The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-20


ftin cans. This divided honors with the
log cabin where the Indians tried to scalp
Judge Baldwin who had lost his scalp long
4 before in a previous bout with the sayages.
But for the last lustrum, the special cor
respondent has bankrupted himself i'll de-
scriptive adjectives lavished upon the
handsome and tasteful residences of the
town. Each has it's lawn, emerald-green,
!. its vines and blossoms kept fresh by con-
slant spraying from hose or lawn-Sprinkler.
i Villas and Queen Anne cottages, or sub
stantial mansions, built by Englishmen in
remembrance of their transatlantic
homes, have superseded tents or Chicago
shanties. Many of them are built Of "Man-
I itou stone'' in all its various tints, from
gray to ruddy pink, most beautiful build
1 ing material, and easily obtained. Some
are finished within with woodwork Of the
light Colorado pine OF California sequoia.
The residences of Hon. Irving Howbert,
lR. T. Weitbree, ESQ.,, Hon. Lyman X.
I Baes, Pres. E. P. Tenney, and other citi-
zens, are built of stone, and though totally
unlike each other, are all imposing and
handsome, costing from $1,000 to $50, 900.
Stained glass, inlaid woods, luxuries OF
the upholsterer;s and paper hangers art,
collections of paintings and bric-a-brac
would lead the stranger to think, If unex
/
i that he was surrounded by the accrued ele-
gancies of an old civilization, instead OF a
dwelling in the new west, in a new town,
where. as the guide books are so fond OF
stating, ''antelopes were feeding twelve
years ago."
/ GAS.
The Colorado Springs Gas and Coke Co.
supplies the city with gas at the usual cas-
| tern rates.
Soft coal is obtained in abundance from
Franceville, a neighboring station ON the
| d. Sc NJ o. r. r., where mines are con-
stantly worked or from Canyon City OF
| Walsenburg This costs from $3 to "a a
ton. Anthracite, sent from Crested Butte,
costs IS per ton.
On the summit of Pixies Peak, among
it's angry, red rocks, there trickle down
from the everlasting SHOWS, slender threads
of rills, half lost in silver MOSES, and be-
dewing the Alpine forget-me- nots with
their spray. They gather strength and
increase in volume, until they form Rux-
ton creek, five miles west OF Colorado
Springs, a silver sheet of foaming water,
absolutely limpid and pure, as it dashes
over d pavement OF white and brown peb-
is carried through every portion OF town
in cast iron pipes and introduced into all
the dwellings. The general verdict is that
it is the s'best water in the whole world,
and scientific analyses only confirm the i'm
pressions of its absolute purity.
ICE,
From these same mountain streams Ill
the canyons are hewn the massive blocks OF
blue crystal ice, which supply the city i'll
summer
4 MAILS, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
WIRES.
The man who comes from the metropo-
lis to the new West, begins to fear is0la-
ton he is afraid he will pass into that
J, state of being worse than humiliation, to
his imagination-"ou OF the WOrld.
When he finds at Manitou and Colorado
, Springs Geographic communications, east
!: west, north and west telephones i'll the
majority of the houses, while eastern
towns, double the size of the sister settle
ments have never dreamed OF the lnnova-
ton. In fact, Colorado Springs has more
telephones than any town of its size III the
world, it is said. When he finds two IN
/ coming and three outgoing eastern mails
he begins to modify his representations
BANKS.
To cash his checks, to make his depoS
it's, he may choose from three banks, the
First National, the Elpaso. and the Peo-
pies all three in sound, healthy condl-
ton and Differed by men of integrity and
ability.
5 NEWSPAPERS
/ The newspaper is one of the first out
t growths of u western town. Its slower
! eastern brother of the same population viii
content itself with weekly. and patent
outside at that, when the western gives
l generous support to two OF three dailies
1t is Il natural manifestation of the effer
: vescent life, the restless enterprise, the
E thirst for knowledge. and the wide range
of interest OF western people. Colorado
I Springs has two six-column folio dailieS
9 the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Re
e public, the former u morning and the latter
t an evening journal. Through the medium
! of the associated press, the latest new
e is furnished by these papers. Each also
t prints an eight-page weekly. Several small
+ occasional sheets and a college monthly ar
: published.
The store of Colorado Springs would
Il compare very fayorably with those of an,
: eastern town of 10000 inhabitants. 1t il
e necessity laid upon the merchants tt
l keep large and varied stock, at such ;
distance from the great centers. Staple:
T are not dearer here than elsewhere to- thu
:. price of other articles must be added thu
}, cost of transportation. Potatoes, fruits
q Sc. are sold here by the pound. The mar
y kets are specially well supplied with bee
e and mutton, in this cattle and sheep rails
i ing region; fish and oysters come on ic'
s from the East, and rabbits, wild duck
o and geese, prairie hens, venison and ante
o lopes are abundant in the winter months
( AS an outftting point for tourists ant
miners, Colorado Springs keeps a.remarka
Is bly varied and fine stock of canned good
y of all kinds, many Of them OF California
n manufacture. You may choose anon:
: three large dry goods stores, seven dru;
stores, q dozen grocery stores, and Othe
!, branches of business are equally well rep
II resented.
. The book stores keep, in addition to TIL
y usual stock, the latest periodicals an
~ publications, etchings, engravings ant
= paintings Of Colorado flowers and scenery
! bv native artists. Colorado Springs ha
Il, her William MoriSeS in the shape OF al
., ., lists. paper hangers and designers OF lin
" furniture. Business in all its department
8 is brisk and meteorological. The major
~ ity Of the business blocks are handsom
- and substantial structures, with large
=. well-lighted stores. The museums OF bot
- towns are attractive to tourists. Their
II may be seen living the wild animals z
-, the country and their skins made int
IT IT rugs, or deer and antelope heads mounted
~ ~ are offered for sale, as we'll as miner;
- specimens and the grotesque Pueblo POI
p I' terry, with rude black or red designs upo
~ Il clouded ground
u CHURCHES.
- Tho ,loyontlxr 1iSnosed NAV con,a