, 1890-05-03
STAR MACHINE WORKS.
A $50, 900 Iron Plant Can be
Brought Here From Kokomo.
Proprietor Kitchener Writes 10 f. H
ZONES of Cheyenne.
Answers to Pertinent Inquiries
Made by the Gentleman.

BY urging at intervals during the past
three months that operation Of the iron
foundry here be resumed, THE LEADER
has drawn the attention OF men In the
interest throughout the country to Chey-
enne. The Board of Trade secretary is
now in correspo ndence with a practical
man of Brooklyn who will take charge
of the foundry if he can secur a lease
of the plant aud the advent Of this man
at an early day is extremely likely. He
said in his letter to this paper that he was
DESTROYS of moving here and would will
ing to take his chances on building up q
t,ade if the field was Inviting. He did
not ask for a bonus and the tone of his
note of inquiry indicated that be meant
business and was the sort of man needed
in Cheyenne at present.
A letter doubtless written as the result
OF persistent LEADER meutioL of the
Cheyenne demand for Iron works, was
received by County Surveyor Jones yes
terday and will be referred to-day to
Theo. Menges. vice president OF the
Real Estate Exchange aud a ~tireless mem
Der of the smelter committee. Here is
the communication:
OFFICE OF STAR MACHINE Works.
j. B. MICHENER, PRoP. KoKoMo.
Ind. April 90, 1907 H. Jones, Esq.
DEAR SIR:-l am seeking a location for
a machine works and foundry. l do a
general machine business and manufac
ture engines, saw mills, etc. Would in
vest about $50, 1000. | would like to
know something about your country and
territory. Is much machinery being put
in? How are the saw mill interests there2
Is there much preparation for the use OF
mining machinery Have you any ma
chine works? How cold does it get in
the winter? Please give me all the in
formation you can about the outlook gen
orally.
Yours Veiy Truly,
j. B. MIcHENER.
There is a splendid opening here for
Mr.. Kitchener.
Orders for heavy machinery leave
Wyoming every day. Purchases are
made at Chicago, st. LOUIS aud Denver.
Tools placed in the new Union Pacific
shops here prior to 1892 will cost more
than 81. 600, 900 and the company is Aud
cious buyer. Mr.. Kitchener could do
business with the supply department.
The various interests requiring machinery
are being developed rapidly and all would
come to Cheyenne If the goods desired
could be supplied here.
Saw mill people are making big money
and the business is attracting capital.
Government reports give the timber area
of Wyoming as 7,7lS, 400 acres. or ~. O6O
square miles. 1t is estimated that in 1886
there was cut in Wyoming 5000. 900 feet
Of timber besides that used by railroads
and in mines. During that year the
Union Pacific secured in the territory
355, $50 ties, equalling 1880, 2S2 square
feet of dimension timber. Saw mills are
being established right along.
Mines are being opened in every county
and this interest is bound to lead all
others. Extensive preparations are being
made for the use of machinery and there
will he heavy sales during the next
eighteen months.
There are no machine works here ex-
cept tie Union Pacifc's private plant
maintained in conjunction with the shops.
In the Cheyenne winter there are gen.
orally two cold spells, both after Christ.
mas and both short and comparatively
mild. Men who like lots OF snow and
low temperature have frequently declared
that they would never summer another
winter here, but the threat is an idle one.
Cheyenne winters are delightful. Snow
never lays. 1t is blown away or melted
Reasons why the Star Machine work.
OF Kokomo should be brought to Chey
enne multiply and the establishment viii
doubtless soon be numbered among tn,
i%rstitutioas of the city. In attainment
of this desirable factor Mr.. Menges anG
his associates will spare no effort.