The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-20

variety than " ny olueE punt IL WV
ado. There Is great wealth and enter
Prise in the place, and number OF Colo.
rado's bonanEt kings have taken up their
residence there, II u, as you know, the
Capitol Of the State. Ipaid my respects to
Gov, Pitkin when there and iOund him q
i've, intelligent and sfAbls sort Of man.
The State government 10 domiCiled In .
rented house, built for o hotel, and It re-
minded me little OF the Linsly Institute
experiences OF the West Virginia govern
msut in former days. There IL sharp
contest for the removal Of the Capital from
Denver and the people are soon TO vote on
it. Pueblo 10 the most prominent rival,
but think that the good sense Of the State
will declare In favor Of Denver. sH.
met U, s. Senator Hill at Denver,
which is his home. He Is at the head oil
one OF the largest Smelting and refining
works In the world, situated Just outside
OF the city, and Is also one Of the "bonan'
81 kingS" He 10 man Of extensive
scientific sttsinments, aud was formerly
known as Prot. Hill. l saw also Senator
Teller at the Windsor Hotel. He came
down with US from his home in Central
City-s city Of the mountains forty miles
from Denver. He looks enough Ike our
senior Senator TO be his brother. he too
has had On eye to the main chance 10 this
State and has made his pile. The Teller
house In Central City In named alter him;
The Windsor House IT Denver 10 one Of
the great hotels Of the country. II was
built Of Colorado stone by an English coul'
psny OF cost Of $500, 900 and rents Tor
800 per day. BsAide the Windsor, there
are two or three other good hotels. Dem
yer has sll the appointments of q big little
CITY, including street cars and herdiC
coaches. A grand opera house Is going
up and will be completed this year, They
need such q building very much, as the
one they have 10 decidedly inferior to the
theatre Of Leadville, l went TO see the
Hazel Kirke company OF New York the
other night, and the building lea ed 80
that one man ielt compelled 10 hoist his
umbrella and protect the ladies who were
with him, They are Q theatre going peo'
pie out here aud good companies from the
East are well patronized o. oil the leadin 8
pieces.
Pueblo, The rival Of Denver, Is 100
miles south Of the latter place, at the point
OF intersection batween the AiChison,
Topeka 4 SAn'G Fs and the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad. From Pueblo the
I'd. & r, g." las they call 1t everywhere
out here runs westto Leadville and south
10 New Mexico. Hence the people In the
East who wish TO reach LeadVllle or south
west Colorado by the most direct route
come by the way oil the Santa Fe road to
Pueblo, and connect there OF once for
their destination. II is an ambitious place
oil 5000 people leo they claim aud is q
live town. A large steel works Is In the
course OF erection. And by the way the
manufacture FOL steel and iron 70 going 10
take on important proportions In Colorado
10 The future. They have q great abund-
ancs Of ookable coal and considerable
amount Of iron ore. ] saw this coke al
the smelling works in Le&dvile and In.
quired about It, and heard a good report
Of 1t. II Is cooked at Trinidad and Fl
Moro In Las Animas county. The coal
that have teen In the cars at various
points looks good deal like our Wheeling
vein, Lut is said 10 hAYe much lets sui.
phur In II. II Is delivered 10 Leadvllle
and OF other points at 50 to IS per ton.
Anthracite coal, equal to LehRh, 10 re-
ported in the GunniBon country, Colorado
10 well hxed ss respects great variety Of
minerals, and she promises TO be en- lmpor'
tant manufacturing State. She is mt
much OF on agricultural State up TO this
time, but she has an unknown inture
In thiR respect that is the subject
Of . good deal Of speculation. l have
seen splendid wheat growing on the
plains between Denver and the MOUNTAINS,
scope OF about sixteen miles, raised by
irrigation that 10, the soil has been made
productive by bringing water from the
mountains and running II In sluiCes or
bitches around the land By this process
1t 10 made TO produce from % to 80 bushels
nf excellent wheat. The people prefer
flour made from Colorado wheat. The
acreage OF wheat last year, according to
one Of the newspapers here, was $1,000,
and tho product 775,000 bushels, which
would show an average Of not quite 10
bushels per sCre for the State at large. The
total acreage devoted to agriculture last
year Wal less than 200, 900. This included
8 600 acres devoted W potatoes Potatoes
ought 10 pay out here, as new onea are
selling at cents per pound, or 81 40 per
bushsl. havs seen very lew vegetables
OF this SEASONS growth that were raised In
Colorado. The attitudes are too high even
In the valleys for their maturity until very
late. The fact is very little attention has
been paid to agriculture up 10 this time,
butit Is looming up IN Importance Those
who know say there are millions in 1t. l
had long talk with BriAbin Walker, who
runs a farm three miles from Denver In
addition 10 his weekly (1utCr. Ocean
newspaper. He claims to make a BIZ
thing out OF farming. He farms land
worth 500 per acre and makes Ii pay. BY
the way, Walker Ia much the same man
that be "as In West Virginia, and still
bores with large auger. He Is getting
ahead In this country.
Speaking Of West Virginians, and OF their
getting ahead 10 this country, I fell 10
with Hancock county man named John
Newell up on Boulder creek In this coun-
~ the other day. We had taken refuge
In his house during q rain storm, and that
is how ! made his acquaintance. H runs
saw mill ranch on the creek and lumber
yard in Central City, and has done well. A
youub iauJt I'm ulet0i WIN uhu bb6u OuI
here q year, told me that she wSs getting
s76 per month ss q school teacher. This
10 great country for good wages. The
only drawback Ia the fact that II costs more
70 live here than II does in the East. La.
Dor 10 scarce on the railroads even at 81 50
per day. asked to-day what became Of
III these aborers when the season Of out.
i0or work was 0ver--HAy alter the lst OF
and was told that thew driited
south towards the Mexican border, or
vent into the mines, or else went to pros.
,eCting for mines on their own hpok. The
and isSpotted oil over with prospect holes.
You can buy any amount Of ''surface Ia.
lications' for q few dollar. They used 10
Ind ready sale, but are now drug on the
market. Mining 10 down TO legitimate
business. And yet, as l atn daily forced
. believe, liz length and breadth, heighlh
nd depth, Ia yet unknown 10 this coun.
" when Sl20OO 600 can be taken niit of