisbee has a well organized munich
pal government, a city hail. a fire de-
partment sewers, gas, water and cleo
trio lights. The water for household
use is supplied by a private corporation
and is pumped up from Naco. The city
owns a water plant that gives fire pro-
lection to the town. Bisbee has a SPLEEN
dds fa7an6ona awrhauoa onT To~e-