Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
built built through a country like..that between

built through country like.sthas between
Denver and Leadville.
Denver is built upon slightly rollino
ground, sufficient for good drainage the
elevation is 5,170feet. 1t would be thought
from the elevation that it was in the
mountains, but such is not the case: the
country approaching and surrounding it Is
mostly level. The rise is SO gradual from
Omaha that it is scarcely perceptible.
They claim a population of 10000. and
property is very high. Their lots are
25x16O: and lot five miles from the center
of the city sells for $780,
give the people of Denver credit for
their energy. They have fine High
School building, City Hall, and County
Courthouse. They put the blush on many
larger and older cities. They also have a
beautiful clubhouse building and an ele-
CANT structure used by the Board of Trade.
Building material is much cheaper than
l thought, from the long distance it is
hauled. Rough lumber is Si8 to $40;
surface, $50 to $50 per thousand. A great
deal of lumber is brought from Texas.
Brick are laid in the wall for $40 per II.
Water rates are charged by the room 81 :;
50 for closet and So for bath; $40 for lot
25xl60 for irrigating. These are annual
rates, and collected with the taxes. The
rate OF taxes averages about 81 80 per
annum.
A great many of the early settlers of
Denver have made fortunes specializing in
real estate. For the size of the city there
are more brick dwellings than in any city
L have seen. Large fields of alfalfa are
grown around Denver, all by irrigation,
the water being taken from the Platte
river
We left Denver in the morning and
passed over the Rio Grande railroad, along
which the scenery is grand, but not so
much so as other | have seen. AT Salt
Lake we stopped day. My letter being
now longer than | intended, | will not
take the space to describe what | saw
there.
In conclusion taking the large amount
of territory l have travelled over since
left home, and seeing the great number of
cities larger than Sacramento that were
small villages only few years ago, and
that have not the rich country surround
ing them, or the facilities for making
large and prosperous city that we have, |
return home with the belief that our city
will double in population in the next ten
years. All it requires is energy and deter
mination upon the part of the citizen
A prominent exhibit of California's
product one-half the size of that of the
California State Board of Trade in San
Francisco, located in Chicago and Phila-
delphia, with an energetic man in charge,
distributing invitations on all trains and
hotels to visit the same. would be the
means of sending more people to Califor-
MIA in the next two years than have come
here the past ten.
As there are thousands thinking of
coming to our State, and it only requires
very little effort upon our part to get the
procession to move, stop spending money
in our own State in making exhibits, and
put it East where it will reach the fount-
ain-head. Once they are here it is an
easy matter to convince anyone what we
can produce. We have room for millions
more, and in my judgment you will secure
them much faster in the way | have sug-
gested than any other
With this | bid you adieu, as we are
once more in the cline that our Eastern
brethren would give millions to possess.
Yours truly, EDWIN K. ALsIP.