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Daily camera., 1897-08-21

The metropolitan police and fire de-
partments are the pride of Denver. They
both have a reputation all over the
country of being most efficient ana
when anyone visits this city they al
ways ask to be shown the many work
ings of these departments. On special
occasions the fire department has been
called out and gave an exhloltlon run
just to show how it is done and now
quickly they can respond to an alarm
OF course this is only done on certain
occasions and when there are large
number of visitors in the city. So et-
ficient is the department that the kin
etoscope people came from Chicago to
take the picture of Denver Fire De-
partment Responding to an Alarm" last
Tuesday. They considered that they
could make a better showing with the
Denver department than any other.
While the apparatuses are all UP to
date, this department Is Handicapped by
the small number of men 1t is allowed
to run it. There are fourteen fire COM
panies in all, and these are scattered
all over the city and suburbs. To oper-
ate these companies 1t takes 116 men and
65 head of horses. There Is one water
tower, seven steamers, four hook and
ladders, two chemicaI engines, fourteen
hose wagons, three fombination hose
wagons and chemica ,ngines, and one
supply wagon. There = one chief and
three assistants. Will. with the aid of
the fremen, have ps5ven by past ex-
perience that they sre able to subdue
any fire that may start in the city.
The police department Is small at the
present time ard b presided over by
chief, two captains a1d three sergeants.
The detectives are a up in their busi-
ness and crooks ont5 stop but q few
hours in the city.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
Union Depot, Denver.
coins derived from the mint of Clark g.

coins derived from the mint of Clark g.
Gruber.
The first bank was established in 1859
by Clark, Gruber & Co. for the purpose
of buying gold dust and paying for 1t
with coin produced at their own mint
From the time their mint was opened
on July 20, 1850, until coinage was dis
continued two and half years later,
about s3,00000O were coined In denom1-
nations of $3.50, S. and $40 and $2O. In
addition to this the firm S. notes Whlch
were redeemable in coin at their bank-
ing house in Denver.
After the organization of the territory
a special act of the legislature In 1861
decreed that an institution to be called
"The Bank of Colorado" should be es-
tablished in Denver. .H
On the 18th of April, 1866, the comp
troller of the treasury authorized the
organization of the First National Bank
of Denver with George T. Clark as
cashier. Not prospecting as It should a
change of management was de-
cided upon, and at a meet
ing held in 1867, D. H. Mof-
fat was elected cashier and with his Sc
lection every one realized that the in
stitution was in safe firm hands. From
that time the First National bank has
had steady prosperous growth until
at the present time it Is one Of the
soundest and most substantial financial
institutions in the entire country. From
the modest start made in 1866 the bank
has grown and prospered until its
capital and surplus are 100000 with
deposits of over s10,000.0s0.
The Colorado National bank was or
ganized by Kountze Brothers in Au-
gust, 1866, with C. B. Kountze as CASH
fer: position he held until 1871, when
10 Ia 1oU rqY,
tai and surplus of this bank is 100000,
and its deposits amount to $6,000,000
The Denver National bank opened it's
doors December 8, 1884, with an author
ized capital of $4,000 and A. A. Den
man as cashier. The present cashier is
John C. Mitchell and its capital and
surplus amount to s6s0,OO0, with deposits
of $4,000, G00
The National Bank of Commerce was
Intosh as cashier. This bank has at this
time capital of 100000 and deposits
of $500, ,000 o. H. Dougan is cashier
The American National bank began
business December 2, 1889, its cashier
being Howard Evans. 1t is capitalized
for s500,000 has deposits Of $450000, and
B. N. Freeman Is cashier.
The Western bank is another sound
financial institution. 1t is situated at
hoe streets, in the heart of the business
section. The officers are W. G. Brown,
president; w. A. Hover, vice president,
and G. A. Stahl, cashier. The Central
Savings bank, of which George Rich
ardson is president; William E. Wilson,
vice president. and w. NJ. Marshall,
cashier, is probably the most prominent
institution of its kind in the city.
The Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo and Leadville banks are thor
oughly solid and Of course do a big
business.
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MARVELLOUS.
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as though the goings on in the floors
below were not always in harmony with
her symbols. The Miner, who has had
troubles Of his own during the last few
years, stands suddenly erect.
Il see, Q Justice" he observes, 'in
the eternal hills beyond, the coming of
Renewed Activity. My brothers, well
come him. Let your followers see that
he has fair treatment, and we delivers
in the deeps, we tillers of the soil will
labor we'll and bring to the state the
lonz-desired angel Of Prosperity with
out the aid of Tariff or the consent of
any other nation
And Justice answers bravely, declares
she will cut down the greed of corpora
tions, see that the rich and the poor are
treated alike and aid in the coming Of
the general good times.
They talk hopefully through the night
or until out from "the purple east rises
the glorious sun. 1t glints and dances
over the snow-capped peaks; it illumin-
ates the world. Justice, standing on her
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Properties near Gillett and Grassy,
long abar doned, have been leased re-
Gently and are being worked. Stocks
based on patented claims on Mineral,
Tenderfoot and Iron Mountain, have al
most doubled in value within sixty
days. There Is no exaggeration In the
statement that in the next six months
the greatest progress in the district will
be made by properties between Cripple
Grassy.
A recent sale of four unpatented
claims near High Park City for $1,000
has called attention to the benefits the
Canon City railway will give to the
High Park and Bare Hills districts
This country-all the country, In fact
from the western base Of Mount Pisgah
west for ten to twelve miles-has been
shown to be very strong in low-grade
free-rnilling ore, stuff running from Sc
to $40 per ton. Transportation and mill
ing facilities were essential to produc-
tion. The successful promotion of the
Canon City road has insured the build
ing of hundred-stamp mill in the High
Park, which will be ready to treat ore
about as soon as the railroad will be to
haul it, about Jan. 1. 1898. There is
nothing doubtful about the presence of
the gold 1t has been heretofore Ques-
ton simply Of how to get the value at
an expense less than mill returns would
amount to. When the facilities are
ready, the ore will be ready. One holder
of High Park claims-enthusiastic per-
haps-has contracted with the people
who will build the mill to furnish them
with 100 tons daily for SIX years.
In the older and established parts of
the district, with enlarging and cheap
ening means for treatment, with rail-
road facilities increasing, with greater
shaft and tunnel depth and the increas-
ed values that 20 with increased depth.
with a certain, though very slow in
crease Of foreign capital for exploring
and developing, there can be no doubt
of a continued augmenting success. The
district has now q population of 10000
and the towns of Victor, Cripple Creek,
Anaconda, Elkton. Goldfield. Independ-
ence, Altman. Mound City and the out
lying villages Of Grassy and Gillett, are
prosperous, lively camps, and for the
most port as picturesque as any OF the
fats or gulches that the marvellous
mind of Bret Harte ever created.
The two leading towns are Cripple
Creek and Victor, the former with a
population Of 1000 and latter with 5000
people. The town OF Cripple Creek was
almost completely destroyed by fire a
little over q year ago, but no yestige of
the terrible conhagration remains now
to tell the tale. The wooden and frame
buildings have all been replaced by sub
stantiaI structures Of brick and stone
that are, arcithecturally speaking, up to
date in every detail In fact, 1t is safe
to say that for business blocks. hotels,
water, gas and electric plants and other
metropolitan features no town in
America can compare with it. Victor
has q worldwide reputation on ac-
count of 1t being the site Of the cele-
brated Independence and Portland
mines, which have made dozen poor
miners millionaires. The town itself Is
q rustler Of the most pronounced type.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
Descrip ton Of the Building Where
Justice Holds Forth.


Justice Holds Forth.
The Arapahoe county court house
Is one Of the prominent public buildings
of Denver and stands next to the state
house in conspicuousness, being often
mistaken by strangers for that official
building. The structure occupies a
whole city block and was erected in
1881. The style Of architecture Is very
ornate and the whole pile is crowned
by an imposing dome.
The material used was green-gray
Colorado sandstone. Several years ago
the building was enlarged by the ad-
dition Of story. The total cost of the
building has been $S50,000.
In the building all the county courts
and county officials have their offices.
Four divisions of the district court have
their court rooms and judges chambers
in the top story, while on the lower floor
beneath the assessor has his effices. and
here are also the accommodations for
the juries.
In the second story are located the
county court, the offices Of it's clerk, the
offices of the clerk Of the district court
and the rooms of the county superin-
tendent Of schools. On the main floor
are the rooms of the county commissin-
ers, the offices Of the county clerk, the
county treasurer and county sheriff. In
the basement the county surveyor has
his office, the county physicians and the
Charity Organization society.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
RAILROADS.
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ence & Cripple Creek pierces the rich
est mineral country in Colorado from
Florence to the great gold camp.
Probably the most unique system in
the state is the Manitou & Pixies Peak
railroad, the construction of which was
completed in the autumn of 1880.
It has it's lower terminal in Manitou,
the most prominent of Western health
and pleasure resorts, and in distance
of trifie less than nine miles reaches
to the tip-top of the peak that MAJOR
Pike, many years ago, pronounced IN
accessible to man. The road, whlch Is
patterned after the Abt system cog
wheel railways Of the Alps, is the most
modern and perfectly constructed ot
its character and cost more per mile
to build than any road in the "orla.
Moreover, in respect to altitude galnea,
it dwarfs all the others into compara-
tive insignificance; and it will still top,
by several hundred feet, the proposed
railway ON the Jung Frau.
The road is of standard gauge, with
a broad substantial roadbed the entire
distance There is no trestle Work on
the line and the bridges, which number
but three, are of solid masonry ana
steel In the center of the track are
fitted two steel rack rails. These are
engaged by four ponderous steel cog
wheels on the locomotives. and the
train is thus enabled to climb the 9TH
erwise Impossible grades with ease ana
absolute safety. No known precautlon
against accident has been overlooked
The locomotive, both on the ascent and
the descent Ia below the coach, ana
there is no coupling connection between
the two. This Is to insure the satety Oh
the passengers in event OF possible dls-
aster to the locomotive; and, with that
nossibility in view, each coach is pro-
vided with four powerful brakes that
operate through the medium OF cog
wheels on the rack rails and the appli-
cation of any one Of which Will almost
Instantly stop the coach on the Steep
est grades.
The ocomotives-there are -FOUR OF
them-are unique in construction anu
combine the essential features OF those
of the older cog railways with many
tn,nortant improvements. They weigh
ahnt,t twenty-five tons each. The
coaches seat fifty persons each and are
lnxurlously appointed. The seats are
so arranged as to give level sitting
IN even the steepest grades, and the
windows reach from ones elbow TO the
roof of the car, affording perfect opser-
walton. The maximum grade OF tne
road is 25 per cent-a rise OF one 1oot
in four-which is not at all an extreme
grade for a cog railway.
To show how great source OF Wealtn
the railroads are to the state. 1t Will
but be necessary to take few statls-
tics from the railroad assessment tanles
for 1895. The total value on the twenty
nine large and small systems operating TN
in every part of Colorado was $3l.zoI'.
594. The rolling stock was vaiueo al
The mast summer has been busy one
for the Colorado roads. An army OF
&c. 600 tourists bound for the National
Christian Endeavor convention at San
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GOLD.
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prospecting and the transfer OF some
grazing property at mineral land
prices, but the results have been quite
as unsa satisfactory as the results below
Victor. 1t is to the north and northeast
of Cripple Creek town and to the Bare
hills west of Mt. Pisgah, that the Grip
pie district must look for an enlarge
ment of it's shipping territory.
1t is because of the prospective value
of this territory that the two events of
highest importance to the district dur
ing 1897 have been the finds of ore on
Mineral hill and the success of the eff
forts to build the Canon City and Grip
Pile Creek electric railway.
North Of camp are Mineral, Carbon
ate, Rhyolite and Tenderfoot hills and
Copper mountain, northeast Cow and
Trachyte mountains. Work has been
persistently carried on in these hills
almost since the first discoveries in 1881
Capital, however, retired from them
very early In the camps history be-
cause other portions of the district were
producing at grassroots while In the
north bedrock had not been encountered
at thirty and forty feet. So far almost
five years. what development has been
done in the north has been by poor men.
doing their own work, without the ad-
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
CAPITOL
AN IMPOSING STRUCTURE THAT
WILL COST $c,0GO,OO0.
No Other ommonWeaIth With an
Equal Population Can Boast of
, state House Of Eaif the Cost
Colorado Material Used Exclu-
s;vely in It's Conxtruction-It S
Located in Denver. 80 --t-''-

The Colorado state capitol, now
heer.hs .couIpisuo-., Is cGuaIed in beau-
ty, magnificence and desirability of To-
cation by but few capitols in the coun-
try.
Situated but a short distance from
the business center of the city Of Den
yer on the brow of a hill just in the
edge of the fashionable residence dis
trict of Denver with the grounds beau
tifully laid out and embracing two full
city blocks, the appearance of the build
ing which can be seen from almost ev-
cry part of the city, is symmetrical and
imposing.
The law providing for the erection OF
capitol building, stipulated that the
cost should be s1.00O00O, exclusive OF
the grounds, which were donated to the
state by Henry c. Brown, wealthy
and public spirited citizen and are val
ued at s50O,OOO.
Before the actual work of construc-
ton had been begun, however, so rapid
had been the growth of the state and
so prosperous were the times that the
next legislature decided that instead OF
ure was to be built, according to the
original plans, Colorado granite, which
builders pronounced equal to the best
New England granite, should be sub
stituted and the board Of capitol mana
gers were permitted to increase the
cost limit in proportion to this addi-
tional expense.
The building was begun In 1852 and
first occupied by the state officials three
years ago. The completion OF the in
terror has been delayed somewhat from
the fact that the marble quarries of the
state, when the work was begun, were
undveloped and the work Of opening
them up was necessarily slow. How
ever, the people were determined that
nothing but Colorado marble should be
used and were willing to wait. The
work of wainscoting the three floors
above the basement with marble is
practically completed and it Is expect
ed that next month the white marble
tiling for the floors will be ready for
laying.
With the exception Of the marble
work the interior of the building Is
practically completed. The massive
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
INTERPRETATIONS.
The Forming of New Companies q
Great Source of Revenue,

The Forming of New Companies q
Great Source of Revenue.
No better index of the continued de-
velopment Of Colorado's great mineral
resources can be found than the con-
stantly increasing revenues of the sec
retary Of states Office, which are de-
rived almost solely from fees for filing
articles Of interpretations, the bulk Of
which are of mining companies. State
Auditor Parks in his biennial report
to the governor, November 30, 1896, es-
timated the total revenues from this
source at $4,000 for the ensuing two
years. To the surprise Of state Off
cials, however, the income for the first
six months amounted to over $4,000 or
half the entire estimate for two years.
The receipts for August thus far ex-
ceeed those Of any preceding month for
the same length of time.
Many foreign companies incorporate
in Colorado. No restrictions are placed
upon what may be filed, except pay
ment of the fee and no company name
can be duplicated. The fee for filing
articles of $4,000 company Is SO
and on each additional $1,000 Of capt.
talization Is cents Is charged. For q
$1,000,000 company the fee amounts to
$152. so.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
BIKES.
More Wheels to the Square Inch
Than Other Cities.

Moro Wheels to the Square Inch
Than Other Cities.
Denver is the hub Of the bicycle
world. Last summer the number of
wheels in use was actually-not ap-
proximately-estimat at $4,000. This
season, according to figures furnished
by dealers, 5000 more have been ad-
ded, swelling the grand total to the
pleasing figure Of 10000.
The explanation of this is easy. Dem
yer possesses the finest pavements in
the world for wheels and its enterprise
naturally demands a something swifter
than the movement of the pedestrian.
Its parks and wheel club tracks have
kept alive the interest in wheeling and
1t is safe to say given 1t the impetus
which, from present appearances, will
continue until time grows old. The es-
timated proportion, relatively, between
male and female riders Is placed at 20
to so, the major fraction being held by
the males.
Racing on Denver tracks has be-
come a matter OF national publicity for
many of the crack riders of repute
have lowered records on the local
tracks.
There are several large cycle manu-
featuring concerns which compete sue
cessfully with the East, located here.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
TRANSIT.
Denver and Colorado Springs street,

DChtcr Ahu COAOrA0O cYrlhBA StEeSt.
Car Systems Unexcelled.
The street car systems of Denver and
Colorado Springs have brought forth
abundant praise from visitors to the
Centennial state. Many millions of dol
lars have been invested in the Denver
systems, which cover a total of 180
miles. as follows: Denver Consolidated
Tramway company, 100; Denver City
Railroad company, As; West End Elec-
tric company, IL; Denver. Lakewood
and Golden Electric company, "a. About
1000 men are employed by the four
companies and the daily average Of
miles Travelled will reach $4,000. A fair
estimate made by the companies shows
that an average Of 2.0o0,000 passengers
are carried annually.
Springs Rapid Transit company COM
prises % miles of street railway, con-
Quoted on the electric system. It has
city in direction to Broadmoor, Chey-
Colorado City, Manitou, Rock Island
addition, Roswell, East End addition.
Knob Hill, Grand View and Austin
Bluff. The road was constructed at a
cost Of $75o.ooo. It was constructed and
is principally owned by Messrs.
E. ]. Eaton, F. L. Martin, A.
L. Lawton and A. A. McGorney. Pueb-
10 and Trinidad have lines which have
done much to bring both cities into
popular favor.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21

vantages Of expensive machinery
or, except in very few cases, anything
resembling adequate equipment. The
drift was deep and what ore has been
found lies deeper than ore in other parts
Of the district. Naturally results have
been slow and a good many have left
the north end of the camp discouraged.
Within the last two months Jennings
Brothers and Kerr have made low
grade mine of the Sunflower on Miner
al and $50 ore has been uncovered on
two claims near that lode. These finds
have stimulated interest not only on
Mineral, but on all the northern hills.
Two strikes have been made since the
Mineral find, near the town of Grassy,
northeast Of Cripple Creek, which prom
ises, though not with certainty, to re-
suit in mines. On Tenderfoot hill the
sumpter Gold Mining company Is work
Ing three shafts on two lode claims.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
An Institutfon That Has Helped to
Build Up Denver.

An Institution That Has Helped to
Build Up Denver.
From its early position as a city Den
vers business men have recognized the
value of organization to promote her In
terests. The chamber of commerce and
board of trade has served that pur-
pose for many years. On its list Of men,
bership the names Of all the hardy
Western spirits who have contributed
to the upbuilding Of the state and city
have appeared, and the leaders Of the
commercial life today are enrolled on
its books.
The organization owns substantially
constructed building containing assem-
bly, hall and committees rooms. There
are twenty-five committees. to which
are assigned the detail work Of the
chamber.
Officers Of the chamber are as follows:
E. Monash, PRESIDENT; w. W. Borst,
vice president; F. E. Edbrooke, second
vice president; E. B. Field, treasurer;
Arthur Williams. secretary.
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
PARKS.

public Pleasure Grounds . Feature
Of the City.
Under the guidance of a park COM
mission, having exclusive Jurisdiction.
with the mayor ex-ofiicio president. one
of the finest Of park systems to be
found anywhere in the United States Is
becoming a feature of Denver. Her i'm
mense City park, covering 100 acres, has
been improved during the last three
years by the expenditure OF slooooo IN
buildings, construction OF oriVeways,
lakes. separate apeedways for vehicles
and bicycles, animal houses, lawns and
flower beds.
Other parks are scattered throughout
the city. the totaf PARK area covering
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
MILLIONS.
REPRESENT DEPOSITS IN THE
DENVER NATIONAL BANKS.
The First Government Bank Organ
lied in 1865 Has Deposits on HAND
at Present AggreEatinE Ten MILL
ion DoIlars-Interesting History
of the business From Its Infancy
-soundest In the Country.

Legitimate banking in Colorado began
after the adoption by congress OF the
act establishing the national SYSTEM
the new method being INTRODUCED mere
IN 1Ss5 prior to that date the princi-
pal circulating medium was gold dust
which was supplemented by national
treasury notes and after July, 1850, by
Daily camera., 1897-08-21
MUNICIPAL,
How the Affairs of the City Arc
Conducted.

.
Conducted.
Denver's city hall, one Of her most
conspicuous buildings, was erected In
1881 at cost Of 100000. 1t contains
the offices devoted to the municipal off,
cials and their duties. Among the most
noteworthy apartments is the council
chamber, large, roomy, with frescoed
walls and ceiling, and withal a beauti-
full public assemblage room, comparing
favorably with the council chambers OF
other cities Of larger population.
The city government includes a may
or, two branches Of the council, the up
per being elected at large and the
lower from fifteen wards, each having
an alderman. The metropolitan police
system prevails. conducted by fire and
police board of three appointed by the
governor of the state. Public works are
under the direction Of the board of pub
lie works Of three. also named by the
governor. It has the power to institute
Daily camera., 1897-08-21

It is thoroughly metropolitan and cos
mopolitan. Seven years ago the whole
district was a barren plain. most of 1t
being cattle ranches. Three railroad
lines already penetrate it. while two
more are projected. Cripple Creek and
Denver. together with Chicago make
the three greatest of all stories in
American history and progress.