, 1873-08-11


At thiH ratio OF Slaughter,
j THE BUFFALO Will sooN D1sArpEAn
from tho plains. Wo only saw some half-a-
tIo2otl, md thoao at gront dlntanco. Tho latter
part OF tho Journey wns matlo at night, Homo 90
or or ~ mtiea bofore roaching Donvor; mud along
Tint part arc hundreds Of lioats Of Texas cattle
grazing OH tho groas pain
DENVER, July 2s.Tho rhosn csty Is vcry m,o,, ., It
was two years ngo; the sa,io nctiyiiy, tic sa,uo
crowded condition OF the hotels, tho Bn1no
throlg Of lloalth md pleasure-sookora, null tho
sano rookloss round or speculation. To-lay Tic
of travel, and wont ont slgSt-aeene @ ''1ss IL
ilost OF them tho sight was unox-
poctod OF 80 much business. so like tho
blsy cities OF tho East They woro somowl,at
blended right Of tho portals of tho Rocky o1o,-
taing and on tho llithor hdo of tic Trans -hIis-
bouri plains. Vo 1net many old frientla ut this
point, who had loft tho plcaAant lrairieH Of uur
tho ponoor
Donvor has 30 ottcn beon written up, TINT
mny DO pardonod for this Bingle mention. for
tho PARTY m1kos ao nc long atay, and, Tuesday
cars Of tho Denvor Il lilo Grnndo
NA1l!tow GAUGE RAILROAD,
n charge Of Alr. Boise, tho Superintendent,
gov. Hunt, and other gontlemon connected with
shS oo read; For tho first 60 miles tho aacont is
2,0oo feet, or an average OF 40 foot to tho milo,
the summit, OF tho top OF tho divide betwoon tho
south Platto and the Arkansas Rivers, Ia laho
Of some 80 rods in length, which has m outlet
At both ends, thus dividing Its wntors botweon
tho two rivers. At this tmo tho discharge is
very slight, but during tho rainy season is quito
The cost of this narrow gauge road is to tho
widc-gaugo Us three to flvo, aud thon tho sanlo
proportion Of expunse il found in tho running or
penao, and this includes tho transfor Of freight,
Tho passengcr-cars havo seats for tlirty-llvo
persons an1 a now cur, just received, but not
yot IN nso, has scats for forty persons Tho
froight-cars carry eight tons, and tho loads arc
transferred for from I'll to 81 per car. There can
bo no question OF tho yaluc of the uarrow-gauee
road, as branch road, ovor tho wido-gaugo, III
Al caaes; while hero It ia M absolute necessity
Tho little opgino hau1s eight loaded cars up tiio
grade, which il aixtyfou tons to tho train, and
at tho rate Of ten miloa tho hour. Tho
speed for the regular. raBsongor-trains
IL seventeen and half miles, including stop
pinga. We hayo many roatY In Illinois, now
running, that will have to be changed to this
| narrow-gauge II tho Stockholders over e1poct to
see @ dividend. In doing this, thoy win only
follow the plan pursued BY the Ohio & hlasia,
Of tho ordinary gauge. Experience has now den,-
onstrated tho wisdom Of this kind of railway.
Tor the mountains, except for leading through
nea 1t H. a. absolute necessity more especially
look for relief in tho rolncod cost OF making
and operating railroads, Or, under tho present
cost aud management Of tho roads, ne need not
look for nny worry marked reduction.
The party dired ut
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Eoyenty-six mios south of Denver, and Bomo
dozen miles from Pixies Peak. Why this place
should havo tho appollation OF Spring, do not
know certainly, there arc no springs within
less than six miles, and these arc The Soda
Springs. Tho Founsain, which is hero made up
Of the Fountain, Cheyenne Crack, and hfonu-
mont Creek, is q respectable stream, and capable
Of irrigating several hundred thousand acrcs Of
rich prarlo-land, that only needs water to make
water Inns been applied tho crops look very
promising. The spring whoat IL 1ato this Hoa-
bloom.
tlon Of tho Peak. After dinner, tho party yiHi-
CHEYENNE CANON,
located at the foot Of Cheyeuno Mountain, md
dHtaut mloH In all air-lino, but meH BY the
road. Tho party loft their carriagos 1t the
Of the etroam for mile or more, to the High
Falls, where the trail onlcd. Tae artists, bota-
nistH,. and hng-hnnterB had good time, mud
we're In oAtacicn but woro told that the morrow
w'f to he spprs s TIT The ac % returned
July 80, took carriages for tho A1aniton
soda-Springs; but, in doing this, they
took TO- the route that leadB to Queon's Canon mud
Glen Ezra, whore ia the fine residence of Gen.
spots on tlls little globe. Tho Dey,Va Punch
Dowl is the end Of the foot-path. and you return
to admire tho grounds, tho Douglas and tic
Menzin springs, that givo their silver lining to
dols Do woro coape Of Of hofg u"fe wero 0r fe ee
in admirng this wonderful place. The artists
were now busy, and, at some not far distant day,
the public will be able to sue some ot tho sceno
rs they saw it. NunAL