Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
FROM DHNVFR. UOLORADO.
speeIaI correspondenee to BE I'LL.

FROM DENVER, COLORADO.
Special Correspondence to the HERALD.
Dear Readers of the HERALD: 1t |
may interest you to know that we are !
pleasantly located for the summer in
Denver. find the city enjoying a !
boom with a big B. It is claimed
that Denver has $4,000 more inhabi-
tants than it had one year ago. Its
population now is 125,OOO Enthusi-
astic Denverites think it will have
$4,000 in ten years. There are ex-
tensive improvements being pushed
forward now. The cable street car
companies have 1000 labOring men
at work on the streets putting down
their tracks. The State Capitol build
ing Is in process of construction, and
will cost several millions; the postof-
fee building is being erected by the
government and is to be an imposing
structure. Although the Tabor Opera
House is one of the finest IN the
United States, another grand one is
being built. The NIasons are build
ing a grand temple, which viii be
seven stories high, cover one fourth
of u block, and cost 100000. The city
has in all 43 church buildings
of them, Trinity" is the largest and
finest owned by the NJ E. society in
the United States, and claims to have
the finest organ in the world; it cost
$4,000. The Uniterians have a
splendid church and a large cOngre-
CATION. Denver has reason to be
proud of her splendid public school
system, and her 16 fine imposing
school houses. The High School
building cost a quarter of a million
and is a beautiful structure. There
are numerous colleges, universities
and seminaries. There are five hos
pitfalls of which the Union Pacific is
said to be the best. Denver has %
periodicals and newspapers. There
are four public libraries, eleven rail
roads, eight banks, fine city hall
building, all stone, a No. 1 court house,
and a number of smelters iron mills
and other establishments employing
many hundreds of laborers. The city
is we'll supplied with water from the
mountains and there are many ar
tisian wells. A scheme is on foot to
bring mountain water a distance of
twenty miles by new company just
formed Water runs on nearly every
street in the bitches and close to the
rows of trees planted out These
trees grow rapidly, and for the most
part are large and fine, and furnish
an inviting shade for miles in every
direction from the center of the city.
There are 400 saloons, and no doubt
there are saveral ''hell's half acres
in the place, but the police regula-
tions are good, and there are many
more good men and women here than
bad ones. East of this place in Colo
RADIO but little farming is done, but
north and west, land is in good state
of cultivation and the products of the
farms are simply immense. It bas
rained so much this year, so far, that
irrigation has been unnecessary
There has been raised over $4,000 il
cash to be expended in celebrating
the Fourth of July. The old veteran
Gen. w. T. Sherman, has positively
promised to be here on that occasion
It is to be one of the grandest dis
plays of fireworks, balloon ascention.
and 4 thousand and one things tt
amuse that will be found in the Unior
on that great holiday Excursion
parties will come from all over Colo
RADIO and many points in other states
$4,000 strangers are expected OF
course it will be a great crush and &
jam.
With most sincere desire thai
every reader of the HERALD may be
enjoying health and happiness I close
this letter by subscribing myself very
truly yours, R. A. DAeUE.