Delta chief., 1883-03-21
DELTA COUNTY.
The New County and city. and the
Future Garden Spsl of Colorado.
Natural Advantages, Etc.

h'A u u W spInt lHtN SHOW t!lt az
gressive commercial spirit of the people
quick to seize some point of vantage for pres
ent gain and future profit. One might say that
here, where the echo of the Indians moccasin
had hardly died out of the valleys, that we
well believe were
Fair the garden of the Lord
To the eyes of the faInishcd Indian horde.
that inhabited them so short time ago, and
from which they fitted away all unwillingly
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,
but great in activity and intellect, saw and
understood, and upon the sloping mesa at the
junction of two fair stream, there stands n
young town giving promise of great prosper
iiy in the near future.
The town of Delta-which bears the same
name as the county itseif-is located between
the uncompahgre and the Gunnison, just
above the point where the two rivers flow to-
gether. The valleys of these streams, in this
vicinity, are very beautiful, and are sli that
would possibly he desired in an agricultural
point OF view Delta is located in the very
center of the agricultural and grazing coun-
try, and has tributary to il about 100000 acres
OF Us fine farming and fruit-growing land rs
can be found in the State Of Colorado. This
place is the nearest, and, in fact, the only
trading point for all the country up the Gun
nison as far ~ the famed Black canon, the
settlements on the North Fork, of itself an
an extensive country, rich in coal and cattle,
on the goubideau, Surface and Forked Tongue
creeks; and down the valley Of the Gnnnison
for several miles, and up the Oncompahgre
river for ten to twelve miles. All the
streams OF the county lead TO Delta as the
fingers to the hand; hence it is destined 10 be
a railroad center. The Denver a Rio Grnndc
railway, Utah division, was completed to
Delta last fall. BY April through trains
will be running from Denver and Pueblo to
salt Lake city. BY its connections with the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. and The Aich-
i,oa, Topeka q Santa Fe, on the east, with
the Central Pacific the west, IL viii he ON
n trunk line from Chicago and st. Louis to
san Francisco. The Denver 4 Rio Grandc
has surveyed two other lines to Delta, one
down the Grand canon Of the Gunnison from
the mouth Of the Cirnarron, with Sicw TO
avoiding the present grade over the Cedar di-
vide: the other from Crested Butte, through
the anthracite coal field and down the North
Fork The Denver & South Park railroad !.
graded from 6unnison In Ruby, aud Is sur
ycycd thence to Delta, through the same an.
thrncite coAl.feld. Ii is only a matter of
time that these three other roads will be
srt- NJ + has,
railroad dowti the Gnnnison. North Fork or
Uncompahgrc can ignore her. school has
been kept up during tn. summer and winter.
The Town Company is making provision for
u free reading room. Lots have been set
apn, for church and parsonage for each of
tue leading denominations Parks have been
reserved for courthouse and schools. Arrange
nents are being made by the Town company
to plant the parks and streets with trees. 1t
is the intention to make the Il ~n pleasant
home sor families. Good clay at hand for
making brick, aud beautiful white magnetism
aud red sandstone can be had. The largest
wagon bridge west of tho "range"--alout 100
fee, iong-spans the Gunniscn a, this point.
The elevation of Delta, a- given by Prof.
Marcy, is 4, 500 feet.
Delta has municipal government; Mr.. NJ.
&. Nandcvcnter is Mayor.
The Town company in September, ,.issi, Sc
lecicd about 500 acres for town, which has
been surveyed hnd plated. The company is
composed of George A. Crawford, president
aud general manager; Harvey A. Bailey, rs.
sistent manager: VI. c. Nandcyrntcr secrc-
tary; together with ID. c. Dodge, general
manager of the Denver 4 RIO Grandc; W.
A. Rell, vice president Of the Denver Rio
Grandc; w. +. weitbrcc, manager of con-
strnction of the Denver & Rio Grandc a. di-
rcctors. There are also Hon. Allison White
and II. E.Rood, of Philadelphia; +. NJ. Ander.
ron, W. o. stephens and NJ. +. Frcdcricks, Of
Delta, and the Denver & Rio Grantc railway
company, stockholders % the company.
THE COUNTY.
The boundary lines s.f Delta county are as
fellows: beginning at point two miles
south Of the third correction line extended
westeso n point of intersection with the
1919 3V west longitude; thence due north
along said degree of longitude to the divide
between the hcadwaters of the Grand and
North Fork of the Gunnison rivers: thence
along said divide in southwcsterly direction
to point on the extreme southwestern ex-
Of the Grand Mesa; thence in u southwest
cr,v dh sction TO the mouth of the Rio
Dominguts; thence due south to n point
two miles south Of nm extension of the
third rovrcrfian linn fhrurp due pnSt ppr-