Omaha daily bee., 1893-07-23
QUEEN CITY OF THE PLAINS
Donvers Attractions and Advantages Rlnged
Alongside of Those of Omaha.
MATCHLtSS AuDAclTY OF coLoRADoANS
MR. Rosewatcr Finds Much of Interest In
the Centennial states Capital aud Meets
some Former Ncbra askans-PIeasant
Rides IN the Mountains.

DENVER Colo, July 2l.-[Editolial Cor
respondence 1T seems almost increiihIe =,
exclaimed MIR. B. h. Woodward, with whom
had been associated during the war In tho
United States Military telegraph corps
You have lived in Omaha nearly thirty
years and have never before been to Dom
ver."
1T Is a fact, for all that" retortcd
This is my first visit to the capital OF Col.
orado and the Rockiesl And what do you
think Of Dcnverl Didn't tell YOU
years and years ago that she would outstrip
Omahaw
Denver is n very handsome and thor
oughly metropolitan-I might truthfully say
cosmopolitan-city, but do not
concede that she has outstripped
Omaha either in commerce or population-
ana doubt whether she ever will Denver
Is more compact than Omaha and being al
most entirely built up in stone ana brick
presents more imposing appearance. Dem
yer has dstanced Omaha and, for that mat.
ter, every other city in America excepting
Washington as city of palatial residences.
She might be called the "Villa City," No
other American or European city of equal
population can boast so many magnificent
and imposing residences The pride and
glory Of Denver are her public-spirited
citizens. Men who have amassed
colossal fortunes in mining or raked
in hundreds of thousands in Denver dirt
nave We'd with each other in building
monumental dwellings of gray granite, red
sand stone and brick in every conceivable
style of architecture. These elegan, homes
are nearly all surrounded by spacious, we'll
kept lawns, shaded by evergreen mountain
pine
The business center Of Denver also speaks
volumes for the matchess public spirit and
enterprise Of her men 'of means On this
score Omaha's millionaire mossbacks could
do well to emulate the example
OF Denver's men of wealth Nearly
every man who has made fortune in
Colorado has planted hundreds of thousands
on the streets of Denver, in stone, brick and
mortar, in structures that will endure long
after the builders have passed away
While noting tho points of vantage of
Denver must not omit cursory survey of
her manufacturing facilities, which, con-
siderlng the cheap coal and abundant min
eral resources Of Colorado, are however,
not as extensive as those of Omaha. Den
yer manufactures vitritied sewer pipe and
fire brick on large scale. Her iron foun-
dries have supplied structural IRON
for buildings both in this city and other
Colorado towns. Her machine shops have
turned out mining machinery. Her paper
mill established only two years ago is kept
busy with Colorado orders for news print
and her smelling works have given
employment to several hundred men,
Two of her manufacturing ventures
cotton mill and woolen mill which had been
in active operation several years have re-
Gently closed down. They will probably re-
sumo when the financial stringency has
passed away But all the industrial ,eon-.
cerus of Denver when in full blast do not
employ as many men as the South Omaha
stock yards and packing houses. All the
Denver smeters and foundries and mills
don't carry as many men on their pay rolls as
the Union Pacific shops. The most strik-
ing difference between Omaha and Denver is
in tho relative NUMBER of workingmen.
There are many suggestive features in and
about Denver that commend themselves to
visitor from Omaha There is not
wooden sidewalk in all Denver. The side
walks on residence streets are uniformly Of
stone, and those on the business streets
either stone or granolithic. Stone is doubt
less cheaper here, but the difference in cost
is comparatively trifiing. Denver is not dis
figured and obstructed by forest of un-
slightly telegraph, telephone, motor and
electric lighting poles. The electric lamps
are suspended from iron towers. The tele-
graph, telephone and motor poles are uni
form in size and neatly painted
The street railway cars of Den
yer are handsome and commodious
They are moreover built right here and
built Of a unique pattern The cab and
carriage service of Denver is decidedly more