La Junta tribune., 1899-03-18


Of the company. The outline calls for
a building To cost SaDo.ObJ. II is to be
built OF brIck In such n way that an I'D
dition can BE- put on the west end Of IL
/ specifications require no sleepin.
l rooms and as many with south eS-
/ posure as possible and fire places In mt
p, least leo. There are To he also a ball
room In the basement, billiard hall. rvs
taurani and ether new features. II viii
probably be six stories In height.
The Union Pacific IL not allowing
much time 10 clapse In placing the
Julesbure branch In good condition.
The road win place eighty-pound steel
rails on the branch, the first work b.-
ing for forty-sevcn miles out OF Jules
} burg. Eventually the entire line VIII
hc laid with these heavy rails. ninety
pound rails. however. being laid ia 4
number Of places along the line. The
! work Of Itallastiug the road with Sher-
I man gravel VIII begin a. soon as the
ground Is In condition. Then. too. the
heavy rails will be laid along the GU
the IJ5 miles from Julesburg 10 La
Sale.
! \ movement j. on foot to rc-establish
the Broadway Temple Association NJ
Denver. which for many months was
| presided over by the late Rev. Myruu
Reed. II Is now announced that Rcy
/ II. c. Myers. II. D.. OF Chicago will be
/ la Denver in short time to preach two
/ trial sermons at broadway temple. Rev.
/ Myprs is a former Methodist pastor. He
t'left that church on account of his H.
eral views. Rev. Myers Is said to hc
an eloau.nr speaker and u man OF mag.
nctic presence. He is popular in Chica.
go. II hc proves satisfactory to the
! members Of th, old association he will
probably be retained permanently.
Charles Reuss and Bert Frey. the
/ two miners imprisoned In the Bon Air
shaft at Lcadvillc. are enjoying life
as well as prisoners can. They are
/ abundantly supplied with food and all
| the dclicacies Of the season. This is
made possible by an eNpedicnt resort
I ed To- by the men on top who let down
| IL stick OF giant powder TO the bottom
( OF the tcn.inch stand pipe and blew
I hole in II near the bottom. Now
| through this pipe everything needed hy
| the Imprisoned men can he supplied.
! In the meantime work Is being pushed
/ aud 1t is hoped that the men will be
reached in n few days through "A new
/ shaft.
| Reports TO Chief Putney of the railway
mail service. show that the snowshoc
I carriers in the mountains along the
/ hlockadcd South Park line are doing
good work. and no accidents have rs
yet occurred. The work II considered
I very hard and quite dangerous. Large
quantities OF second and third class
matter are collected at Como and
Grant. the present end OF the road, the
mail takeu over the summit being only
4 letters and current dailies Mr.. Putney
says thar tile sled road now being brok'
en- between Como and breckenridge is
nearing completion and the papers
and packages will soon be distributed.
For the furthest districts the prospect
for access by rail is considered remote
however.
A bill has been passed by the New
Mexico Legislature providing for the
protection Of the sheep industry and
the prevention Of the spread OF disease
among sheep. The governor IL 10 ap-
point sheep sanitary board, whose
( members shall serve withouf compensa-
ton. except for the actual necessary cx-
penses incurred in attending mecji!gs
OF the board. The board Is authorized
to appoint and nj pleasure remove
sheep inspectors. who Will prescribe
methods OF dipping sheep and dictate
quarantine and sanitary measures. The
inspectors must he practical sheep men
and mus; give bond in the sum OF 500
for the faithful performance OF their
duties. They nre given the same pow
ers as deputy shcrifrs and may make
arrests with or without warrants
Three men were killed and one man
was probably fatally injured 10y pow
der explosion in the Commodore mine
at Creede on the 10Th. The dead are:
Robert Watson. Frank Hess. John
Sn II Evlin fuf, N,
jured. The accident occurred In tunnel
Nc. and the superintendent and 9TH
ers are at loss to account for 1t. He
says that every precnution was taken
TO protect the lives of the employees In
the mine. Sarna had charge OF the
powder and was entrusted with the
distribution of the explosives. and ap-
portioned them out to the miners. who
in turn carried the explosives TO the
different workings.- The explosion oc-
CURED at the distributing station, and
the shock Jared the mountains The
dull rumbling sound could be heard
distinctly one-hnlf mile away. The
bodies OF the three men killed were
mnngied beyond recognition. arm and
legs having been blown OF and the
faces were frightsully dishgured.
Engine No. 500 OF the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad attached TO freight
train pulling into Denver was wrecked
by an explosion OF its boiler at the
crossing of the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Santa Fe tracks at 1880
O'Clock Friday night. The following are
the names OF the injured: Ira Lowe,
engineer. 11T3 South Eleventh street;
severely scaldled about the head,
! face. shoulders and hands: legs also
slightly scalded- Condition serious but
! not necessarily fatal. WILDER Hoklas
fireman. q Lincoln Park terrace; badly
bruised and wrists sprained Frank
Painter, head brakesman. residence Is
unknown: scalded about head, face
and hands; not serious. Both sub
boilers Of the engine were blown up