New-York tribune., 1871-03-24
PROGRESS or YOUsrrL4A COLONIES.

The GFceley Tribune OF Ma7ch says:
We hayo now doante information in regard % the
Chicago Colony, which has located near the town oi
Burlington in Boulder County, about 3j miles clui-
distant Greeley and Denver, while it Is hut lew
miles from the mountains. npf from some rich mines,
and close to the coaeds 1t r. stated that they
have 55 acres of land but judge that by far the
larger portion consists Of Government land and OF raf
road land 9 part Of which IL held under contract. Con
siderable land is donated; and It IL worthy Of especial
note that seventy four OF the inhabitants In the vicinity
have Joined the colony n this, there is great snih
cauoe. The st. Yrain Boulder. and Left Hand run
through their land furnishing abundance Of water and
we learn that the bitches already constructed viii
able them 10 proceed at to farming. The whole
section f. known being the best developed portion of
Colorado, and as having population enterprising in
tegcnt, and moral.
On the whole it would that this colony is located
under the most favorable circumstance and that
for failure can scarcely be supposed exist. II is
dcrstood that the Boulder Valley Railroad IA TO be
tended eight miles, this colony at once and when
road shall De built from place tbither (for they
on one tho natural lines leading ont Of GreeeyJ they
will be much in the world any other town We
wish them al manner Of success.
The Tennessee Colony has located q miles below
the Platte families having arrived and teams
have been up town for lumber. As we are the
nearest railroad town, considerable business between
the two places may be expected henceorth but they
are on the other side Of the Platte, bridge is highly
important.
This colony has two great advantages one, in beins
outside OF tho railroad llnt- hence they preempt or
homestead land, and thus obtain farms Tor an exceed
ngy small sum- then, being in the valley proper Whca
* several miles wide irngang canals VIII De re-
Gured while they will have immense stock range On
either aide
OF course they are without railroad facilities NJ pres
ent but this will be supplied within two years at least,
whom they will be most admirably situated. II they
should establish ferry they might be able to cross the
Platte and reach Pine Bluff the Union Pacific, IN
distance of 80 miles. 1t would seem thon, that this
colony can devote what money its members may have to
improvements that they raise good crop this year
and at once become sef-sustaning Of course every
thing depends their men. They will be certain TO
have good health and they must have fine view OF the
mountains
The advantages which families possess in this colonial
town are beginning TO be felt especially in the op
portunes for attending schools, lectures and Lyceuns
We once knew who sold his farm in vermont anu
moved down to New-YOrb that lie might DO aple 10 az
tend the Farmers Club. and that his wife might go anu
hear Mr. Beecher preach. But he soon found th'' nc
had not money enough buy small piece OF anu
| which should be near, and he finally bought q shan
poor farm twelve miles from Brooklyn anu "ns1 1, Wo
him he had made out e. sd ge no not heard Mr. Beecher
colony Sidney, OHIO, and vicinity, sao 10 con,
sist OF 500 families mas loeathg cOhttec heTs ~, m
Coior,do consisting OF Col. Wilson aud Others Ilfty
families are coming from town. Ihey are To DrlnB
ont among other things WOODEN mlll aud neWsPaper
"Inion Colony No ?" organization got mp In our
place recently which made location near Fort COlnns
and preGmpted 160O acres OF land on the spPVto W - @
that the Pennsylvania canal would water t bt u was
discovered il would do no such thing ana the wnoe %
tbin ONES collapsed which leads US TO remark tat
during the next years, all sorts of sehemes VIII DC
put on foot which one would do we TO STAND rom u
der and which leads us To remark tnaJ Whoh coOy ~
formed a. onion Colony No. p, IL VIII ne Know. Oh
r"od authority and until then, give fair notice that
! NH sneh OIL hoot are decidedly grtuitous.
THE remarkable fact, stated elsewhere, tat seventy
four of the Inhabitants Of Burlington and vicinity nave
Joined the Chicago Colony, ana also maze largs @ ooha
lions calls remark. In joining their colony theIc IS
mo surrender Of individual liberty, no abatement OF per
nna sbity nor are any social nor rela-
ton- inteFfered with In the least Ibey JON II 9r lc
o,1,pI @ ~ community built up in an organized manner,
around them that they may no longer be deprived OF 'e
advantages which few men of large means possss N
owning both town and country property Inc pan OF
organization which originated In our colony anu Wcl
the Chicago Colony have adopted. provides Tor taxing
bod of materials already prepared Society and upon
vacant land and in favorable location, constructs not
reconsructs q city and country the same as od cities
and countries exist but with the difference that eaca
member pays the same amount a. any 9uner h n
and canitaIists are kent at bay and the whole
community atans position which has been the dream
The officers OF this lUniOnl Colony long ago foresaw
that -houd hey successful, not only would the man
per settling countries be reVOlutolZed pnt tal
the Western states, and finally. the Eastern states
| would be reacted upon; by which mean that large
parcels of land already occupied would Dc DOnght u
by organized colonies subdiyded into town lots ana
small farms precisely as we have subdivded the land
here recently held by the savage. The almost
ous cOmmingng OF the Burlington people with lhs Sh S
cago Colony happily illustrates the acceptance & %icn
the plan Of colonization meets; but so many great h.
pes are involved in the working out OF the pah' t'
would seem that results which one now foro7ocS ~"
| likely 10 arise. IN ,eitber be
| The requirement that ardent spirits shai hert he, To-
sold nor manufactured on the Colony gr9u,s narI OF
gether an organized and select body inc
mankind who hitherto have always llNt'l u, rower
and there he doubt but they VIII aers much
with reference to moral and reh@s"t @ tbe reason that
greater than before exhibited loi integ gence
the civilization of the day has given tbelr conviction
which not only increases but cuhnt len stronger 10y
that IA 10 sav a new class OF ihsh, or,anization
| reoson ~ accumulated intellect, ana tho
come together and clasp hands -, Dr Burtisal OF Den
We have seen "A lottcr written ~ abe soda lakes
YER with reference 60 series 1l vest of Denver
They are situated about - ceks ana they toyer s9c
oel"oon pa 'J The water and son t''Nsn, ,be mas,
co acres OF ground lnhate Of soda, forming the u ,
nearly i , r cafbonate soda and o D0e can b
1 m oausv 'Orictv of uses to when thls 9cnse an,
The great variety ns w. OF manufacres j. imnSnsg;
perhaps not the me Ialoratoyy already starIeu
soap ana a. the extent OF te deposits. n ,iiie doub
nat9e' a. Haye no Information, Thore - can b
WORKING We u,i n,tWeen rs and the tnOun'tn N
ans .lar snn and tbsro aTo several which 'Hou" w
| callY eKanDed