El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-24
BISBEE, A MODERN CITY IN EVERY
WAY, IS BOOSTING FOR Good ROADS
Douglas Has Grown from COwpasture to City of
$4,000 Population in IL Years Monthly Payroll
Disbursements Aggregate $35OOOO-Gyp-
sum Plant Is Among It's Industries.
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1 Bisbee took away the Smelter employ
/ es to Douglas but left room for the
building Of a city to accommodate the
mining population. This was needed.
/ Bisbee was satisfied. Douglas came in
to being and became satisfied also
The Bisbee buildings are notable
! for their artistic and substantial con-
! Structlon- This IS manifest through
! out the business district and in all the
public and semi-public structures. The
schools of Bisbee are high grade and
/ housed in adequate modern buildings
The churches have all found modern
homes y Y NJ c. A. q Y. ". c. A.
an EIks club and club for the en-
plOyes of the mining companies
housed in a handsome three story
building. part of which accommodates
the post Office-are features OF the
city The Elks' club has quarters as
handsomely furnished as any N Ar
Bisbee supports a mining daily
newspaper.
Bisbee Strictly Modem
A modern hotel a store that would
the Copper Queen general merchandise
stOre-a handsome office building OF
the Copper Queen company, all add TO
the general stable appearance of the
city. A city hall, owned by the tax
payers, is another feature Of which
Bisbee boasts. The municipal admin
istration of the city under mayor J. S.
Williams and predecessors has appar-
emily been in capable hands. for the
civic improvements that manifest
themselves are evidences of careful
preparation and earnest effort
While not the county seat of COchise
county, Bisbee is the largest city IN
the richest county in the state and
hopes to remove the county seat from
Tombstone as soon as the new law
goes into effect At present II is held
up by a referendum and the county
seat vote cannot be takel- Douglas
viii also enter the contest for the
county seat and has hopes as strong as
Bisbee of securing it In this respect
and this only are Bisbee and Douglas
rivals.
BfsBee For Good Roads.
Bisbee is on the BCrderland high
way and its enterpriSing citizens have
made their influence felt in the good
were instrumental. Jointly with Doug
las, in securing the construction of a
section of the new state highway be-
tween Bisbee and Douglas and have
also secured the construction of an
excellent road over the mountains out
Of Bisbee in the direction of Tomb
stone Blsoee IS 10 be the nlgnt con-
troll of the FL PasO-PhOeniX autOmO-
bile race next month. by reason Of its
location near the center of the course.
Bisbee viii enter several cars in the
race to help advertise the state fair
and the BOrderland route If the state
bond issue for S1O,O00.0OO prevails in
Arizona, COchise county viii spend
nearly a million and a half OF the
fund in constructing a good road
over the Borderland course from the
county line at ROdeO. through Doug
las. Blsbee, Tom ostone ana Falr ms
to the Santa Cruz county line At
present a costly cement bridge is be-
ing built over the san Pedro river at
Fairbanks jointly by the state and
Douglas, the SmeIter City.
Douglas, the Smelter city. which viii /
be visited Saturday afternoon from (
three until 11:10 p. m is but eleven (
COW pasture; today il is a city OF {
1900 population. according to the es- /
innate of the people OF the city who 4
have observed its growth since 1910. !
when the United States census gave i
it 6,43T people. Douglas came into /
being because of the necessity for NOV /
ing the Copper Queen smelter from /
Bisbee. smelter site near the pres |
ent city of Douglas was selected be- ]
cause of the level condition of the I
Douglas was then founded as l
a city because of its ideal location and |
surroundings. Its Originators saw /
great prospects for Douglas as the !
supply center of the rich Sulphur
springs valley-which. in accordance /
with predictions made then. has come /
into being as a wonderful agricultural /
reS1On-and also as port OF entry |
from Mexico and as a home city for
the employees of the smelter. Today /
Douglas is the home of the Copper !
Queen smelter, greatly enlarged. and
of the new Calumet and Arizona
1000 men and its capacity is 100000
pounds of copper per month. The 9. !
< A. Smelter employs $50 men, The |
taxable wealth of the city of Douglas l
is placed at S4,62S. 900 and the smeIter
properties assessed at a valuation of {
SS,5OO.OO0. The estimated monthly Z
payroll disbursements are placed at
from 100000 to S35O.000. As an ex-
ample of the prosperity and wealth of !
the place. the deposits Of the banks are |
over 81. 900. 600 and the resources are /
HVITn n nd hanf mil
Rapid Growth Recently.
The growth of city is always in
dicated accurately by its postal re-
eeipts. Douglas showed an increase
Of $4,000 last year over the previous
year ending June 80. 1913. A site for
I federal building has been purchased
IN Douglas and pOStoffice is ex-
peeted TO be erected within the next
year or So
The building record of the CITY again
shows the strides of progress that
nave been made in Douglas during the 7
)ast year. The total expenditure for
new buildings according to the rec. (
)rdS. was S315.O0O This did not in I
'lude the construction of the hand
some new passenger terminal and gem |
,ral office building for the Ell Paso &
southwestern railroad. built of mot |
led brick. trimmed in gray sandstone. | 1
fhe building is two stories in height |
nd Is one of the finest railroad ter
1inal buildings in the southwest.
Neither did these figures incluude the ,
melter construction for the year. but
hey merely embraced the building I
lone IN the business and residential I ]
ectiOns of the city.
Is a Modern City. 7
Douglas has good street car sys-
en-. = splendid telephone system. a-
electric light Syetor1 and oil tho mod. J