The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-31

City. Here our train was reorganiEed-
part Of it branching off to New Mexico
Arizona, old Mexico and California, and
one part OF it going on pretty near due
west to Pueblo at the base OF the Rocky
Mountains.
At 1920 OF that forenoon we reached
Pueblo. Pueblo is the Mexican word FOL
town. 1t is live place and said 10 have
q future. Here we bore oil to the northwest,
passing through five inches OF snowat Pal
mer Lake, and at 3:l5 in the afternoon
were safely landed at our objective point
the city OF Denver-735 miles west oI
Kansas City, and, as l said about l,720
miles from Wheeling.
DENVER CITY.
Denver is city OF say GO,0OO inhabitants
It had boom few years ago, when the
mining craze was in full tide, that ran real
estate skywards very fast There is no
boom now, however, and business as well
as values generally have settled down to a
lower level. 1t is a handsome city--has
some very attractive business blocks
several nice streets, good hotels, churches,
Chamber OF Commerce and Board oil Trade,
and one OF the handsomest Union depot
buildings ID the country, together with
many very fine private residences. II has
also eighteen public school buildings erect
ed at q cost OF from $4,000 to 100000
each. The principal branch of manulact-
ure ia the conversion oi silver ores into
bullion. OF course everybody in Denver
is silyeIite, and in favor Of coming the
present so.Called "dollar OF the daddies'
to the fullest extent Of the law. This ia
natural, inasmuch as Colorado is by far
tho largest silver producing section OF the
United States.
After couple Of days pleasantly spent
in this metropolis Of the monntains We in
dulged in one or two briet excursions Ia
the surrounding country, Visiting, for in
stance, the famous
CLEAR CREEK CANYON,
a wild and winding gorge, cleaving the
hills to the westward, q Colossal cash
through which road bed olroCk has been
blasted for the Colorado Central branch ol
the Union Pacific railroad, which carried
us to Idaho Springs, Georgetown, Silver
Plume, and Graymont. This wonder ot
natifcinast be see1 10 be appreciated, as
muat s'so the famous railroad "ioop"
above Georgetown. The road passes
around the e1ge OF town, rapidly rising,
till from the cars there is panoramic
view cl the city. In reaching Silver Plume
some Of the finest engineering eyer accom-.
plished has been necessary. The road
crosses itself by Crescentic bridge 800
feet long and 81 feet high. First you pass
under the bridge, then proceeding up the
canyon, span Olear Greek andturn directly
TO ward Georgetown. 4 little fuFthDr pnd
from the bridge you look down upon the
old track and down upon Georgetow wn. the
eye taking 10 DEVILS Gate and Bridal Veil
Falls. Again Ton are going away from
Georgetown; agaiA apparently boHnd for
it. Tho road is puzzle Of spiked and
bolted steel. Before the whistle sounds
for Silver Plume the "loop" has been
nearly duplicated. From one point six
distinct tracks seeia visible. They are all
one. From the "Big FLIP Georgetown
can still be seen, the line of vision pass.
ing plger the bridge OF the "loop." In
conGreriuR less than two miles OF distance
four aud a half mites Of vosd bare been
built.
-, NEAR THE CLOUDS.
We were wound up the mountains to
an astonishing altitude. For instance, at
Denver, our starting point on The trip,
the elevation Is &. .203 feet; at Golden six.
teen mics west, tits 5,7i0 feet: at Chin
ney Gulch, nineteen miles, 5,935 feet; at
Beaver Brook, 64l7; at Forks Creek,
twenty.nlne miles, 8,004 feet; at Floyd's
Hill, 1927 ieeti at Lake Spring; thirty
eight miles, 1867 feeti at qeorgetown,
ffty miles, $500 feet; at Silver Plume,
Gfty.four miller, $3.50 feet; and at Gray.
mont, fity-eight miles from Denver, $3.50
feet,
This was getting up isto rarifiod at
mosphere pretty fast, aud It is'pQ wonder
thst coming from the Ohio Valley, where
the elevation Is less than 700 feet we had
some difficulty in breathing. The trip
from Denver TO Graymont Is made in
about four hoHIs.
A good deal has been said OF the won
derfnl ascent. per mile o. liz feet on this
Baltimore & Ohio passing over the Alle'
ghenies, but here in the Rocky mountains
we witnessed an ascent OF 800 feet TO the
mile, performed without apparent strain
or difficulty.
At Boulder, We met our old time Wheel
inv friend, joseph Wolf, who had charge
OF the Job department Of the lNTRLLIGES-
cRR up to 1855. but for many years past
a resident ci Colorado. He is now sue
cesslully engaged in the culture Of
variety Of small fruits, such as strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries and grapes, and
finds a ready market at good prices for his
products in Denver and at the "Mining
Camps" as thesmaller towns are called. He
depends principally upon irrigation for
his watar supply. And, by the way, irri-
CATION In both agriculture and horticulture
In Colorado Is a decided success. Mr..
Wolf is n thorough going western man
and considers the Ohio Valley too far east
for desirRble residence.
"Tnk GARDEN or THE GODS"
Returning to Denver from this eK-
cursion, We turned our faces Southeast
ward to Pueblo, stopping of at Colorado
Springs and Mauitou Springs to see the
famous "Garden Of the Gods" which has
been described and photographed more
than any other place 0f scenic interest in
Colorado, but words or pictures fall to
give even the laintest idea OF it's wealth
OF gorgeous color or oi the noble view
which i.s gateway frames. Tie portals OF
this famed gateway spring from the level
plain to 8 height OF $50 feet and glow with
the most briliiantcoloring OF red. Within
the Garden the rocks assgme strange
mimetic forms, and the imag!nations Gi
the spectator il kept busy discovering re.
sem6lanoes to bPasts and birds, Of men
and women and Of strange freaks ofarcht.
lecture. Here we have an opportunity 20
get closer inspection Of Pixies Peak, up
which, 1900 feet, they are building a ztg.
rag railroad for tourists that will bea mar
vel OF engineering skill when 1t is COM
pletsd.
Colorado and Manttou Springs are health
resorts for people from the estates" who
are afflicted with pulmonary troubles.
Here we met our young friend, George
Whitaker, a Wheeling boy-who Ia lnVig-
Grating his constitution amidst the whole
some mountain air, and he looks as II he
was in good state OF preservation. Col
orado and Mapitou Springs are but four
miles apart and the Garden OF the Gods"
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