Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-10-26
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Especial Correspondence.1

PUEBLO, Col, October 49, 1889.
The most unattractive place In all Colorado, oil its
size and importance, Is Pueblo. II is not SO mucn
the place itself perhaps, as that 1t is situated on
these akal plains and has nothing beautiful or at
tractive in Is surroundings. Yet the town is largely
Mexican in its appearance makeup and characteris-
tics, and contains a mixed population OF Mexican
herders, Western hoodlums and enterprislng busi-
ness men. II does quite q trade with the country
south and west of here and at one time aspred to be
the rival of Denver as the chief commercial point In
the State. or Of this region; but these aspirations
have apparently been nipped in the bud. had con-
siderable of boom last year. but that has subsidized
and the prospects Of this ever becoming one OF the
big places ofthe West do not seem to me to be very
hatterng. The water here Is insuferably mean, and
alka dust tormens you in every direction and at all
times. In striking contrast with Pueblo Is Colorado
Springs forty five miles north Of here on the road
to Denver. 1t is the snuggest pretest and health
lest place in Colorado. No pretensions to CONNER
cial Importance are made by 1t, yet fair trade Is
done with the country round, while as resort IL
goes far ahead of all others in this part Of the world
Its hotels are full in the summer OF eastern tourists
and in the winter miners and ranchmen from the
mountains fill them up One hotel keeper started in
here on small scale four years ago, entertaining
guests at 81 per day. Business prospered, 80 that
he has just built new SIS, 600 hotel and is making
all the money he wants. Another big hotel costing
$4,000 Is being erected by company of whom Gen.
Palmer, Of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, Is
one. This same company owns the stock Of the Ell
Paso Land and improvement Company and have the
most complete printing establishment In the State,
from which s issued the daily and weekly Gazette.
Among the new buildings erected at Colorado
Springs this year are number of handsome but
modest residences Shade trees plenty In all the
Streets and there Is air of comfort and neatness
about the place not found anywhere else in Colora-
do. Mantou with its seven or eight mineral springs
and the most fashionable resort in the west Is only
three miles distant. A narrow gauge railroad be-
tween the two points carries passengers over and
back for twenty ve cents, and does lively business.
There is nothing of Mantou but its hotels and the
springs. The hotels are kept on the 'tony'' plan,
and charge man four or five dollars for looking In
side Of them. But they are well patronized, in the
season, by wealthy class Of tourists who go there
both for the "style' and on account Of the spring
waters which are equal to any in the country. The
season there came near being cut unusually short
this year by snow storm which occurred the last
week In August and lasted three days. About two
hundred guests left Manitou at that time some of
whom did not retnrn. It is just at the foot of Pixies
Peak, where snow storms occur every month in the
year, and of course, squa will occasionally blow
down the mountain, even in midsummer, Parties
are climbing the peak from Manitou almost daily at
this season, but the same persons rarely go more
than It's tough cline, and one hack at 1t is
enough to last ordinary people life time The Coy
lenment signal station at the top is abont the lone
soonest looking spot ever saw. Though the most
famous peak in Colorado and seen at the greatest
distance In all directions, Pixies is not the highest
Grey's Peak, twelve miles above Georgetown Is 200
feet higher-being 1881 feet above sea level.
In the vicinity of Colorado Springs some of the
most interesting features of Colorado scenery The
"Garden of the Gods" where immense red granite
slabs stand up edge, some of them $50 feet
high one Of the striking evidences of the great up
heaval which has some time taken place here; and
that volcanic action has also taken place is shown in
the copper coloring OF the rocks and by other marks
plainly visible everywhere. Monument Park, Q
short distance away, Is another of the curiosties
Covering Of perhaps, fifteen twenty acres
In series of natural monuments of white sandstone
80 soft that the elements have formed them into the
most fantastic shapes. Many OF them are about the
size Of human being and many are much larger.
strata of iron the tops has protected them in
that direction and preserved their original height
How many thousand years this work Of the elements
has been going on cannot be very accurately esti-
mated but is one of the many natural wonders of
the world. And right here in Colorado, more than
anywhere else have ever been, we find on every
hand unmistakable evidences that six thousand years
does not supposed begin to cover the period
Park Is "Glen Eyrie" picturesque little glen with
stream running through 1t, in which Gen. Falmer,
President of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, has
q handsome summer residence. Speaking Of rail-
roads calls to mind the sharp competition between
the Denver & Rio Grande and the new Denver New
Orleans line. The fare between Denver and Pueblo,
12O miles. has always been S0 but under the stimu-
lus Of lively railroad war both lines have been
ryng passengers all summer for 81. OF course this
cannot be kept up always but 1t is certain that the
old exorbtant rate will never be revived The new
road had hard fight to get the right of way into
Colorado Springs owing to the opposition of the 9TH
er line which controls much interest there but
favorable city council recently elected and work
on the into town is now going ahead. SPoT.