Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-22
A Discouraging View OF Leadville.

A Louisville Ky.) druggist, now in
Leadville, Col, the great mining camp,
writes home rs follows: l have now been
here two days. and have looked the town
over pretty thoroughly. You may say
to DR. - that there are thirty-five
doctors here, and that, in my opinion,
this is no place for him. 1t is the most
disagreeable hole ever was in--the mud
is ankle deep all over the town. A thou
sand men are constantly marching about
with apparently no object in view. The
streets present n very animated appear
ancc. but the stores don't seem to be sell
ing as much rs n casual observer would
imagine. | ann now writing in n drug
store, and have been for half an hour,
during which time they have taken in
seventy-five cents. There are seven drug
stores in town, one of which was sold
last week for $40, 600, including the house
and lot. Al of them seem TO have very
complete stocks and are ready for bust
ness. They expect q hundred thousand
visitors this summer. Houses are being
built in every direction, and prices for
rent are fabulous. Three hundred dollars
per foot Is asked for lots on the principal
streets; corner lots, $4,000. 1t il sim
ply ridiculous; they all seem to think
the town will last until next fall. The
town is unhealthy. am we'll, but know
several who are sick. The light air
affects my health considerably. Sawmills
are just coming money. Mr.. Moore told
me to-day that his mill produced twelve
thousand feet daily, which he sold mt
fifty dollars per thousand fcet-on which
he makes one-half clear profit, and the
people almost fought to get IL at that.
One-story sheds, sixteen feet square, are
rented at forty dollars per month. The
town is full of gambling hells. openly
carried on-keno, faro and the like.
Saloons do n thriving business. Hotels
are full and making lots of money, charg-
ing large prices for very poor accommo
dations. l would not advise any one to
come here except with n view to mining.
a Leadyille paper gives the following
schedule of the cost of necessaries and
luxuries of life in that "city:" BY build
ing log cabin at cost of, perhaps, fifty
dollars, party of two or more can live
by batchingn for about four dollars
per week; it Is not safe to count on less
The hote $ charge from two to four dol
lars per day. Baths cost fifty cents, n
cigar twenty-five cents, IA glass of beer
fifteen cents. Little milk can be had.
condensed milk being generally used.
Butter costs from forty To fifty cents per
pound; eggs, forty to fifty cents per
dozen; beans, seven to ten cents; lard,
twelve to fourteen cents; bacon. twelve
and one-half To fifteen cents; hams, fif-
teen cents; beef, eight to fifteen cents;
pork, fifteen to twenty cents; venison,
twelve and onc-half To thirteen cents;
cabbage, five to eight cents per pound;
potatoes, four To five cents per pound;
-four. 81 to Si.15 per 100; corn meal.
80. 80 per 100; tea, seventy-fivc cents to
Sl.25 per pound: coffee, thirty to fifty
cents per pound sugar. six and one-half
to eight pounds for one dollar. Con-
densed milk is thirty-six cents per can.
All the beef, flour. potatoes vegetables
and other edibles consumed here are
shipped in wagons from Webster. Colo
RADIO Springs or Canon City. and most OF
these articles are purchased in Denver,
Chicago and Kansas City.