The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-01-09

Delightful winter Cllmate.-hOchy
Mountain Scenery. Col
OradO, A Growing Young CITY,
Openimg of the SedgWich ReSerVa-
ti0n.-Trip TO the Top of Pixies Peak
on the New Cog Wheel RailrOad.-
A One Hundred and Fifty Mile an
Hour Breeze.-PrOSperitY of Denver.
Mining i'm Colorado.
Mr. EDIToR;-H0me was Vividly
br Nught to mind last evening by stray
COPY of your valued journal.
Delicate health neceSSltated my leaN-
ing the blue grass region years ago
since which time | have been constant
ly travelling. Last August ! decd "a
that a winter in the climate OF y uthern
California would prove less rigorous
than one spent on the Atlantic coast.
Reaching I oil, RADIO in early September,
The temperature has since been so de-
lightfu4 that it has not been necessary
to further pursue my journey towards
the Pacific.
NV time has been spent in the Rocky
Mountains, crossing and re- crossing the
"Great Divide" climbing passes,
| traversing picturesque valleys, visiting
Indian Reservations, prospecting
roryeS with walls soaring thousands OF
feet above the beaten trail, pauslng al
rich mining camps of gold and silver;
in short, familiariZing myself with
peaks, plains, lakes, rivers, canonS, and
mesas.
Yesterday was spent at Julesburg,
Colorado, Just now in a state OF excite
ment owing to the recent opening OF the
$ ,dwich Reservation by the President.
# is growing town, the last census
showing an increase of over 500 per cenP
IN popuIalion. 1t is also headquarters
Of The National Co-0peFaLiYe Building
and Land AssC citation, the owners ana
manage of Washington Park Add
ton, adjacent to the center aud TO the
lepOt of the main line OF the Union
n. GnmnanV has
men of ideas in charge. They have al
ready contracted for the erection OF
large number of cottages for their
agents, and frankly acknowledge that
lot, while they last, for twenty-five
.ents each. a sum barely sutf1cient to
paw the preparation of the deed, rely
ing tor their profit on the increased
value of intervening property ana oil
neighbOring real estate In Whloh Lhey
are interested.
They anticipate a rapid increase OF
population in view of the early removal
60 the town of the extensive railroad
shops now located at Sidney, Nebraska,
md at Sterling, Colorado.
That the members of the Association
ire square, honorable men, is sufficient
Iy guaranteed by the fact that their
warranty deeds and their characters
are fully endorse d by the County Judge,
the Town and County Officials, the
cashier of the State Bank, the Post
master and the merchants, all residents
| of Julesburg.
had ride last month to the top OF
Pixies Peak on the "COg-whee" Rail
road recently opened to tourists. 1t is
the most novel railroad in existence.
Compared with it, those of Mount
Washington, N. H., and the Rhlgi,
Switzerland, are insignificant. The
| winding and curVing necessary to at
tain three miles of al itude makes the
road ten miles in length. Its cost was
half million of dollars. The road
bed is twenty feet wide, the culverts are
of solid masonry and the bridges ana
| rails are of the heaviest steel with a
| double eOg-rail in the center. The track
| is substantially anchored at short in
tervals to the solid rock. The cars,
| without being tilted, are hung within
| fifteen inches ofthe rails and two piniOD
| brakes are so arranged, that, when
necessary, the train can be stopped in
| ten inches, either ascending or descend
| ing. The engine was coupled at the
| rear and pushed the tram, desirable
innovation, relieving ones eyes from
| the constant annoyance OF clnderS.
Stops were frequent at all slightly points.
| The round trip, costing $500, occupied
three hours and was the best invest
| nent of time and money, made in ten
years of foreign and home travel.
The prospective silver bill, of which
the main feature is free coinage, is
giving Colorado a prominence never
! before attained. MiningIs to-day pros
lecuted with renewed vigor, and vast
fortunes are being rapidly accumulated.
This stimulates real estate, the prices
| for which have advanced, not only IN
Denver, the so-ealled "Golden City OF
/ the Palms, where over seventy-tive
| millions of dollars were expended last
! year for buildings, but also in the small
er cities, j. Ii. Is.