The silver star., 1899-12-08
COLORADO oir.ms.

Of Colorado, died. at Galveston on the
9th Of Brlght's disease.
tits rumoreA that the Colorado Y
Southern and the company wnicn Prv
| poses to build reservoir IN the Sou''
| Platte canon may come 10 an NH ~.
| able agreement to avoid further iti-
cation.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad
| IL making preparations for track lay
ing next year. Last year the work OF
replacing the 75-pound rails on the hrst
division by S5-pound rails was pegum
and will be continued next year until
the entire first division Is equipped
with new rails. An order was placed
several days ago with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for 10000 tons
Of S5-pound rails. to be delivered IN the
spring of 1900. This will be laid be
tween Pueblo and Salida and south OF
Pueblo. The purpose of the company
IL to lay heavy rails on Its whole line
from Denver to Grand Junction.
Colorado College won the intercol-
legiate championship Of Colorado mt
football Thanksgiving afternoon by
defeating the State School OF Mines on
Washburn field. The score was IL too
This, on top of the defeat of Boulder
week ago Wednesday by n score OF IL
to 5, makes the record OF the college
decisive. For the first time In the his
tory Of Colorado College Its football
team has won the state championship.
1t never before having defeated the
team from Golden. Excitement is rum
ming high and the students of Colorado
| College are most enthusiastic. The
townspeople are rejoicing with them
in their victory.
Warden Hoyt on Wednesday had his
first man returned to the penitentiary
for violation of obligation made in
accepting parole. John Condon. No.
444O. would have completed his term
at the penitentiary on the 18th Of Feb
| ruary next, and was granted parole
last Monday. He enjoyed his liberty
| Just two days. He was found In a
drunken condition yesterday and re-
turned to the warden. BY this act
Condor loses all the good time that
stood to his credit. and will be COM
PEELED to serve the limit Of his SEN
/ tence. which expires on May %. 1900.
Condor was sentenced to two and one
half years from Ell PasO county for
burglary.
The two gangs of workmen who are
boring the Strickler tunnel have only
| twenty-eight more feet between them,
and 1t Is expected that within fifty or
sixty hours they will have drilled
| through this intervening ground. 1t will
require several days after the tunnel
Is broken through to get the big bore
In perfect condition throughout. The
| contract time expires December Sth,
| and there seems no doubt that the tun-
mel will he entirely finished by that
time. The detour in the tunnel which
was made to avoid streak of soft
mud, has never been Strengthened.
and City Engineer Sawyer has given
Wilson 4 Jackson. the contractors, no.
tice that 1t must be Strengthened before
he will accept the work on behalf OF
the city. The tunnel is being bored
by the city OF Colorado Springs tn
make an outlet for certain water res
ervoirs on the western slope Of Pixies
Peak. through which the water may he
brought down to Lake MOraine. now
the head of the water system. The
boring Of this tunnel has been produc-
tive Of considerable litigation at times.
and the work has met with delays
through trouble over the warrants
which were issued ON the contract.
On the 21st Of last month deal was
cOnsummated by which all interests
Of the American Zinc-Lead Company
west Of Chicago passed into the hands
Of H. l.. HOLSTER Of Boston and DIR. i.
l.. Bartlett OF Canon City This in
cludes valuable patents and considera-
BILE mining property In New Mexico.
and the American Zinc-I Smelter at
Canon City. The amount involved in
the purchase IN S25O.OD These inter
ests were formerly controlled by n
company Of Boston capitalists. In con
junction with large Eastern holdings
DIR. Bartlett had the management of
the Colorado and New Mexico Inter
ests and has made nm eminent success
Of the business. Durp: recent trip
Fast he made arrangements for suf.
ficient amount Of capital to enlarge
the plant Mt Canon City to three times
Its present capacity. and the purchase
OF the Western interests IL part of
this plan. When all additions contem-
plated are complete this smclter will
have a capacity of 300 tons OF zinc orc
per diem. and n force OF 225 men will
be required to handle the product.
Among the new buildings planned are
smelling building. n fiume building.
six bag rooms. nm enlargement OF the
boiler. engine and sampling rooms, n
drying house and cooper shop. The
smelter building will dupiIcnte the
present building and will parallel II on
the east. WOrkmcn ARE now engaged
In cxcnvnting for the fOundnti tiOns.
which Will In 80 feet wide by 40 feet
At the instance OF Attorney General
ID. NJ. Campbell. ana on the advice OF
Governor Thomas. temporary injunc.
tions against eight parties were se.
} cured wednesday, morning In Cripple
Greek TO prevent the consolidation of
what ls known as the Mofrnt interests
Into the Denver X ROuthwcstern nan
way. The injunctiOns were secured
from Judge stimson nt Cripple Greek.
Judge Harris asserting. They arc
ngalnst Secretary OF Stnte Elmer n
Beckwith to prevent him from accent.
ING the tocni articles Of Incorporation
way. Delaware and New Jersey CON.
cern. ON the ground TINT the company
y Illegally nnd unconstitutionnliy on.
deavoring to form monopoly: against
; the Denver X Southwestern HALLWAY.
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