The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-28
NEW CITIES In THE FAR WEST.
Wyoming Territory - Eta Growth and
Advantages.

Advantage.
The Baltimore american has letter from
Cheyenne, which gives much interesting intor-
nation in regard to that new City and the new
Territory of Wyoming. We copy rs folio Vs:-
WYOMING TERRITORY.
This Territory that is to be is that part of
Dakota west OF line drawn from the southeast
corner of Montana to the northwest corner
of Ntbraska, say about the tWeDty-seventh de-
gree west and extending to near the thirty
fourth degree, taking in a small portion OF Idaho
and Utah, from torty.dve degrees to tOrty-one
degrees north, making it nearly square.
Through the western end are Black Hills and
the Rocky Mountains, and from west to east,
through the centre, runs the north fork OF the
Platte. Besides the Platte there are the Big and
Little Thompson aud Lodgepole creek,
Grow creek, Big Horn, and other
streams, along which are thousands of acres
of good land, while the whole country teens
with minerals-coal, copper, gold, silver, and
iron. Grass, making admirable hay, is cut by
army contractors in great quantities, the only
expense being cutting and hauling.
CHEYENNE.
In the southeast corner of the proposed terri
tory is situated Cheyenne. This, the magic
City" was laid out by General Dodge on the
goth and 2lst of July, 1867. In one short year
it has gained a resident population of tive thou
sand, having had, perhaps, in the iourishlng
times OF gamblers, roughs, and prostitutes, as
many more, The citizens now are mostly OF a
very respectable class, though like all the west
ern towns, ii has full quota of rum shops and
their patrons.
The town plat is quartered, very nearly, by
the Union Pacific Railroad and Crow creek, tho
latter a small, swift stream rising in the Black
Hills and running down into Colorado, where
1T empties into the south fork OF the Platte. The
streets parallel, and laid nearly to the points
of the compass. The greater part of the city is
built on the north side OF the railroad and east
OF Crow creek, extending from the railroad,
Fourteenth street, north to Twenty-tirst
Bent streets some eight squares, though
there are many buildings, outside these limits:
The greater part OF the buildings are OF
wood, but there are many OF stone, adobes, aud
some lie ~ OF brick. Sixteenth and seventeenth,
EDDY, and Ferguson are the principal business
streets. The pavements are OF boards, some ten
to fifteen feet wide, and nearly every business
house has its lamp in front. Water is supplied
from wells at present; there Is now being con-
structed ditch or canal tapping Crow creek,
six miles above, which will irrgate the entire
bench, or range OF hills, on the gentle slope
of which we are located. This is belng
built under direction of General Stevenson,
of Fort Russell, half way between the point
tapped and the city, to which it is even
greater necessity than to Cheyenne. The trees,
pine and cottonwood which have been put
out, are growing finely, it only beng necessary
to give them occasionally little water. The
Roman Catholics have very fine church corner
of O'Nei and Twenty-frst streets, and the st.
Marks Protestant Episcopal Church is about to
be erected, the lumber being now on the ground
corner Of Eighteenth and Ferguson streets. The
Methodist Episcopal congregation worship for
the present in the Public School-house, dne
1t is divided into two rooms by large folding
doors, and occupies its own square. There are
three daily papers, the Star and the Le0der,
Republican, and the Arqus, Democrat. The
editor of the Star, Nj. o. T. b. Williams, is
spok ken OF as the future Governor of Wyoming, n
position which would be honored by mis- occu-
pancy. de also publishes the Weekly ROCKY
-M0lgHdiH Stdr. There is a Lodge each of Free
MasOns and Odd Fellows, two hook and ladder
companies, neatly uniformed, two or three bath
houses, Jail, hotels, two hospitals, everything,
OF a i,1f
class city.
Here, too, is to be the junction of the Denver
or eastern division Union Pacific Railroad with
the Union Pacific proper, which will necessitatC
the erection of large machine shops and engine
houses work on which has been commenced
The engine houses, when complete, will house
one hundred and twenty engines.
Our wholesale houses do an immense business
still with Colorado and Montana, aud also fur
nlsh great deal to retailers further west on the
railroad. The retail business has fallen of here
with the decreased population, but is still very
good.
Being some six thousand feet above tide, the
air is dry and cool. We have none of your hot
sWeltering nights, but just those cool, pleasant
autumna ones wnen one blanket is lust thu
thlng. Our 6raciGg ar s just what is needed
by those who spend their time and waste none,
In going to the "springs,n when here they
would recuperate their health within sight O
the hoary headed mountains thatr rise in maiesty
some fifty miles west OF US.
PROSPECT.
To those in search OF health, or to those il
search of homes, Wyoming stretches cage
hands, journey of four days brings them t,
splendid openings for the settler. II YOU prefe
Wyoming, she will amply repay. Cattle at fou
years, have cost for herding Ave dollars. TIL
wool trade OF Colorado is Immense. This terri
tory offers the same advantages, Poultry nays
'Rsnche" eggs bring forty cents per dozen, B
irrgating, in Colorado, they raise all kinds o
crops; the same can be done here. Cutting ha,
pays Immensely Coal is mined within tWent!