The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-28
Bancroft EP 1ian75
Pueb1Os the A, H. 81 p. r.
Railroad Terminus.

This point, which the A, T. & S
Il. railroad has been trying to reach
and will get its track TO within /.
few months, will soon excite con
siderable interest. and we give tn,
following sketch by a correspond
ent of the Atchison Champion:
PUEBLO, Col, MAY Is, 1874.
Pueblo is situated in a wide, lev
el and Irregular basin at the conflu
ence of the Fountain with the AR
kansas river, and about forty miles
from where the latter stream, after
running for some distance through
mighty rift in the mountains
which in some places is two thous
and feet in depth, breaks through
all obstacles, and with q swift run
ming current, is lost into the plains
The nearest point of the mountain:
Is about twenty-five miles distant
and . finer view cannot well be i'm.
agined than can be obtained from
the bluffs just back of the main
street, where you behold Pixies
Peak TO the right, and Spanish Peak
to the left, with the long interven.
ing mountain range and the bright
green fringe, showing the course OF
the Fountain and Arkansas, as TAI
as the eye can reach.
Long years ago Pueblo was 8
trading post for the adventurous
hunters and trappers who roamed
over the plains and through the
mountains, and many wild tales OF
border warfare, Indian forays, fights
and massacres, are mingled in its
early history, and among its popu-
lation are large number of mixed
blood, principally Mexicans, with
many quaint and curious customs.
At the present time the popuIa-
ton is probably not far from five
thousand, and it lays claim to being
the second town in size, and the re-
turns of the Assessor prove that the
county is the second in wealth in
Colorado, and as an index of that
and the business which is done,
will give statement of the condi-
ton of the two principal banks,
there now being three in Pueblo,
and one in South Pueblo, which is
located on the south side of the Ar
kansas river. The report of the
First National Bank on May 1st
shows $2l9,O00.OO of deposits, $217,-
OOO.OOO Of loans, with 8 paid up cap
ital of 100000 and surplus funds
and undivided profits of $50, 100000.
And the Stock Drover's Bank has q
capital of $15O,OOO, deposits $175,-
coo, and discounts $4,000.
A system of Holly Water Works
are in operation, built and owned
by the city, while the county has
built of brick and furnished an ele.
CANT Court House, 48xS0 feet, two
stories high, with Mansard roof,
and brick jail, at q cost of over
$4,000, without any taxation, the
money being derived from the sale
of lots owned by the county, and il
has nearly two hundred lots left
valued at $4,000, with $4,000 oil
taxes not collected, $4,000 in cash
in the treasury, and less than hun
dred dollars Of warrants outstand-
ing, which is presumed are lost.
The court house is located in the
centre of square reserved for thai
purpose, which is surrounded with
q stone foundation, and an iron
fence is contracted for, and pipes
laid to supply several fountains
soon to be erected, so that here you
have a very model county in regard
to finances, and with the compile.
ton of the A, Il. s. S. F. railroad
which is being rapidly constructed
from Grenada te this point, it will
enter upon a new career of pros.
perity, with vastly increased facili.
ties for business, and with the mag
niflcent water power of the Arkan.
sas, which can be cheaply utilized
by the means of canals taken from
the river, extraordinary induce
ments will be presented to capital
lists for the establishment of WooleI
mills, furnaces, foundries and
smelling works, as wool, coal, iron
and copper, gold and silver ores are
all within easy reach, and great
field will also be opened for many
other enterprises, and the lucrative
investment of capital in numerous
ways.
To the tourist the attractions are
great, as forty miles north by the
narrow gauge railroad lies Pixies
peak, and the grand and beautiful
scenery in that vicinity, and forty
miles west, reached by q branch
railroad, lies Canon City, with its
warm and cold mineral springs, and
the grand, glorious and awe-inspir-
ing canon of the Arkansas, which
far exceeds in sublimity anything
1 have yet seen in the Rocky Noun
tains, is located few miles beyond
Within thirty miles are another
series of medicinal springs, with the
finest trout-fshing, and some beau.
tiful views of the mountain scenery.
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