Connecticut western news., 1893-08-03
DENVER, AND IN THE ROCKIES

Many of our townspeople have been to Denver and I think they will all agree with me that it Is one of the nicest oi western cities and in fact will rank with any eastern city of it's size. Unlike New York and Chicago, Denver is not bnili in the air but the buildings are much lower and more expanded Many oi the buildings are handsomely built but none of them are seemingly very high. I saw some very fine stores with hand some window fronts in buildings which were only one story high. These ba. zaars, mostly dry goods, clothing, etc., were doing a good business. Denver's facilities of transportation are some thing great, the city being covered with net work of cable and electric rail- roads. The residences on Capitol Hill are of stately magnifcece and are sur. rounded by elegantly kept grounds. Hotel competition in this city is so great that the rates are "way down for good accom- odations and you can make your selection from great num- Der of steerers who will mount you as you emerge from the station. You can go most anywhere in the city on the cable or electric cars and while riding through part of the city I was amused by the peculiar signs which are display ed in front of the drinking houses. They bear 8 purely western style of in- scription and many of them bear the honest, undeceiving legend Saloon" in letters large enough to be seen by 8 maps wife two blocks away. People drink bit out thls way but Denverites are nice people as rule and are not of the wild and woolly order that they were some years ago. didn't know a single person in the city yet was 10th to leave there ole morning and speed over the intervening miles between the city and Colorado Springs Some east ern people have an idea that Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pike s Peak are all right together and can all be seen between breakfast and dinner; but not so. Colorado Springs is about 75 miles south of Denver, Manitou is 6 miles west of Colorado Springs. and the base of Pike's Peak is two miles further yet
 Colorado Springs-where there are no springs-is only remarkable for the fact that it is Colorado city without a saloon. Six miles west over the elec- tric road and you are in Manitou town in red and green, as clean as if washed by hand every morning, a great sum- mer resort where the hotel prices cor respond with the altitude above the sea level This is where the springs are that give Colorado Springs its name From Manitou through the Rockies leads the Ute Pass and drlve up into this and an expedition through the Grand Caverns must be part of your sight seeing trip. You can choose your way of reaching the Peak, by the cog railroad, by the "Pike's Peak or Bust' carryall. or by broncho. Don't get the idea that this is the highest peak in the Rockies as I believe it ranks twenty fourth, but that is no reason why you shouldn't go up.
 The Garden of the Gods, 8 mile and 8 half from Manitou. was in my estima- tion the most pleasing and interesting of the sights about here. Natures work here is finely displayed and her sculpt- uring of the red sand stone and other stone is grand and wonderful, when you consider that the only tool she used was water. The many different forms here, and many of them nearly perfect. appear almost like the object petrifed. Everywhere throughout the Garden and throughout the village and vicinity of Manitou the natural colors are red and green; the sandstone and all the soil being deep brick red and the vegeta- tion and grass being of rich green, produces very pretty effect.
 Between Manitou and Colorado Springs is Colorado City; one of the wickedest cities of tie west. If you know anything about it. you know enough, and if you know nothing abon, it, the lack of knowledge will nxser be detrimental to you.
 I In taking you with me to Chicago the Fair and on to Denver I have giver | you & general outline of where I went and the impression men and things Jeff on me, aud now you who have not been should do the trip yourselves and may you enjoy it as we'll, and better if pos sible, than I did. Go to the Worlds Fair, and if you can, go 1000 miles fur. ther west than Chicago before you board an east bound train. I was satis fled with the trip, feeling that it wal time we'll spent, that I had had the worth of my money, and the only re gret experienced was when I crossed the Mississippi river that I couldn I board one of Twain's river steamers with Bixby as pilot aud float dowr southward among those interesting peo pie of warmer cline.
 J. G. BEcKLEY zG |. I fl1