, 1876-12-25

for the seaaon is about 1860 carloads, or p. 900
l,cad; worth In tho herd 5000, 600. and, when
marketed, more than twice that sum:
pa Ths pFfGa Ma sRRnE p0n' e. %1sr ss hqpsss es
T1rail, Hugo River Bend, pllou, Kit Carson, and
Fortant shipping point. Denver is the head
quarters for cattle buyers, speculators: and the
tho plains and n the parks reside here: Last
yea, the transactions amounted to 81, ,f6oO 600;
besides this there werc sold to tile
butchers h., q Denver s1S9ooo SS, worth, snd to
olonc sent forward i0l carloads worth $4,000.
but rs the cattlc-ranchcs arc from forty to 100
miles from Denver tho shipments arc made at
the points most canycntellt; The large herds
on tho bt]ou, Box Elder, and Kiowa have access
Ksowa stations on the Kaneas Pacific.
DEBH TRAIL Is THE MosT ACCESSIBLE
to tho largest number OF stockmcn, anil tho
Company hns arranged 70 enlarge the, cattle
IL pe%t i i@' peSa6Pp S' sPefey g eaa s
quarters for tho trade Of tho whole region be-
tween Dcnrcr and Kit Carson, 150 miles. Ono
great drawback to tho shipments this season has
been, been the laek Of stoek.cars. This arose to
different pofnts all at the same time; TIC
hcrdlcrs generally watching tho Eastern markets
and all dcsiring to rush forward their bccvcs Of
the right time. W. have not been able
~ ESk tAV hGutlbttC4 VI ElllplHCutb A0F
this season on tho Colorado division Of tho
Kansas Pacific, but from what VIC can learn by
talking with cattle men, and Judging also from
what they have been the past two or .thrco
Containing 1880 head, worth $50, 900.
Tho Atehtson, Topeka q Santa Fe Railroad
has tho advantage Of the whole Arkansas Val
icy md It's tributaries, containing the beat graz
ing land in Colorado. It's PRINCIPAL shippIng
An!mas a. the former place It has just COM
plcscd extensive yards and buildings to accom-
modRtc this trade. The hcoves put aboarl the
cars at Pueblo arc driven in from the Upper Ar
k's; an V.sy T. 9kS II co%nty 6m 1 m 1 sra s; M9an 5
st. Charles In Hucrfano mud Pueblo Counties,
aud from the Fountain III Ell Paso. 1t Is IN fact
tho point OF shipment for the whole coun-
IT, tfy 1@ s to go mic, . sont,' 9nd west, ,.d an3
much gIopriety, bo called tho Abilene Of Color
ado, The cattlo-mon have
THE ADVANTAGE OF COMPETITION,
tho Ka,laas Pacific having branch liue running
considerable herds in Colorado we're pastured
about here, in Bent County. Tic oldest ranches
uro within ten or twenty miles. Ono reason
point, ind long before railroads were dreamed
OF in tho Arkansas Valley, was owing to- the
protection given by Fort Lyon, which ia four
in'lcs below here. There are clusters Of houses
at Boggsvi!tc, Rocky Ford, Bonneville, Higbee,
md Bsnt's Fort which form tho town, and are
but tho Headquarters Of the vast cattlc and
hhcep ranchcs for mics around Bouts old fort
was ior years tho principal trading post OF the
plains. Kit Carson, st. Vratn, Boone, and other
noted pioneers lived In tho vicinity
WEST Las ANiMAs.
is town OF about 500 inhabitants, built np In
the past four years. During, October there wcro
shipped from this station BY the Kansas Pacific
aS 1Ss s1 40 Of y nn By t9o A. T. & 3
roads, 225. shipping from this section i late
thsycar. The droyers In the Arkansas Valley,
owing to the mild climate, can winter their cat
t!e without mucl, expense, and often hold then,
tho advantage OF, better prices, after the Texas
drovcs and tho beevcs Of the upper country
hayo been disposed Of and tho supply OF tho
principal Eastern cities Is agaln reduced. Tho
ss2nsas ss xesf it &c ts Sss @ @s / ass a1as
Fe l'nc took out cFi.hty.onc carloads, and tho
KANSAS PacItle tlfty, One arm shipped forty
sar-!osas a. On Friday lot: great many hsad
son from West Las An!mas Will 1,c G00car-loads.
Az Pueblo aisu, they are Just beginning to send
forward their becvcs. III two days lust week
q @ CARLOADS i were sent i, forward : + we5e from
Asso xs H. n W. VI Mountan Sale e t'
and from Pueblo County. Tho whole number
for the season HiEl be aliuut $50 carloads, as
HhlpmcntN Will probably about stop with this
month. This makes, then, $50 car-ioads OF H.
600 head. marketed from the Arkansas Valley
above Fort Lyon. Tho total shipments by tho
three roads, this season, foot up rs follows:
No. cars. No. of head.
Union TActGc......,........ !, 500 -, 600
kansus Pacific. c.......... ~, HOO 19, 600
Atch!fon, Topeka d s, r -. Rh0 13,g0
Totals. 10, 400
THE VALUE or THH ABovE,
IN tho herd, at tho shipping point, makes the
handsome sum Ut Il, :aa}0. 900.
But tho aboye represents but llttle over one
half tho " becyes" put Into Eastern markets
dustry to which We have not alluded, tho ship-
mcnt Of dressed bccf. This, although carrcl
o.1 nj but one point, has attained very largu