Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
Denver, Col, Nov. 10, 1904

Editor of Demorcat:
 Habit is a strong compelling force to which some submit gracefully, others succumb after q bitter strug- gle, while others become victorious over it through sheer force of will power, determination and persever- ance. -Four years of newspaper work has fixed the habit of writing articles so strongly upon me that l am unable to break at once from the chains which bind me. Hence this article. Denver, Colorado, with it's well
 nigh tnsurpassable climate, has claimed me for it's resident for about four weeks and 1 have already fallen in love, no, not with la fair young lady, but with Denver and it's climate One cannot paint in too brilliant col ors the beauties of this climate, the clear, dry atmosphere, the light air so 1nvig0rating and beneficial to all who are fortunate enough to have an opportunity of enjoying it, especially the hundreds of tnvalids who crowd into the city from all parts of the country; also the warm, radiant sun shine in whose effulgent rays one loves to bask for hours. It is now nearing December, yet we are still enjoying lovely summer weather. The benches in the parks are crowded daily with people who love to take sun baths. The girls and young ladies are still wearing shirtwaists and light dresses and men have little use for overcoats except at night. Boys are still playing marbles. The streets are. being sprinkled twice day and the lawns are being Watered just as in the midst of summer
 Since my arrival there have been only two bad days, and on both oc- casions there was a snow storm. But the flakes remain only few hours on the ground owing to the sun being so hot. One can gain faint idea of the climate when, it. is stated that last year there were 351 fine days. The air here, however, is not quite so pure as in other parts of Colorado owing to the presence Of so many invalids.
 Denver is young and growing city with bright prospects for the fut- Tre. Its growth has been remarkable. Forty years ago it was not on the map, to-day it has population esti- mated at nearly 100000, of which about 50.000, 1t is said, are transients. It possesses many fourishing business houses, some factories, innumerable mining concernsy some good, others fair, and many bad, or which might be properly termed as a business man said to me ''mere bunco schemes" Several important railroads center here and the train service, north, south, east and west is very good. It possesses 200 miles of trolley lines, and the service is excellent. All parts of the city are well cared for. One ,,sJ 4n 4e, In parks Denver is well supplied. In different sections of the city are lo- cated these finely laid out and we'll kept pleasure resorts. City Park is said to be a place of magnificent beauty in the summer time when the trees are in foliage and the flowers are in bloom. It's picturesque hooks, its charming dells, are spots where pleasure parties love to spend the day. It contains, a number of pretty driveways, one ofN which winds about the artificial lake which is covered with boats and launches in the sum- mer time. The park contains about 22O acres, all parts of which are speckled with beautiful shade trees. On the lake during the summer time concerts are given at night by band of 60 musicians and the attendance has been as high as 30,0O0 at times. A feature of the park is the menagerie which contains many fine wild anil malls.
 Denver is a hustling city and the business man or merchant to become successful must be a hustler. There is so much competition that one has to be on the alert all the time, other wise it is a case of failure. It is a we'll laid out city, the streets are marked off in blocks and at every street corner are sign boards giving the names of both streets, thus it is easy to find ones way, though the city is large and widely scattered. Water bury would do well to mark her streets with sign boards. It is q vast benefit to the stranger and the resi- dent
 Though Denver is far advanced and progressive ill many things, yet it is still in its swaddling clothes in regard to some others. It's police service is not anywhere near what 1t should be. It is lamentably deficient i'll numbers, but this fault is being somewhat rem edied under the new chief of police. I haven't seen half dozen policemen since I came through l have travelled over large part of the city. Large parts of the city are apparently with out police protection. One will see more policemen near Exchange Place in Waterbury than ill trayersing sev eral miles here. I asked business man why there were so few police men and he replied that every man was a policeman. Formerly the chief of police could be changed on account of politics but now I understand there is a new law under which the chief can't be removed except for violation of the rules and regulations.
 I have never been in a city where the trolley cars, automobiles and bi- cycles travel along with such speed as here. The finely paved streets are an incentive to speed. 1t is remarkable that many serious accidents do not occur.
 I have met several former Water bury people who are now residents