Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-26

Greek district electric railway has finally
started. says Victor special to the Denver
Times. This road which was promoted and
will be built by the Mackey-Ross Construc-
ton company. will be OF great benefit to
the mine owners and the citizens In general
as the main line. or branches from Il. will
reach all the towns and shipping mines in
the district
In an interview obtained With Mr.. HIS,
who made the preliminary survey for the
road through this city. Il was learned that
the delay In starting the construction work
was due to some little trouble in obtaining
a right OF way through some Of the smaller
towns Of che camp. This difficulty mas been
overcome. however. and active operations
will be started Immediately In Victor, Gillett
and Cripple Greek. these towns all being
included In the route planned for the main
line.
Mr. Hills states that this will be the first
electric road ever built over such a noun
famous country and that II will necessitate
the generation OF very powerful current to
run the cars This current will be OF such
an immense voltage that great difficulty
was experienced in constructing a controller
powerful enough to control the electricity
transmitted from the dynamo. The rails to
be used will be very heavy, weighing from
seventy to ninety pounds. but by using steel
OF TINS character the expense OF repairing
will be lesscned and the resistance offered
to the electric current will be so small as
to cut down to minimum the percentage Of
lost power.
The Immense plant for the generation Of
the current necessary to operate the road
VIII be built In this city and the offices
OF the company will also be located here.
Unless some great obstacles are encountered
In the course Of construction the road will
be in operation by early spring.
The passenger coaches will be OF the most
modern style. and fitted up with degree
Of comfort equal TO any in operation in the
United States. and the ore cars. which will
run from the various mines to the tracks
OF the Florence & Cripple Creek and Colo
RADIO Midland railroads. will be Of the dump
pattern and have a capacity OF about fifteen
tons each.
CATTLE BUSINESS AT PIERRE.
There are more foreign cattle buyers In
the yards at this city than for any past
year, says a Pierre dispatch to the Sioux
Falls Argus Leader II has been the custom
FOR cattle buyers to send out agents to the
range to solicit shipments only and have
the cattle consigned to their lines for sale.
But this year 1t is different. The yards are
full OF buyers who purchase outright. and
very few small shippers are sending in their
cattle. They can secure satisfactory prices
without going to the market. and make
their sales on the spot. This system seems
far more satisfactory to the cattle raisers
and will undoubtedly be the rule instead OF
the exception in future years. One thing
which probably did more than anything
else to bring this about Is the demand for
feeders, which are taken to Iowa to be corn
led before going to the Chicago market.
There is a scarcity OF this class OF cattle in
Iowa, and buyers from that section came
here to secure their feeders This forced
all into the same method. and only the
heavier shippers are taking their cattle
through. or the shipments so far made this
TALL large percentage has gone to Iowa as
feeders, an occurrence which has been
very rare in past years.
NET OUTPUT TAX.
Utah now imposes a law. putting a tax on
the net output OF the mines. The natural
! argument against such a law would be SINH
! lar TO that ordinarily employed against the
| imposition OF an income taX-that the person
OF corporation TO be taxed would make n
false showing so as to avoid the payment OF
! the tax. But the Salt Lake Tribune COM
mends the net output law as working ad-
mirably. 1t claims that It has done more
10 demonstrate the Importance of the min
ing industry in Utah than all other influ-
ences combined. 1t has forced the manag-
ers OF close corporations 10 diyulge figures
that have been hitherto jealousy withheld
| from press and public, and in the record
now In the Offices Of the Board OF Equaliza-
ton Is to be found an index to some OF the,
greatest bonanzas ever developed in the
concerning the net output OF the property,
but also the cost of treatment. of trans
portation and OF every item OF expense that
is involved In the production OF a ton OF
ore" 1t will thus be observed that the law
! operates not only a revenue producer but
as also what is infinitely Of greater value to
/ the state-a standing official advertisement
and directory OF the mineral resources of the
/ state.
UNIQUE POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION
\ One OF the most novel political gather
| ings in this campaign occurred few DAYS
ago at Midland, the metropolis of Nowlin
county, South Dakota. says a re-
! cent dispatch to the Minneapolis
/ Tribune. The town is situated nearly
| in the center OF the great cattle
range that lies between the Missouri river
and the Black Hills. II was founded in
! 1890 by some boomers who sincerely be-
| loved that in a few months their embryo
1 city would become the capital OF Ncwlin
! county and have population of several
thousand souls. Six years have rolled by
and Nowlin county Is not organized. Mid
/ land consists OF a store, hotel and black
smith shop. II is the rendezvous OF cow
! boys and roundup wagons the trading place
for stcckmen for many miles around and
| tho Mecca Of the Rosebud. Pine Ridge and
! Cheyenne River Sioux who journey hither
in large numbers to swap" moccasins and
| issue goods for beads. tobacco and other
necessaries OF life. 1t is also the residence
! of j. c. Russell the chairman OF the re-
! publican league Of Nowlin county. 1t is
! largely through Mr.. Russell's efforts that the
stockmen have awakened from the political
lethargy in which they have been wrapped
| for many years. and brought themselves to
realization of the fact that General Grant
is no longer president OF the United States
| When Is was announced that there was to
| be regular republican roundup at MID
land and that Hon. Joseph Donahue and
faly lar 60. he. 1.
a good deal Ct excitement prevailed among
the hardy range riders. for they all know
Old Joe Donahue Major Picker and party
started from Fort Pierre for Midland early
in the morning, but they were delayed on
the road by a breakdown. and did not
reach Midland until long after dark. There
a large and impatient crowd had gathered
to listen to the first political speech ever
made in that section. II was a motley
throng-long haired, sunburned cowboys
conspicuous in their leather snaps. high
heeled boots and iingling spurs. the ever
present 45-Calibpr frnntiar piatpl