The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
Colorado.
DENVER, CoLo., July 90, 1888.

DENVER, Colo, July 23, 1888.
| Colorado ia the youngest in the sisterhood
| of States, and yet today in evere depart
| ment where money and enterprise, brain and
muscle, are needed, she stands second to
none
About one year ago, in my correspondence
with the Philadelphia Commercial List, in
speaking of Denver, ''the Queen City of the
Plains. | referred to her then as 'the city
of So, 900 SOULS now proudly speak of
her as the city, the great and beautiful city
of 125, 900 souls; the city that sends an i'm
pulse of hopeful and healthful life through
out the commonwealth of which she is the
capital; the centre of all social, commercial,
mining and manufacturing success; the bone,
sinew and muscle If all the west, linking to
her the best and grandcst of all her neigh
bors; the great magnet through whose at
fractions the State of Colorado "lives, moves
and has her being" and which in few
short years will be the third city in import.
auce on this great American Continent.
And whether wnat said of Denver makes
favorable impression upon you or not, it is
nevertheless true that she has been richly
end owed by nature with all those natural
resources that are the basis of prosperity
and wealth, and forever fixes the foundation,
which has already been laid, for a great city,
in great state; one that, if necessary, can
live and flourish without the fostering care
of the outside world, and, like everything
else that is tiuly American, she stands su-
preme.
The richness of her soil, with its wealth
producing results, her uexhaustible beds of
iron ore Of every variety, her coal of all
kinds, from the most indifferent ignite to
the very best anthracite, including the alber-
tite, cooking, aud gas Goals, with building
and paving stones, marble, granite, lava
and sandstone in great variety, with beds of
gypsum, lime and fire clay, and petroleum
in quantities beyond measuae. With msg-
nifcent mountains full to overlooking of all
the precious metals, in a country where crops
are never failing, rain or no rain, and a eli
mate which is not only unsurpassed but un-
equalled. In all these things, and many
more, Colorado, the brightest jewel that
sparkles in the emblem of our country's
honor, the stars and stripes, stands alone,
| and in proper recognition of her virtues,
you bu. give her the credit due, and aid in
| developing, for the comfort and happiness
of man that which, if utilized, is great and
liberal enough to furnish a l of life's enjoy
ments, including that of health and wealth.
OH she is a arand commonwealth, just
springing into life fIom a savage domain,
from which Denver, the metropolitan and
cosmopolitan city, 1.-The Queen City of the
Plains" has as if by magic, sprung into
existence. A city that, since 1880 down TO
the present momeut has grown more rapidly
than any other 9ity in the world, aud which
will sooner or later be recognized as TIE
third city on this great American continent.
In speaking of Denver realty, hequestion
may be ask: What makes it valuable?
Real estate in a city which numbers 1875, 00C
inhabitants, with no manufacturing or CON-
mereial rival within 800 miles, railroad
center growing in wealth and population,
and can count its capital by mi lions, and is
adva tageously located for business pur'
poses, combining all the advantages oi
schools, churches, culture and refinement
and surrounded by all the varied resources
and splendid industrial prospects which the
state of Colorado contains, has a positive
increasing value which iu5ures fortune t.
those who take advantage ofthe opportunity
aud invest now while the doors are open
This is what helps to make Denver, aud will
continue to help for all time to cume. VI
to this moment, and care not how grea
the figures may have been, not one inch o
land has ever been sold in the city of Denve
but what the seller has lost money, and tn
buyer made it.
IRWIN MAuoN,