The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
WNLSOW TAKES FRONT RANK
IN PROSPERITY BUSINESS MEN
HAVE BEST YEAR IN HISTORY
Continued from page One)
Population Growing Proved By Re-
cords Of PnhIic Utilities


as borne out by the increased usage
demanded by consumers. The Elec-
trio Light Plant has shown an in
crease of fifty per cent in the install
lation of meters during the past three
years. also the increase in power
utilized during the same period of
time has been ffty-five per cent. The
company also has brought new ad-
ditions in the city under their distri-
button system for light and power.
The use of water and gas has also
shown marked increases.
Mercantile Institutions Show Buying
Public Very Active
A majority report from the larger
mercantile institutions in the city in
dicates that business is much better
this year than last and that the at
titude of the buying public from
commercial angle is very pleasing.
Prices are fuctuating less than they
have heretofore People are buying
more substantially from week to
week, and bills are being met more
promptly at present than they have
been in long time. From all pres
ent indications business during 1928
should equal, if not surpass, any
other previous year in the entire his
tory of the local business firms. Mer-
chants who are doing their fall buy
ing are purchasing for an increased
volume of business.
Forward Note Sounded by Rapid Civic
Improvement.
1t is impossible in this brief space
to mention in detail the numerous
civic improvements accomplished dur
ing the past year in the city. How
ever, we give below some of the out
standing and more important impro-
vements. During the last year new
City Hall has been erected at an ap-
proximate cost of $11,021O0, and
which will furnish much needed ac-
commOdations for the functioning of
the local government. There have
been one and half miles of bitulithic
paving put down. The Western Union
Company has put all of it's wiring
under ground The Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
have removed their poles from the
main streets in the city and have
overhauled their entire distribution
system. The Winslow Cemetery has
been improved, and two thousand ad-
ditional burial plats have been added.
About one half mile of streets have
been gravel surfaced, and about
mile of the Coopertown road has been
put into shape. There have been
numerous sewer extensions, and the
sewer outlet has been made sanitary.
There has been considerable improve
ment made at the end of Second
Street, removing the high places and
Strengthening the street All school
buildings have been painted and re-
paired, and additional class-rooms
have been added in the South Side
School and the Coopertown School.
Heating plants have been remodeled
in the High School and Grammar
School. About nine thousand dollars
have been spent on improvement on
the municipal gas plant.
Steady Gain Recorded by Post Office
at . WinslOw
Last minute estimates place the
approximate gain in percentage at the
local post-Office at twenty-five per
cent above postal receipts of last
year. At present, this city has four
daily mails, two east and two west.
Beyond the shadow of a doubt the
city of Winslow should have city car
riers at present, and will have within
the near future. This city has all the
necessary requisites for the installa-
tion of city carrier system, with
the possible exception that the num-
bering of houses, the majority of
which are now numbered, might pos
s1bly have to be carried to a. full con-
clusion. While, of course, it is i'm
possible to officially state the Govern
mpnt'S hJ1& ha
equopment and new postal facilities
for more efficient service here is so
great and so obvious, that it is logi-
cal to infer that these improvements
will be made within not a very great
langth of time.
Spiritual Welfare Well Taken
Care of Here
The Churches in Winslow are very
active and the structures as a whole
are most modern The Christian
Church has shown a steady growth
under the efficient pastorate Of the
Rev. W. L. Martin. The church was
organized about 1912, and Rev Carter
was the first pastor. The building is
located on Winslow avenue, between
fourth and Aspinwall Street and
the present membership is approx |
mateIy 15O. The Baptist Church was
organized here about July 1915, and
Rev. Epley was the first pastor. The
present Church and parsonage repre-
sents a replacement value of 500 O,000- |
90, and the present Church building
was started in Dec 1922 and dedicat- |
ed in July 1923. The, present mem |
bership is about 60, and Rev T. r.
Elgin, now the pastor, has recently
accepted an indefinite call to this
church. ST. PauPs Episcopal church
was founded here about 1890, and
was one of the first Protestant Chur-
ches to be developed. Rev G. vi
Harris is Vicar, and the present
membership is placed at about one
hundred. This church has an excel
lent Sunday School Christian Scien-
ce Services are held here above the
Western Union Offices. st. Joseph's
Church was founded in 1894 and was
the first church here This church
was originally mission, served from
Flagstaff, and was recognized as a.