Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-07-28
Letter from Colorado.
DENVER, COL, July 10, 1897
Ed. PLEAsANTvILLE PREss :

ED. PLEAsANTvILLE PREss
The Press arrived Saturday this week
but "better late than never" 1t is
welcome visitor sure; for in it we can
learn what is going on at home although
it make us feel little hOmesick. New
Jersey being our home we naturally feel
that it is the best state, but facts and
figures would prove to the contrary.
The health benefits derived from this
grand climate, makes US choose Colo
RADIO. 1t is not altogether the promised
land" but comes nearer to it than any
other place in this country as to climate.
While you are swelteriDg with the
thermometer up in the nineties, we can
look up and find the mercury at 700,
although have seen the thermometer,
at 900 here this summer at midday,
but it was of very short duration and
even then if you can be in the shade you
will be comfortable. Our nights are
always cool. Nearly every day we can
see thunder storm up on the Rockies,
rs miles distant, and it cools off
our evenings. In summer the days
all seldom hot 1t is rare to see the
thermometer reach 90o. The further
one moves from the foothills eastward,
of temperature. In the dry air of Colo
srado the feeling of heat and cold is much
ss marked. One is not oppressed at all
by a temperature of 9U0, nor does
almost any amount of cold produce the
feeling of chilliness in the open air. which
is really the distressing and obi jection-
able feature of low temperature. The
Signal Service Reports show there are
$40 sunny days during the year.
1t is mistake to believe that because
Colorado has a high elevation the
mercury gets below zero in the winter
season and stops there and that the
snow mounts up with the altitude
The fact. Is that the average precipta-
ton of moisture at Denver, during the
entire year, is only IA II inches. With
such a slight precipitation there is
practically no danger of snow blockades
on the railroad, save at few points
exposed to drits, and these points have
been amply protected. 1t must not be
supposed that the climate of Colorado is
an euuable one or that there is a distinct
dry and rainy season. The contrary is
true. The diurnal range of tempature,
as in all high countries, is great and
there are rains throughout the warm
parts of the year and SHOWS in winter.
but both are moderate in quantity. So
beneficial have been found the climatic
Influences of Colorado, that her fame
as a Sanitarium has become world
wide and this reputation has been
SO well founded in recent years that
thousands of people from all parts OF
America and Europe are now annually
coming to Colorado for recuperatiOn or
permanent residence. The dryness and
lghtness of the alr and it's iDvjgorating
character, together with the almost
constant prevalence of sunshine. impart
new energy to the well and fresh lease
of life to those whose constitutions are
impaired. The Summer continues until
October, and the Autumn until January,
and there are about three weeks of
Winter.
Your correspondent is located in
Highland, charming suburb about
200 feet higher than the city of Denver
q I'd commands view of the range for
100 miles north and south.
The opportunities for doing business
here are about the same as in New
jersey except gambling. "Hold ups"
Fleeing, etc. are tip top. The people
however, the past year succeeding in
electing city officials, who are doing all
the can to stamp out this evil but it is
an up hill job.
More anon, W. NEWELL STETzER.