Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-20

/ springs To pflilt llif ilNtttf lhibft the
Stat" Board Of Equalization.
! President GcOrg W. RIHtinc OF the
! colOrud" Midland Inns accepted til" Of
I lice OF Vice president Of the Chicago X
| Alton rund, aud will immediately re
sign his Oiilcr on ia" Colorado line.
| Mr.. Ristinr IL nt GlrnwUod Springs
with his family. lie viii remain there
II few days nnd ilirm come Ia Denver
| and close up his affairs and leave for
his new position. II IL likely tint
some uf III" general officers of the Col
orado Midland will b" taken tn chi
cage To accept higher Positions with
! I'll" Alton line. WHO will follow Mr..
HIstin" into til" rN"cuIiv" management
| Of III" Midland ls not yet announced,
hut II IL NOR, than likely thnt Mr.. l.
! q. Cannon, 'hc present comptroller
I aud cN"CuIlN" manager. Will step into
| til" higher position.
The wcsthoumd Denver express nn
Ill" Union Pacific. dr" nt Sterling
! Sunday morning. was dltchCd about
eight mile, west Uf there. No on" vns
Killed or seriously injured. The cnun"
~ I'll. wr'ck wns wnshout- li"
l'nwnrr ditch wns over It's banks and
sent u torrent of water down against
the track. wishing the dirt from under
| u section alUut thirty feet In length.
I The train was mad" np Of two bIEEn:r
cnTS. two chair ear aud the sls''prr
! Turquoise. Tie engine aud Inst bag
. gage ear puss'TI over the weak spot
safely. but the second hnEEaE" ear.
containing the bpfc. hTuE" the rails.
wns stripped uf Its trucks, showed
/ along tile truck three Cnr lengths and
DEPOSITED Un the south side. topgllnE
nearly over. The FIRST chair car went
nCrpsS the hT,nk minus its tg1iciS, nni
STOPPED standing nj Hn Hnsl" across the
iTiCi. AbnuI forty passengers w"rc
aboard. twenty uI whom occupied the
Sleeper. II II litiI" short of miraculous
that not pcTsou was killed or scri'
"urly lnJurL.
One OF the most terrible CioudhuTSis
aui floods known In tie history Of III"
srCiIun occurred iv" miles west or
fine Gruv" ni hiIuui 2s:in J.. III. nn the
18th. The electrical display was vivid
h"yOnd description. \ dark cloud np-
lrnrcd FROM tho north which was met
by on" frum the west and n battle Of
IL" giants brEnr Tie wntCF fell In
torrents. illliuE rlur Grove Euich and
H"wl-n EuiCh to- II depth OF fifteen TO
twenty fr,t. When the Hood struck the
I'l1ii- liver Hi y I'siu' half u mil" west
Of this lace. II swept tie railroad
hrihs." nut tracks iU', the river for
nhuui eighty feet. Ai 'l!n. i've miles
further west the railroad track was
hU-icL under sand. rocks and debris
Tor u length = 10, feet and depth of
frpm two To- six feet. The wagon road
III rin" Grove gulrh. which was built
10y iEg S'vwar; & Mcconnell Lumhcr
cImrHuy three years since. n, cost
nf SG1n. Is u"Hrly IL siruyci. Every
bridge Tor fuur miles n gone. The
Colorado & Snulhrrn Company imm"-
dIni"ly placed frrc" of nfiy men mt
wn.L aud trains nT" rTnnin. regularly.
Some transferring of passengers was
necessary las; uI-lli.
Warden G. T. inyi Of tho sintc pcnI.
. tTrtinTy advUCntrS mn nIditiuu TO Tint
institution. The p"rlicniinry. he says.
Is ov"rrrowird. We hIv" iIO coils
and So cunviriV This urCrSsItnt"s
putting two men IN many Of tho cells.
When ynu consider That til" CrllS nrc
only iN7 feet 1t can readily hr seen
. whnt II means tO put Two men into unr
Of them II * simply outrageous that
I this must hr done. hut there II no help
for II until "" build mn addition. w.
ought to have cell room fu- Mt least 200
more prisoners A building Of this
kind would cost us about $4,000. This
II figuring on the roofing aud iron
work. The labor stone. lime. brick and
] everything In ihHt line We could fur.
nish ourselves out of tho lSI convlCts
49, are nj wn'k making brick. quarry
Ing rock nnh laying water mains. We
are extending our water works Sys-
ten. About 100 feet uf mains H. he
In. laid. and W" shall tap tho Arknn-
gnS twelve feet below its Lpnd thus
insurinr absolutely rur" wnter. An.
/ other Important enterprise on which
/ the prisoners NJ" now nj work ~ the
I building nf Stone wall around TWEEN.
/ ty-two nrrcs nf land ndinccnt to the
/ r"nii"ntinry md part Of the puuitcn-
tinry grounds"
| The smaller Hcrron site for tho now
. public building nj 1."advll" has hrcu
! recommended by Special Agent Nc.
| bnw"ll. TIL" entire site Is offered for
| SG!.hh. embracing property Mt tho
corner Of Harrison avenue and Eighth
street. lOIN lI3 feet. Th" smaller nor.
iion Is offered til" government for So.
COO The latter proposition Is recon.
mcndcd 10y Mir Mcdowell. This will
give room FOR bullling GOx 100 feet
with streets ON two sides and forty
feet space on the other side. The last
Congress appropriated S1G.OOO for a
building In Icnhvill". hut Il * doubt.
ful whether n building Of the siz"
proposed can he erected with this
amount. After dcduCting $1,000 70.
site. and $1,000 for contingent cy-
pcnscs. S3J.OO0 remains for ConstruC-
tion OF the building The estimate Of
cost for building embracing COCO
square feet Of space in favorable To-
chlitiCs. Is S13 per square foot. and
$li in unfavOrablC localities. Lead.
vile Is said to be very unfnvorahlc
locality. and the building would cost
fully SO per square foot. At this rate
the cost Of the building will be nearly
100000. With this prospect In view.
some doubt whether any steps will be
taken toward buying site until nf-
ter Congress shall have an opportunity
Of increasing the appropriation. II IL
understood that Secretary Gage will
hold up the whole matter after n talk
with Supervising Architect Taylor.