^ v<^^ ^ ,0 f^ i°-^*. -^ , ^>t. l!^ "- J^^ll^^^r^ ^ ^^Jt^ rS^ ^oK C < o r o ' ' °' ^ -x'"^ *' V' '-^ -^_ -^:'^.'" J ^ * 3 N O ^ ^' ■5 vT-. %^^^^ .^^'^ ^^^ °A ' _^o .^-- INFORMATION OF Denver- Colorado Compiled for the guidance of the public, traveler and tourist A brief epitome of the Magic City of the Plains, and the Grandest and Richest State in the Union. Also complete information of and to the leading Business Houses, Banks and Bankers, Business Blocks, Public Buildings, Mines and Mining Men, Manufacturers, Mercantile and Commission Kstablishments, Hotels, Railroads, Exchanges, Speculation, Brokerage, Agriculture, Horticulture, Farms, Farming, Apiary, Coal, Coke, Iron, Colleges, Schools, Churches, Newspapers, and a general Curriculum of Useful and Invaluable Knowledge and Instruction. DENVER, COLORADO, 1892 COPYRIGHTED AND / CoMPi UED BY H. \A/. B. Kantner PUBLISHED BY THE FLEET ENGRAVING COMPANY Printed by Carson, Hurst & Harper A GREAT RECORP In January, 1886, Donald Fletcher & Co. advertised in the daily papers t( TAKE BACK any and all ^i'^Vv REAL ESTATE they had sold in the six (6) preceding years at prices paid and eighteen (18) per cent per annum interest and taxes, and same interest on that, and PID NOT HAVE A SINGLE OFPER All had made more than that, though Donald Fletcher & Co. had sold three millions' worth in the six preceding years. Since has been equally good- They never sell what they would nol buy. Index to Contents. \ Smattering of Spanish 118-119 Abstract of Assessment (State) .39 Agriculture 47 Amusement Halls 123 Arapahoe County 85 Argo no Art Gallery 127 Banking and Financial 39 Banks 129 Barnum . 113 Bee Industry of the State icg Brooklyn 113 Building Stone 49 Business Blocks and Terraces 143 Cemeteries 106 Churches 148 City and County Finances loi City Hall .. 99 Coal and Coke 49 Colfax . III Colleges 33 Colleges and Academies 125 Colorado Cattle Growers' Association 69-71-73 Colorado Coal and Iron Company 87 Colorado Oil Fields 51 Colorado Mining Stock Exchange 107 Clubs of Denver , 43 County Ofifices loi Courts 103 Denver, Apex & Western Railway 65 Denver Athletic Club ..79 Denver's Chamber of Commerce 137 Denver City Hall ---99 Denver Citj' Officers 99 Denver in Point of View 9 Denver, L,akewood & Golden Railway 65 Denver Post Office 117 Denver's Fire Alarm Boxes 114 Denver's Fire Department 13 Denver's Finances ii Denver's Gas and Electricity 13 Denver, Situation of _.ii Denver's Manufacturers's Exchange 141 Denver's Municipality 11 Denver's Police Force 13 Denver's Sister Cities 110-111-113 Denver Street Car Traffic 97 Denver's Water Supply 13 Detective Agencies 129 Distances from Denver ---I15 DuBois Brothers' Stock Farm 67 Education al and Social (the Churches) . 29-3 1 Elm wood Place 81 Elyria . iii Express Companies 106 Fletcher 113 Free Kindergartens 87 Fruit Culture 47 Globeville ..iii Gold Coinage 25 Harman iii Highlands no Horticulture 79 Hospitals 117 Hotels . 99-133 Houston Gold Cure 75 Internal Revenue (City and County) 91 Items of Special Interest 83 lyibraries . . 1 06 lyOlhrop Manufacturing Propertj' 95-97 Manufacturing and Commercial 45 Mining 15 Mining Dividends 21 Mining Items of Interest ... 107 Mining (Production of State) 17 Mining Stock Exchange 19 Missouri Pacific Railway 57 Montclair in New Banks 81 New Concerns 81 Newspapers and Publications 135 Parks and Gardens 123 Peaks and Passes ._.i2o Photographing the Mountains 129 Pike's Peak Cog Railway 67 Pike's Peak Route 55 Places of Amusement 123 Postoffice 117 Produce Receipts 49 Public Libraries 41 Public Schools 37 Railroad Business 67 Railroads 53-121 Real Estate 27 Real Estate (statistical) . 29 Realty Movements 27 Rio Grande & Gunnison Railway 65 Rio Grande Southern Railway 65 Rio Grande Western Railway 61 Riverside Cemetery 91-92-93 Santa Fe Route 59 Schools 1 03-106 Silver and Lead (prices of) 25 Silver Coinage 25 State Bonded Indebtedness 85 State Capitol 77 State Government Surveys ..89 State Insurance Department 87 State Offices _.S9 State Secretary 89 State Treasury 85 South Denver no Telegraph Companies 106 Telephone Companies 106 ' ' The Denver Road " 131 The Jobbing Trade 47 The Theatres 39 The University of Denver 35 United States Deposits 23 United States Mint 91 Valve rde 113 Westminster University 33 THE GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION MINING AND MILLING COMPANY H. A. W. TABOR, President T. L. WISWALL, Secretary LEONARD GOW, Vice-President PETER McCOURT, Treasurer W. L. COOPER, Engineer Z . TRADE MARK O < - O o •• o • E "^ U) < Q < Q- ^ DC Z I z q: h < 1- < O u »- 5 ° o o O o o 8 0) General Office of Company Rooms 9, 10 and 1 1, Tabor Grand Opera House Block, DENVER, COLORADO. Also mills in operation as follows, viz: Calumet Gold Mining Co., Middle Creek, Shasta Co., Cal.; The Shasta Gold Extracting Co., Middle Creek, Shasta Co., Cal.; The Mercur Gold Mining Co., Fairfield, Utah; Messrs. Hoffer & Roerig, Nederland, Boulder County, Colo. ; The Livingstone Gold Mining Co., Boulder, Colo.; S. S. Badger, Ouray, Colo.; Revenue Con. Gold Mining Co., Revenue, Montana, and others in course of erection. The object of this company is to introduce the McArthur- Forrest process. If you desire an experimental test, communicate with the Secretary. We are fully prepared to grant royalties to mine and mill owners, or rights covering districts and counties. A few tubs especially constructed according to our dia- grams, for triturating, settling and filtering is all that is required extra in connection with any kind of pulverizing stamps or rolls The total cost, as a rule, does not exceed from $2.50 to $5.00 per ton. The most desirable class of ores for this process are the so-called refractory gold ores, P3^rites, Hematites, Mang- anese and Tellurium. We have also treated successfully dry silver ores. We will be pleased to answer any inquiries and furnish any desired information. Address :— T. L. WISWALL, P. O. Box 926 Secretary Advertisers' Index. ABSTRACT OFFICES. Security Abstract and Rating Co 28 ARCHITECTS. F. E. Edbrooke & Co -26 BREWERIES. Denver Brewing Co 42 The Ph. Zang Brewing Co ^^ BICYCLES. Overman Wheel Co. . , ^4 BUSINESS COLLEGES. Central Business College "^^ Miss I^amb's College 3^ CEMETERIES. Riverside Cemetery Co • 90-92 COAL AND IRON. Colorado Coal and Iron Co ^^ CIGARS. Habana Cigar Co 9^ James H. Semple 132 COLLEGES. The University of Denver 34 The Westminster 32 CATTLE GROWERS. Colorado Cattle Growers' Association 7° DENTISTS. Dr. Dameron ^ DENVER ADDITIONS. Elmwood Place 8°"^^ DEPOSIT COMPANIES. Union Deposit and Trust Co 6 DRUGGISTS. Mining Exchange Pharmacy 112 DRY GOODS. The McNamara Dry Goods Co 18 3 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Price, plain, I3.00. Price, gilt, $3.50, SOUVENIR SPOON ENGRAVERS. The Elgan Engraving Co 128 The Fleet Engraving Co 46 The Silver State Engraving Co 100 Joslin & Park 20 Carson, Hurst & Harper 144 EMBOSSERS. Carson, Hurst & Harper 144 FURNITURE. J. G. Kilpatrick 124 GOLD CURE INSTITUTIONS. Houston Gold Cure Co 74-75 HABERDASHERS. G. H. Braman 142 Tucker & Co 134 Gano & Co 104 HATS AND CAPS. Babcock Bros 116 T. S. Clayton . 50 HOTELS. The Albany 98 INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Chamberlain Investment Co 38 Hicks & Bailey Investment Co 40 The Gold and Silver Extraction Mining and Milling Co. . 2 H. J. Mayham 8 Donald Fletcher See Real Estate IRRIGATION. The Irrigation Age 82 JEWELERS. Joslin & Park 20 A. Kanouse & Co 152 Green-Smith Watch and Diamond Co 4 MINERAL Vl^ATERS. Colorado Carlsbad Water Co 138 Arapahoe Mineral Water Co 102 MINING AND MILLING. The Gold and Silver Extraction, Mining and Milling Co . 2 MINING BBOKERS. D. I. Ezekiel 14 MUSIC COMPANIES. Knight-Campbell Music Co 76 NEWSPAPERS. Rocky Mountain News 136 Irrigation Age 82 Mining Age 82 5 CO I- _l D < > CO >- z < ^ (0 h COS =)? z < Iissouri Pacific 58 Ipnion Pacific 56 I REAL ESTATE DEALERS. bonald Fletcher Back of Title Page fl. J. Mayham 8 The Denver Improvement Co 80 iV. C. IvOthrop & Co 44-94-95 Cartels Bros 22 The Hicks & Bailey Investment Co 40 RUPTURE CURES. . E. Miller Co 78 t SANITARY SUPPLIES. lughes & Keith 140 j STATIONERS. ran Culiii 108 STEAM AND HOT WATER CONTRACTORS. tannard & Cunningham 12 { STEAMSHIP AGENCIES. (lilner's. 66 irand Union 72 STOCK FARMS. |)uBois Bros. , Horses 68 I - TAILORS. inclair 16 WALL PAPER. IcKenzie Bros i.-^o H. J. Mayham Real Estate and Mines WESTAinSTER mnm NEAR DENYER- ROOMS 605 & 606 BOSTON BLOCK DENVER' • • • XSLO. IN POINT OF VIEW. with the dawn of 1892, aud the four-hvmdredth anniver- sary of the discovery of the greatest covmtry on earth, it is but fitting to paj^ a brief tribute to the grandest and most beautiful, richest, most fruitful and sublime portion of our continent — Colorado — the sanitarium of America. History cites no parallel to Colorado's growth, prosperity and achieve- ment, which is matchless in the annals of countries. Denver is certainly the "Queen City of the Plains," aud the West, and indisputably the most beautiful interior commercial city on the face of the earth. This magic metropolis was born in 1859, and to-day, at the age of thirty- three 5^ears, is the marvel of the intellectual and thinking world. Denver and Colorado are endowed with nature's choicest gifts, which have drawn to one common point the most enlightened and progressive minds and the very flower of humanity from every quarter of the globe, thus immedi- ately establishing a cosmopolitan city, the embodiment ot enterprise, energy, thrift, intellectual culture and advanced thought, thus making in a commercial and social sense the paragon city of the Nineteenth Century. No city in the w^orld can compare with Denver ,in the matter of complete rapid transit service; more churches and more, better and finer schools than any educational center of ten times its inhabitants. This statement is not in the least over- drawn. The finest theatres and most costly commercial and business blocks on the continent; the grandest resi- dences of marble, granite, stone, brick and terra-cotta, of any city of like size; the whole solidly backed by rapidly increasing manufacturing industries, incomparable mining and agricultural interests, which are supplemented by the constantly enlarging railroad, commercial and financial factors, which combine to make Denver the champion in forging to the front in growth of American cities. WSthin sight, or but a short distance away, are the limit- less fields of iron, coal and precious metals, the oil fields, the great quarries of marble, granite and sandstone that would furnish enough material to house ten habitable globes; the boundless grain and fruit districts; the peerless moun- tain resorts and indescribable scenery, all lie within sight ATE NTS OBTAINEID In the United States and all foreign countries. Assign- ments drawn. Copyrights procured. Trademarks and Labels registered, and all business pertaining to patents for inventions, both domestic and foreign, promptU' attended to bj^ THE SCIENTIFIC AIQENCT A. J. O'BRIEN, Manager Sixteenth An.t Hz^If Price. •• Open Sundays and Evenings for Extracting Teeth •• Office : Union Block, Cor. 16th and Arapahoe 24 Prices of Silver and Lead. The fluctiiatious in the prices of lead and silver during the ear are given below, showing the latter in a steady decline, i'hile lead, with one exception, in October, 1890, has held its wn: Period. anuary 'ebruary . Jarch Vpril Jay une uly >LUgUSt September )ctober \ovember December. Silver. High. .98% .98^8 •98^ •oiK .01% .0014 .9S>3 •97K • 95/^8 .955^ lyOW^. 1.02 •96K •97 .96K .96K .99^^^ .97K .96% •95 .94/'8 •94/s I^EAD. High. 4-50 4-35 4.37^ 4-32^ 4-37^ 4-50 4-45 4-55 4-55 4-55 4-30 4-25 Low. 4-05 4.25 425 4.10 4.20 4-35 4-30 4-30 4.40 4 15 4.10 4-25 Silver Coinage. The world's coinage for 1891 1135,400,645 Used in manufactures, arts, etc. 56,386,221 Kxported to Asiatic countries 47,634,521 Total $239,421,387 World's production for 1891 175,867,542 Deficiency $ 63,553,845 Gold Coinage. World's coinage for 1S91 $162,034,729 Used in manufactures, arts, etc. 28,000,000 E)xported to Asiatic countries 23,847,462 Total .$213,882,191 World's production for 1891 127,000,000 Deficiency $ 86,882,191 At the present rate of consumption it will not require luch time to use up the old gold and silver plate of the torld, and the money famine of Kurope and America ecome intensified. With unlimited coinage the financial roblem is easily solved. 25 p. E. Ef Commerce, was started five years ago. It contains 26,000 volumes. During the year 1891. 75,000 people enjoyed the )rivileges of its reading rooms. The High School library ontaius 11,000 volumes, and 8,000 persons monthly seek ntellectual nourishment in its cozy reading rooms. Both ibraries are very popular with the public. 4t The Denver Brewing Co Brezvers of VIENNA LAGER BEER . . . BOTTLED BEER FOR EXPORT ED. SIEMON Manager Office and Main Brewery Corner Ninth and Lazvrence Sfs. Branch Brewery Corner Eighth and Ear inter Sts. -DENVER, COLO. 42 The Clubs of Denver. The Denver Club, on Seventeenth street, is the oldest social organization in Denver. Four hundred and fifty very rich and opulent gentlemen of the city comprise its member- ship. The Club house is most modern and elegant, and the interior as grand as money can make it. Annual receptions are held the thirtieth of each December. Thursday is ladies' day, when the wives of members entertain their lady friends at luncheon. The active spirit and business element of Denver is repre- .serited in the Colorado Club on Arapahoe street. It has a i'--: THE DENVER CLUB very large membership. The seven-storj' club house cost $80,000 and is thorough and complete. The Progress Club, consisting of one hundred leading merchants of Denver, was incorporated in 1886. The $50,000 club house is situated on lyincoln avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. The lyOtus club house is at 1544 California .street. It is a very quiet organization consi.sting of one hundred and fifty members. 43 W. C. LOTHROP & CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR MANUFACTURING LOTS Manchester Heights ADJOINS THE PAPER MILLS ^ THE WOOLEN MHLS THE COTTON MHLS This beautiful addition lies to the south and the west of the Mills and lies high and attractive. Lots 25 feet hy 125 feet, with 16 foot alley in rear. Easy terms — small payments — low rates. Write or call for circulars or maps. W. C. LOTHROP & CO. REAL ESTATE AND MONEY BROKERS No. 1751 Lawrence Street DENVER, COLORADO. 44 The University Club is of recent origin and is an organ -i zation of the very highest social type. It tends to literarj' and science, and no one can become a member who has not a diploma from some university or college. The club is located at 1422 Curtis street. The Glenarm Club is a literary organization started in 1884 with a membership of sixty. It now boasts of over eight hundred members. Maimfactnring and Coinmereial. Comparatively few people in Denver, unless largely iden- tified with the manufacturing and commercial interests, would even venture the thought that forty-seven millions of dollars was the value of the manufactured product of Denver's industries during the year 1891. Yet such is the fact. There has been averj^ healthy increase in the number of manufactories, in the vahie of the products, and hence in the number of men employed throughout (a conservative estimate placing the number at fifteen thousand who are paid wages in the various manufacturing establishments of this cit}-), but this cannot be accurately stated until the Chamber of Commerce compiles its official report during 1892. But few manufacturers will give the correct figures of their business tor the year. But all agree to the fact of an increase of business over 1890. A careful canvass of the citj' enables a very^ close estimate to be given. The statement is prepared from data gleaned from only the leading firms, the field being too great to interview the smaller but none the less prosperous firms. During 1891 there were 880 manu- facturing establishments in operation, employing 14,200 persons, paying $9,748,000 in wages, which produced $47,000,- 000 worth of products. Among the manufactories com- mencing in 1891 are the Denver Gypsum Company, Denver Steam Potterj^ Works, Milwaukee Brewery, Van Gestel's Incandescent Electric Lamp Company, Overland Cotton Mills, Denver Match Factor^', Terra Cotta Lumber Companj-, Colorado Packing Company (new plant), Denver Sewer Pipe Company, The Warren Pottery Works, The Western Brew- ery, Mica Asbetite Insulating Company, Denver Paper Mills Company, Hitchcock Knitting Mills, American Manufac- turing Company, Stearns & Rogers Incandescent Light Fixtures. 45 /^. A\. A\AV5 BERT CA55IDY f^^>.tJ^>.%^r Artist ^NGRAVINS eo. DESIGNING, ENGRAVING AND FINE ILLU5TRATING Office : 705 p^opi^'s Bai?H O^ry^e-rf Colo. Building 46 The Jobbing Trade. Few cities of 100,000 more population than Denver can compare with it in the matter of its jobbing trade. This is due, of course, to the fact that it is the trade center of the whole State; in fact, it is true that the entire State depends upon Denver for its source of supplies. Of course Pueblo is more or less a depot of no mean proportions in this regard, but it in no way compares with the Capital. The total sales of the jobbing houses for 1891 aggregate $47,984,790. Agriculture. Irrigation has turned Colorado from an alkali desert into a veritable garden spot. Where once grew only the cactus, t)rickly pear and hoary buffalo grass, now blooms miles upon miles of golden grain and tasseled corn, or the dark green fields of timothy and alfalfa. According to the government geological .survey the State of Colorado contains 104,50 csquare miles, of which 54,000 square miles, or 43,560,000 acres, are susceptible of irrigation and cultivation. As there were 3,000 miles of irrigating ditches constructed during 1S91, and an additional 600,000 acres of land actually cultivated, the cultivated area of the State includes 4,000,000 acres, which is divided into 700,000 acres for alfalfa, 500,000 acres to natural and seeded grasses, and 900,000 acres to grains and vegetables, the total valuation of the entire product of which ivill reach the handsome sum of $56,000,000. Fruit Culture. Fruit culture in Colorado is now a settled industry since irrigation revealed the wonderful productiveness of the soil for raising anything that grows in any country under natural or artificially prepared conditions. Large crops of berries and small fruits are raised in Eastern Colorado as well as the valleys of the eastern and western slopes of the Great Divide. Horticulturalists throughout the State now bring apples, peaches, pears, apricots and grapes to market which are larger and better flavored than the old Eastern or California varieties. There are now 700,000 apple trees planted in the State. The oldest apple orchard is twenty-four years old and the largest orchard contains 4,000 trees which 47 run In K@T Fll0T0QR/1FH5 CRflT0N5 Ffl5TEL5 ^ M KAVAnOE TREET V. D)ENVER, Colo. 48 produced 21,000 bushels iu 1S91, Orchards thrive iu alti- tudes as high as 7,000 feet above sea level, when in protected vallej-s, and Colorado is now considered as good an apple State as any iu the Union. Of all the fruits grown iu the State the watermelon pro- duces the largest yield and a never failing crop. The State is a veritable Georgia in this respect, and Colorado furnishes several foreign markets with the luscious melon. There are twentj'-one fruit growing counties in the State which, combined, contain 8,750 acres of orchards. While the 5'ield is very large and prolific, outside of a small local market the entire product is consumed in Denver. Produce Receipts. During the year 1891 the various express companies brought into Denver 1,917,408 pounds of butter, 56,000 pounds of eggs and 2,789,463 pounds of poultry. This is exclusive of State products which would increase each commoditj- to three times as much as regards eggs and poultry. Coal and Coke. Colorado has fifty-five counties, sixteen of which are coal and coke producers, the largest of which is I,as Animas, which has a record for iSgi of almost two million tons, or nearly one-half of the total product of the State, which was 5,000,000 tons with a total value of $9,572,185. The five principal coal and coke producing counties are I,as Animas, Fremont, Gunnison. Garfield and Pitkin, with a total of 300,000 tons. Building' Stone. Less than a score of ^-ears ago Colorado .stone was an unheard of quantity and since that time $9,500,000 of the various building material has been produced. The area of available quarries is unlimited, and the total production for 1891 is just under $3,000 000. The area of marble deposits is reliably estimated now to be 1,000 acres. The major por- tion of all the stone produced in the State is being used iu Denver buildings. What is not used here goes to Nebraska and Kansas, and several consignments have gone to Iowa and Illinois. 49 LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST PRICES IN SILK, STIFF AND SOFT , HATS AT THE MAMMOTH HAT STORE OF T. S. CLAYTON'S 1 121 AND 1 123 FIFTEENTH STREET DENVER, COLORADO N. B.— ONE Price and Goods Guaranteed as Represented. Call and See the Largest Retail Hat Store in the World. 5« Siuce the great local deinaud has been priucipally the cause of an aggressive prospecting for building and paving stone, little or no monumental work being as yet done from Colorado stone, although within the last few years very large deposits of marble and granite have been discovered that is quite accessible and of the finest quality for monu- mental purposes and for the finer grades of building. The use of this class of stones will increase as the population becomes dense and the wealth of the cities of this and immediately adjoining States increase. All that is wanted is a good market and a reasonably cheap transportation to make this department of the stone industry a great one. The business of paving having been inaugurated within the last few years in the cities situated on the Missouii river, notably Kansas City and Omaha, has- given the quarries in Boulder and Larimer counties a great impetus and built up permanent business in both these counties of large proportions in making paving blocks and supplying flagging for sidewalks, there being no finer in any part of the world for this purpose than the hard^ silicious, laminated stone of these two districts. The I^arimer County stone is of a grayish color, and that of Boulder County mostly red. The readiness with which this stone can be made into paving blocks has made it quite a favorite w^ith pavers. It would be almost futile to attempt a description of the various varieties of building stone suitable for any kind of treatment suggested by the architect or builder, at least fifty different kinds being found in this State, all of which has found a greater or less market in the cities and be3'ond the State. I,ittle is risked when it is .said that in less than ten years Colorado will have manufactured native granite in every cit}' in the Union, and that building stone of the finer grade will be shipped as far east as Chicago and St. Louis, which is done in a small way already. The da}' is not far distant when Colorado will have almost exclusive control of the .stone market of the Mis.souri River States and all the territory surrounding Colorado. Colorado Oil Fields. Not the least factor in Colorado's mineral production is that of crude oil of a light gravity for illuminating and fuel 51 DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICE . . . BETWEEN . . . DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO .... PASSING THROUGH .... :buena vista, leadville, aspen, glenwood springs and grand junction . . . AND . . . SALT LAKE CITY, OGDEN AND THE PACIFIC COAST . , THE ONLY LINE . . THROUGH THE FAMOUS UTE PASS TOUCHING MANITOU AND THE OTHER RESORTS PULLMAN BUFFEr SLEEPING CARS ... ON ALL TRAINS . . . For full information and descriptive matter apply to :H. COLLBRAN, Gen'l Mgr. CHAS. S. LEE, Genl Pass. Agt. Colo. Springs, Colo. Denver, Colo. 52 I purposes. The output of the State per diem will aggregate about 20,000 barrels, priucipally from the fields at Florence. I Considerable "wild-catting" and test drilling has been j done during the j'car, but only in the Florence district, I which seems inexhaustible, have results been profitable I and satisfactory. The prospecting in the sandrock nearer I Denver, which was commenced by a Pennsylvania company in 1890, has " petered out," with the result of nothing but [ "dry" holes. The local production of refined oil for illu- i minating purposes is quite sufficient to supply the home I demands. Not one hundredth portion of the possible oil I area has yet been explored, but the year 1S92 bids well to I see new fields opened up in the south-central portion of the > State. Oil springs have recently been discovered in the I Grand Valley, and the future outlook for that country is very promising. I The Railroads. The railroad is a great civilizer — in fact the. verj- greatest known to a new and growing country. Since the first exo- dus across the Great American Desert in 1S49, the march of Empire has been toward the Occident. From the Mis- [ sissippi and the Missouri to the Pacific, the Indian upon the savage warpath, and the king of the plains, the buffalo, II have been replaced by one vast outspreading panorama I of beautiful cities, fast-growing towns, villages and hamlets, ; verdant farms, and, withal, spreading over that vast area is j the highest type of civilization, social culture and educa- tional attainments; peopled bj' a live, thrifty class, the best fruits of the advanced human looms of the earth, whose |. ideas in everj- avocation in life are concentrated upon one object — " Forward ! " Thus, onward and upward and west- ward, steady and .sure, the march of empire takes its way I by the aid of the railroads. || In 1871 but one line of railway reached the little town of Denver, a canvas-backed camp at the foot of the Rockies. ' Within twenty years twenty more lines of railway now enter the most magnificent city on the continent, and there are yet more to follow. The Union Pacific and Colorado Central were the fir.st lines to link and join with iron bands the Rockies with the Mississippi Valley-. The sturdy little Rio Grande Company then began the memorable battle with opposition corporations, the elements aud granite mountain walls, for a passageway- through the 53 DENVER ^ RIO QR/1NDE R/1ILR0/lb AMD RIO QR/1NDE WE5TERN Traverse the Grandest Scenery of the Rocky Mountains The Only Tpans-Gontinental Line PASSING FROM DENVER THROUGH SALT LAKE CITY AND OGDEN with through PULLMAN PALACE BUFFET AND TOURIST SLEEPING CARS BETWEEN . . . DENVER SALT LAKE OQbEN SAH FR/INQI5QO AND L05 rtNQELES HE^CENIC [iNE OFTHE^RLD Unequaled attractions for Tourists and the most complete Passenger Equipment in the West T FOR MAPS, PAPERS, ETC., ADDRESS S. K. HOOPER, Genl Pass, and Ticket Acent, D. 4. R. G., DENVER J. H. BENNETT, Genl Pass, and Ticket Act., R. G. W., SALT LAKE 54 lorand Canon of the Arkansas to the great mining- camp of (Leadville. This line marks the achievement of the greatest [feat of railroad engineering known. The South Park built iup the Platte Canon and over Kenosha Hill to Buena VistaV and thence reached Leadville over the Rio Grande tracks. Later, in 1883-4, the South Park built the " High L,ine," and since then has reached the mountain meti-opolis over its own tracks. The Colorado Midland was the third Colorado corporation to build from Denver over the Divide to the Pacific slope, and is also a wonder in railroad engineering. Its present terminus is Grand Junction. There are now 5,000 miles of railroad in the State, and there is not a mining camp of any description of any im- portance in the State but what is reached by rail. Within the past seven years the railroad growth of Denver is unpar- alleled in history. Among the more recent roads entering Denver are the Missouri Pacific, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Denver & New Orleans, Rock Island, Chicago & North- western, Burlington, and Milwaukee & ,St. Paul. With the new additions made to the Union Depot, that handsome structure has cost $550,000. There are twenty-two railroads centering in Denver, and eighty-five passenger trains arrive and depart daily. The Pike's Peak Route. To the traveler within the State, or the toui-ist en route from ocean to ocean, there is no trip so delightful and satisfactory as that from Denver or Colorado Springs to Grand Junction or Salt Lake City, over the Pike's Peak Route. Not only does the Pike's Peak Route disclose the wonderful beauties of the mountain ranges en masse, but by its bold course into the very heart of the giant ranges it discloses, in details of marvelous beauty, boldness and grandeur, the whole tremendous fabric of " the great back- bone of the earth." The Pike's Peak Route crosses the three great ranges of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, climbs as man}- lofty passes, traverses three canons which are peculiarly typical of the wild and rugged, the mild and beautiful, and the awful and sublime in mountain scenery, follows the beauti- ful valleys of two of the greatest rivers of Colorado, crosses one of the three greatest parks h'ing within the chain of Rocky Mountains, passes through the leading smnmer TO THE EAST WEST . • NORTH. . .SOUTH TAKE THE FREE CHAIR CARS THROUGH TO CHICAGO DAILY WITHOUT CHANGE FAST TRAINS LOW RATES TO . . . ST. LOUIS, NEW ORLEANS, FT. WORTH, SAN FRANCISCO, SPOKANE FALLS, PORTLAND, AND THE ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST AND Northwest Geo. Ady, Geu'l Agent, 1703 Larimer St., Denver, Colorado. S. H. H. Clark, Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Mgr.) C. Iv. Mellen, Gen'l Traffic Mgr. VOmaha,Neb. E;. ly. IvOMAX, Gen'l Passenger Agent. j 56 resorts of the State, touches the two greatest mining camps of the world, and all the way over a solid and magnificent Dad-bed, on a line which for railway engineering is the 'onder of the world. The Colorado Midland Railway is the standard gauge oad crossing the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. From )enver it runs directly west through Colorado Springs, an 11-the-year-round health resort; a clean, pleasant, beautiful own, with all the conveniences and luxuries of a metro- jolitan city; to Manitou, the famous, the romantic, the leautiful, with its innumerable novelties and attractions, md its world famous mineral waters — one of the finest iummer and winter resorts in the world. Then comes Cascade Canon, nestling in a picturesque spot at the base of ?ike's peak; Ute Park, in the center of the famous Ute Pass, overlooking a lovely valley hemmed in by lofty nountains; Green Mountain Falls, a cosmopolitan resort ' in the Rocky Mountains, heretofore inaccessible, and passing through the FAMOUS MONIEZUMll MD SHENflNDOflH VALLEYS The great Agricultural Region of the DOLORES RIVER •• This new line brings the Tourist within easy ride of the Wonderful HOMES OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS •• Immediate connections are made at Ridgway with trains of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to and from Denver, Puetlo and Colorado Springs for TELLURIDE, RICO, DURANGO AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS This new line in connection with the Denver & Rio Grande forms a new and attractive fllili l?flIL "fll?OUND THE GiHGIiE" TRIP •• OTTO MEARS S. K. HOOPER Prest. and Gen'l Manager Gen'l Pass. Agent 64 heaven since sin and death climbed into Ejden, and the transhicent splendor of skies more radiantly sapphirean than ever bent their crystal arches above the far-famed, beggar-hemmed and flea-girt Bay of Naples, or the Lake of Como, on whose enchanted shores laj^ the bogus ranch of that glib-tongued bunco-steerer, Claude Melnotte — And — you have a poor, faint, puny approximation to an idea of Utah! The Rio Grande Southern. One of the chief events in railroad circles during the year 1891 was the completion of the Rio Grande Southern, pro- jected b}' the Hon. Otto Mears, the veteran railroader of the West. The last spike was driven in this road in December, 1891, and now every mining camp in Southern Colorado is connected with the smelter and commercial interests of the outside world. The Denver, Lakewood & Golden. Not less important was the completion of the Denver, L,akewood & Golden road, which now opens up to market the vast agricultural fields which lie between the Capital and the beautiful foothill city. The Rio Grande & Gunnison. One of the most valuable connections has been made between Wagon Wheel Gap and the new mining camp at Creede, a distance of ten miles, known as the Rio Grande & Gunnison, of which ex-President David H. MofFatt, of the Denver & Rio Grande, is at the head. It is a very valuable railroad addition, and its influence upon the increase of the mining output and railroad earnings will be of great value during the year 1892. The Denver, Apex & Western. A survey has been made and in the spring work will com- mence upon the Denver, Apex & Western, which will run from Denver to Georgetown, and traverse the principal points in Clear Creek Canon. This road will give the rich mineral fields of Clear Creek County a competing line, and which, as now projected, is to be run on through as a short line to Salt I^ake City. 65 jS*eAM)SHIP »- -tOURIjST AGENCY Parties hooked in either Cabin, Intermediate or Steerage, to or from any point in Europe, by any of the following first-class Atlantic Steam- ship Lines : ALLAN HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANCHOR INMAN RED STAR AMERICAN ITALIAN STATE CUNARD NATIONAL WHITE STAR FRENCH N. G. LLOYD WILSON GUION ORIENT UNION Berths Reserved, Passports Obtained, Drafts Sold on all the Pri?icipal Cities of Europe. Rates Guaranteed as low as can be furnished in New York. Extracare taken to explain fully all points connected with an ocean trip. Holding the Position of Ticket Agent of the POPULAR THROUGH BURLINGTON ROUTE I am prepared to furnish facilities and accommodations to Railroad and Steamship travel not equaled by an}' other agency in the West. Prompt attention given to inquiries by mail. J. A\ILNER, Ticket Agent Burlington Route General Steamship and Tourist Agent 1700 LzvrirTjer Str^^t D^pV^r, Color2lrdiuar3' care in approaching the main track crossings this oute obviates all danger and inconvenience. One of the ity railway companies has now in contemplation the pro- ection of one of its lines direct to the cemetery, which will upply quick and comfortable transportation thither on a ive-ceut fare. If found desirable, arrangements will then )e made to run funeral trains. With two commodious green houses, supplied with a hoice collection 'of the best varieties of flowers, foliage )lauts and exotics, adapted to our soil and climate, a well locked nurserj' and important acquisitions to this service o be immediately added, lot owners are assured of being ible to procure on the grounds at reasonable cost and little uconvenience, the best selection for decorative purposes. There is no mortgage or bonded indebtedness against the ^.ssociation or its property. It has no debt. Closely associated with the choice of location is the ques- ion of permanency. To be assuredly permanent the loca- ion must be measurably free from objection on the part of he general public, and certain to continue so. Riverside Cemetery is happily free from all objection, •ither from the "neighborhood" or "sanitary" stand )oint, and no proposition for its abandonment for such easons can ever arise. Over $200,000 have been expended )y the Association in the improvement of the grounds, md as much more in granite and marble by lot owners. W. C. LOTHROP & CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR MANUFACTURING LOTS Manchester Heights ADJOINS T//B PAPER MILLS ^.,..«««_.. THE WOOLEN MILL!: THE COTTON MILLS This beautiful addition lies to the south and the wes of the Mills and lies high and attractive. Lots 2! feet by 125 feet, with 16 foot alley in rear Easy terms — small payments — low rates. Write or call for circulars or maps. W. C. LOTHROP & CO. REAL ESTATE AND MONE\ BROKERS No. 1751 LAWRENCE STREET DENVER, COLORADO, 94 More than 12,000 dead sleep beueath its hallowed shade, through whom, perhaps, an hundred thousand kindred are in sympathy with its maintenance. Its stabilitj"^ its estab- lished beyond question. The Association has had under consideration the erection of a crematory, and suitable preserving vaults for the ac- commodation of such as prefer this method, and while it is not believed that the general public is at this time sufficient- ly interested to warrant action, the management are pre- pared to meet such a demand so soon as it is made manliest. Lotlirop & Co.'s Maiiufiicturing- Property. A careful computation shows that the natural trade terri- tory of Denver embraces to-day over 450,000 people, and that with a proper extension of its industrial resources, the market of 8,000,000 inhabitants will in three years be natur- ally tributary to Denver's merchants and manufacturers. The last three years have marked the "manufacturing era" of our history — and we have only just begun to enter upon that period of prosperity that mu.st surely follow building of large manufactories. There are already 149 manufactories in Denver, furnishing employment to a large and steadily increasing number of skilled workmen. It is admitted that we have greater resourses of cheap fuel and more varied raw materials than any other section of the United States, and the only objection that has ever been successfully urged against a vast development of manufactories in Denver is that the tributary region is not sufficiently populous. But when we remember that the great territory of which Denver is the natural supply point, imported more than $55,000,000 worth of manufactured goods last year, and that the amount of such imports has been steadily increasing for the last decade, the idea of manufacturing all .sorts of textile fabrics, and all the products of iron and steel in the shadow of the Rockies does not seem so foolish as might first appear. With the building of the Denver Paper Mills, and the Hitchcock Woolen Mill, and the Overland Cotton Mills began the new era in Denver's phenomenal history that has turned the eyes of the world to this metropolis as one of those solid financial centers where investments were safe and profitable. The Denver Paper Mill is now night and day making from spruce timber, obtained within seventy- five miles, and brought to its doors by the South Park 95 TttE flncnnn (.\m Co. \YE give particular attention to our selection of Imported, Havana and Key West goods, claiming the finest stock and the best assortment west of the Missouri River. Our line of Domestic goods is complete ; we carry all of the popular brands ; we give box trade special attention ; and request an inspection of our stock. THE HABANA (I6AR (0. 829 SIXTEENTH STREET C. A. SCOTT W. E. KISKADDEN OPPOSITE THE FAIR 96 Railroad, a strip of newspaper nine feet wide and one hundred and twenty feet long every minute. This paper is used in Denver in the daily papers, and in all other places where a good quality of newspaper is required. Already this product is being sought for by almost every commercial center in the Northwest. So large has become the trade of these mills that the present plant is now being doubled in size and another plant for the handling of rags is now being erected. The cotton mills are now running over 300 looms and employing 115 persons, its products meet with a readj' sale and there is no question that the manufacture of cotten goods at this point is a sure success. The Woolen mills and Match factory find a sale for all the products they can turn out. A large settlement of operatives have sprung up around these mills, and the operatives are of the most intelligent class. A large boot and shoe factory costing over $100,000 is now being erected and will be in operation by September i. It will employ 250 hands. The successful establishment of these factories furnish a sure guarantee of the certainty of profitable returns in other and kindred lines, and there is no question but that the year 1892 will bring the opening of many factories employ- ing hundreds of operatives. Just as this goes to press the following industries are being projected with every prospect of certain instalment: Barb Wire factory, Steel works, Tool and Hardware factory, Iron and Steel works, costing an aggregate of over $5,000, 000; besides this, all the great smelters are adding to their present plants at a total expense of over $2,000,000. Denver Street-Car Traffic . During the year 1891 the street-car traffic of Denver was doubled over that of any preceding year. The Denver Tramway Company alone carried on all their lines 17,000,000 passengers. This enormous increase was due largely to the fast-growing suburban population. There has been and continues to be a well defined migration to the outside resi- dence sections, which has been so marvelously facilitated by the increased street-car facilities. Owl cars on many of the lines at the present time are highly appreciated by the suburban residents, and there is now a universal appeal from the public that the owl car should be a feature of all the lines. 97 Tbe Albapy Cor. I 7ti} An /^^ CM O) A. M— ^ o -^ - o :^i§Js..^ o P > £5" O \o' % O N O DO03S BROS. LIBRARY BirjDSNG A A. '^ <6 <" ■^ ^ 11 -t ST. AUGUSTINE c> .0 ^^''^^ > V LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 017 062 926 7