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  THE 
  SAN 
  JUAN 
  DISTRICT. 
  

  

  3.55 
  

  

  with 
  great 
  success, 
  throwing 
  the 
  water 
  into 
  reservoirs 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  con- 
  

   stant 
  supply. 
  

  

  Stock 
  men 
  are 
  already 
  complaining 
  of 
  the 
  over-crowded 
  condition 
  of 
  

   tbe 
  range, 
  but 
  in 
  my 
  opinion 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cattle 
  and 
  sheep 
  it 
  will 
  

   eventually 
  support 
  will 
  be 
  vastly 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  amount. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  this 
  whole 
  plains-area 
  roads 
  are 
  almost 
  innumerable, 
  bi- 
  

   secting 
  the 
  country 
  in 
  every 
  direction. 
  Wagons 
  may 
  run 
  regardless 
  of 
  

   roads 
  across 
  the 
  plains 
  in 
  almost 
  anyplace, 
  so 
  new 
  paths 
  are 
  constantly 
  

   being 
  made. 
  On 
  the 
  map 
  I 
  have 
  drawn 
  in 
  roads 
  wherever 
  I 
  could 
  

   trace 
  them, 
  but 
  when 
  not 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  land-survey 
  maps, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   accurate 
  plot 
  of 
  their 
  detail. 
  They 
  will, 
  I 
  believe, 
  however, 
  be 
  found 
  

   accurate 
  enough 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  travelers, 
  and 
  to 
  show 
  route 
  of 
  com- 
  

   munication. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  principal 
  towns 
  in 
  the 
  districts 
  are 
  Colorado 
  Springs, 
  

   Pueblo, 
  and 
  Caiion 
  City, 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  thriving, 
  well-to-do 
  cities, 
  with 
  am- 
  

   ple 
  railroad 
  communication 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  trade 
  from 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   country 
  beyond. 
  The 
  Denver 
  and 
  Eio 
  Grande 
  Eailway 
  connects 
  all 
  

   these 
  cities 
  with 
  Denver 
  and 
  the 
  east, 
  while 
  the 
  Atchison, 
  Topeka, 
  and 
  

   Santa 
  Fe, 
  coming 
  up 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  Valley 
  to 
  Pueblo, 
  makes 
  a 
  second 
  

   trunk 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  i3roductions, 
  cattle 
  and 
  sheep 
  raising 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  industry 
  and 
  

   must 
  always 
  remain 
  so 
  ; 
  corn 
  and 
  fruit 
  are 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  portions 
  ; 
  

   potatoes 
  and 
  other 
  farm-products 
  generally, 
  Avhere 
  water 
  will 
  afford 
  irri- 
  

   gation. 
  Without 
  artificial 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  no 
  crops 
  are 
  raised 
  except- 
  

   ing, 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  divide 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  Greenhorn 
  Mountains. 
  In 
  climate 
  I 
  need 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  healthfulness; 
  it 
  is 
  already 
  well 
  established. 
  I 
  will, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  add 
  a 
  short 
  table 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Sigual-Service 
  reports 
  and 
  from 
  

   our 
  own 
  observations 
  at 
  Caiion 
  City, 
  showing 
  some 
  mean 
  monthly 
  tem- 
  

   peratures 
  at 
  these 
  places, 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  well 
  known 
  

   cities 
  in 
  the 
  East. 
  

  

  At 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  the 
  Signal-Service 
  observations 
  did 
  not 
  com- 
  

   mence 
  until 
  December, 
  1873. 
  ■ 
  1 
  have 
  therefore 
  introduced 
  the 
  means 
  

   from 
  the 
  1874 
  observations. 
  This 
  will 
  not 
  give 
  an 
  accurate 
  comparison, 
  

   but 
  will 
  not, 
  1 
  think, 
  seriously 
  mislead. 
  At 
  Cauou 
  City, 
  observations 
  

   are 
  wanting 
  for 
  May 
  and 
  June, 
  1874. 
  To 
  furnish 
  a 
  ready 
  means 
  of 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  of 
  temperatures 
  I 
  have 
  chosen 
  Chicago, 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  and 
  included 
  their 
  temperature 
  means 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   cities. 
  At 
  Pueblo 
  I 
  have 
  tio 
  observations 
  either 
  through 
  the 
  Signal-Ser- 
  

   vice 
  or 
  from 
  our 
  own 
  work, 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  temperature 
  

   considerably 
  higher 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  Denver, 
  but 
  probably 
  somewhat 
  less 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  Caiion 
  City, 
  from 
  its 
  more 
  exposed 
  location. 
  

  

  Monthly 
  mean 
  temperatures 
  from 
  July, 
  

   peralures 
  of 
  Denver, 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  

   and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  L873, 
  to 
  June, 
  1874, 
  inclusive, 
  showing 
  r 
  

   and 
  Canon 
  City, 
  compared 
  ivith 
  Chicago 
  

  

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  fem- 
  

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  New 
  York, 
  

  

  

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