. To California and back;. atigues. The altitude of Pikes Peak is 14,147 feet abovesea-level, and its height above the starting-point ofthe Cog-Wheel Railway in Manitou is 7,518 altitude of Mount Washington, in New Hamp-shire, is 6,293 feet, that of the Rigi, in Switzerland,5,832 feet, and of the Jungfrau, 13,667 feet, abovethe sea. COLORADO SPRINGS. Closely backed by the Rockies, whose easterncontour is a protecting semicircle that opens to theGreat Plains, this pretty city stands upon a level floor,divided by broad tree-shaded avenues into squares asregular as those of a chess-board
. To California and back;. atigues. The altitude of Pikes Peak is 14,147 feet abovesea-level, and its height above the starting-point ofthe Cog-Wheel Railway in Manitou is 7,518 altitude of Mount Washington, in New Hamp-shire, is 6,293 feet, that of the Rigi, in Switzerland,5,832 feet, and of the Jungfrau, 13,667 feet, abovethe sea. COLORADO SPRINGS. Closely backed by the Rockies, whose easterncontour is a protecting semicircle that opens to theGreat Plains, this pretty city stands upon a level floor,divided by broad tree-shaded avenues into squares asregular as those of a chess-board, which it stronglyresembles when viewed from the slopes and pinnacleof Pikes Peak. There are attractive drives in everydirection, out upon the plains, through the canonsand up the mountain-sides. Only six miles distantfrom Manitou, with which it is connected by an elec-tric street-railway in addition to the steam-railroad,and similarly joined to Broadmoor Casino and Chey-enne Canon upon the other hand, Colorado Springs147.
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