| Show n j oo II I I i jj j HH j f j l j j j j I j II j j j H j j JI I III SI IJ J jI I 1 IH i i I H i l I I HH I fI J i I 1 1 hF 1 1 I i 1 i i I I I I l f 1 II I i I I 11 I I l j 11 J l i I 1 11 I II I I j j 1 I 1 I 1 I I H j W H I I frill I 14 H 1 j j I j j I j j j n I DENiER DENVER 00 THE QUEEN CITY OF F THE HE w PLAINS A w z T II II J I I j J III Ij II In ht all ull stories storied with a plen D of or adjectives and high col cols colorings oringa l Is III known as nil the tho Queen City of ot the tho Plains The title Is III just as ns Fiti ap Fit appropriate i na ns It Is la Pratt prett This of or limo tho oaten eastern slope ot or ortho thu tho Mountains Is like Ilko Its relative Snit Salt Lako Inko on tiro tho western I IhIe Side Hide hIe ot of the tho same groat range 1 a it I city I or of homes homei mad and fine climate It has hM u I population ot of n quite ono moo ana I fifty OUy thousand an all assessed valuation 1801 of ot rho Tho of ot the tho city oil Is III neither level lavol nor hilly but It has hasa a gentle undulating surface while the tho distance from the tho mountains Is l sum dent to give by the tho aid of ot nn almost transparent tran atmo atmosphere a view of or the tho mountains that finds Ollda tow few parallels oven ovenIn ovenIn ovenIn In the tho great west Denver Deliver Is la not only n R great health resort but It Is business through and through Its ItA building Is a monument to the persevering pioneers who founded It as well as to tho the men ot of money mono who 11 1111 II 1 I ILI j I 1 I camp afterward and made It their home hum 1 ran an nn Irregular and scatter scattered ed HI village among sago sage brush and cacti It k has hn to 10 the tho tore fore by leaps and bounds until today It Is a n veritable hive My Myor of or Industry that might bo ho profitably natt otter bv by 11 any city In the tho tholand toad land It wan In 1865 that tho the Pikes Peak Penk excitement caused n a slam stam stampede pede tram from the east cant to Colorado and was waH pitched at nt the junction of or Cherry Creels Creek mil and the tho Platte which was named d the tho direct pro pros progenitor genitor of cf It Denver Dc liver Writing of ot the tho Colorado capital Rich aril Harding Davis sayat say Tim Tho city of or Denver probably has bias more moro to keep the th Fn man naan who In Is mining or ranch ranchIng Ing log from truro returning once a n year to hU his own people and from spending his Ile earnings earning at nt home biome than any other city In the tho West It lays In Its It charm upon him and stops him him halfway ant and ho lit 11 decides decided that the tho Journey homo home Is 18 rath x o oX f 11 1 o Wr r ri i 11 t r 11 J 1 TROUT LAKE LAIC LA I F 1 11 A Beautiful Body nOllY of ot Mountain Water on en tho the Itlo Hlo Grando Southern I 5 M N Hm H H I I INI II H I dI HI H I INi I It H ii H s H INI H IH 1 ir t j jI It 1 V r r i y d II Ill N r s sY r Y 1 I I I A Ar 1 1 r ON THE TOP OF PIKES PEAK fie rhe Cog Wheel railroad to the tho summit of oC Pikes was way completed and put In operation on July 1 1891 1831 Is le lethe the most novel railway In the tho world When Whon Its reaches Its It I objective point above tho the clouds at a It height of ot teet above sealevel soa It renders almost Insignificant by comparison co p ri Incline rail rall railway the time famous up Mt Washington and ancl the way up tho lime In Switzerland 3 I KM rJ H toM J J j I H j MH INI I I iI H 1 r I I H i Ii INi HI I I j I I H LI I J I I H I I f I H H IH I I J H HH J j JN I H Her or er louts 1011 It and Rm puts pUis It oft off until tho the next your year and again until the tho next until at nt last Ins ha ho buys a It lot mad and builds u house and aniL only returns to tho the East ou on his hilt wedding journey Denver Donver appeals to tu him more than do any of ot those other cities for tor the reason renson that tho the many other mon men who have settled there thre are arc turning It Into a II thoroughly Eastern l n city The Tho two taro most striking things about tho the city to mo me were tho the public schools and tho the private houses Great corporations Insurance compan companies tea lea and capitalists erect buildings everywhere Tn In Denver thero are not only the big buildings but mile after mile of or houses and of ot the prettiest and proper ar nr architecture It IM Is n distinct pleasure to look at nt these houses and quite Impossible sible to anon non tho the nili In which you vou Ol would rather live 10 They Thoy are arc Tint not mer ed to pettier Felber In III solid rows hilt hut hurt with a n little green breath breathIng breathIng Ing spars between bel In Its turn as ns 81 IH Its itA own Individuality Thu Th amt 1 o 0 nr these th Ih so urn built hullt of thu which It is I peculiarly pt rod red stone found so plentiful In III tho the Sliver Silver Stale AH As 11 for the tho public schools they y are more moro like p art ort museums outside than school schoolhouses houses Denver r possesses those other othor timings things which make moko a city livable but hut the tho public schools and the tho private houses wore hero to me mo the tho most distinctive While thorn there are ninny business blocks and private residences In Denver Dt which savor of oC days when the tho city did not wear tho thin gay gny metropolitan garb that It lies has now donned It nevertheless has many monY public nubile buildings that would do 1111 to New York or Chicago Its tato capitol Is 18 one of ot the tho best bast hl tn In th the land hind Tho Seeing ring Car man loan tells tens you while you ore arc being t whit led over oer thirty mills miles of or track through beautiful thor thol thoroughfares on an nn tin up lo dato Ie street rail railroad railroad road rond line that there are MO but three bet bol better better ter tt r In tho the United States One Ono Is ho says InYl that matchless edifice at Albany Now York which was twenty years ears In building tho the other Is IR at nt Austin Texas and tho ho third In III whatever State Sinto you ou happen to como come from The cost of ot this building was Tho The federal buildings comprise the tho United States Slates and federal court house located at nt tho the corner cornor of ot Sixteenth and streets and constructed of ot lava Ilva stono stone on the tho arch archi architectural lines usual to most federal buildings at a I cost of and tho the United States Slates mint which Is II rapidly approaching completion In tho the Imme Immo Immediate immediato diate diato vicinity of or tho the capitol capital on South Thirteenth street and West Colfax ave ovo avenue flue nue Tho rho Arapahoe hol county court house hou c at nt Tremont and Sixteenth streets is nn an another other striking edifice It is built of or Colorado sandstone and cost with grounds The Tho city hall hell Is at fourteenth I and Larimer Larimor where a asu substantial su structure of undressed limestone built buill at the tho cost coat of ot about serves seres as ns municipal headquarters tore Time Tho Chamber of at Commerce and tho the Mining Exchange F are two other hand handsome some somo buildings of ot a more or less lees pub lie llo character while the Union depot at the tho foot of Seventeenth street Is a irge and convenient building with am nm ample rill ria accommodations for tor a II city that Is la Isono Isone ono one of ot tho the greatest railroad points inthe In the tho West twelve railroads centering here horo and radiating to all 1111 points of ot the United States thus giving her almost unsurpassed facilities for tor transcontinental traffic Other handsome build buildings ings lags aro are referred rote to on page eight of ot j this paper under the tho heading Somo Some of ot tho the and amI Domes of Denver Donver If It thoro there Is one thing more moro than limn an nn another another other of ot which Dem Denver or Is proud It t Is la laher Isher isher her school system which It must bo ho o admitted Is la about as os near perfect pt as asI I I I iI 1 m I iI 1 m j i I I 1 r f m 1 mr mt KH H I i i lK MM 1 I l M 1 H l 11 w m i i l I I m I i I I 1 I I t tI I 1 r I t Est EstL Esth J I If II f I h I II IT L II I I I I I I d 1 f Ii T t tA 1 I II If A II I I f I II 1 i N I 1 a X 1 I I II a X 11 I f I r a 1 t X I THE HOTEL COLORADO LOCATED AT SPRINGS from April 1 to November 1 The of or America B P A Proprietor open Olen of ot the HOTEL L COLORADO at Glenwood Is striking halftone tone cut HH mt a n and ami pleasure resort It Is situ sit tu j T lies has famous as ns a health Colorado which grown r SprIngs In romantic spots The lo Is ono one of at the most pled In the lie ver very heart henrt ot of the Midland Colorado lines ot of mil railway way tho ho Denver R mo Grande and the America and lies upon two lose than the health seeker will tJ routes the tourist in search ot of pleasure no Moth are transcontinental the bathing facilities afforded by the great The famous springs bore horo find Ond It a most Inviting resting place and the unique cave baths far surpass anything ot of the luxurious bath the springs sWimmIng pool ot of the atmosphere feet teel the tho purity y the kind In America or the tho 0 d 1 World The Theto elevation valle mountain moun 10 t and the que r ot the adjuncts HOTEL OTEL and anel theIr and ithe has and elegant hotel such liS the ideal resort and It t onlY needed It a largo on an spot J JH x attractions to complete the matchless group of I II II 1111 H H I IH H H H IH HH H H H H HI H I I II I H I H I I H H generous taxpayers and trained educators ors ora can make It Tim Tho public pU llo schools aro are divided Into Inlo three districts and each Is fully Cully equipped with handsome modern buildings Denver non vcr has hns four tour national banks end and anda enda a number of ot savings caving and private banks j jand and numerous loan associations cloven I parks tho the largest containing acres four largo theatres and a 11 number ot of i smaller OUCH ones together with Innumerable I i places designed specially for tor pleasure It lies has more than forty tort hotels one ono onehundred I hundred and forty dvo mites miles of or street fact everything overy thing that makes a 11 progressive city Denver boasts bonsU of ot tier liar many man evidences of ot progression llon Her claim Is and It Is la readily ren I conceded by many ninny well posted persons 1 that she stands second to no other oilier In lu tho the United States I J I J H J j Iwi I I i I I II i H Hf I II f H J j I II j I I J H I I I II H I I I In timid thin particular In the lie two Just passed she ahe has ban spent spelt more than two million dollars In lit public llo Improve Improvements ments Ilex Her sewerage system Is II largo and sad capably conducted with a con growing Julienne 11 en Ke There Th re Fire are twenty three miles atlas of ot paved sheets and alleys nil II which are kept In III excellent state of ot repair Very few tew cities If It any outside outride of at Washington I D n C can oan vie with Denver Denvor In this thin regard As All a n commercial city Denver occupies pies Aloe a very strong position pOll lion Some Homo Ilea Idea hl n nor of or the time productive power II ower of ot tho tin various manufacturing plants In Denver last year may hilly be obtained by a n cursory glance at those these figures which show shou what Dem Denver or paid In unites last year thousand two hundred amid fifty Otty mon men received while tho time value of ot the time products Is Je said to have havu been beon 59 30 II 1 Il i I I H 1 J I j I II i I j 11 t I t j 1 1 I j 1 j 1 h t NN M M MV Nf 11 MM j M M S nW JN n n j j n n H J Ni H I i Il J I M LI I I l I I I I I I I I II H II H I i I I H III H H I I III I I IiI I I 1 I 1 1 ll rv 41 I 1 1 f 1 i iI ii e I 1 i 0 f I J t ETeA 1 rim t t t a 1 j J 1 t j J JI I jt I if tt t I I 1 I I j jl F Y l j jj jI jI 1 I t If I j 1 41 I w I 1 I Ic j c tl r j THE ROYAL GORGE f Just beyond boond Canyon City Olty the Denver k tie Illo Grande Orande railroad d enters i narrowest portion of ot which U is the Grand Orand Canyon of ot the tho Arkansas s the known as ns the Royal Gorge O rge When first examined It seemed eem l Impossible t I that a n railroad could over ever be constructed through this stupendous canyon can canyon canyon yon There Thoro was scarcely room for tor the river alone alono and granite lodges blocked the tho path with their mighty bulk In time however these ob obstructions were bloated blasted away a 1 roadbed 1 closely following time the t e contour of ot I tho the cliffs was made and today the tho canyon Is le a wall used thoroughfare thorough tare But nut Its grandeur still remains After the entrance to the canyon has ha hast t been made surprise and almost terror comes Tho The train rolls rons round a along I 1 It t long curve curvo close under a 1 wall of ot black and banded granite granito beside which I f the ponderous locomotive shrinks to a mere more dot aa as if It swinging on tome some omet pivot plot In the heart hoort of ot tho the mountain or captured by b a centripetal tal force torce t that would never resign re lEn Its grasp Almost a whole circle Is II accomplished Tf pushed and time the grand swe sweep p of ot the tho wall shows show a no break brenk j J JJ x j In its cutting facade H I III 1 1 III I 1 I H t d J d I hd i l I 1111 H I I 1 N 4 wt r r LdA r I h hi ha r 1 Ir rN wt 11 i a r ail I iF 1 ht J i il II H H II H 1 ii 11 i f fi fi fL fI i i I I I p a L I F 1 ti f I 1 1010 1 f I i 1 t l 4 I i iJ t i iI J I BEAUTIFUL SALTAIR SAL TAIR f built on 01 the time of ot the tho Great Grent Salt Snit Lake nearly nearh one mile mila from the shoe Is li i ms of the most magnificent TIm THU structures of at the tho kind I It 1 the world Its foundation consists consist of over 1200 ton piles driven Into hue the tha bottom of at the tile late lake which at Rt this thin jl point Is from flom 2 to 5 6 feet Ceet in depth rho Tho fuel flat that this hits Immense structure was erected by hy fait alt at ft H a 1 cost COlt of or over la is std suf 11 evidence to prove provo that tho the ons of ot this community aru arv exceptionally enterprising and i progressive coors co or an nl area of ot 1218 by lIy feet and the lime top of or tho time tower Is III feet teet above tile the of ot time tile water The fhe style of or architecture Is Moorish and mid the tho domo roof root Is almost n a counterpart of at the tho roof of ot the famous Snit Bait Ike Tabernacle The upper floor Is 18 conceded to be tho the largest enclosed dancing area without the tha support of ot columns or the world and It Is II very easy tot for a thousand couples c to lu 0 glide gUile over oval Its Ita smooth surface at III the time same Ilme time without being crowded Extending from the tho two sides of ot tho the main building out In time the lake lako are tho the bath lath houses house of or which there thore are each being fully tully equipped pod with a n warm shower bath and a n complete toilet From Pro III the this between tho the long rows row of ot bath hath rooms room tiers there are ait 01 several flights fighte ot or stairs leading down Into tho the lake lako mid when the tho ho bather Is once In tho time water walor and lying on ml his hll beck back floating on the surface ot or tho the brine brillo without any on effort whatever It Is a 0 sensation tint that must bo ho realized to bo be appreciated During Durin the tho summer summet season B iton Reach Hooch Is tho ho most popular In tho ho west vest und and every day thousand of ot people P tram front almost every overy part of ot tho the world may mn oa ue seen floating on the tho crest orest of at time the waves of ot the Great Groat Salt Lake Lako enjoying a II bath thu tho Ilko lute of or which Is III not to bo ho had at nt any other bathing resort on this continent In addition to the bathing there thero are numerous special Bledal attractions provided 1 for tor tho the amusement and entertainment of or the |
