The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-25
A BEAUTIFUL CITY AT THE
BASE OF THE ROCKY NOUN
TAINS.
HEALTHY CLIMATE 49, coon
WATER, ETC.
Denver, Col, May IS, 1873.
THE TRIp.

We arrived safely this am, at o'clock.
All stood the trip we'll and are not at all
tired.
The trip from Kansas City was pleasant
w left that place Tuesday evening at
l0t O'clock in AN elegant sleeping car
On awakening next morning We found
ourselves At junction City, Kansas.
the COUNTRY HERE
l. rolling prairie and very rich, re.cm-
bling Illinois in eaily times. The day
opened lovely We sat all morning with
windows up. About noon rain storm
came up. About the time we reached the
plains the weather grew suddenly cold,
and we were compelled to have fires
which we found very comfortable. The
balance of the day proved cold, windy and
bleak.
DREARY RIDE.
In distancesof about four hundred
miles next east Of Denver We had most
desolate ride over r vast dreary and al
most desolute plain, not furrow plowed,
not 8 tree, bush nor scarcely living thing
to be seen, except poor hut or two, and
man or two at the far apart stations.
We came at least a month too early to see
any
LIFE on THE PLAINS.
Vegetation has just began to start.
A month hence the grass will support cat
tie, buffalo, etc. The most curious sight to
Us all was village Of prairie dogs.
There are excellent
EATING HOUSES
Along the route. We found all officers
and train men very polite and accommo-
dating
DESvER-ITs PEOPLE, ETC.
On our arrival here, and after enjoyi z
a splendid breakfast at the AnericaL
house, We started on tour Of inspection.
] hardly know how to describe this city;
the people here place tho population At
1900, Two third. of which have come
here since 1870. The site is one of the
seen Thnea y'r tat ' on an hs esvs sad
rolling plain, on the left bank of the south
fork OF Platte river, a smsll, rapid noun.
tain stream with plenty of clear, cold
water In 1t the year round. 1t has re-
CURED no grading whatever to make the
streets, except throwing little from the
gutter to the center. The material is
sand and gravel, aud alone makes splen.
did street. They are all 50 feet wide with
twelve feet sidewalks, and Gil cross at
right angles. Along most Of the cutters
a stream Of pure, cold water runs, brought
in from the river several miles above bv
the city authorities, for the purpose Of ir-
rigation, etc. 1t ia water mostly from
melting mountain snow. This is
FAST YOUNG CITY
Putting on all the airs Of older ones.
PUBLIC BUtLDINGs-wATER WORKS, ETC.
They havea number of fine churches
a $4,000 public school house, aud several
smaller ones good hotels, Holly water
works, eight or ten banks, fifteen livery
stables, II theatre, fine boulevard drives,
several Touring mills, water and steam,
a large silver smelling furnace, fine
wholesale groceries, some wholesale and
some extra fine fetail dry good stores,
fancy goods and jewelry stores, and two
large jewelry man ufacturing establish
ments. Most of the
BUGLDISGs ARE OF BRICK,
And many Of the business q. well as
dwelling houses are quite handsome. The
lots are large and most OF the
dwellings have plenty Of room
around them. All yard. have
water plugs and hose with which
the people sprinkle their gardens and
streets, and wash their houses. Not few
OF the yards have fountains playing in
them. The charge for all these privilege
is b % per year, aud for household pur-
poses alone 81 80. think, from what
have seen to-day, that the city is better
supplied with cool water than any ever
saw. Tho charge for gas is s. 90 per 900
feet, far superior to Cairo gas for which
we pay - 30. All these things, with the
wide regular streets and unparalleled
climate, certainly thus far has given the
place very
CuARNING APPEARANCE
To tho entire party How long tits i'm
precision may continue | do not know. |
Perhaps II has more attractions 10 as on |
account Of the droary tide We had yester- |
day over the plains. To-day the frat |
familiar face We met was that Of A. Sweeny |
weii-known to all Cairo people. He has |
been very kind and attentive to us |
the day. He il now engaged |
in the insurance business here, rs also is
j, NJ IL ives, formerly of Cairo.
We have Just returned from q drive
through the bollevards and city generally. |
have never 'een any place where the
g,ty and surroundings offered such elegant
drives; liner horses and carriages are not
70 be seen anywhere
We closed the day walking around
the city going into stores, pricing goods
OF all descriptions.
PRICES or GRAIN ETC.
Choice white wheat -four is selling here
At 81 per barrel, retallj potatoes 81 20
per busheli prairie hay $40 per ton oats