The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-02-10

readers eouiu only PERSONALLY Inspect Inc
huge bodies of ore, and the IONS of rails
at the steel works as we did, they would
readily appreciate the magnitude of the
above facts and figures More than 1000
men are employed at the works and
mines. and the pay roll amounts to sl,-
| 500, 900 per annum. The steel works
cover 100 acres, and at night are lighted
with electric lights. An artesan we'll
1900 feet deep supply the works with
water.
The Pueblo Smelling and Refining
Company, with capital of $3.50, 900 is
composed of Boston and Pueblo capital,
and is the largest works of the kind in
the world. Like all enterprises of the
kind started at Pueblo, this ones success
has been marvellous, and the company is
now reaping 4 reward from their invest
ment far beyond their fondest expecta.
ton. They employ a force of 400 men
and the pay roll foots up 1915, 900 per an
mum. Besides these there is the Pueblo
Foundry and Machine shops with an in
vestment Of SO, 900, turning out work to
the amount of $4,000, with a working
force of 10 men, and many others which
space will not permit me to enumerate.
The building record of 1882 in Pueblo
is of the most tla.terng character. Five
hundred new buildings have been erected
during the year at i cost of 81 500, 600.
The grand hotel erected by the Pueblo
Building and Investment company, at
cost. of $50, 600, is the most complete
hotel building to be found anywhere in
the West. All the latest improvements
i'll hotel structure have been introduced
with elevators, electric and automatic call
i IL - e.
with electricity.
pleasing feature Of Pueblo is it's
broad, clean streets, which upon every
afternoon is thronged with well-dressed,
prosperous looking men and women, all
walking or driving at the top of their
speed, intent upon getting there" in
the shortest possible time. How We have
longed, as We watched these flying crowds
for an odd horse we used to sit behind
in Cecil county, until we took some of
the conceit out of these fellows. 1t is
pleasant to climb upon the Mesa or "tena-
sr-foot hills" lying around the town, ESQ
called from the fact the tender-foot in
vriably makes a pilgrimage Of them the
morning after his arrival h re) and watch
the rising OF the sinking sun. Both are
pictures of ineffabIe beauty, which lam
guage fails 10 describe, but, which once
seen is never forgotten. From the Mesa
stretching away to the south the .Sau-
gre de Christie range rises panorama of
magnificent pictures, The grand tower
ering slopes of the Spanish Peaks, its icy
peaks aud glaciers glistening in the sun,
pierces the blue vault over the southern
horizon. Our gaze constantly returns to
their hoary submits, and we find our
selves silently worshipping, overpowered
with 4 sense of littleness in contemplat-
ing their enormous bulk. Rising from
the summit Of the mountain range, with
majestic sweeping outlines gradually
growing sleeper and sleeper toward the
apex of the cone, like silhouette their
form is set against the emphyrean blue.
The morning sun, rising behind their
vast bulk casts the whole mountain in one
unbroken tint of tender, pearly grey: the
early mists around their base enchance
the beauty they conceal At midday,
when the clouds born in the gorges round
their feet have risen, their shadows chase
each other across their face, now dark
against the glisteuing fields Of snow, now
lost in the shadow of some glooming
gorge. At sunset, when the sky takes
on the gold and purple haze, the noun
tain CLOVIS in hues of gold and carmine
like a ruby in the southern sky. Ever
changing, sometimes sad and I'D, some-
times bright and airy, like the different
moods OF woman, but always grand and
glorious. we turn our gaze reluctantly
away, to feel, in the words of one of old,
What is man that thou are mindful of
him."
To the north, snow clad pinnacles of
Pixies Peak rises cold aud bleak against
the northern sky, and as the sun has hid
den itself behind the peaks, the eager,
biting mountain air comes stealing down,
singing the ears and nose, and button
ing our ulster closely around us we make
short cuts tn hotel and tireside.
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