Meyer´s Business Directory of the City of Phoenix, Arizona - neues Buch

Excerpt from Meyer's Business Directory of the City of Phœnix, Arizona: Containing a Classified and Professional Guide; A List of All the City and County and Federal Officials; Correct Tables Railroad Fares, Express Tariffs and Telegraph Tolls to All Points of the Compass, and Other Valuable Information

Embowered in the mass of verdant foliage, which line every street and surround every dwelling-place, adorned by a wealth of flowers and shrubbery, and with beautiful gardens, vineyards and orchards about every suburban home, Phœnix can justly boast of being one of the handsomest little cities on the Pacific Slope. Through every street streams of pure, clear water are conducted along the edge of the sidewalks, cooling the atmosphere during the summer months, and bringing life and verdure and productiveness to flowers and fruits and shade trees. The ground upon which the town is built has a gradual slope toward the Salt river, distant about one mile. The original town-site embraces one-half section - a mile in length by a half-mile in width. To this, however, have been added during the past year more than a dozen additions. Situated very near the center of the great valley, and about thirty-five miles north of Maricopa station, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, the site of the city is everything that could be desired. The facilities for drainage toward the river are perfect, as are also those for the establishment of a comprehensive water supply system. The important question of sanitation is therefore settled for all time, and the healthfulness of the city assured. The grading and paving of streets, and the construction of sidewalks will be here an easy task, and the cost reduced to a minimum owing to the level contour of the surface.

The Buildings,

Public and private, of this rapidly-growing young city, are creditable to the enterprise of its people. The old adobe of the early pioneer is fast disappearing before the march of progress. The streets cross each other at right angles, and there are three plazas, or public squares. In one of these the county court-house stands, a commodious brick structure of two stories, crowned by a handsome clock tower. The other plaza will soon be occupied by a city hall. It will be of brick and stone, two stories in height. Adorned with shrubbery, grass and shade trees, these squares will be an attractive feature of the town.

The public school-house is a roomy and comfortable edifice of brick, and accommodates at present over 500 pupils.

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