The Lamar register., 1898-01-15
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A factory rs 10 De pulit III BenNef iVt
| the manufacture of miners fuse.
The shipments of ore out Of Rico
| and merchandise into Rico show large
! gains over 1896, being over LOCO cars.
Considerable attention is being given
| to the bee and honey business In Eagle
county There are 10000 head OF fne
cattle in the county.
The total receipts of the United
States internal revenue office for the
district OF Colorado for the year ended
December 81. 1897. was siso,oo-
The earnings OF the Gulf road for the
year show an Increase OF about S4SS.-
600 over the earnings OF the year 1896
The total earnings were s3,45i.32lIsS
During the year 1896 per cent. of
all the coal produced In the state OF
Colorado came from Garfield county.
The output for this year will exceed
100000 tons. This county is fifth In
the state in its coal output.
The financial receipts OF the Denver
postofice for December, 1897, and for
the whole Of the year 1897 exceed the
corresponding receipts of 1892 which
has hitherto been talked Of as the
''boom year" in the local postoffice.
The amount OF coal mined in Las An
imas county in 1895 was .327 ,s1S short
tons The amount of coke mauufnc-
tuned was 275,oo tons The year 1877
viii show an increase OF about 10 pes
cent OF the amount mined in the rear
1896.
The total loss by IRE in Denver for
the year 1897. according TO the annual
report OF W. f. Roberts. iire chief. was
bur SS2, ,249.5S, Just about half the loss
OF 1895. and the smallest loss from IRE
for any year OF which records have
been kept.
The value of buildings erected In the
Colorado cities doing the most build
Ing last year was as follows: Denver.
5000. 700: Pueblo, 81 ys55, 600; Colorado
Springs, ST65.5l6; Florence, SJTo.Sno;
Idaho Springs. S5Oo.cOo; Cripple Greek
and Victor. SJoo.Oo0
The state superintendent OF public
instruction gives the following infor-
nation concerning the public schools
at the close OF the year 1857: School
/ population. i30.362; total enrolment.
I 1o0.ss2; normal school, aiT: teachers.
/ 3,l2D; school districts loo; high
schools. II; private schools, 30.
A peculiar feature OF business OF the
Denver < Rio Graude railway for the
/ year lust ended. was the falling OF In
I receipts for the first six months OF the
year and the marked Increase In re
celpts during the last six months. The
4 increase has been such during the last
I half OF the year that the years business
shows an Increase In receipts of about
S362,O The total receipts for the
year were S7,G0o-oc0.
The plant Of the Colorado Fuel and
Z Iron Company has an estimated value
I OF ST.Ooo,Ooo. the product for lstt
amounting TO about S2.Oc1Ooo though
( but portion OF the works have heen
{ In operation steadily during the past
/ year. The output OF the coal. or fuel
/ department has reached n product OF
/ nearly S4,0o0.OcO in round numbers.
/ the estimated value OF the output OF
/ the various interests reaching an act
ual value OF 5,a35, COO. nearly $1,000
600 In excess of the products OF 1896.
An abundance OF fne coal is found In
I La Plata county, and the Industry
4 furnishes employment to about 800
\ men. The Porter Coal Company, the
/ Ute Coal Company and the San Juan
I Coal Company are the principal con
4 Germs operating coal properties, and
/ their output for 1897 was about 10000
/ tons a month. while smaller operators
must be credited with an additional
/ 1000 tons a month, total output OF At
/ least 135, 600 tons for the year. In adj
/ dition. agricultural pursuits have fur
/ nished occupation to several thousands
OF people. while the fertile valleys OF
the i've streams that cross the county
/ are prosperous with fruit farms, al
I So Nnxr fo nHu oil