Daily Republican., 1881-06-28

heeH supply VI water, we Spcu on Ou
way ana in an incredibly short tim
we stopped at the beautiful city Of Col
orado Springs - miles from Denver. t
is grand place with wide streets ant
shade trees on each side. Here we fin,
II railroad running to Manitou the Sara
toga of the west at the foot of Pix
Peak Mountain. There are II great var
icty OF mineral waters here and tn
scenery is grand. If you wish to 90 t,
the summit of Pixies Peak you can hir,
a hack for 50. 1t only takes one day t,
60 ami return. The distance is T. mile
to The top. Here we iind people in ever,
and Door attracted by the hope of i'm
Iproved health by the use OF mincra
waters.
Returning to Colorado Springs WI
find that sprightly city in its summer
attire bidding welcome to numerOu.
tourists that annually gather there t.
est ape the heat and dust of the Larger
cities and enjoy the cool brcezes con
stantly famed down from the summit
Of Pixies Peak. Forty-.iVe miles fur.
ther down brings us to Puebla which at
this time is having rush of trade and
n boom in building, such as was never
before experienced in its history There
are two Pueblas here one south thf
other north, and divided by the Arlan
sas river. Here turning westward we
pass the sprightly towns Of Good dnight
and Swallows, and we arrive after fl
miles ride at Canon City. Here passen.
gers change cars for Silver Cliff one OF
the mining towns of Colorado. Just
out Of Canon City on the right hand
| side is the State Penitentiary. 1t
10 Il stone building covering about a
,uare of ground, with high walls and
Ii lies brings us to the Royal Gorge, OF
etter known as the Arkansas Canyon.
| cannot find words to express myself
in an attempt to describe tue beauties
Of this pass. 1t is grand beyond de-
scription. Looking ahead there is ap-
parently no way Of getting through the
mountain Tor you can onIy see Il small
Crevisc in the side of the rocks, and the
waters Of the Arkansas RIVER comes
dashing and Hplashing doHn over the
rocks as if they were mad 1T them tor
lying IN the voad and all of a sudden
| you shoot into the opening of the rocks.
Following The course Of the Arkansas
clear thrUHgh, in some places the IOCk+
are hanging away out over the cars. 4 I
no place in the Pass is the width wider
than le1 feet for distance Of oYrr "A
miles. At one place the ChaSln is
bridgea parallel with the river. The
rocks ?iere on both sides are 500 feet
above the cars, extend Straight w) and
the pass in places is net over 50 feet
wide. This is at Parkdale. 1t IS well
worth coming q Thousand miles to see
this sight.
Passing onward aud upward we pass
Sp;ke Buck, Texas Creek, Cotapax
and two or thN1e CtEer towns aud soon
we reach South Arkansas Station
Here is where we change ca-s for the
GunnisOn Country. This is a smart lit
tie place III miles from Denver. The
Denver and Bio Grande Raj road Conn
pany is erecting mall shops here and
from this peint tie road viii be EXTEND
ed in all directions. As we proceed,
along the track we can So the placer
waShingS all tho way un TO Leadvi!le.
At Malto the ht9veSC grad commences
on the roal. 1t is six miles from Lead
vile and the grade is 28i feet to the
mile. W@.arriVed at l.ealville at $40,
and mGSt stFr | was gre3 ,Iy diSappoin-
ted ut seeing teadvillt il the condition
it ~aS iu. al5 was the CirticSt city |
was ever in. Not bali Of the mines are
in operation. yiHitel the ChrystOlife,
Little PittS%urg, Big I,ttsburg, Mis-
cAief, Big Nhiel LitcIe Chief, Morning
and Evening Slar. hen yer City, Boo
IUgCrspll, .Aew Discovery, and nun
her otother mines. The are all around
and ill the "ity 0! Lead"ille. | do not
like the city and wotld not live there
under any circumstances
1t is 13,2t9 feet above The level of the
sea. One OF the mines il on fire and it
/ tr0ubllGg the Oiht4rs u 1t q little. They
are t9rcing steam down to queuch theI
fumes. IT has been burning Since last
October, ~ d PROMISES tC burn on fer all
indefinite time to c 9ne. The Robert II. !
Lee mine IS runpi2g ou&ow grade ore, !
which is,worth SIS IL top. Tie Match |
less niln Is clearing 81 200 Il mouth for
t5 cwn8r+i.
Nc " W. will retnrn t. Denver This "
is one ofthe pretItest towns | was eyer
Il. It's broad stroeth, wide avenues, long
.uws of stately cottonwood trees, hand
,ome buildings, fue churches and pub
ic schools, make it the equal in beauty
sisd eutQrprise of aQy city in the East of
ike population. There are twenty
;hnmhes and legicns If schools, and in
uaily respetts they are lar ahead of
v iliMiEpTOn. The city IL situated OIL
il4 plains at the foot of tho mountains
although the mountains are t
ONE IL miles distant.
AS have not much time ard do not {
rant to sake up too much space in your \
uaper, will try and give you '
5 much information rs possible in Il a
Nv words. There are in the city two 1
ospitals, nine machine shops, three of
hich are railroad shops; f0ur boiler
lops, q relling mill, and carpenter and r
IackSmith shops by scores, i've iron
nd one brass foundrieS The ane foun- !,
ry that 4 must mentiop in particular ~
that of Thomas Walker Il BIO, for; ',
erly OF Wilmington. Mr.. Thomas u u
yslker is in business for himself, and =
turning .GlIt three tons OF castings q -
~, and he has orders ahead to keep II
IN busy until Christmas. "
He is now working on large contract " "
r the Denver & Rio Grand Railroad. y
hen Mr.. Walker left Wilmington he
rs suffering very much with the
thma. but I am happy to be able to
form his old friends through the RE-
JBLICAN that he has fully recovered of
) health and is cheerful and happy. de
lere are the finest horses here / ever IN
W and everybody rides. The city is a to
equer work of street car lines. we IL
70 have the Herdic coaches with five M
lt fares. The city il heated by steam re-
d in the course Of q month it will be Ia