Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-08-15

with wide streets and avenues. As
stated above, the homes on the hills of
Bisbee are reached sometimes by mar
row roads, but more often by steps
and trails The result is a city which
is picturesque and interesting to every
visitor 1t is a constant surprise to
see handsome and substantial dwell
ings perched one above another on
steep mountain sides or upon sloping
hills, while down below are the busy
marts of everyday commerce.
In early days Bisbee was frequently
devastated by the storm waters that
swept down upon it from the surround
ing watersheds. from The summer
rains, and thousands of dollars of dam
age annually resulted. This has been
obviated by the introduction of a splen-
did subway system, by concrete re-
tanning walls and concrete channels,
so that all storm waters are easily and
safely carried off and down the creek
bed to the lowlands and valleys.
Fire was a grave menace for many
years, but at length an adequate sys-
tenn of water storage was completed
and a competent fire department with
| up-tO-date and efficient apparatus for
! fre-fighting was secured, and as a re.
suit considerable reduction in pre-.
miums of insurance rates was obtain.
ed, and such recent fires as have oc
Cured have been only slightly damag
| ing. This subway system and the fire.
| fighting system were installed at a
cost of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars It has been money well expend
ed and has proven its worth already.
/ The public school system of Arizona
ranks with any of the United States
and that of Bisbee is equal to any OF
the state. In the school district there
are seven graded schools, and new
solid concrete high school Of mosl
beautiful architecture erected within
the present year at a cost Of 100000
the finest in the entire Southwest
Lowell, while physically a part Of
| Bisbee, is without the corporate limits
and must be ranked as the most i'm
lprOyement have been made here, and
in every respect Lowell has prospered
and advanced quite as rapidly as Bis
bee. By street car it is ten minutes
from the heart of Bisbee, and it claims
the advantage of being free from mu
nicipal taxes. All of the territory not
within the city of Bisbee and embrac.
ed in the Warren District is a part OF
| different suburbs having their OWL
names and to an extent their own
separate entities.
Lowell has its own bank its own
postonice, its station, its schools, its
theaters, its clubs, and yet it is i'm
such close touch with Bisbee that the
! residences of the two places mingle
together as though but a single com
munity Lowell is closer than Bisbee
TO some of the newer mines. and, like
Bisbee, gains most Of its prosperity
from them
Here at Lowell the canyon, which
was so narrow at Bisbee. has broad
ened out somewhat, and there is less
Of the Alpine village character Of con
struction in the residence portion than
is to be noted in the larger town, and
upon the whole the country is more
open.
Further down the canyon is Warren,
where many business men OF Bisbee
and most of the mine officials make
their homes. Here are located the
offices of the Calumet & Arizona
Company and here is Vista Park,
where are held Sunday band concerts
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