, 1891-11-26
Where iaThs Daily Leader" Nay be Pound.
TINE FOR ACTION.

A well known operator in the Nest, who
has been ~emInently successful in promot-
ing the material interests OF various COM
munities, recently made this statement:
Location makes towns; men build cities"
The more this proposition is considered
and Its practical application made to COM
munities which are within the knowledge
come its truth.
There is a tide in the affairs OF men,
which, taken at its food, leads on to for
tune" and what is true of the individual
is emiueltly true of he community. In
the history of all towns there comes a
period when they reach the maximum OF
the growth which is the result of their To-
cation and peculiar natural advantages.
The tow then remains more or less at a
standstill, perhaps improving very slowly,
but the chances are it will never be any,
thing more han a good. fair town in its
state, filed with conservative and not
over ambitious business men and making
no deep impression upon the history OF
the times. 1t is at such times and under
such circumstances that the men OF a
community are put to the test.
Cheyenne has now nearly reached the
limit Of growth as the result of location
or natural causes and it rests entirely
with its own citizens as to whether its
present magnitude and importance are all
that will be achieved. There is no gain.
saying the fact hat Cheyenne commends
itself to every visitor by its cleanliness,
the neatness and good order Of it's sur.
~roundings. its fine thoroughfares, the
beauty, number and variety of its private
residences and the grandeur Of its public
buildings. With its W railroads east,
town even now is of considerable i'm
portance among the communities of the
great West. All this must be ADMITTED
besides the further fact that as a place of
residence it is unsurpassed in the country
for the salubrity Of it's climate and its
social advantages.
But the point which we want to make
is that Cheyenne. with municipal i'm
provements far and away beyond any
town of the same relative commercial i'm.
portance in the country. still unquestion-
ably falls short of being a metropolis.
On the map of Wyoming it is set down
as the most important town in the state.
This is correct. Back of it is a state
covering a little less than 100000 square
miles OF territory. To this vast scope OF
country Cheyenne occupies the relation of
capital, and therefore its political center,
but in all other respects it falls short of
being the hub toward which the business
interests Of the state radiate and there
fore does not occupy the same relation to
Wyoming that D,nver does to Colorado,
Salt Lake to Utah, Omaha to Nebraska
and Kansas City to Kansas. In other
words, strictly speaking, it is not the me-
tropolis of Wyoming and no place de-
serving that title now exists.
The big state of Wyoming is practically
undeveloped. Enough is known aud has
ONCu DCtu fhttu W buOW tuht tilb
is a state of varied resources, particularly
in the lines of minerals and oil, but in
this direction, partly through a combina-
ton of circumstances in which the loca-
tion of the limo of the Union Pacific road
was an important factor. coal alone has
received the attention it deserved and it
has proven an immensely profitable in
dustry. In such a scope Of country, with
such great material advantages, in the nat
ural order Of thing. au important metrop-
oils must grow up. Cheyenne. from its
wealth and importance. its substantial
growth and its railroad communication,
should become the metropolis, but whether
1t will or not must depend upon the men
who now compose its population.
Therefore we say the future of this
town is entirely in the hands of the men
now living here. Without extraordinary
exertions, without making any concessions
to new industries. and without any spe-
cial effort to centralize trade here, Chey-
enue will hardly fall below its present
standard OF importance, but if the pur
pose il to place the town in the front
rank Of Western commercial %centers, then
each and every individual must give of
his time, his labor and his money to Sc
cure that desirable end. 1t can be reached
in no other way, and now is the time for
the patriotic people of Cheyenne to act.