, 1873-04-16
A Glimpse OF Life I'm so'ath'
erla Colorado.
A New Railway Town at the base
Of the Rocky Mountains
The Future Of the Region
Sheep-Husbandry.
Some Unpleasant Facts Regarding tho
Colorado Narrow.Gauge Railway

Fares and Freights Made More Costly
than Bull-Teams.
sptcio1 Correspondence qf 7Ae Chicago tribune.
pukpto, New Mexico, March so, 1878.
Pueblo is sitnated 100 miteB north OF Donver, |
and Is the present terminus OF the UenVor |
4 Rio Grando Narrow-daugo Railway. 1t 10
the county scat Of Pueblo County, and by reason
OF It's natural reBourcoB and BurroundinBs,-
nestling, us 1t does, at the confluence OF the
Fontaino, Quo Bouillo and ArkanaaB hlversi IN
the midst Of rogfon which ofTors Doundless
Inducements for stock grazing subjected but
rarely to tho Btorms and humorous other discom-
forts Of winter; and poBsoasing climate unsnr-
passcd In salubrity and healthfulnosH, 1t hsplros
to tho proud distinction of being considered the
COMMERCIAL METROPOLIS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO,
and few years moro viii doubtless 800 1t placed
in that position ......-..-.,
Puoblo-BIgnifying in Spanish "rnany people"
has population, ut tho prosont writing OF
about 900 souls and las lots, additions, Btreoto,
and svepues enough to accommodate million.
It ia town Of tremendous possibilities, and Is
settled by c}asa Of pooplo who indulge IN tho
most visionary schemos Of future groatneHa.
Ard vet Pueblo is not beautiful place. 1t is
pitched do IN In the middle Of vast candy plain,
relieved hore and thore by high mosas, or tablo-
lands, covered With Rcraggy pinon and tho over
lasting Bnge-br1Rh mud sohp-woed; the
coneoninl haunt Of tho coyote, jack
rabbit. aud tho tarantula; through
which winds tho Arkansas, it's wators just freed
from their mountain-i imprisonment, and daahing
forward "a If anxious to find moro favorable
locality, Tho only thing TINT scoms to break
the mouotony and reliove the eyo is tho snow-
covered mountain-rango to tho west, 40 miles
away, with its ravineB md gorgea, and inaccesst-
bio cliffs, Lit up by the rays Of tho glorious sun,
and tho rugged fronts of Pixies Peak, Old
Baldy, and tho Two Duties, standing like grim
sentinolB over their moro-humble fellors.
On arriving hero, tho first feeling Experienced
THAT or DISAPPOINTMENT.
The travelor socs before him scattering col!ec-
tim Of brick. adobe and fra1no-housos and,
outside Of theao, broad plain in all itH pristine
wilduess, with no greon, waving grass, or tim
bor, unless VIC except tho usual fringe OF cotton
wood troeH. He wandors about tho street 10
fnhsloB tho allnli-dust he gazea with aBtonish-
ment upon the patient little hirros, or narrow
Gauge mules he eyes with COMMUNICATION tho
soualid Moxicans summing themselves ut tho cor
ners he threads his devious way among tue nu-
nerve braces himself up for q wrcBtie with the
Taos lightning dealt out over tho counter at the
ratio OF 25 ccnta glass; he pauRea IN be"1lder,
meut boforo the concentrations and dancing and
gambling hollis, that deliberately cause tho char.
actor Of their occupation to bo logibly inscribed
over tie front door and finally ho rotiroH to hia
hotel, aud, over meal Of tough booietoak,
served by greasy negroes, in greasy kltohen'
from which tho fumes Of more grease nro 1or-
over ascending, ho asks himself how he over got
ont horo, how lie can eyor get back, and what
epccie8 Of insanity man or woman must be 10
boring under who Gnu ait quietly down and llys
In Pueblo, 30 ho foels tho first night and 30 he
retires to bed leaving positive instructions with
tho porter to call him in timo fbr tho morning
train and thon 10 arises tho ne1e day, refreshed
in body aud Hpirit, with hiB iungs dlstended. ant
his pulses bcating undor the influence OF the
freah n.ountain-air; and, thus feeling, and en-
cQuraged, he ..-..
FALLS AN EASY Prey
into tho hands of some Of our wly roal-ostate
PhBtnes, md is soducod into tho purchase Of
a acorncr-lot ut tho rate Of $1o0 front foot
The thing is acconpliahed aud tho 1nnn who, q
few houra boforo, was wondering how people
could mako up their minds to live in thla curaed
country, becomes citizen aud property-oWnel
Of Pueblo, and ia as Wild as visionary, and 81
dcliciously enthusiastic ~ all tho rest. Nearl,
all OF the most wonderful conversions havo beer
brought about in this manner.
SOURCES Of Northorn Colorado,-and BY this
mean that portion lying north Of tho "Divide,
q, spur OF tho mountain-rango "hiGt
ehoota out nearly ,sat.rs due e1st nssF
and tho Arkansas. 4 residence Of little ovor
year has confirmed your correspondent In til.
opinion that Southern Colorado will mover bo
come celebrated for itH agricultural productions
purpose. II Ho hud, tho soil would not DO i'm
pregnated with such quantity OF alkali, spring.
and streams would bo moro common, aud th
eage-brush and cactus rendered invisible. Thi
Sr.4n /.
Nature as q
VAST RANGE ron snEEp AND oATr1E;
and, when this provision Of Nature lii followe
out, the result 10 surprising. At frat appoar
pect, and 9ho farmer from Illinois Or low "a
accustomed to the rank vegetation. {
tho dark loam hbil OF tho, prairie,
emn oath that an aore Of the grass in this oouu
try would not keep the breath Of lite III q calf
but our farmer friend is mistaken: These litt1
tufts Of bunch, or, ms called hero, gronntt
I'll APPROPRIATENESS dead, contain food and nutr
ment sufficient to place untold groonbaoks in IL
pocket Of the cattlo-dealer, and cause herds {
countless thou.ands Of sheep aud cattlo to trif
VIC find that tho grass is short and abgolute
matted together, and TINT tho very roots d
eagerly deveurea. Cattle require no sholter 0
s stt or ana G ea .,a out
tho butcher, in tho spring.. shoep,
particular tho Merlno md CotHwole
breeds, thrive atill moro romarltabl,
aud good judges pronounce tina
az y wool-producing region, this country is 81
parior to California,
OR EVEN AuBTnAL1A.
Thu beat mutton la produced by crossing Il
Cotswold with tho native Mexican breed bu
in wool, tho Alerino soenB to tako procedonc
Next to our mines Of silver, iron, and coal, Il
groat staple Of this country must forever roma
wool aud bool.
1t is no WONDER then, TINT puebl
situated In tho 1nidat OF this gro
stock growing region, oasily accessible
tho GarBon City coal-telds, noW reach
by q branch limo OF the narrow gaug