New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-21
TIE cHIc4Go COLONY IN COLORADO
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Frg1 TIE D,nr.r Ners NIrd.l
The Locating Committee of the Chicago Col
Grad. COLONY consisting % judge slh lc,y n13t =,
city Wednesday evening, having ON mat aay com
pood ,hor arors d. tie iOcati9n OF sIoWn sue ara
rcs about s. O0 acres. VII hin Townships and NORTH
~ ly.t ., am ~ i ~ fro, the National Land Com.
panv SOD OJJ rom the Government ana the Dahhce
made ~ nom donations ana purchases rom pFisate
divitufl'. Ile sccc-nh u an au.I,iuo pl q. =" 49,
particular The lands lie on either side Of the 81 vGan,
~ the Boulder AMI also of LIT linu, tributary OF tlo
S.. }-aiu and la addition are Watrci on WIG n9Itl DS
hr Iitlc Tlump.Ic They extend ont from the base or
the mountains distance Of about 20 miles Ihcr SOL
the raising Of a kinds Of grains and vegetables They
arc sutfnul Wv 1ic,t The as,ery combines
The beAri ul. The grand. ana the picturesque while the
IS cards markets. j. So fortunate The town il located
near the cent.T Of Inc land, III section g. IOwnSnlp
Nrain Oh lie uiuf. a1d adjoining on tho north ire
present size Of Burlington. IL IL IN inc n,i.s'
ti5 view, ~ Inc noirtlins can be easily irrigated
and iqu-ovcl .r viii nc once become the center OF
,,.1t fEc Committee have shown good sense ana
irJ-7ucrt summing up trcfy the advantages OF me
,i. cl, D.. tlov sac follows: ricA and product
IT, r. IN ,undlucc Of water for purposes Of manu-
flctrc. for iri" ton excellent natural aciIet or
tie rlc1n ot r eating canals; an EXTENDED stock
RANGE: l h. lfi' AID llyicorating climate, ana an IN
ua.urI aayautag's, addition 10 central position as
markets, cannot but pronounce the aGloi 3i tno
ton. and sound Judgment which have guided them In
E;th n ,oc'tion made work begins at There are
about twenty coloists now the ground saying noth
inc ~ those citizens Of Burlington and OF The ST. Nfaln
Valley VINO have become members. Abont seVentylVe
icnoi The co11v on wednesday, and probably a. many
r.,,- ~ ,rIrnDIp The hitherto
lit,ie oir Of 1r ngton win doubtless become extinct
bv nnu. thc fortunes Of tEe now city whose name mas
up set dc rEncd upon. A. In1ch OF tho colony
lands j. already under HIls Z" tcAts, ne '1hIhittc
Has ordered that !ODJ acres Of wheat and II pos
aisle ag many more Of oats, be s0wn. Ihere are
three carloads Of lumber ON the GROUND, ana
rild- 9t.s Tor purposes Of accOmmOd las been
t.rrr I.rir f.lrt viii De made 10 render c0mOTtaDle
tr coming colCui,s who viii soon begin ~ arrive AZ
glsr eight inlys IRON Eria The terminus Of thc Denver
ana Toultr Valley Road; % miles from Denver, ana
9tort fl same distance from Evans and Greeley; 10
ils iibu ho-.acf ana ABOUT - nles rom tio ,aiinE
& unity Jsiiat nom - io . miles The new colony
thus Start itl",rry prospect ana assurance OF success
/ ia the Secretary - Tire Colony, and il able
| 10 Give au information that may be wanted
In living place then facts, and ind0fslug the ACTON
Of fc COMMITTEE must extend 10 the cOOnists warm
torv whose - promising, whose resources are
varied and extensive, and whose indCcemeuts to the
col0.,,S are urriyaicd. iaey coming under aus
rices most favorable, ana with advantages secured
which cannot faIl 10 Doe appreciated We congratulate
them on ,ue prospects opened TO them in their new
noIr AID welcome them o snare H. gll mat constitutes
/ q true Culrlfd1. Mingled with greeting
60 the colony congratulations OF the people OF
Colorado on tre large a'u non oil Nealh' meHg,hce,
aod Industry, viii % th,r coming guarantees They
h..rgNh them promises ~ pro pcrty new pledges
OF social industrial, ard educational progress As they
leave old to ut ncS ones al the base OF Tie Rocky
NoluttHs hearty welcome from the pioneers render
H. ching more peasant, smooth the rough edges OF
frontier c. a1G ins 10 that pride i'm Colorado
i resent AMI It's IN Te, It's advancement and IT. pros
and render certain the progress which awaits our
IeIlttyTy.