Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-05-02
COLORADO c oNDENsEp.

Rev. l.. ]. Hall has been reappointe1
chaplain Of the penitentiary.
A Christian Endeavor society has
been organized at Deer Trail.
The council of La Junta has decided
to have another artesian well sunk.
w. L. Brown was killed by stroke
of lightning near Byers few days
ago.
Thirty-one persons united with the
Presbyterian church at Fort Morgan re-
Gently.
Major General McCook was placed
on the retired list on the 22nd. having
attained the age Of Ga years.
The miners Of the United Coal COM
pany at Lafayette quit work Monday
because they had not been paid up.
Joseph Merris has been appointed
postmaster at Evergreen, Jefferson
county, Colorado, vice Andrew Ames,
resigned.
City Attorney Williams of Denver.
having rendered an opinion that pool
made to close them.
According to the Montrose Enterprise
there are 81, ,22O acres In that county set
out to orchards The largest single
orchard covers 1000 acres.
The promoters of the Elk Mountain
railroad state that the road will be
completed to the Yule creek marble
Quarries this year, and that at the
junction of the creeks a smelter will
be built
]. v. Stephenson, a coal miner, was
killed by a fall from the overhead
crossing of the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe Rockvale branch over the
Denver & Rio Grande main line at a
point one mile west of Florence few
days ago. The man was on his way to
the city from Rockvale and the theory
Is that when he encountered the nigh
crossing, eighteen feet, he became dizzy
and fell to the track below, striking the
steel rail with his head, crushing the
skull in a frightful manner and also
knee and ankle.
A sad accident with fatal results oc-
Cured at the Bimetallic smelter in
Leadville Wednesday. The victim was
]. A. Mcdonald. Mcdonald is car
penter and has been employed at the
smelter for some time. He was making
some repairs and while at this work he
in some manner became caught by the
shaft He was whirled around at ter
rife rate and was crushed to death be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.
His body was taken in charge by the
coroner. Mcdonald was a single man
and is not yet 27 years of age. 1t is
not likely any inquest will be held.
Johnny Stobs was badly injured in
the Mitchell coal mine Monday. He
was at work taking down the roof IN
one Of the entries when 1t gave way d.
rectly overhead and he was crushed to
the floor with q solid mass OF coal
which would weigh nearly five tons
upon him. Fortunately he fell between
two chunks of coal which were already
upon the floor, and they received the
greater part of the pressure. AS soon
as possible the coal was removed and
he was taken to his home. DIR. Couch
was called and found several bones
broken, and 1t is feared he has received
internal injuries.
In the supreme court Saturday James
p. Airy, clerk and recorder Of La Plata
county, was allowed a salary Of $1,000
per annum, to be taken out Of the fees
of his office. The receipts Of the office
having reached the amount Of 1920,
the commissioners asked him to turn
that sum into the treasury. He re-
fused, and the commissioners brought
suit against him. The county court
sustained the commissioners and sent
Mr.. Airy to jail for fifteen days for vio-
lation of the fee statute. The clerk Sc
cured a supersedeas and appealed Il
the supreme court. The latter reverse
the judgment of the lower court ant
decides that the clerk may retain all
fees to the amount of his salary, after
which the fees must be turned into the
treasury.
The bids for the grading Of the Union
Pacific, Denver and Gulf road extern
sion between Forbes Junction and Wal
senburg were opened at Denver Mon
day. There were fifteen bids In all.
and the figures differed widely. A.
Sheridan of st. Joe was awarded the
contract, with the stipulation that
work must begin inside of five days.
This bid was considered unusually
low, and Is as follows: Earth work,
81 cents; hard rock, 45 cents; loose
rock, 25 cents; making a total of some
thing less than $5O.O 900 for the nineteen
miles Of grading. The official esti-
mates place the amount Of work at
45O, 1000 square yards between Aguilal
and Walsenburg. The road construc-
ton gangs will follow up the graders
and lay the rails and ties as rapidly as
possible, so that the Gulf will prob
ably be running over its own track in
less than two months.
The Alpine tunnel road on the Gun
ntSOn DIVISION OF tne SOutn tark line
will be opened about July /. Next Mon
day morning large gang of men will
be placed at work replacing the ties
which have become rotted since the
road was abandoned. Work will be d.
vided into short sections 30 as to en-
able more men to be worked and the
whole thing will be pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. A careful inspec-
ton Of the tunnel itself will be made
early next week by the engineering
force. As 1t Is cut through solid rock
for nearly its entire distance, 1t Is not
expected that any particular damage
has been done during the period Of idle
ness, and as both ends have been closed
by heavy doors the rumors of the ends
being filed with solid masses of ice are
apparently unfounded. According to
the statements of persons who have
gone over the road recently, two days
work will be sufficient to clear the
entire track Of snow, SO that a train
could possibly make the trip even be-
fore the new ties are placed.
An agreement Is said to have been
reached between the Florence OIL and
Refining company and the Continental
Oil company which will result in
large increase in the price Of oil, and a
consequent large addition to the pros