The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-22

VentiOn makers were equally as fcI-
tunate in making the selection were
two facts that impressed themselves
upon every visitor and dele S;t7,' alike
before they had been in the city TWO
hours The trip out there helped
make the impression favorable, and
the first glimpse OF the city itself
clinched that favorable impression
for all time to come.
Denver is the show city of he
world. l had heard that before.
believe it and affirm it now No
where in America or on the civilized
globe could $4,000 visitors jiD1 all =
one time a combination of comfort
att action, and variety. that tn-s .re-
trOpOlis of the west affords. Denver
hot only took care of her gusts, but
SIIe provided them with a create" va
riety of wholesome attractions than
any other city Of the world possesses.
1t was a revelation to nearly every-
one, and particularly to the d1tutorcd
neOphyte from the east He simpIs
couldn't believe his own senses
The Eastern man thinks nothing
amounts to anything. or cou'1 amount
to anything unless it comes from th6
East Others may be able to imita: >
to follow, TO make poor co1C'-.r-e:Je
as il were, but nothing can be done
exactly as it is done in the East and
anyone who suggests that it can be is
convicted of high treason on the spot
The Southern man Is willing to learn.
He is ready at all times to admit
that he doesn't know it all He never
arrogates 10 himself all of the virtues
or the knowledge OF the accomplish
ments of his generation. He glories in
his own and he is a ready defender
of his section, but he comedies some
thing to others. and he is as generous
in his concessions as he is in his
claims. Therein is where your south
ern man and your eastern man differ.
Denver was a severe jolt to the man
from the East. He couldn't open his
head. There was nothing to kick
about and he was afraid to compli-
ment anything He wasn't used to
paying compliments and he didn't like
the idea of commencing too suddenly.
He found out, however, that Denver
could take care of a crowd just as
we'll as New York could: Denver could
furnish a better, higher-gTade and
more varied array of attractions than
New York could; Denver didn't lob
you every time you turned a corner
made good to a point absolutely be-
From a Denver information tocder
I clip the following facts about this
marvellous city of the West:
Altitude, 5,1S3 feet-One mile abOvo
seq level
Area, sixty square miles.
Ranks twenty-fifth in population in
the United States.
Has fifty-nine miles of asphalt paw
ed streets and alleys.
Has sixty miles of macadam sur.
faced streets
Has 240 miles of sidewalks.
Has fifteen railroad line; coming
in at the union depot; 126 passenger
trains, daily, leaving and entering at
same depot
Has four high schools. one manual
training school and siXty-five graded
schools.
And Denver. be it known, is but
fifty years old-in fact, she will not
De fifty years old until some time thi
coming autumn. it being in the aut-
umn of 1858 that the first white set
tiers pitched their camp at the juno
ton of Cherry Greek and the Platte
River. settlement from which has
grown this splendid city of 100000
people today
For fifteen years there has not been
frame building erected in Denver.
II is against the law to build any
thing of wood Residences as we'll
as business houses are therefore con-
structed Of brick. stone, concrete and
steel, and the result is that Denver
comes as near as possible to being a
fTe-prOOf city Fires of course can and
do occur. but no serious or wide
spread conhagTatiOn is possible And
it is a city Of structural beauty The
palace of the millionaire. the home OF
the artisan and the day laborer. the
house of worship. the hospital. the
public school. the business block, the
seat of governmental are construct
ed with an eye to beauty as well as
utility. The City Beautiful is no new
idea with Denver. She started with
that idea predominating, and it pre-
dominates yet
As an illustration of one of the
Denver ideas of beauty, I did not see
a half dozen fences in the entire TeSi-l
dence section of the city. They canl
afford 10 build fences around their
residences. but they don't believe in
destroying the beauty of their city
and in wasting money too Whether
or not they built fences in years gone
by. they are past the barbaTic age
now. They realize that fences and civ
iIization do not go together and they
take the civilized side of the propo-
sition There is no visible dividing
line between the residence properties.
II Is SimOIv ono continuation of green