, 1891-01-27
IT HAS A %BRIGHTFUTURE
Some Facts About Carbon County S
Thrifty Capital.
RawIins and the Great Resources
Which Surround 1t.
A Center for Sheep, Building Stone
and Mineral interests.
Special Correspondence.

stranger Is at once favOrably impressed
with the little city OF Rawlins. On all
sides, except to the southeast. it il sur
rounded by hills, which on the north rise
to abrupt and rocky bluffs almost at\thc
city's edge. To the southeast stretches a
valley shaped prairie, which. from this
point, seems TO be without a break until
Elk mountain, forty-ive miles distant, is
reached. The last census gives Rawlins
a population of a little over =. 800. Neat
painted frame buildings are the rule,
though there are some handsome stone
buildings. The state penItcntiary. on
which $4,000 has been expended, and
for which the last legislature failed to
appropriate 5000 for roof and finishing,
the school house, a splendid building cost
ing S35, 600; the France block, two stories,
occupied BY Hugns & Co. the bank and
offices; the Presbyterian church; Mr.. II.
Rasmusson's store; the court house; Peter
Gormley's building, occupied by Carl
Bryant and +. T. Burke & Co the rail
road shops and some residences are built
Of stone q%uarried near the city. There
are two kinds of this stone, of which
mention will be made farther on.
The railroad company have two arte-
sian wells within the city limits from
which the town receives its supply of
wafer. The wells are $40 feet deep and
one is a flowing well. The city expects
soon to own its own waterworks. Bonds
will probably be voted soon. A contract
has been let for the boring OF an a~rtesian
well 500 feet deep. 1t is down 425 feet
and the water has risen to within thirty
feet of the top. As readers OF THE LEAD
Err ale already aware, some trouble has
been experienced and two sets OF tools are
now in the we'll
AT the present time Raglins depends
for support principally upon the railroad,
this being a division station and quite ex-
tensive shops are located here. If, how
ever. abundant natural resources are any
indication of many industries and future
prosperity this condition of things cannot
last long. Fifteen thousand dollars is
about the sun paid over monthly by the
railroad company to its employees 10 Raw
Inns. The next largest industry
ia rho sboar brs;,oss Tba,
sheen ra;.ing in ,bis ,or,t-. 10
nroft ,ble has already hoor n,ouon a,5
many are getting rich in the business.
The large stone w~.rebouso br;It ~
nresslv ior wool contains 40 H., -,
nroved machinery for nrossi,c n
Miller nresidart ot tbo F;rs, Na,ioo.I
bank and extensively ENGAGED in sbocn
raising. informed vonr c-orrosroodert tbat
I . 600 OOO roppds az vool varo sI,nnod
last year from this no;,t n, course
some Of it came from tbe Lander and
Meeker country Lass than t,rr r;,os
from town ia the coal m,,e ovne5 and
operated bv NJ. Dillon. There !. co,s;d-
orsbIo f--siaLti.. aym here TO points north
and south. The stage leaves daily for
Lander I65 miles northwest. A tri-
weekly stage runs via Ferris to Oil CITY
I2O miles to the north, and u the south
tri-weekly trips by stage are made to
Bags and Dixon, Wyo.. and to Craig,
Slater aud Meeker, Colo. Saratoga is
only fcrty-fve miles di.tant and in the
spring an effort will be made to put the
road in good shape 50 As to catch the
travel from the west.
Although a great many. PERHAPS the
majority Of the families here. are renters.
inside the COSY Cottages one finds ,burd.
ant evidence of the highest ciy,fzotion
The people of Rawlins are , reading neo-
ule. Two pood weekly n,,ors tbo .L,,,.
nal and the RepybEtc,n are nnbIisbod
and The CHEYENNE LEApEn S,It I,Le
Tribune. Denver and Omaha da;l;os and
Cheyenne Sun have a large e.7cniatiop
here. Besides. there is the Trnion Pacific
Y. NJ. C. As free reading room and
library, and two news stores find nroft in
supplying the Inhabitants with the latest
periodicals and books.
Tia, times are good in RawI,ns and ber
people honest as we'll as prosnerors is
proven by the following fact: The wr,rcr
has been on the road a long time and La
made collections in most of rbe mining
camps of Colorado. but never berore
made as good an average as no did in
Rawlins last Saturday Out or tbir,v.
three bills to collect only four remained
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