The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
vlSIONS OF WEALTH.
4 Css~ssy - esspsaasus Haeas-Assiss,
River Dsas FslisA Win Geld.

DENVER, April 15.-Ab0ut every other man
who IL 10 be mot west Of the Missouri River 10
. schemer. The projects that arc born here
annually. mapped out In endless conversation
or in stacks Of legal cap and then dropped In
continsntiy. would. II properly described. MI
volumsA Merchants. lawyers. physicians.
manufacturers. preachers. invalids. and all
their dependants occupy their spare moments
In studying up enterprises Of great weight and
moment. There 10 something in the atmos.
phsre which seems to encourage this peculiar
phase OF montal activity. A young man In the
East. TO whom Inducements TO sottle In the far
West may be offered. IL assured that. while the
salary may not be large. he must not overlook
tho opportunities which new country affords
to smart. activa fellows. Opportunity has paid
millions Of dollars In salaries in this country
during the last twenty years. II Is dealt in BY
all who may b established here. and Is parcel:
s ss ss. .es as f Ssns ;"nsbs icr he
most part, I, and consists chiefly Of m"snillecnt
nsy 10 reS% X:
railroad manager 70 the kitchen drudge.
Some ~ the soediest men in the West are the
Ss: sSo s %
Vile. and Denver who has fAthered more pro-
than oil the great on9i noors In the world. Every
HsS s;s:i r.. sss il Tine
ss sssss st -. - fs$ Sc:
famous. Millions have been taken from them:
VIII MAKE The eds shoss creeks Ike
.sow SiIs b the side q an eactrie light All
have gone. Centuries ago there were
"a any Of those from whose beds 40 many
fortunes have boon taken. Tho lapse
hnrs s% saa soS
ering them in some instances to the depth Of
hundreds Of feet. and their waters have been
as g most of those With which we arc acquainted
q sns az IN ss od vss
Which sS 5sses %b Of @
liz Wv srdSusSd and al know What s s%
have S'H iocsed three or four Of those ancient
hay have e pas q
struck run drifts ne and down the bed Of the
.sssh e re te$
and untold millions b. taken out. From Oh.
sorvations that hay: made a. believe tn. pres
sgt water courses OF Gsi1orni S I" 6s OF com;
werd e hsy az" wsf e,
rich. what must BE- the value Of those into
swept2 It is a big thing and 4 can got soma
mir In the scheme will
II have got scheme" said a thin, long
yhiskSred Individual n Las Aaimas tavern
Il cav to
good after Y leeves the mountain country.
sds assn o ms It's Sass
place whore. by the construction OF wall OF
rough masonry seven or eight feet high. for z
and sent. booming TO the south through Ari.
ko srsnd S xoa
necessary at a few places. but l would utilize
o'd sss srs e. sosd S.ss them
assured II would BE- an easy matter to sell priv
ileges along the route. to construct great res:
w.serwori. Tor towns owns and d misine camps. This
thing 10 i1 the interest Of civilization:
tho q ~es snd %
pose, It would hasten the settIemsnt OF ali the
Think Of the amount q stock that could Be-
ss
dehds that they would pay, have had q talk
ana hss
iinE. Ths lrs!! thing You know 1t will bo under
% On q 1b Denver and Rio arande train the other
day q .shsrp-eyed man. who had tried every
thing. from mining and stock raising 70 bottIine
Be-
In this whole Western country. 1t only needs
. million or two to make hundred millions
than one railroad track through to save your
compan W" to buy up tho right Of Way IN such
IL: Sns q t6.ss DAYS !$srs!I, Pc : :ir!ts On =
or through II. Our riSh. Of Way w and iI BIT Of
high: and snoSsh can Be made on" on one such
deal to pay the expense Of tho whole undertak:.
st: sS Sn: ' Viii w b I'm a s:ss
The land grant gran ( thing which sxstss the
sn eye on its lands. Somebody q schoming fol
ersanIsed to capture 6ix slices Of tho public
haze GRIP Eery
who may have been waiting Tor years for r Just
NJ ona aao wn Who ooksd a. though
It was good while since they had lost their
last time me- Il this the
Inquired It all out. and there was no doubt about
Its success. They had been at work for a long
| time in Arizona on what they hoped at the be-
ginning would prove rich silver deposits. Hun
q tons Of had been piled
saved, ~. There was little silver : little lead
j OF all together to pay for working. The owners
hated to give up the idea that they
to Denver to secure l. csnital 70 put
reduction OF their. copper ore. Ono Of the men
with whom they talked declare that It wouidn'i
pay; there was not enough copper in 1--WE tons
Il. They had thog y, aa tons To- in sight. and
certain OF $4,000 right. away. They knew also
that the same kind Of rock existed for miles
or two into tho earth. and II they could get the
machinery they would be willing to bet they
would make the thing hump day and night al
| how"
Capitalists with whom they talked refused to
b. parties to any such wholesale attempt to
IT, ~ t inspect q
up the greater ,pnrt Of Arizona bodily and