Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-06-26
Colorado.

Colorado.
Colorado to-day is the center of the
best as well as the largest emigration
from the United States. And with reason,
for both in the way of geographical posi-
ton, internal resources and capacity for
diversified industry it stands at the head
of all the Territories.
Geographically, Colorado is in the very
van of the column of solid migration,
being the western front of that great tier
of prosperous commonwealth which belt
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado. EN-
igratiOn always moves in straight lines
the population of any one climate, soil, or
temperature following its parallel of lati-
tude. This has been the uniform history
of settlement in this country.
Colorado, however, will have the advan-
tage of her older sisters in that, while
| their settlement was slow, fortuitous and
disintegrated, hers is rapid, organized and
systematic-while theirs was the work of
individuals, hers is the work Of great or
CARNATIONS, supported by experience,
capital and combination. She begins at
point the others only reached after g
generation.
Already her condition reveals her van
tage ground and demonstrates her position
as the leader of the great column of the
Middle States.
Colorado is even now an exceptionally
favored territory for any one. thinking OF
going West to SETTLE Society is already
established there; railway communication
with the Atlantic and Pacific States is
direct and good; the Territorial Govern.
ment economically organized and hon
estly administered, exempting the settlers
from onerous taxation. Witness the fol,
lowing items:
TAxEs.-There were no Territorial taxes
laid in 1878.
PUBLIC DEBT-There is no Territorial
debt, and balance of $1S,17219 IN the
Treasury.
.SCHooLs.-The educational facilities oil
the Territory are frstclass. The common
school system is we'll organized. There
are good ladies' theological, conventual
and boys schools. There is college al
Colorado Springs.
THE PREss.-There are 7 daily and sc
other papers published in Colorado.
BANKs,-There are 81 banks.
TELEGRAPH.-There are ,018 miles.
SOUTHERN COLORADO.
Southern Colorado is the richest, most
fertile and mildest tempered section OF
the great Territory of Colorado. 1t is a
| State within itself of magnificent proper
| tions, incalculable natural resources, and
a diversity of soil and climate, and ca
| pacity for agricultural, pastural, mining
manufacturing and commercial develop
ment which renders it selt-supporting.
Lying south of the Great Divide it is
the most genial climate of all Colorado.
The Arkansas, the greatest river run
ming from the Rocky Mountains, gives il
the richest valley and strongest water
power in Colorado.
Embracing in its limits the South Park
and San Juan country, it covers the rich
est mining districts of the Territory, its
minerals being not merely gold and sill
yer, but coal, iron, copper, marble, petro
leum.
| PUEBLO.
The capital city of this great region is
Pueblo, located on the old trading route
of the Santa Fe trail, just where that an
cient highway crossed and the trunk line
of railway now crosses the Arkansas
River.
Pueblo is an old, well-established point
1t has been missionary station, trading
post, a military FORT and is now thriv
| ing Western town. Its location has beer
| determined by the established routes oil
travel for over a century. 1t has there
fore solid foundation. 1t is now rail
| way center. Five roads, two built and
three building, converge here. At thi:
point will stand the
| GREAT CENTRAL CITY OF THE FAR WEST
In every respect of centrality, climate,
local situation, position with reference to
North, South, East and West, Pueblo is
destined to become the great commercial
city of the Rocky Mountains. For 1000
miles along the base of the mountain
range there is no point equal to it as a
| commercial center.
| SOUTH PUEBLO.
| The systematic development of Pueblo
toward this, its own proper position, is
now going on under the auspices OF the
| Denver & Rio Grande Railway, who have
| opened to colony settlement and improve.
ment the land on the south bank of tine
Arkansas, heretofore unoccupied by rea.
son of the want of capital in Colorado to
construct the great irrlgating canal neces-
sary to supply water.
South Pueblo has been regularly laid
out and plated, streets opened and graded
| 10000 trees planted along the avenues and
| public squares, large park laid out and
planted, bridges built, and all the founda-
tons for a prosperous town broadly and
intelligently laid. The streets are 100
feet wide, the central boulevard $50 feet.
Acequias, or miniature canals. run along
the front of each sidewalk.
The main work, however, is the great
irrigating canal, twenty miles in length,
which has already been built at cost of
100000.
This canal covers and waters a tract
of 10000 acres, and this tract consti-
tutes the colony settlement of South
Pueblo.
South Pueblo differs from the generality
of towns just starting in having already
established railways, telegraph and ex-
press and postal connections with the en-
tire country.
The old town of Pueblo is located on
the north bank of the river, and just op-
posite South Pueblo, being connected by
four completed bridges and horse rail
| way.
Colonists,s.in addition to the facilities of
| the new town, will have all the advan-
tages in the way of markets, society, ETC.,
afforded by the old town.
| South Pueblo is not an experiment. One
thousand people are now on the colony
| grounds.
The title is clear and simple, confirmed
| by a recent act of Congress, and now in
the trustees of the company.
JOHN EDGAR THOMSON, Philadelphia,
President PENNSYLVANIA X. r. Co.
| SAMUEL NJ. FELTON,, Philadelphia,
| Late President p, W. o B. e. r. Co.
LOUIS 81. MEYER, Banker, New York.