, 1884-06-15
THE MAGIC CITY.
Some Elements Involved in Its
Prosperous Present
And Which Indicates a Bright and
Brilliant Future.
The Evidences Cheyenne Presents
of Substantial Progress.

degree Cheyenne is sharing the general
depression that seems to be prevalent in
the West. Since iastIFall the restaurants,
saloons and some Of the leading business
houses have regarded business as dull"
yet, withal, in most respects we continue
a booming town. travelling men invari-
ably say, We'll, Cheyenne is the best
town | have seen in the far West In
deed. it has become ~proyerhial. And
why? First, because we have \ vast
amount of money conferred here, second,
because our leading citizens take especial
pride in keeping i the leading city in the
territory. The instant any private or
public enterprise ia demonstrated as prac
ticable, or will pay, or add lustre to the
fame of the Ma lie City" it is taken
hold Of The building of n forty thous-
and dollar opera house WAS no small
undertaking, Tn" expensive opening of
the same, through the venture and under
the able supervision of Manager Rhodes,
was in accordance with the spirit of the
people. The subsequent bringing of
Madame Gerster here, also put our people
on their local pride. The fact that we
were the first in the country to put in an
order for the Brush-Swan electric light,
showed not only our appreciation of pro-
gress, as seen in scientific advancement,
but the fexibility Of
vi FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
During the last three years block after
block has arisen in elegance and Costumes,
and dotted all over our city can be seen
as fine an array of private residences, CON
spicuous for neatness and taste, as are to
be found in any cultured quarter in the
East. The latest, and possibly the best
instance Of this kind, is to be found in the
new residence of Judge Carey, on North
Ferguson street. Any one has but to
look at this building to be impressed with
the pleasing effect made possible
by chaste and unique architecture. A
few Of the other examples to be
found in this species Of enterprise are,
the residences of |. c. Whipple, on Sew
enteeth street the one recently erected
and sold by L r. Alter, on Sixteenth
street the enlarged and beautiful resi-
dence of the late lamcnted Mrs. Van
TasSel, on Ferguson street, and the scores
Of others of less architectural professions,
all indicating, however, the substantially
of the men who left the slow and crowded
East to develop the resources of and
carve out fortunes in the far west. Wash
ington Irving wrote d~esparagingly of this
region. Would that he could see it now.
How the current of the historians
thoughts would be changed! As to
blocks, we might cite the Carey block,
erected when few were willing to believe
in Cheyenne; the Inter Ocean hotel,
turned into first-class and commodious-
ness by the present proprietor, John
Chase the Warren buildings on Six
tecnth street, the aggregate cost of which
are
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
the Delaware block, now occupied by the
wholesale grocery Of G.. A. Draper the
NJ. f. Post block, with its substantial and
elegant bank corner the block en-
bracing the Whipple x Hay building
and NaCle corner, the latter occupied by
Dare 4 Collins hardware, and Rhodes &
Troxells drug store. And yet the work
goes on, The Idelman building, at the
corner of Ferguson and Sixteenth
streets is to fll up and be another costly
addition to the north side of Sixteenth
street. 1t seems to be a rule hat no
matter how much public spirit a man may
manifest, an occasional growl of dissatis-
faction will be heard. In enumerating
the leading citizens and their enterprises,
| would show a dull appreciation, indeed,
if did not put our estimablc citizen,
Hon. I. +. Warren, to the front. 1t
is very evident he believed in the city
from the first. melted by a spirit of en-
terprise which amounts almost to genius
itself, with unhagging industry he has
pursued the work of building up the bust
ness interests of our city with a zeal
worthy the emulation of all. He and his
copartners are burned out, but he is not
at all disturbed by the casualty. He i'm
mediatcly lays broader foundations than
ever to accommodate the business he 50
sedulously laborcd for years to build up.
The building on the corner of Sixteenth
and Hill. the foundations of which are
now ready for the superstructure, more
than anything else that has been projected
by Mr.. Warren, will be in accordance
with
HIS CONCEPTIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and comprehensiveness Every man who
grows a blade of grass or in any way con-
ceives an idea and carries it out, which
awakens life, industry and thrift in a com
munity, is a benefactor. Men may pirate
from pulpit and rostrum theories of what
is benefcent. but he who puts men in a
position where they can earn bread for
dependent ones is the egis of any com
munity and the rue benefactor.
"Whencc all this Wealth. asks
the pilgrim as he lands at our depot and
gazes at the blocks of brick and mortar,
after travelling over the t~recless and APP
p~arently ~unproductive plain. In explain
alton, we tell him u city enjoys a trade
coming from every point of the compass,
and stretching far and wide by the enter
prise of our citizens. But where did
you get the money!" he further inquiries.
Men of foresight, industry aud courage,
. - III IL "A.