Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-22
BISBEE AND JEROME ARE C0NTRASTED BY
 REVIEW STAFF MAN
Lawrence Dean Clark Visits Jerome Camp and Writes a Graphic Description of What He Saw There.
(ey Lawrence Dean Clark


 ! JEROME, Nov. Eff the South
 western station in Bisbee could pos
 sibly be perched at point about 300
 feet above the last house on School
 Hill and the balance of the city of Bisbee were to be confined, practical 1 ly, to that area now known as School Hill and Tank Hill, a replica of Je- rome could be found.
 The United Verde and Pacific Rail lightweight steel from Jerome June ton to Jerome, is the best recommen dation for travellers insurance in the world. The great difficulty to be had is the fact that an accurate realiza- tion of the character of the road can not be had until the passenger is within fifteen miles of Jerome Then he realizes that family ties and re- sponsibility should be protected. Winding up and then down the lit tie narrow gauge. with a miniature | engine in the lead. the twenty-seyen | miles between the connection on the ] Santa Fe main line between Ash Fork and Phoenix is negotiated in approx imately two hours. The sides of bad " broken up hills, rugged sentinels which guard the famous Verde water 7hed. are skirted by the road. It 7ust have been the builders princi- 4Eo ~rade as good as possible but little will help the road in making the train ,en earn their money
 At First View a panorama of the Verde watershed is opened out. In he half-light of late afternoon the
 'olors on the opposite side of the val ! ey, about fifteen miles away, remind he passenger of those in the Grand i Canyon at sundown. The red side walls, rising sheer from the foot of he basin to the high plateau above, reflect all the colors of the spectrum
 nd leave the sense of color in mud | de.
 Considerable winding is necessary before an alleged. station is encount- red The word encountered is used dvisably. The building is wood It ras been used for several years, at least. and stands a good chance to remain in use for several more. Be tween the track and the station there is room enough for two busses to stand, side by side without knocking over the little engine or the little de not. There the passenger bids goodby to a small seat, where two people growl at each other from too close oroximity, and enters a new world.
 Automobiles are at a disadvantage Tt the Jerome station. It is located atout three hundred feet above the town and the old fashioned buss. with long seats on either side of the affair, accommodate the passengers to the va rious hotels. Your grips and s@all baggage are placed next to an amiable driver and you wonder why all of them do not tumble oyer on the team as it goes down the sharply inclined
 
 Speaking of hotels brings attention to some difficulties to be encountered by the casual traveller in this camp at the present time. In the first place, ground space is limited in Jerome. All of it has been taken up for some time for hotel and rooming house pur- poses. Consequently. the heavy tray e in and out of the district crowds the places and g man is very fortu- nate if he can secure a room when he comes to Jerome without first making a reservation. Yesterday the manager of the lead Ing hotel told Phoenix man. who tel ephoned for a reservation for Friday. that he could not accommodate him as every room had been spoken for during the next week. The rooms are steam heated and, comparatively speaking. very good. A bath in con nection, however. is nearly unknown and a barber shop on the first floor of the establishment provides most of he bathing facilities for those who de sire to risk the early winter cold which is prevalent in this region at the present time.
 Food is out of sight in Jerome. Bis bee may be bad for securing some thing 10 eat. People in that fair city complain Of an inability to secure good board. Should they come to Je- , rome they would cease at once. It is high in price, scarce in quantity and the variety is poor and, at times, questionable
 One is told in Jerome that freight rates, that bugaboo which has been -ith the west since the first railroad
 'rought so-called civilization here, 1re chiefly responsible for the high 0Tices. It is more than reasonable. it must be admitted. that Jerome is really afflicted with high freight rates A narrow gauge railroad brings it in . rom Jero~e Junction. IL is handled "' the Junction and again at the sta ton here. On top of this the rate for freight from the freight depot to the