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been laid. Eight}' miles of cement sidewalk have gone 

 down. Residence pavement, one district having a front- 

 age of fifteen miles, is under way. The seven banks of 

 the town have more than 12 millions of deposits, and in 

 addition there are a number of private banks and building 

 and loan associations. Pueblo capital has done the finan- 

 cing of much of the southern Colorado development in 

 recent years. 



Wholesale and Retail Trade. Pueblo has 36 jobbing 

 houses which do an enormous business. There are many 

 lines yet open. Wholesale dry goods, millinery, notions, 

 clothing, hats and caps, are some of them. Retail stores 

 are up-to-date and supply not only local trade but that of 

 surrounding territory. Dry goods, clothing, furniture, 

 hardware, crockery, and all staples attract buyers from a 

 radius of from 100 to 150 miles. 



lection of Colorado minerals. The building is visited 

 every year by thousands of tourists. 



Public Schools. These justly occupy a high rank. 

 The city has 24 public school buildings, including two 

 splendid high schools with 7BO students, one college, two 

 commercial colleges, three schools of music and art and 

 several academies. The high schools of the city are 

 among the best in the United States and admit to the 

 leading universities. 



State Fair. Pueblo is the permanent home of the 

 Colorado State Fair, now grown to be a great exposition 

 with ample buildings and grounds. 



Pueblo Parks. These are a constant source of pride. 

 There are 19 of them scattered all over the city. Mineral 

 Palace Park and City Park are notable, and are admired 

 by thousands of visitors. 



Public Utilities. Pueblo has splendid public utilities. 



1. Main Street, Pueblo, Colo. 4. Federal Building, Pueblo. 



2. Union Avenue from Union Depot Viaduct, Pueblo. 5. Elks Club, Pueblo. 



3. View in Mineral Palace Park, Pueblo. 6. Lake Clara in Mineral Palace Park, Pueblo, Colo. 



7. City Park Gate, Pueblo, Colo. 



Pueblo Architecturally Important. Pueblo has splen- 

 did naved streets and fine business blocks. The Grand 

 Opera house is one of the finest in the country and cost 

 $350,000. The McClelland Library cost $100,000 and has 

 30,000 volumes. The Federal building is an impressive- 

 structure of grey brick. A new Court House costing 

 $600,000, is nearing completion. The great group of build- 

 ings of the State Insane Asylum are in a beautiful park 

 in the western part of the city. The Mineral Palace, a 

 pure white building of noble architecture in which the 

 great Eighteenth National Irrigation congress will hold 

 its sessions, cost $250,000, and contains an unexcelled col- 



It has electric street car service with 35 miles of track; 

 two water plants owned by the city; a telephone system 

 with 4,600 telephones; a gas plant; an electric light plant, 

 with power at a local plant in this city as well as with 

 water power plant in the mountains 50 miles away. 



Citizenship. The splendid citizenship of Pueblo is 

 exemplified by the physical improvements of the city, the 

 parks, the public utilities, the newspapers, the colleges, 

 theaters, churches, residences, drives, beauty-spots at fre- 

 quent intervals, paved streets, schools, and progressive 

 work. Pueblo is building a city on a broad and generous 

 basis. 



