Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
THE West.

l haye been asked to give an opinion o.
the South, Southwest and West, and make
comparison with our own part of the coun.
try, and give expressions of opinion of the
future.
My first suggestion is that every man Oh
woman here, just as soon as he or she i;
able financially to afford the expense ol
comfortably travelling, to take trips to oul
western cities, study them and the people
and for just a moment stop TO bhink and
realize that less than 100 years ago these
cities, now so beautiful, where hill and
plains. Chicago, to-day one of the largest
and greatest cities, will cause one to stop
and wonder at its magnitude and admire its
beauty, city that within the last fifty
year, some of the greatest engineering feats
of history have been accomplished, namely;
the changing Of the Chicago river, etc.
Some of the largest stores in the world are
in Chicago. Marshall Fields department.
store the largest of its kind.
Chicago is enjoying a real estate boom
without parallel in the history of that city.
AS one leaves this city towards the rocky
mountains, he is impressed by the wonder
full progress of these western towns and
cities. was impressed with the number
of modern public school buildings, and
compared them with our city and adjoining
towns, and I want to say that the West is
far ahead of us. Great efforts are being
made to accommodate their children with
the proper needs for an education, and-no
city visited the size of Woodbury. had
they such poor school accommodations.
The farms show prosperity. The log cabin
is almost thing Of the past, and in their
place stands modern homes Ard then
after speeding oyer a great range of country
we come to city like Denver. CITY
which is beautiful to look at, model little
city. No city haye ever went into, that
is so clean and sanitary. No expectorating
is allowed on any of the side walks, cars,
public places, etc., under penalty of a
heavy fine. This ought to be carried out
in every city, town, and place in the
country. Denver is modern city to the
extent it would be hard tc make COM
parison.
From Denver there is trip called the Moi
let Route which require day to take in and
return. This trip lands you several thou
sand feet on mountain among lots Of
snow In going up and returning on this
trip which allows you to see for miles, and
take in mining camps and mines. You pass
through thirty six tunnels each way. This
road is a wonderful feat of engineering, and
| have been informed by men who haye
Travelled abroad and taken in the beauties
of Switzerland, and they tell me that this
road bed, as an engineering feat excells any
thing in the world The trip around the
Georgetown loop, is also wonderful, but the
trip called the short line to Cripple Creek,
to my mind, exceeds them all. 1t is inn
possible for one to express the grandeur Of
this trip. This trip takes one through Victor
a great gold mining town, Here we went
through gold mine, and went over mile
in the ground, and 200 feet deep. / never
did think much OF gold mine investments
and think great deal less since my return,
and would adyise all to be very careful
how you invest in gold mines. Cripple
Creek is typical min ing town.
Colorado Springs is another very pretty
city. The time we were there was the one
hundreGth anniversary Of the discovery of
Pixies Peak, and the city was beautifully
Illuminated. A very striking feature is
that at ten o'clock at night most every
body retires, and although the time we
were there, this celebration was going on,
and the streets crowded at eight p. M, yet
at ten O'Clock hardly person be found on
the streets. No liquors is sold here, SO l
am informed. From Colorado Springs the
drives are beautiful. The drive up through
the north Canyon around the falls called the
Seven Falls, around and around these
mountains looking down thousands Of feet
then on through the South Chyenne. The
Canyon is wonderful construction ofnature
no artist however great and skillfull, could
have painted the picture. And through
Colorado City, formerly the Capitol Of
Colorado, when it was territory. | also
saw the log house which was formerly the
capitol building Of Colorado, and then on
through to Manato, and from its flowing
mineral springs we drank its delicious
water.
And then the trip to Pixies Peak was
taken. One would naturally suppose that
there would be certain amount Of same
ness to these trips, but you are mistaken
Each trip is a trip in itself, and each seems
80 grow more wonderful, no two are alike,
they are all different and massive, beauti-
ful and grand.
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