Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-30

QUEEN CITY OF THE PLAINS.
DENVER-A CITY OF PHE-
NOMINAL GROWTH.
Industrial Development And CONNER
cial Activity Its Growth In
Thirty-Five Years.

Special Correspondent to the Evening Capital.
Denver appeals to the man from the
East more than any other Western city.
for the reason that the Eastern folk who
have settled here are turning Denver in
to thoroughly Eastern city. We ex-
pecied to find the people and their Gus
toms so different from those at home.
How mistaken we were. The same hos
pitatle. congenisl folk We have in Mary
land live here In Denver.
They look and act the same, their style
OF dress the same. What queer notions
one does get OF the wild and woody West.
before one actually comes in contact with
il and its people. To this column the
most striking things about the city of
Denver are its schools and its residences.
In Eastern cities great corporations, in
surance companies and capitalists erect
ten and lwelve-story sky-scrapers in
every direction, and the private houses
tower toward the sky. with the reminder
that it costs nothing 10 build into the air.
Here in Denver it is so different. There
are not only big and handsome build
ings-the Mining Exchange, the Cham
Der OF Commerce, Brown Palace Hotel.
Denver Athletic Club. City Hall. Court
House. Equitable Building. McMurtre
Block. Union Depot. State Capitol. Ma
sonic Temple and Kitndge Building, and
hosts OF oihers-but there are miles and
miles of separate houses OF the prettiest
architecture.
1t is such a pleasure TO look al them,
no two Joined as in the monstonous look
ing Baltimore blocks. They are not
merged together in solid rows. but stand
apart with little green breathing space
between them. each in its turn asserting
its OWE individuality. You lock atthem.
admire and are pleased. and II IS difficult
to decide which one you would rather
live in. The greater number OF these
beautiful houses are built OF a peculiarly
handsome red stone. which IS found so
plentifully in the Silver State. IL Is
not the red stone that one admIFes. or
| which makes them so pleasantly conspic-
uous, but the taste of the owner OF the
architect, which has turned IL to account
| IL would not be amiss for the Eastern
architect TO come 10 Denver and take
| lessons, and Certainly II would be wise II
/ some OF our Eastern cities would adopt
| this parking" system or grass plot and
| lawn about their homes, that add TO the
| beauty, altractiveness and homelike ap-
pearance of all the private houses in
beautiful Denver. Queen CIIy OF the
| Plains"
| But what OF the public schools! They
are more like museums OF art on their
outside than school houses. We found
ourselves asking what those handsome
buildings were, scattered every lew blocks
Il Ix,a-s1a ~
| told they are schools. IS 1hools. ex-
claimed this column, these massive build
| ings ot stone, granite, red brick. with
marble trimmings. oil graceful architec-
ture, unique design. broad velvety lawns.
with beds OF flowers and vines. shade
trees and arbois. /, cannot be possible
| that these are schools, but il is possible,
and just as much money and thought are
proporlionately given to the instruction
OF the public school children as is put
upon the school buildings. and the Den
yer children Of the public schools have
every advantage. The best teachers,
whose appointment is strictly on their
merit, with the most rigid OF examina-
tions annually before an examining board,
are employed, and we must not forget to
say their pay is the best, for naturally
| good teachers command and demand
good pay. Few teachers in Denver re-
ceive less than 500 and sos per month.
Superintendents receive much more. -
There are several Eastern teachers in the
Denver schools. One lady teacher, in
popular favor here, is from the Eastern
Shore OF Maryland, and would not think
of wasting her time and energy in the
discharge OF her professional duties East
for the meagre salary Maryland pays its
teachers. when Colorado thinks the la
borer worthy OF his hire.
There are AZ schools in Denver. Three
High Schools,-the East, West and North
Denver High Schools. Three public
kindergartens and several Normal Train
ing schools. The schools all have names,
some of which are The Whittier, Long
fellow, Gi,pin. H) de Park. Ebert. Caro-
ma. Wyman, Swansea, Columbine, latter
the Colorado State hower,) Emerson,
Broadway, Maria Mitchell. Edison. Web
ster. Louisa Nj. Alcott School. Garfield,
] Lincoln, Logan, Franklin and many 9TH
ers. The teachers are too numerous to
count, although we have a list of them
before US. In the East Denver High
School alone there are 37 teachers
When we think of the oyercrowded con-
di,ion of our home school. and the lack
of sufficient teachers and see these schools
in plenty here, with all the latest devices
and equipments for education. with an
abundance of room. and enough teach
ers, we commisserate Annapolis. and say
la Horace Greedy, "Come West" young
mother and father. with family to edu-
cate, Gone West" You'll not be
crowded ou: here. and you'll get more
than your moneys worth Of education.
along with all the rest of the delightful
things Colorado affords. So you see
with all the school advantages. the chill
dren of Denver threaten TO grow up into
a most superior class Of young persons.
| Denver possesses lots of other delight
full things that make city livable,
but to us the public schools and private
houses are the most distinctive features
There are many sights TO be seen here
of these we shall speak later, but IT !:
well for one to remember while seeing
these sights that only little more than
generation ago there was nothing where
Denver now stands but cactus, buf1alt
grass, wild animals and the red man.
The foot OF civilization had not theI
I pressed the arid soil. nor had the magi
: hand of human genius been laid on
single thing, living or inert. In its rapi'