The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-08
ERe Times,
ow&sso. MICH, JUNE 5, 1894.
Denver Letter.


self bid klieu to Owosso May 9th and
onr man warm friends who have in
many W Us proven their friendship for
us; the arting convinced me that
there we many worse places to live
than Ow $50. Leaving Owosso at 5:45
p m, we arrived at Toledo on time
where wa emained until Monday the
18th, lie ting Toledo at 1920 a. m
via, Wabi b. Here let me relate lit
te inclde that occurred that to a
man who IS Travelled as much as /
have ana yer forgot anything and
who is lool q up to as infallible in
that dlrec I'm by the whole family,
makes him |el as though he is but
human afte In. and not much better
than those % are attended by guard
ians. The Il that the Wabash does
not run dir hg car on the train we
were to take, Mrs. Corners people
put up large basket of lunch for us.
This was such IN important factor in
our equipment that / was specially
selected to TAX care of tan honor
which proudly assumed. The basket
reached the dep t all right. My family
and luggage wen put aboard, the bas-
ket kept with be on depot platform,
it would never dV to entrust it to the
baggageman or other members of my
family; about thiSHtime delegation of
the Toledo Gun Cly ID and other friends
came to say goodbye it was leaving
time, l said goodbye to all, the basket
included / stood OH rear of train and
waved adieu to all, i then Joined my
family, the first thing wife said was,
where is the basket? have been in
tight places before for an excuse but
of
and what transpired then and there
< will never be known, WIZ occupied the
drawing room of sleaper specially
adapted to lectures and Agot one.
We had a very pleasantNrip to Kan
sas City arriving there atQ:20 a. m. the
following morning, the tRain service
and attention were all wen could ask
for. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois hand Mis-
souri, through which we passed. showed
Assigns of activity as well as prosperity
~ Kansas City from the train is any
thing but beautiful; but has the APP
pearance of being hustling city
everybody on the run. We spent 2
hours there leaving at IL a. m. Non
Union Pacific Overland Limited train
consisting of IL heavy vestibuled carS,
. we rode all afternoon through Kansas
and / was surprised to see the elegant
farms in that state fenced by hedge
and all crops looking extremely well.
The towns in Kansas also showed
signs of life and prosperity. We were
asleep when we struck the great state
of Colorado, the porter told us when
we retired that when we woke up at
6 o'clock we would see Pixies Peak,
and sure enough, he called us at 8
and although n miles away it was as
plain as Gute's Hill from the Wilder
muth, towering into the sky my first
impulse was what strange cloud,
snow white reaching away into the
heavens, soon we were in sight of
Longs Peak, Gray's Peak and then
came the foot hills, and at 7:30 a. m.,
right on time, we were in Denver walk
ing through the Grand Union Depot.
We are on 18th street, such a street,
wide, paved with ashpalt, clean as was
possible for street to be. The build
ings are grand, / made up my mind
this was their main street, but after 30
minutes walk / found % others better
than 18th, all paved with ashpalt 70 to
100 feet wide, brown stone walks 20
feet wide, every building either brown
stone, granite or brick in fact there is
not frame business house in Denver,
and / have not seen a dozen frame
residences.
Well we found brick house at 1908
10Th street, street cars on two sides of
the house. only blocks from my office
at 1926 per month, this house rented for
S75 per month before the silver mines
were closed. The same proportion of
depreciation extends throughout this
state We moved in the I'd day after
our arrival, the Sd day we all had the
nose bleed and a touch of mountain
fever, since then we have enjoyed the
climate immensely, no pen can describe
it. 1t is simply grand, the air light and
cool although the sun shines every day
in the year with very few exceptions.
Not single night in the year but
what two good blankets are desirable
over you.
The people here are whole souled
and sociable. The cost of living is far
below Owosso or Toledo, the best
cuts of steak 12c, big loaves of bread
&c and so on, we have everything you
have east and many things we never
get east. Clothing is extremely low,
1896 will buy suit that costs $50 in
Owosso, $15 to S1S will make you a
fine suit in any of the tailoring estab-
lishments. There are hundreds of idle
meIl mere cnlelly gOlu anu SILVER ulileTS
and railroad men, the railroads are
virtually idle as compared with two
years ago.
/ assumed charge of my new posi-
ton on Sunday the Goth, like it very
much My Office is 1851 Lawrence st.
in the heart of the city where l was
visited by Mr.. Needham, the operator
at the M. G. lin Owosso, who is here at
tending the convention of Order of
Railway Telegraphers Although but
slightly acquainted with him it was a
great pleasure to meet some one
knew. / have not as yet called on
hOliver Williams and others from Owes
so who are located here, but will dur
ing the coming week. Coxey's army
is here 1000 strong on their way east
drawn here by Gov. Waite who is pro-
viding tents for them while here. The
populists predominant here, but few
democrats and not many more repub-
leans. 1t is too late for me to change
now, SO if you do not find at least one
democrat vote cast here, you may rest