Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
FIRST IMPRESSION OF JEROME IS TOLD
 BY EASTERN VISITOR
Stanley (. Kingsbury, of U. V. Consolidated Copper Compa- ny, Tells of His Ride From Coast to Big Copper Camp.

1 to travel over our own vast continent and abroad, and perhaps those who
 have not been so fortunate, but in-
 stead have journeyed to places of in-
 terest nearer home. will recollect the tense interest and excitement that prevailed when the train or boat, or
 whatever the mode of travel perchanc
 ed to be. neared the particular spot or
 location. which they had travelled to see. Everyone rushing to the rail of |. the boat or crowding one another for I a glimpse out of the window of the ! coach to get that first glimpse" of
 the Rock of Gibraltar" the Seal Rocks" the Statue of Liberty" or
 the Grand Canyon"
 To the writer, who came to Jerome from New York after spending a few l months in sunny Southern California, | the trip appeared to be far from the point of offering anything out of the | ordinary. After leaving Ash Fork and speeding along the Santa Fe to Je-
 rome Junction about 30 miles south,
 found myself leaving the wide gauge railroad and being transferred to a
 narrow gauge mountain road Along side the typical western railroad shack or station, apparently one mil lion miles from nowhere, was stand ing train composed of several kinds of cars, two of which accommodated passengers, baggage, mail and any other commodity which they could not find room for in the other cars. was fortunate to acquire standing room for myself in the baggage sec tion of the rear car, which afforded an excellent view of the country as we passed over. winding around
 curves of all descriptions (where in several places it was possible to ask
 the engineer if the train was on time,
 while standing on the rear platform
 of the last carl gradually rising to
 the top of a lofty peak of the Black
 Hill Range of Mountains. I have nev-
 CT known Senator Clark of copper
 fame. to ever be connected with any crooked enterprise, but I am con-
 pelled to say that after winding
 around these curves that l hardly think it possible for him to ever ex- ceed being connected with anything more crooked than the railroad which he built Each one in the meantime on the trip has been telling the other one next to him about this and that certain peak and its history while the fellow across the aisle is pointing out the ruins of the first sawmill in the section, which has ceased to operate over twenty years ago and which, by the way, was founded by Senator "'crk. Suddenly someone, who has elected himself Announcer Protein" 1 tells the people about him that when | he next ridge (pointing out of the ! window) is reached, that We will all | - 7ble to see the smoke of the Clark | Excitement reigns intense and when | the train whistles, which means that ' it is on the last lap of the journey, all | passengers take to their feet and are | ready to leave the train fully fifteen | minutes before the station is reach | ed. The proverbial busses met the l, train at the station and transported | the people safely down around the i winding lodges of the mountairside | into Jerome.
 As I have already said in the fore | going, I had been afforded considera- hle excitement on the last lap of my i journey, but when I alighted from | the bus in front of my hotel, I can | not describe the scene more definitely and coherently than by saying that f | resembles as closely as possible the | noon hour assemblage of the Chicago. Boston or New York curb markets. | It was dark and there were groups of | people standing in the middle of the streets. On the sidewalks, post office, hotel Hobbies and stores. Everyone had a smile on their face and pros perity wave seemed to be sweeping the town in general. Extensive bank improvements had been made, new telegraph and express offices had been erected and improvements and alterations to almost every building in town were being pushed forward with ' all speed. Upon being fortunate | enough to secure place to sleep in the hotel, there being about twenty applications for one space, I took a walk down Main Street (the Broad way of Jerome). Heavily laden bur ros and bronchos were tied up along the street, while their owners and drivers were either talking or trading securities or crowding the capacity filled stores Indians and Mexicans. easily distinguished by their racial costumes and sombreros, etc, added color to the atmosphere of a typical mining camp. After vending my way up and down through the excitable throng, and breathing the purest air that one could wish for. retired, on ly to awake in the morning eager to get about the town again.
 In conclusion of this article it is with great pleasure and absolute truthfulness that I say Jerome is in