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DENVER, SEPTEMBER 15, 1883.
No. III.
DENVER, THE COMMON CENTRE.
Denver, the metropolis of the West, and
the entrepot of the vast Rocky mountain
region, has now a population of fully 70,-
000. These figures are not surprising in
themselves, but the rapid increase since
1880, when the last census showed a population of less than 40,000, is wonderful.
This unprecedented growth marks Denver
as the Chicago of the New West. It is the
commercial centre, the supply depot of all
that rich territory lying between the Missouri and the Pacific.
The past has made Denver a beautiful
city as to location, and her citizens have
built it up as a model of beauty far better
built than any other Western city. The
surrounding country, as well as the East
and West, have been drawn upon for the
wealth that has centered here; the good
taste of the people has given to the world
a rest for those who would leave the overcrowded cities of the East, and the unexceptionable climate makes homes for health
and permanency.
Many very active business men have been
attracted here by the advantages offered and
the possibilities of commercial life. The
development of every section of the Great
West has been of the greatest advantage to
its metropolis. The opening of mines or
new camps, or the building of new cities,
directly assist Denver in broadening the
limits of her population and the scope of
her industrial and commercial enterprises.
She is, and ever has been, the pride of the
people of a vast and wealthy region, and as
development has been made in any sections,
there has been progress in the city. Her
interests are identical with those of all
other places, as she is the point where the
advantages, arising from the general progress made, are most apparent.
The mines give up their wealth to the
building up of the City of the Plains, and
all the men of the interior pay a willing
tribute to the growth of a place which they
in some way regard as their future home.
The genial climate with which Colorado is
blessed has brought thousands to be citizens
of Denver, and the life-sustaining atmosphere has become popular throughout the
New World.
With these surroundings it could not be
otherwise than that this city should become
—as it is to-day—the trade-centre of the
entire West and its base of supplies for
every section. In capital, manufacturing,
merchandise and the production of all articles of necessity for this new Western empire, Denver is the one common centre from
which supplies are drawn, and in return for
which all parts become tributary to the
wealth, growth and beauty of the metropolis.
A solid and safe business, with remarkably large and certain profits, is the boast of
her inhabitants.
The site of Denver is pre-eminently cosmopolitan, here being the focus to which
converge all of the wealth-producing forces
of nature, and the financial benefits arising
from the ever-growing civilization and
commerce of the New West.
THE  TIME HAS COME
for the working man and the mechanic to
lay aside some portion of his weekly earnings—to put it in a savings bank that never
fails—that always pays a large dividend on
the investment—its cashiers never absconding, nor the doors of its depository ever
closing. Denver, while like a miniature
Philadelphia, is a city of homes, yet many
hundreds of its employees have been and
to-day are paying all that is left above their
bare necessities to fill the greed of the
exacting landlords; cooped up in garrets and
so-called lodging houses, and actually suffering for the pure air that God has given
us in such pure and life-giving qualities.
The only pleasure that the patient wife and
ltttle ones have is roaming the streets viewing the happiness of the more fortunate of
our beautiful city. And yet how small is
the cord which binds them to their misery.
Ten cents a day laid quietly away by the
father of the household, will each month
make a payment on a home, a year will give
the title and then the foundation is laid
strong and sure for the future.
The old maxim that " the Gods help them
who help themselves " is ever new, actual
and appropriate. It should be the " home
motto." Each family as it clusters 'round
the family altar at evening should strengthen
the bonds that bind them together; then
and there devising ways and means for the
purchase of a home. Every man who
labors—no matter where his lot is cast—
owes it to his loved ones to provide a home
some place where, when work is done he
can lay aside the labors of the day and in
commune with his family be at rest. Denver, unlike any other city of its size, possesses tracts of beautiful lands lying around
and near its suburbs which can be had now
that they are divided into lots for a small
price.   The new West Side is a notable in
stance. Lots can be had from $20 to $100
and the purchase money divided into twelve
equal payments to be paid monthly. It is
the harvest time for all who wish a home,
and no time should be lost in calling on the
agents at 286 Seventeenth street, for information, maps and particulars. Go and see
them it will do you good.
THE  GREAT  DRIVE.
Denver the beautiful, is annually visited
by many thousand tourists, whose ranks embrace the tired merchant seeking a joyous
holiday; the capitalist, with penetrating
eye, seeking investment, safe and careful, far
away from the wiles and snares of Wall
street; the pleasure seeker, whose only idea
is enjoyment; and then our own merchants,
their clerks and the many young business
men of our city, who desire to look upon
the beauties that surround the Queen City
of the Plains. All are interested, but having no direct information, drive at random
through and around the city. Let all such
read : Leave the heart of the city, by Fif-j
teenth or Nineteenth street; cross the Platte
river and then ascend to Backus avenue,
viewing the beautiful, happy homes and
costly residences until the Boulevard of the
town of Highlands is reached. Thence
southward along the Boulevard, where enticing glimpses of Denver are seen and amid
its shady avenues real enjoyment is to be
had. Cross the famous South Golden road
and then reach the South Boulevard. The
first attraction will be Villa Park hotel and
the grand Barnum estate. Here the great
P. T. Barnum, having sold his estate to Dr.
W. II. Buchtel, has, through his agents,
Dingee & Co., literally spread himself.
The hotel deserves more than a passing
notice, being a home-like place at which our
wives, daughters and families can visit and
be entertained, the conveyances be taken
care of and a lunch obtained—without fear
of boisterous characters} or anything disagreeable, no liquors being sold on the premises. While resting, visit the grand reservoir, and from its banks view Denver in all
its glory. From the extreme north to the
last point of interest in the south, all lies
outstretched before you—the foothills and
mountain range from Boulder and beyond,
to the Spanish Peaks on the south—present
an ever-changing, beautiful panorama.
Then wheel along the boulevard southward
until Alameda avenue is reached, thence to
Broadway, near the exposition, and homeward until Nineteenth street is reached
again. You will be pleased and be thankful upon your return, for you will have seen
Denver as it is.
You may regret it, for while you are
waiting others are selecting their future
homes on the New West Side, Villa Park
and Barnum's property.
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