New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-20
WESTERN GROWTH.

" GNELiL1 CtLCN1.'
ne Fo,1' having rcjoiced tie hearts of its rum
selling PATRONS with tdings Of the failure of Gree
les COLONY Colorado, we are moved to make tho
following extracts fiom The Gceeley Tribune Of the
18th inst AID first with regard to the auction sale
Of lots. which took place On the 10th inst it says
It was re; until toward noon that Judge Hanna. the
aucouocr, opened tho sale by Offering lots near tie
river These were quickly sold at prices varying froni
SIS TO soa each tie being from quarter Of an acre
TO an acre.
Ia lie afternoon, as the more valnalAe lots were
reached aud particularly those which we're Seeeteu S'
year. b which, for want Of improvements. reverted 10
e. Colony, bidding became lively, and whom eholoe
let was offered bids ROSE rapidly Most OF these lois hau
been aprai>ed and choice lots sold from SO To so ana
even 400 above the apprasement one iO wen o"' on
Man-st and not vel situated, sold for $40 "hen le
lots or the south side Of tie town were reached 0OAl
feet the bidding was lively in the extreme and "hen
those Bidding owned property adjoining there was e''"
excitement, and The personal appearance OF me
ants was an interesting and even amusing study
.Iatc i'm the afternoon condition OF things was ue
veIoped altogether unexpected. Several young men NV
high figures on choice lots, although 1t SCENE" ' '
,hat they could not have the money, though perhaps
some might have had but on careful inqur! II "Ppo'O
that they were bidding for friends, brothers P"e v
capltali,ls Est From this Il became manifest "t COY
fdeuce in tie co'oay and town was deeply rooIou ana
widely prevailing. Many in the East IL Won" seenl'
who hoped that tneir afirs some o"y "ou'" PeIil'
them TO live and de in Grtcey sent on money llhE
by them several ladies scat money ana the eoof OF
this paper received dispatch from brooklyn n u 70
buy to the extent OF 5000 for lady
Beside an OF r class, the trath really is that fair
per cont Of emcmbcrs OF the colony have been eau
ii,us in O. uauae Of their airs hat they have
money ON hand ready for good and safe Investments
and having had time to inform themselves both as re-
nrds the situation Of land. and in particular Of the bril-
ltt,f ID utmost
confidence ON desirable property.
"I'e highes, price at which any lot sold yesterday
was S5 oyor half mile from tie business part Of the
town II was feet square little over year ago II
was bought a. tie rate OF $40 an acre"
Hero is an item from the issue that will de-
light The soul of Tie IorI9:
THE WATEE-PowER CANAL AND GRIsTMILL.-The
gristmil Is nearly iEclosed, and it makes fine appear
aucr ior perhaps II is tAc largest budlngi in town. The
contract for ciug the wael-pOwer canal has been LET
TO Eaton & Abbott, at 10 cents per yard The length will
bc about mile and thrceourths; it will be 20 feet wide
pu the bottom, and with grade Of Is inches TO the mile
the cost viii We about Sc 600 and work will proceed imne
diatc, This canal VIII along the north side OF Tho
town. thence along the west side OF the railroad TO be
tween b..pc and Maists parallel to the railroad When
IL will pass under the track few feet north OF the plat
form"
One more extract from orr Colorado namesakC
will suffice to show tha they had not heard OF the
failure Of Greeley Colony" (which is name is not
Greeley, but - Union Colony No. ~ at its focus
barely week GgO
"Gnr-LEY STILL GROwNG.-It is estimated by thC
hoekecpers, VINO ought to b. able to judge, that the
number Of persons who arrive in orr town to remain
permanently, is not less than 80 each week.
meanwhile, rev houses arc built, and we hesitate not
in saying that houses raised hore In Greeley
every week than in all the other Colorado Colonies,
while as general thing most Of these houses are better
than the average OF those previously erected III add-
ton painters are busy all through the town in painting
houses; additions and Improvements are made and the
whole place is rapidly taking air of age, OF neat
ness and OF stability. Nothing adds more to the beauty
OF the place tlan the many trees planted il the pafA
and along several Streets but next year ten or twenty
times more should be set out"