The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-13
JOHN GILMAN WRITES OF
CONDITIONS IN THE WEST

To the Editor of The Spy:
1 left Worcester with my daughter,
Mrs. Jennie E. Hellyar, Oct I, for a long
journey of over 10000 miles. We went di-
rect to the Pan-American exposition.
Leaving there we followed the most popu-
lar and best railroad line, the Nickel
Plate, to Cleveland. We took trip
through Euclid Avenue, the finest in the
world with the exception of those in
Paris. We visited Garfield's monument,
the parks, the most prominent manufac-
tories and other prominent places in the
city. We went direct to Chicago staying
there two days. We visited the stock
yards, which cover about 300 acres. 1t
was on Saturday, a day when only few
cattle are received. There were only about
5000 head of cattle, 1000 sheep and about
the same numbr of hogs in the pens. Some
days there are five times as many.
After our visit in Chicago we made a
flying trip to Omaha. We have Just been
travelling through the great corn section
of the world for several hundred miles.
Very little of the corn Is sent to market
but the West certainly has the largest
wheat corn and other grain crops ever
known. All that will increase the price
of western lands and make the money
rate in the West very much lower as all
big crops do.
Next we passed on to Denver and made
a stop there of two days. This is one of
the liveliest of western cities and the ac-
tivity of the great business men, especial
ly the railroad men, IS wonderful
Our next stopping place was Colorado
Springs. a great resort for Eastern peo-
pie. This Is a lovely city. After visiting
numerous other cities we took the short
line railroad over the mountains to Grip
pie Creek. other prominent mining camps
and high and beautiful mountains, some
200 miles away in New Mexico.
We returned to Colorado Springs and
took the famous Denver e Rio Grande
and Rio Grande & Western Railroad to
Salt Lake. stopping at Pueblo, the great
city of smelters. We visited the great
museum which was recommended by my
self many years ago. not as a money!
making scheme but to show the public
q specimen of every mine in the state
This is a very instructive institution.
We made a stop of two DAYS at Glen
wood Spring, the most famous in the west
We stopped at the Colorado Hotel of
which E. s. Thayer formerly of Worces-
ter. is proprietor. He is one of the best
hotel managers in the western states.
This hotel has been crowded with eastern
people during the summer season.
W spent a short time at Canon City.
the apple city of the United States The
Rockefeller orchard fruit of this season
apples. pears and grapes-sold on the
trees for SIC 000: but as a rule apples all
over the American continent were very
scarce. Nova Scotia. few places in Col
orado and the state of Arkansas take
the lead in apples for the year '01. Grand
Junction. Idaho. had a great peach crop
and many otter towns in Western Colo
RADIO had good crops.
I saw the party that went hunting with
President Roosevelt and I was told that
the president killed II lions. though ii
was reported that he killed Il.
JOHN GILMAN.
Bellevue Idaho.
P. 81 am now on the Gilman ranch.
four miles from Bellevue Cor Haley. I
have let some contracts in my mines and
find we have about 400 head Of live stock.
There has been a large amount Of steal