Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-30
DENVER AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS.
The Rapid Rise of the Queen city
of the Plains-IncIdentso on
the Road.
Correspondence of the DEMOCRAT

Correspondence OF the DEMOCRAT.
DENVER, COL, November %, 1885,
After lapse OF eighteen years / have
again visited the city of Denver. 1t is
with feelings Of establishment and bewil-
derment that | gaze upon upon the
massive buildings and solid-built business
blocks, where, at the time OF my early
residence, Indian villages stood and
merry troops of papooses sported in the
sands of the Platte river and Cherry
creek. At that time business was con-
fined within the radius of q few short
blocks, and cattle with believing tongues,
yoked and chained TO immense "prairie
schooners, " hauled nearly all the supplies
used by the early pioneers across the
boundless praires between Denver and
the Missouri river.
| THE CHANGE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS
Has been so great that the old landmarks
have been almost entirely obliterated,
and the believing OF the yoke-strained
oxen has been supplanted by the screech
of the locomotive whistle.
To an old-timer who has seen the In
dians in all their native decorations Of
paint, feathers and dirt, upon the same
! ground now occupied by the Grand Tabor
Opera House, the presentation OF Around
the World in Eighty Days" and the at
tack OF horde of ''make-believe" In
dams on "make-believe" u. p. r. r.
train was quite amusing. If the real
live" Indians had been compelled to
90 through their various acts of warfare
in an 100000 opera house, they might
have been as unnatural in their move
ments rs those dusky nomads in this ex-
travagant exhibtion-but doubt it.
One of the largest, and what is said to
have been one OF the most enthusiastic
audiences of the season, greeted the XII
rally Brothers and their troupe in Around
the World in Eighty Days" at the Tabor
Opera House last night. The Kiralfys
have their
SEVERAL CORPS OF BALLET DANCERS,
And Denver-like Salt Lake-when the
Kiralfys arrive, has solid representation
of "bald heads" in the front tiers of
seats in the parquette.
| A talk with some of the business men
of Denver elected the information that
the business outlook is very bright and
business is a great deal better than at
corresponding time last year. On all sides
there seems to be hustle of healthy
business, and the demand for building
material is said to be great. The we'll
kept pavements and clean streets are
quite contrast to the
NEGLECTED. STREETS OF OUR OWN CITY,
Anda are quite rebuke to the sweet sing
ers OF "Iion's" praises. The use of only
one horse upon street cars which are
seemingly larger than those used ut Salt
Lake. looked to me like an "extrayapant
use OF economy"
Your correspondent met with cordial
reception at the Office OF the Rocky Noun
tain News, and though having only few
moments to spare for observation, was
very favorably impressed with the efforts
oil this live western paper. Quite funny
incident happened at one of the eating
stations while we were coming down to
Denver on the d. & r. G., which will
relate for the benefit OF some of the COM
mercial travellers who try to astonish peo-
pie with the breadth OF their information.
A certain drummer for an Eastern house
got into an argument with a fellow
passenger rs to the population of
the city OF Denver. In the heat
of the argument he asked one
OF the waiter girls for Gazetteer" so
they could decide the issue without fur
Their argument. The girl did not know
what Gazetteer" was-not having such
an article on the bill of fare-and think
ing the drummer was making fun of her
she gave him a look OF scorn that might
have knocked out" 4 larger man. The
travelling man looked like he was in con-
ditlon to subside into the recess Of a knot
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