The Delta independent., 1890-01-21
COMING TO COLORADO.
AShort Account of What the State
Board of immigration is Doing


From the Denver News
Over 100 letters a. day from all parts
Of the civilized world are being dumped on
the desk of the Superintendent OF the
Bureau Of Immigration and Statistics in
the state house. All are from people who
want to know-want to know everything
under the sun that is to be known abou
Colorado, from mines to sewers and cattl
to wages,
1t is difficult TO realize the tremendous
proportions which the work OF an
swering inquiries about the State is assum-
Ing, without scanning the great mountain
of letters that every mail brings in. As
Superintendent Skif remarked i'd his an
nual report, the work is but in its infancy.
The Bureau Is but six months old, and
prospective immigrants are but beginning
TO realize that there is an office IN Denver
which makes it its sole business to handle
interrogation points and answer every
ina aginabIe nuery that rIe reputation Of
Colorado abroad for ''good all round
State can give rise to. The Office is a
genuine curiosity shop with the ourios-
ity all in the letters. The infowing cor
respondence has already arrived at 100
letters per day. AT the present rate OF in
crease and with the impetus recently
given to inquiry as TO the States re-
sources, Deputy Brown yesterday told q
Nctps reporter the Office expected 10 be
obliged TO handle fully go letters per day
within the next four weexs. With the
idea of diplaying more fully the character
of the inquiries received every day, the
probable financial status OF the inquiries,
and the features of the State about which
most curiosity was expressed by those
contemplating removal, a Neirs reporter
called at the ofice and asked to be allowed
To look over some Of the fruits OF the daily
mall.
The first and most prominent feature is
the remarkable distribution Of the locali-
ties from which communications were ad-
dressed. Europe, Canada and the United
States each contributed their quota. of
points in the United States New York
City easily leads. Taking the output Of
one OF the Saturday mails, the following
were the date lines OF the letters of in
quiry: Wauesburg, Ohio, / Brooklyn, s.;
New York City, Is; Jacksonville, Ark, /;
Marshall, Iowa, /; Washington, ID. c., .;
Cleveland, 2, Philadelphia, :; Thompson
vile, Ill, ! ST Louis, 4 Adams, Mass, !;
Hartford, / Baltimore, /; London, Eng. 8;
Quincy, ILL.,, ! New Orleans, 1; Mon
rrcal, .; Kingston, /; Malboro, Mass, |;
Berlin, !; Jersey City,l; Pcckskill, NY. +;
indianapolis, / Kewala, Germany, Mon.
mouth, ILL.,, /; Beverly, Mass, l.; Milwau-
kce, / Easton, Pa, /; Springfield, o., !.
Continuing on the further work Of the
Bureau, he said: 1.-The time is now ripe for
people in the East to begin TO inquire about
Colorado. The interest is becoming more
apparent every day. A striking feature of
these inquiries is that the majority of the
inquirers express the determination to
come TO Colorado. Many OF them, from
the tone of the letters. are ready TO put
capital into manufacturing, fruit growing.
cattle raising mining, agriculture, almos'
every industry. The questions asked are
about every industry, even many not known
here. am confident that this Bureau is
now inducing the influx of a large amount
OF money into the State, put in many diff
fercnt directions"
what is most inquired abouti,'
agricultural industries lead the list, in
cluding fruit growing, stock raising-par-
tcularlX with regard 10 sheep. People in
the East are beginning to realize the ca.
pacities of Colorado for sheep raising.
Next TO this comes mining. We also re
ceive "a large number of inquir!cs-more
than we can answer-as TO Investments,
The general descriptive pamphlet, the
health pamphlet and map accompany our
replies. by the wayne are now preparing
a new ap-agriculturni-wh which will show
every irriEating ditch in the State, its
iongth, course and capacity.
Most OF our correspo ndents say. we
want to:buy,' others want places as labor
crs, and there seems 10 be an especially
small proportion of that class that 10 ready
to go anywhere on a venture. Tho How
how to make money article in the dcscrip-
tive pamphlet is addressed 70 this class
and generally scares them of.
Until within the last mouth you might
say that the existence of this Bureau was
scarcely known beyond Eastern Colorado.
through the Chicago Exposition and other
channels arc now beginning to take hold.
These pamphlets are now in fifty libraries
through Europe alone.
"of course we get great many foolish
questions. Some people even seem to cx-
pcct us 10 get work for them. If we were
to answer every question that was ASKED
We would have TO triple the force"
The nature and source of every Inquiry
is now being carefully indcxed by the Bu-
.,l will M hn I'm al NJ x-a1.
ablo statistics In the future.