, 1890-03-30
I NEW LIFE IN IT..
Railroad Building News Transforms
Douglas.
Arrival of the Cheyenne & North
ern Eagerly Awaited.
A Fine Tewn With. a Prosperous
Future Before 1t.

Special correspondence OF L Leader.
DOUGLAS, March 21.-The news that
the Cheyenne & Northern was to be com
pleted to Douglas by July 18th. as learned
from Sundays LEADER. has made a new
town of Douglas. Last week the place
was apparently ~lifeless and is citizens
Respondent. Now. new life and spirit is
infused into business and everybody is
looking forward to a period Of prosperity
and permanent improvement.
If any people deserve success they are
Douglasites, for a more loyal class of peo
pie to their town never lived. Even dur
ing the late period Of business depression
it would have been unsafe to venture the
opinion that eventually Douglas would
not be the best city ia Wyoming, and
there is not a man in the town who can't
convince you that this is bound to become
a second Denver or Omaha.
BOOM COMING.
Douglas has never had a boom, but
some of the symptoms are now apparent.
Real estate men here are daily receiving
inquiries about prices of city aud acreage
property, owners of lots are already rails
ing prices and a better indication is the
fact that during the past week a number
of business stands. that have been vacant
for over a year. have been rented to Lara
mic, Denver and Omaha parties, who will
open up business as soon as work com
mences on the Cheyenne & Northern.
A WELL BUILT OWN
For a frontier town Douglas is re
markedly well built. There are a num-
Der of substantial business blocks; neat
residences are plentiful; a brick school
house with all the modern improvements
is in use; there are well graded streets,
good sidewalks, an efficient volunteer fire
department and a complete and success
full system of water works. Since the
news concerning the Cheyenne & North
ern has been received contracts have been
let for a number of residences, among
them being one for DR.. Jesurun, a hand.
some house with all the modern conven-
fences. Bill Barlow's gain from the Bud.
get will go into q c~ommodious residence
and Sheriff Williams will also build.
A spirit of improvement has taken hold
OF the residents generally and several
thousand shade and fruit trees are on the
way here from Nebraska to be set out
around private homes and in a proposed
city park.
FRIENDLY TO CHEYENNE
Will tho ros;donts 90 n,,,I,s -
devoted to their own city and are conf
IDENTIFY OF tie opinion that it is going to
keep pace with the general growth of
Central Wyoming and be one of the best
of Wyoming cities. there is no jealousy
of Cheyenne. On the contrary there is
a strong friendly feeling existing and
when railway communication is established
between the two places a trade will
no doubt be established which
will be mutually beneficial. Chey-
enne wholesale houses can com
mand a trade here aud along
the line of the Northwestern road
from Lusk to Casper. which now goes to
Omaha and Chicago. Douglas has a fair
coal supply. which at present is mined
chiefly to supply the local market. With
additional capital to extend the develop
ments there will be a goJd trade estab-
lished with outside points. With reason
able freight rates on the Cheyenne &
Northern, Douglas coal, which is far bet
ter for domestic use than Colorado conl,
can be sold in Cheyenne from 81 to
81 so a ton.
A fine article OF red sandstone is being
shipped from here to Omaha tor build
ing purposes. The stone is hauled five
miles to the railroad by team, but yet is
of such superior quality that it is in de
maud at Chicago and Omaha st the
necessarily high price it must be sold at
to pay Tor The expensive means which
lave to be employed to ship 1t. The
Northwestern company are arranging to
put in a spun to the quarry and the out
put will be increased from " to twenty
cars a day.
STATEHOOD.
The news hat the Wyoming admission
bill had passed the lower house of con
gross reached here this afternoon at 3
o'clock. Bill Barlow had an extra on
the street in q short time and there was
general hand shaking and congratulations
among the people. Informal jubilee
meetings we're held in the evening and
"the boys celebrated. Statehood and
the Cheyenne & Northern in one week
has stirred up the place as though an
earthquake had hit it.
PERSONAL.
On Sunday last Rev. Staunton brought
his labors as a minister to a close. " hen
he preached his farewell sermon he was
presented with a purse containing a gen
erous sum by the young men OF the town.
He will devote part of the summer TO
hunting and fishing, and then expects to
practice law. ..-.. 4.4.l .lI.r
DIR. Jesurun met with an ovation when
he returned from his legislative duties.
He is believed to nave preserved Converse