, 1890-02-08
RATES OF ADvEHTIsISG.
READY FOR THE BOOM.

Everybody has been looking forward tC
a liz ely real estate movement in Chey
cnne next summer, but few expected
that it would be precipitated before the
winter Vas over. Real estate booms IL
the broad sense of the word have meyer
been experienced here. Those who pro
fess to be versed in the philosophy OF
such matters confidently predicted that
when real estate activity reached its ze-
NTH in Omaha that Cheyennelwould stand
next in line in the westward moveu ent
But the wave jumped over Cheyenne and
landed in Salt Lake and Ogden.
Natural causes will now "%inaugurate the
boom here. The consolidation of the
Fort Worth road with the Union Pacific,
giving a through line to the Gulf OF
Mexico, the connection with the North
western, giving traffic arrangement to the
Black Hills, the arrival of the Burlington
here. our central location on the
great transcontinental line of rail
road, the probable re opening of the Colo
RADIO Central, the building Of the great
Union Pacific shop plant. and a great and
almost undeveloped territory back Of US.
have gwen CHEYENNE a com nercIal i'm
portancs ECU llled by no city OF its size in
the entire west. For the first time in
four years the demand for residences ex-
ceeds the supply and by early spring this
demand Will be increased out Of all pro
portion to the facilities for supplying it.
Therefore the real estate movement has
as its basis a healthy and substantial con
dition which argues well for a rapid and
legitimate advance in real estate prices
and a condition of growth and prosperity
which 10 a few years will prove surprising
to the most sanguine..
Among a timid and conservative ele
ment of the community there is a dis
position to affect a holy horror of booms,
but it should not be forgotten that there
are booms and booms. Col. Brown in his
speech the other evening summed up the
situation when he said that all any CON
munity needed was advertising and men.
These combined influences have cut a
city into the solid rock Of Duluth and
they can work wonders upon wonders in a
town backed by natural advantages. 1t
laws entirely with the people themselves
as to the extent Of the growth which
Cheyenne will attain. Unless we have
confidence in our town and its future it
will be a pretty difficult matter to inspire
others with confidence.
Seven years ago Omaha was a town of
ings which would begin to compare with
the capitol or Union Pacific depot. In
rainy weather the streets were a perfect
quagmire; in dry weather a Sahara OF
dust There was no hotel in the town
that could afford such accommodations as
the Inter Ocean. The constr uction OF
Boyd's opera house was considered a dar-
ing undertaking and the rat-taIled mules
attached to the street cars partook Of the
sloyenliness of the surroundings. Now
Omaha Is a city of metropolitan proper,
tons aud masniticence.
The stimulus of Omaha's growth came
from its real estate Increment, forced be
yond all reason. as everyone then consid
cred it. The same may be said Of Den
yer and Kansas City. There should be
no disposition to hold back in Cheyenne.
The forward movement should be en-
couraged and before we begin to well rea.
lie it Cheyenne will be added the to list
Of wonderful Western cities.