, 1889-01-24
THEY WANT TO KNOW.
Letters of Inquiry Received in
Cheyenne.
Outsiders Seeking Information
About the City.
Every Indication That There Will
be a Great Influx.

The interest evineed in Cheyenne by
eastern people just now is really amazing.
but still easily explained. THE LEADER
is deiuEed with letters OF inquiry and or
dcrs for sample copies OF the paper. They
ask all sorts of questions, and some of the
seekers after information had evidently
ne yer heard of Cheyenne except as a COW
boy town until the shops were located
here.
The postmaster's private mail has in
creased wonderfully and is growing daily.
His correspondents all want to know
something about the town and particular
ly about the shops. Postmaster Snyder
often inconvenience himself to satisfy
the curiosity of inquirers.
A LEADER reporter who called on j.. X.
Jeffrey, secretary of the board of trade
last evening found that gentleman perus-
ing a stack of letters of inquiry. L. 2.
Conkling, a f %emington, N. j. man,
wanted to know the status of the shop
question. So did j. NJ. Barclay. of Cort-
land, New York. The latter writes that
he is coming west and will probably settle
in Cheyenne. Lewis Strickland, Kear-
ney, Kansas, asks the secretary of the
board of trade if there is an opening in
Cheyenne for a baker with a fair capital
A dozen more missives were in the same
strain. The first question was invariably in
regard to the shops. Then followed a query
as to the prospects for this. that or the
other business or industry. Mr.. Jeffrey
devotes several hours every evening to
answering these letters and sends the
writer's pat publications, such as the
board Of trade pamphlet The need OF
the hour in this direction, he thinks, Is a
folder or small pamphlet with a descrip-
tive article on the shops and the effect of
their location at this point. An eight or
sixteen page folder-a document which
might be readily placed in a letter
would about fill the bill at this time.
Letters from the outsider" repeated
Ex-Governor Warren. president OF the
chamber of commerce, after a LEADER
representative, who visited his office or
leaving that Of the secretary. why,
here's only a few" he said, producing a
letter-fle six inches thick. They come
from every quarter of the United States,
and are written by all manner of people.
Here is a sample communication from the
president of the Carbondale, Pa, board
of trade. He asks all about Cheyenne
and says, Some young men of means
here are bent upon engaging in manufact-
uring enterprises In some surely prosperous
western city. II there is a surely pros
porous western city in the country Chey-
emit is the place and we may near more
from these Carbonate people.
Delegate Carey writes me from
Washington hat he is compelled to talk
Cheyenne and Wyoming all the time
since the location Of the shops here. OF
course this is a pleasant duty for him but
l lust cite the fact as showing the awaken
ing of eastern interest in our town"
The letters Of inquiry in Mr.. Warren's
office included one communication from
Sing Sing, which led to the remark that
there were doubtless many persons n hat
place who would be pleased to come to
Cheyenne. There wa one letter from
Sterling, Neb. another from Middletown,
N. Y, and a miscellaneous lot from that
section of the east called out west by
New Workers.
Cheyenne should act pretty now. The
eyes of the country are upon her.