New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-16
DENVER.
RAPID GROWTH OF THE CrTY-vALUE or RAIL
ROADs--IMPROYEMENrs-G AND FhUir-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or WATER.

xs.r Denyer has grown wonderfully number OF three
or STORY brick buildings with iron fronts that woud
adorn any city, have been built this Summer. while
costly residences both in the city and within one or two
miles Of It the suburbs, have also been erected
boulevard been laid out 125 feet wide and ton miles
long reaching around the city about two miles OF has
been completed along the bluff the north SIDE over
the Platte. Az the grading Is completed, fine drive
open TO public. Five Of large cottonwood trees
have been planted In 1.-TWO on each SIDE and TO" III
tho middle. As these trees grow with great rapidly
they,wil furnish shade in two years These trees are
now about I've inches in diameter and from 20 to 80 Feet
high The whole cost OF each tree. well planted was d.
Water IA obtained from the Taber Mountain Ditch Com
pany which takes II from the Canon OF Clear creek Ia
miles distant the Boulevard Company pay tho usual
price Of 81 inch. and take $50 inches. which gives
them an abundance Judge Bond. DIR. Morrison, and
some other gentlemen already built fine residences
OF modern style along this Boulevard. and next year
many others win build The land Is now held at about
$500 an Denver lies milo distant far below, ana
the Boulevard furnishes ne view OF It, whio the Rocky
Mountain scenery is magnificent
The moral character OF Denver has improved much
during the year. although there is great room for still
further progress hear that the Overland Club, an asso
citation OF gentlemen formed for the purpose OF establish
ing society higher character than has hitherto existed
successful and s influence cannot fail to be sau
tary. wish to call attention to what Eastern people
would call singular fact, since this remote region
has not been considered desirable permanent place
OF residence 1t that of all the gentlemen sent out by the
United States Government governors judges, COM
mandants attorneys, &c. scarcely return to tho
States to live they pleased with the climate
and scenery, and their health much improves that
they become permanent citizens. ..
The railroads which pass through or terminate In
Denver the Kansas Pacc the Denver Pacific, tho
Colorado Central and In few months will be completed
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad need hardly say
boo hoop fha aoft ha nm
growth Of this city In securing these roads the people
n Arapaho County In which Denver is situated and OF
which Denver contains ninetenhs OF tho people, voted
to bond the county TO the extent OF half million dollars
which thought by many at tho time to be almost
ruinous. Great have been the denuncatlons against
greedy capitalists and great tho lamentations OF the
poor tax payers II certainly did look hazardous to say
tho least But the following extraordinary facts
show the wisdom and the great Of the policy In
the first place. tho roads assessed basis Tor
taxation by the county at g. 200 mile, and IL Is evident
that they pay their taxes the people to this extent
relieved Secondly, the building OF the roads has made
a demand for kinds OF business and for heavier
stocks OF all kinds Of goods new houses have to DO
erected and merchants, hotekeepers livery men, mo
chapcs and dealers OF all kinds busy; and in addi
ton new men with capital in, and 1t Is now found
upon making the yearly assessment that the Increase OF
taxable property has increased much that instead OF
people having higher taxes to pay the rates are really
than they would have been II they had not bonded
themselves.
Denver you know, is on the edge OF the Great
American Desert which. as people supposed Is years
ago. was as incapable Of sustaining human life as
great Sahara. The first settlements were made about
II years ago. but previously. and as long ago as 1885,
agents Of trading companies had built tho following.
named forts Fort Lupton tho Platte % miles below
Denver and st. Vra at the mouth Of tho stream of tho
same name where It enters the Platte. about 20 miles
still further north But OF the officers paid
least attention to the cultivation OF the so oil their
except fresh hauled from tho Mis-
souri, River either the Platte or Arkansas routes nor
at even 40 late day as when Fremont visited them had
they Attempted raise any kind OF vegetables Nor
have able to learn that they even learned the i'm
value of the grass the country for stock
poses whence am led to conclude that these early
Plansmen have been without much general knowi-
edge That they had what We would call strange Ideas
of virtue gathered from the fact that officers and
men had Indian for what they called wives; and
to-day there are some these still living in val
eys with their squaws and babreed children but not
even yet do they take 70 farming. indeed much else
except an easy. uncertain life We all remember tho
Pixies Peak excitement how tens and even hundreds OF
thousands to Colorado after gold this was
in 1885, 49, and CO. The mouth Of Cherry Creek. where
Denver now stands, became general rendezvous,
mainly because Fe and Salt Lake roads here
crossed the Platte uniting with the Platte Valley road
to the States, and also because here was fine cotton
wood grove The mines OF Cherry Creek. 40 called were
not here but near what is called Russes." about
90 miles southwark still there about much gold
in place as in another. that it, enough to man
about 81 day, which am informed be obtained IN
most places now.
After awhile there were "dggings" on Clear Creek at
no great distance Golden City and at time there
town there OF 10000 people. have been shown
little valley spot OF ground the site Of this old and
now utterly abandoned town, where an unsuccessful
Tho of npni i'm
country 1t consisted Of cncumbers, turnps beans and
cabbage The field could not have been than half
in extent and 1t is said that he realized nearly
1900. Then land cultivated on the Platte Valley
Denver and at about five miles to the north on
Clear Creek One of the first ranches this stream
and here fine crop Of potatoes was raised The place
now occupied by Mr. L. X. Perrin, and recently paid
him visit large twostOry white house. OF unmis-
taxable character stands the north side
stream surrounded by thick cottonwood groves
and fields of wheat, oats, and vegetables. Another
house. looking much tho same, stands across the road,
and the whole appearance strongly resembles rural
scenery common in Western NewYork and Northern
Ohio, but beyond the gray bluffs OF the plains
Mr. Perrin selling goods in Denver, having part
ner and they also had two saw mills at the foot OF the
mountains but desire to engage in agriculture caused
the purchase OF the claim The OF the first year was
disastrous large breadth of potatoes and vegetables
was planted and doing well; but the creek rose uncom
monty high and the whole was swept away while beds
Of gravel and powders deposited instead, and
there they still remain. 1t that beginners almost
always meet with some drawback unless extraordinary
caution Is used and success seems as general thing to
grow out OF failure.
Come this way, and let me introduce y0n to one OF
the best farmers in Illinois. said friend to. NJ L.
Dunlap ct Illinois state Fair; 4" he ia SO successful
that he fails" don't want to know him." said
Dunlap, " for can learn nothing from such man."
Mr. Perrin tried the next and with better success;
and he devoted himself entirely to farming. for
trade proved Improbable. He the first who raised
Strawberries for market, and for several years their
average price was 81 quart This year none have sold
less than Tomatoes cabbage beans urnips,
and peas grown extensively and sales reach high
as $500 a week. He has five or six men constantly
employed and his team goes into Denver distant five
miles every day but OF course this Is only during the