The Greeley tribune., 1907-10-17

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there are human habitations OF vaFf-
GUS kinds and degrees Of prosperity.
There are $40 600 cottages and there
are tents worth only $40, and there
are hotels. The biggest Of these is
just nov under construction and will
be opened next season.
That is only q beginning of the
improvements to be made there.
The biggest change In the park will
be great lake to be created right
ut the entrance to the canon and
which is to form the fly wheel of
great power plant to be constructed
to furnish close to 30, 900 horse power
Of electricity. A corps of surveyors
is now in the canon doing the pre-
liminary work. The power behind
the enterprise is the big Central
Power company. II the project 10
reported favorably upon by the engi-
neers dam 100 feet high will be
built right at the entrance to the
canon and lake two miles long and
in some places nearly mile wide
created. The west end of this lake
will come right up to the town In
the park. Upon this lake small
steamers and hundreds Of row boats
or small sailing craft will be placed,
to give every variety of summer
pleasure that the visitors may wish.
Some Of the residents Of the park
would rather not see the lake there.
The park is good enough as nature
made it, without any Improvement
by man, and right they are in sope
respects. At the same time its
utilitarian side must be considered.
Compared with the park as whole
the lake will be only a spot on the
map and with rocks and trees coming
right down to the waters edge will
certainly be beauty spot.
The magnitude Of the power enter
prise is subject matter for another
story, that will come up In due time,
because there is little doubt that the
enterprise will be carried through.
The fsherman's paradise in the
years to come will be found not far
from the Estes Park postoffice. A
fish hatchery-the best within 200
miles-has been established there by
people interested in the park and \
few days aso ,soo, n! ,9oO young trout
swstsls 4G6si G6iSil n "A III a shS Gns sf6ers.
\ There are 800, 600 more Ia the hatc6-
cry that are growing strong and fat
enough to be left to their own re-
sources yet this fall. That will
mean not less than half million
trout growing up there to be avail
able in year or two This planting
is to be repeated each year so that
there will never be any shortage of
fish. The big lake, when it becomes
reality, will be made literally
alive with trout, so that people who
visit the place may actually catch
some, without wading stream all
day.
Other enterprises that may in
time be added to the attractions of
the park are so stupendous that they
seem almost dreamlike. What about
an electric rairload to run up
through several of the canons into
Lockvale, Glacier gorge, The Cash
and such other remarkable places
that are now only for the strong?
What about great water fall over
the cliffs on the north side of the
park, that in height would make
Niagara blush with modesty? This
latter is so simple proposition that
1926, 900 would probably create 1t, by
turning one OF the many streams q
few miles out of its course from the
top of the Mummy range, to let tile
water drop 500 feet over precipjce.
The location of this fall has already
been picked out. Some day the de-
mand for water fall In the park,
where everybody can sit on his front
porch and look at it will be so strong
that this one will be created. Some
day also the demand for an electric
railway to the places mentioned
will be so strong that at least a good
wagon road will be constructed and
automobiles run from the park to
hotel which will be located right at
the entrance to the most rugged, the
most charming and the most pic
turesque spot on earth.
Birthday Surprise.