The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-09-14

little for me to say. However !
must try in some way to let the
readers Of The Press know how
much ] appreciated and enjoyed
my trip.
/ lett Miles on August 9Th. ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs, q.
w. Reeder, who were on their way
to ST. Louis, They left me at
Cleburne, Texas. ! was joined
by my sister, at FIT. Worth, who
was with me the remainder Of the
trip. Leaving FIT. Worth we had
u very pleasant journey until we
reached Dougherty, J. r., whore
we were told there was u wreck
ahead aud we might be detained
for several hOnrs, which we were,
therefore causing us to miss con-
nections in Newton, Kansas, hav-
ing to wait there twelve hours for
our next train.
Newton being q very thriving
little town, we found many ways
in which to pass away the time.
At 400 o'clock Monday after
noon we again started OH our
journey northward. We arrived
III Denver at IL 100 n. m. Tuesday
After few hours rest we started
out to see Denver, (the elevation
of which is $40 feet above sea
level.) We spent the entire even
ing in the lovely parks and gar
dens of the city. Some of which
were ideals OF nature and art.
Manhattan Beach contains one of
the loveliest lakes of the north,
also swings, toboggan slides,
theaters, etc. Glitch graden IL
famous for its different kind of
wild animals aud flowers. Flowers
of every kind and name are to be
seen arranged in the most lovely
and picturesque manner n human
mind could picture or arrange,
and amidst all this IS an old time
water mill which adds to its
beauty greatly. The city park
which contains more than II hum
dred acres of ground IS covered
with every kind of tree and flower
that nature can produce. 1t has
two beautiful lakes which are
ideal places for boating.
At 1870 u. m, August 8, we
purchased our tickets for George
town Loop, Leaving the station
at s o'clock we began our journey
northward. Fifteen miles from
Denver the train entered Clear
Creek Canon. The first place of
interest was Idaho Springs, To-
Gated in Clear Creek Canon, only
30 miles from Denver. It's eleva-
tion is 1913 feet. Next we came
to Georgetown which is fifty
miles distance from Denver. 1t
is essentially mining town, and
u very busy place, built up and
sustained by the rich mines in the
ad jacent hills.
The world-famed loop is just
above Georgetown. To ascend
the steep hills it becomes nee
essary for the railroad to double
itself. AS an engineering marvel
It is one of the "thlngs to see"
The elevation of Georgetown is
s, 47G feet and the loop bridge is
s, 772 feet.
We arrived at Silver Plume, at
IL o'clock. Eating dinner here
we visited the great silver mines,
From Silver Plume we got good
view of the beautiful snow capped
Leaving Silver Plume we return
ed to Denver, arriving at 5p. m.
with aching eyes and wiser heads.
On August 10, we visited the
state capitol where we were given
permission to go on top of the
uome, from which we got n view
Of the entire city, and two hum
dred miles Of the Rocky Mt's.
The building cost S2,O00,000
Another beautiful building is
that of the U. S.. Mint, the in
terror of which is of the finest
Vermont gray marble. The en-
tire building costing one and Il
half million dollars.
At 4 p. NJ, we took the train
for Colorado Springs. When we
arrived there it was raining and
the heavy clouds that hung
around the city only left dim
view of the summit of Pixies
Peak, which brought before us a
superb picture of nature.
Friday morning we took the
trolly car for Manitou, We stop
ped at the Soda Springs where we
found a number Of people drink
ing the water which seems to be a
very popular beverage, as there
were many of them carrying it
away in large bottles.
We had no more than entered
the curio room when it began