Delta chief., 1883-03-14
DELTA COUNTY.
The New County and city, and the
Future Garden spot of Colorado.
Natural Advantages, Etc.

N9uick 10 seize some point of vantage for pres
ent gain and future profit. One might say that
here, where the echo of the Indians moccasin
can well believe were
Fair ms the garden Of the Lord
To the eyes OF the farDished Indian horde.
that inhabited them SO short time ago, and
from which they fitted away all unwillngly
one might think, we say, that here there
could be no vista of promise opening up to
civilized eyes so soon. But the clear eyes
and the clearer brain of one small in stature,
hut great in activity and intellect, saw and
understood, and upon the sloping mesa at the
junction of two fair streams there stands a
young town giving promise Of great prosper
ity in the near future.
The town of Dclta-which bears the same
name as the county itself-is located between
the Uncompahcre and the Gunnison, just
above the point where the two riyers How to-
gethcr The valleys of these streshns, in this
vicinity, are very beautiful, and are all that
could possibly be desired in agricultural
point of view. Delta is located in the very
center of the agricultural and grazing coun.
try, and has tributary to il about 10000 acres
Of as fine farming and fruii-growing land as
can b. found in the state of Colorado. This
place j. the nearest, and, in fact, the only
trnding poipt for all the country up the Gun.
nison as far rs the famed Black canon, the
settlements on the North Fork, Of itself an
AN extensive country. rich in coal and cattle,
On the goubidcau, Surface and forked Tongue
crrcks and down the valley of the Gunnison
for several miles, and up the Uncompahgre
river for ten u twelve. miles. All the
streams Of the county lead to Delta as the
hngcrs To the hand hence II is destined TO be
a railroad center; The Denver 4 Rio Grande
railway, Utah division, was completed 10
Delta las; fall. by April / through trains
will be running from Denver and Pueblo To
salt Lake city. by its connections with the
chicago, Burlington & Quincy, aud the A'ch-
ison. Topeka a Santa fc ON the east, with
the Central Pacific on the west, it will be or
a trunk line from Chicago and -. Louis t'.
San Francisco The Denver x Rio Grandc
ha. surveyed tw other lines TO Delta, one
down the Grand canon Of the Gunniuon from
the mouth Of the Cimarron, with n view To
avoiding the present grade over the Cedar di'
vide; the other from Crested Butte, through
tn. anthracite coal field and down the North
Fork The Denver & South Park railroad Is
graded from Gunnison 20 Ruby, and is sur
y.yed thence 10 Delta, through the same an.
thrucitc coal-dcld. II is only matter Of
time that these three other roads will bc
built The situation of Delta ia such that no
railroad down the Gunnison. North Fork or
lncompahgrc can ignore her. \ school has
,,ccn kept up during the summer and winter.
The Town company is making provision for
free reading r"o.n. Lots have been set
apar, for church Rn' parsonage for each OF
the leading denominations. Parks have been
reserved for courthouse and schools. Arrange
u,sn;N ar. being made hy the Town company
to plant the parks and streets with yrecs. 1t
/. the intention to make the town 4 pleasant
home for families. Good clay y at hand for
making brick, and beautiful whit. magnetism
and red sandstone can be had. The largest
wagon bridge west OF the "ranrc"-about teo
feet long-spnns the Gunaison at this point.
The elevation OF Delta, as given by Prof
Marcy, Is $500 feet.
Delta has municipal government; Mr.. NJ.
e. Nandcvrntrr is Mayor.
The Town company in September, issl. sc.
lcctcj about 900 acres for town, which has
been surveyed and plated. The company is
composed Of George A. Crawford, president
and general manager Harvey A. Bailey, as
-ist.nt manager; NJ. G. Nandeventer, sccre-
tary; together with u. &. Dodge, general
manager Of the Denver Il Rio Grande; W.
A. Bell, vice president Of the Denver 4 Rio
-,ruction Of the Denver & Rio. Grande, as di-
rcctors. There are also Hon. Allison White
and II. =, Rood of Philadelphia; +. VI. Ander-
son. w. o. stephens and NJ. +. Froicricks, of
Delta, and the Denver X Rio Grandc railway
company, stockholders Of the company.
Turg COUNTY.
The boundary lines of Delta county are as
follows: beginning at point two miles
south of the third correction line extended
west to point of intersection with the
iO7e 30' west longtulc thence due north
along said degree of longitude to the divide
between the hcadwatcrs of the Grand and
North Fork of the Gunnison rivers; thence
along said divide in southwesterly direction
to u point on the extreme southwestern ex-
Of the GRIND Mesa; thence in southwest
erly direction to the mouth of the Rio
Domingucx; thence due south to point
two miles south of an extension of the
third correction line; thence due cast par.
.,n.t Nth xaid axinnsinn nc ihr third rpr.