Arizona republican., 1917-06-17
JUST
LOWELL; NOT 4
CITY Oh TOWN

Adjoining Bisbee, the largest suburb
of that community, is Lowell. Lowell
possesses great potent wealth. taxable
list which exceeds that of any other
town in Arizona, for, within its bounds,
are most of the mining shafts of the
great Warren district 1t is not an in
corporated town. having no govern
ment other than that of the county of
Cochise
When it is said Lowell is not a part
of Bisbee, that it is not a city. not
town. the person wonders then what
Lowell really is. No disrespect is in
tended to Lowell and its people. They
know just what they are doing and are
perfectly satisfied with results. They
appear to be getting along just as well
as if incorporated into a city. Lowell
is satisfied and happy
Whenever it has been proposed to
annex Lowell to Bisbee its people have
protested. Lowell is Lowell, part of
the Warren district and not of Bisbee.
Asked why they don't annex or incor-
porate Lowell people will answer.
why should we? We are doing very
well. Why should we add to the burden
of taxation? What have we to gain?'
] Paved Business Street
Lowell has a paved business street
running right through it, It's business
section is well lighted 1t is well po-
Iced by county officials. 1t has its
fire fighting equipment and its volun
/ teer fire department. 1t has its post
office. and railway station. 1t has its
! schools. Yet it pays no city or town
! tax 1t is growing rapidly in popula
i ton and resources.
Georgia phically the Lowell precinct
! is rather irregular in shape. 1t adjoins
the city of Bisbee on the east and orig
inally comprised all the Warren district
east, north and south of Bisbee 1t has
far more room for growth and home
/ building than either Bisbee or War
rem Part of it may be locally known
/ by other names, such as Johnson Ad
dition Upper Lowell etc, but in real
/ ity all of these are part of the Lowell
precinct.
] The census of 1910 for the Lowell
precinct gave it population of 4,356.
I That included Warren. Today. not
including Warren, the estimated popu
lation is between 5000 and 5000
New Shafts Made Lowell
| At first thu mine shafts of the dis
trict were very close to Bisbee. New
| shafts were then put down farther
away. Miners wanted TO live nearer
their work. Homes were consequent
| ly built and Lowell came into exist
ence. From Bisbee's easterly city line
population continues along Naco road
and up the adjacent hillside. A bust
ness district has sprung up there. From
that city line all the way to the DEM
bridge below Lowell is a fine road
paved with bitulithic pavement, laid by
the county. 1t form Lowells main
street
Business Heart Thrifty
| What may be termed Lowell proper
is really the business heart of Lowell
where the car line runs away from
the streets and roads and seeks the
open country on its devious way to
Warren 1t is congested into two
blocks. Here are bank, postoffice, all
manner of stores, a theater, lumber
yard and everything else to make a
complete business district.
The Junction shaft of the Calumet &
Arizona is located at Lowell. 1t is the
chief hosting shaft of the property
and the shaft that unWaters all the
mines of the district. There, too, is
the supply department of this company
and it's large supply houses. The Sac
ramento shaft, the chief hosting shaft
of the Copper Queen, is in the Lowell
precinct.
| Hospitals at Lowell
Both the Calumet & Arizona and the
| Copper Queen have their hospitals at
Lowell Both are splendidly equipped,
complete in every respect Stack after
| stack and hoist after hoist are to be
seen in every direction in the Lowell
precinct Nhese to a great extent
form the taxable wealth, which if in
Guided within city's boundary would
give that city a greater assessed valu-
alton, two or three times over, than
any other city in Arizona. These are
| the workings that have given Lowell
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