The Fremont County record., 1881-05-28
SILVER CLIFF.
The Great Excursion to the Mining
Cities of Southern Colorado.
Celebrating the Completion OF the Den.
yer and Rio Grande into Wet
Mountain Valley.
The Ball and the Panquet-The Peo-
pie and Their Hospitality.
THE TRAIN AND rTs PEOPLE.

THE TRAIN AND ITS PEOPLE.
The great excursion to Silver Cliff
to celebrate the completion of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad to
that city has come and gone On
Monday afternoon about three o'clock
the long train of ten coaches pulled
into Canon City containing fully two
hundred from Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo. Here the num-
Der was enlarged nearly fifty more
4, and the train was divided into two
i of five cars each in order to pull them
up the heavy grade of the Grape
creek canon. At this city the excur-
| sionists were met by Mayor Buck
walter. General j. T. Neeley and Mr..
w. c. Ferrii. city editor of the Re-
publican. of Silver Cliff, who well
coined their guests and looked after
their comfort. Upon the train was
Governor Pitkin, Ex-Governor Gilpin
Mayor Sopris, Mr.. F. C. Minis, gener-
al passenger agent of the ID. & r. g.,
Mr.. F. j. V. Skiff, city editor of the
Tribune, and wife, Mr.. John Arkins,
manager of the Rocky Mountain
News, wife and son, Mr.. G. NJ. Allen,
correspondent of the Inter- Ocean,
/ tioh. l.. Sase Sai NIL
dredge Smith. president of the Colo
RADIO Fire Insurance company, Hon.
j. II. Oatman and wife, Mr.. Geo.
Duggan. chief of the fire department
Mr.. j. 5. Wolf. U. S. Internal Reve-
uue collector and great many other
prominent citizens from Denver, be-
sides band of music from that city.
From Colorado Springs was Mayor
Matt France, Hon. III. A. Risley,
solicitor of the ID. l. X. C., Mr.. J. Z.
Barnes, wife and sister, Mr.. A. Rob
erts, editor of the Mountaineer and
wife. and others. AT Pueblo the train
was boarded by the Richardson hose
headed by Chas- Otero, chief of the
Pueblo fire department. Canon City
was represented by Mr.. James ii
Peabody. Mr.. G. y. Udell and wife
and member of the RECORD staff as
invited guests of Mr.. Buck walter.
Besides these there were many more
from this city. MIR. J. +. Har-
bour, of the Leadville Democrat, was
also with the excursion. The train
left Canon at s :l5 p. IN. and was soon
laundering. up the beautiful canon OF
Grape creek, the little engines pnffiug
like things of life and trembling in
ever iron 10 pail their real live loads
up the steep grade. Both sections
kept close together and arrived in
| Westcliffe, the station about one mile
west of Silver Cliff, few minutes
before six O'Clock.
THE RECEPTION.
a very large concourse of the citi-
zens OF Silver Cliff in carriages. on
horseback and afoot, were gathered
about the depot grounds to receive
their visitors and the scene presented
to the excursionists was very ami
mated. AS the travellers alighted
conveyances were provided for them,
special carriages being placed at the
disposal of the invited guests. The
band discoursed music and the crowd
sent up three rousing cheers as the
procession was formed TO witness
the iormalitv of driving the silver
spike. This formality WAS performed
by Mr.. Carl Wulsten, of Rosita, amid
considerable enthusiasm and the long
line of teams, headed by the band
and the knights of Pythias in uni
form proceeded up the avenue toward
the town. Arriving at the corner of
Emery and Ohio streets the process
sion was regularly formed in the fol-
lowing order:
Knights of Pythias.
Band.
Robinson Hose.
Richardson Hose, of Pueblo.
McAulay Hose.
Ii. NJ. Zeigler Hose.
Junior Hose.
City Officials in Carriages.
Invited Guests in Carriages.
Citizens in Carriages.
Citizens on Horseback.
Citizens on Foot.
The line of March was up Ohio,
north on Fleetwood and up Main
streets to the Powell house. Every
street was filled to its II Utmost capaci-
ty with spectators and every window
along the line was crowded. AT
the hotel the civic organizations
were placed in single file upon either
side of the street, the band in front
of the hotel, while the carriages con-
tanning the guests were driven be-
tween and around on to DeWalt
street where they alighted. The
great crowd gathered as closely as
lpossible and, from the steps in front OF
the hotel. listened to speech by Carl
Wnlslen formally delivering the silver
spike to Hon. Ill. a. Risley, represent
\ ing the railroad company. This spike
was manufactured from silver taken
from the mines of Rosita aud was en-
tirely gift from that town. Upon
the head of the spike was engraved
the name 'Rosita., Upon one side
the words, "From silver mines near
Rosita." upon another the words
MAY 1884," and upon another, "In
commemoration of the completion OF
the Denver 4 Rio Grandc railroad 10
Custer county, Colorado" MIR. Ris-
ley, on behalf of the railroad CON-
pany, received the spike in q pleas
ant, coagratulatory speech. Col. b.
n. Montgomery, 1t the request of the
mayors of Silver Cliff aud Rosita,
welcomed the visitors in an address
Of some length and much excellence.
He was several times interfercd with
by cheers from the crowd. Cot.
Montgomery then Introduced Gov
crnor Pitkin who was received most
cordially and who made one of those
happy, though short addresses he
knows so we'll how to make. TX.
Governor Giipin was then introduced
and his speech was listened to with
much attention ON account OF tho