Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
THE CITY OF THE PLAINS
The Flush in Building and
Gs1eraI Improvements.
NEW CITY PASSENGER SYSTEM
New Edifces Of All Kinds Substan-
ti3l Structures Superseding the
Original Frame---What It
Costs 10 Live.
8 ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED"

Special Correspondence oi.state journal.
DINYEE CGt., Sept. 2s-rhere is moro
builGiug going IN in Dnnytr than in any
OTHER cilv of iar world, III proportion 10
the puDrs.i9a. 50 lolg rs this continues
M re i, . st ly demand for carpenters.
mHsOns bricARYrgs and those vino engage
in house building and the erection q,
hoIges homes, &c. Whe-c are houses tp
be bult churches to b. built, school
houses to be erected. Buiaess blocks Oss;
stone, brick a1d IRON are taking tine place
of cheap plan buildings erected feS
years since, which are being torn down.
Every architect (and there are 90 or up.
wardf) iii the eiy<s busy making plans
and specifications. Carpenters earn from
81 to 81 80 per day, aCcorairg to their
skill and ability. l have never yet been III
a city whore there we're 30 few deserving
men out of enployment.
THIS Is q live Cosmopolitan city: the
most eatorpri ing element is bore. and
this c}u' there ere cor 'taitly comingt tn
Denver ''tis great city OF the plains, men
Of pluck, proat ambition and determine
tion, WHO come here to become perma-
nsnt part of the population.
A year or 10 age il YVES said thai Denver
had seen her best days. What are the
facts2 Larger and more substantial build
ings, inereaso IN population, plenty of
WORK, AID los OIL room. As eA evidence
Of DeHver's pnte erprise, she has recently
organized steam heating company.
whose force of workmen are now engaged
il laying tie pipes through which the
steam is TO pass TO the houses of those
who hfve IuAdJ Or will make application
fer connection. The pipes will all be
down before cold weather sets in, and
Danver viii oe heated by steam.
II tue way Of public conveyance this
city has erclt variety, certainly as great
if not greater than ordinary towns OF the
same slzs. Street railways, of which therl
are six different Ines, omnibuses, hacks,
&c., we have, and yet these seem Insult.
ciant to convey the restless tide Of human
ity to and fro on their ce9seless errands.
There is about 10 be introduced new
feature il tEis line, il tue shape ot
chariots. The7e cheriUts are to be con-
dlcted ca the hor3e-car principle but will
have Er9at advantage over that convey
ance, ii that they can drive close up to
the sidewalk for a passenger, thus avoid
itg walk through the mud 10 order to
get auAard. The company will put eight
of these vehicles on the street at first, ard
increase the number when necessity
demands it, The fare is 10 be five cents
to all part Of The city. This enterprise
will doubtless iniure the stree. car traffic
somewhat
Probably the n m3st important question
a7ked 10y new conner, and the most inter
estiDg to the Immigrant arriving in
Denver, Is, what is the cost Of living ia
Denver We'll, day board can be had ut
from 9i to Sl2 per week, and board and
lodging at from SG to $40 Rooms cost
from IS to $40 per month. The board
furnished for 81 per week requires, 1t
must be confessed, strong jaws for its
nlAstication, the beef steak being at times
almost as tough as sole leather. Good
day board, fully eqaal to that furnished
hy the clayton House in Wilmington, can
oe had at from 81 to s. week.
But whatever nay be said Of the j n
week board, there can be only one opinion
IS - the IS month rooms, and that is
They are generally scarcely tenantable. They
arc small filthy ami alp 1st literally alive
with bed bugs and vermin. Passable
rooms mag be had tor Sl2 II month, such
IS might he secured IN your city for 'SG.
Good, clean, weil-veut.lated rooms can ne
had at prices ranging from So 10 so.
House rart is fnliy as high in proper
tion as room rent. a fnuT-roomed house
brings about S2j month siX-rOomad
onc from So to $40, Nc A house for
which it would be difficult to get SO a
month in the East would readily rent for
$50 or more in Denver. Under these
circumstances, capitalists see that money
invested in building will net larger and
safer returns than that put into any other
kind of industry. Hence they are huii-
ing very freely.
Boots shoes dry goods ,Ne can he