, 1874-01-22
COLORADO.
Progress Of tlle Territory and tho City Of
Denver During 1873.
SOmo Interesting Fncts and Fig
urea.


sptcfal Correspondence NJ Tia chtoaao Tribune.
DESyEn, Col. Jan, 10. 1874.
Tho year just closed hos bcsn ono Of great
prosperity to both Donvor and Colorado. The
great financial panto wloa marked tho fow last
1nonths Of 1879 Infected this Torritory to n worry
Blight extons. NOT single bnnt suspended, and
hoarly every commercial establishment las
promptly. mot !ta liabilities AlmuBt ovoly
avenue OF tfMlo ana industry Shows gratifying
ncsoase' many branches repol ting 10 hayo done
rum 20 10 oo por cent more b',hinesa than during
tho preceding yoar. Tho population Of tho
Qnoon City Of tho plRtns has grown rrontty. A
oons,ta wl,ic toa hcou orttorod hv +,e NJ, c,,,
ri, ,vi,, ~ J.. .1,a,...,.. ,. - Nv J'sy oo"n.
' "'''' ~ - 'Hon5as' nno" Popu'a'lon ot
| FROM 21,Uu0 TO ~, QUO.
1t Ia to bn taken during the prosont month,
and with tho view Of estab1B1,tnr tho lottor.cor
rior gystom In orr ,n,dat noIt,eo,, mn ~ nm
| lu,i1diu,. L,,,.1,s.. os"ooa wv "ua wv
~ ron r. ooo. ''ousco nolo,at aeostoE about
.A'ooo o'opo' Duf1nB Lilo present year 1t Ia
t0onSlt that moro tnan d0ubo this amount will
| bo put into edlccs, M several largo n,nnufac.
| turing Embellishments rro co,+o,,,,otaa m,
woro aoe ,oos raaa., ~ ,s.c 1hoio
"a,as ~' ~ H. op.ao .oeoeeu u"1nlH tof9 IN mo
Gated in this city. They carried consideration
of %, 57y,D0 0ools wore dlsposol Of bv orr
| merc,a nj. ,, H.. oxto,,t ~ go ooo ON ~ o"'
n.oa.a -. 80 ~, .on ,, " "1*'oAo'ooo'-"n 'n-
~"o N*'A'toAAS'Aloo Ho4V
S3,249, LOG, o,-naklng tho total Of trade and manu-
| factutoa
a17 RIO nm
| m Tim hua,peaa of 1,,nvar ~, ,x.,,,a. a.. ,,o
mn t,,a ,,''.i",,. y. ~ "sa'uas 9l4'aoo,
W. .no pioS4ous yoaf'-oolnG III incsoaso Of
81, 139, 900.
| Tic three National D1uks of Tim c;tv a,,ov n
canita1 nj aa0n am with a,,r,,,,. r, ,.,, ~
t ~ srs ~ "'st e'tt4ae 4anos ~ tue
alAouhs OIL 9zoo,ooo. Iho fhdlVldual doposlta
amount Sl,879,787. Those, with sovoral private
banlB, disposed of over 325, ,u00, GOO Of exchange
during tic year inst closed. THO nrot,tu ~ tio
nnt,ks hive noou vntv lnryo ~, n1nW,n. ~ si o
hlrh rates uf iuteross ouurt,nI .Fnis in ov;, ~ ~
,tlo muny transactions II, roal-eslato % AIT ~ ~
ur.o number Of borrownrs via dro,y ior,,ai,, sv
u,,o1 tho bauss 40 M tn tporntn m1rrossf,5',!
Land within tho city-I,ntu las iuuron,nI in W..
ue u,oro thnn 90 nor cent duunr tie in.t tsr
Years, Tie Iolut yaiup uf ..ty-,,1 o,ortv nccori.
tug to tLo Assossors roll. in ~ '~3'A"@
snSii. lin.
md, were lands aud no,,ses latol a. their FIJI,
ynIue. It w,l In i'm, nv tirao tinas W. ,,o.. t'
Maay pnru in,oruysuuts ,.o havn a'. n, an muo% 'o
anu noubly uu,o1ir theBe IN the nx onsi,,, ~ ~,
ptfeo,- -tallWuyu,
Our agricultural products, especially in tls
way OF cerealH, have uoou ull that lho most sall
dato vicinity neury $500 O,)u wor,l, or ,,antan,
ml1lns Gnyo bou,, nruI,iic. and ma o~nrn.s ,o;.
pauy shipped sl,959u u5o Of silver-bul!lon oast.
aalno tlEno amounted. to 9l,24}, 700, makInv i
totui Of urcs aud bullIsn, 80, 1850. e
LANDS ron tAlsMlSo
have bcen largely tukeu up. Tho homestead
enlrius amounted to II ,Ju5 ncres; cast, entries
lH,2y3; scrip au.l variants, IL, ,I9a; pro.omutiuu
nllugs, 2Us, ,7J0. Tue sa4os OF lhe kansas raclic
aud Denver pncitic Hallway larus amounted h,
IA, a51 acres. The tutal humber of surveyed
acres In the Tcrrltory IL set down at 13,H3ji19
The taxable wealth Of COLORADO, nccoftlug to
tile Auditor. III *Jo 532 IJS 81. Wuro tIle iron