The Holly chieftain., 1899-11-10
DENVER GOSSIP.

Inc value OF bulldlng permits issueu
during the month of October was SlSb,-
155, as against $4,000 for the same
month last year, an increase of S2o,-
755.
The Colorado & Southern has just is
sued its financial statement for Sep
tember. The gross earnings are S3S2.-
162. and the expenses S252, I32. The net
earnings are S129,6S0. Deducting S15,-
SsI on taxes, the real earnings are
S113,792
An innovation that means much in
the way of expediting business in pub
lie offices was introduced this week at
the state house by Secretary of State
Beckwith. The plan consists in. the
Withholding of the salaries of clerks
until they have accomplished a certain
amount of work. and its operation SO
far has been marvellous.
The State Land Board Is preparing
to issue colored maps of the various
counties showing the location of all the
government lands transferred to the
state for the benefit of the school, IN
ternal Improvement and other funds.
This is n job that will require at least
six months. The advantage Will be to
citizens desiring to examine locations.
The Broadway Temple Association
of this city which listened to Rev.
Myron Reeds preaching for several
years has engaged Rev. II. A. Maynard
to take his place. Mr.. Maynard Is
Unitarian. He was in charger of the
Unitarian church at Salt Lake until
last September. when he resigned,
coming to this city soon afterwards.
His work has always been independ-
ent and he proposes, should he remain
here, to follow somewhat the lead of
Mr.. Reed, with the addition of club
and class work in literature. In this
he will be assisted by his wife. who
is known rs lecturer on industrial
and classical subjects.
The Volunteers Relatives Union and
the Colorado Society of Veterans of the
Spanish-Ameyican War are interesting
themselves in an enterprise which bids
fair to be success: At the regular
bi-monthly meeting of the latter organ
iZation last night committee from
the union brought a request that the
veterans assist the union in securing
Il burial plot for soldiers of the recent
war. The plot is to be the resting
place of all members of the First Colo
RADIO and other soldiers, and the space
for fifty graves which makes up the
plot is to be reserved for such as pass
away in the future. The idea was
discussed and the society voted to do
all it could to further the project.
More mistakes are brought to light
every day in the journals of the last
House and Senate. The House journal
nowhere contains list of the commit
tees which served all through the last
session. The journal reads: "The fol-
lowing standing committees were ap-
pointed by the Speaker."-and then
there is a blank page. An appropria-
ton of $4OO was made for the clerk
of the House to remain after sine die
adjournment and fix up the records,
but the secretary of states Office has
done most of this work. a list of the
committees will probably be inserted
in the journal as they We're recognized
and never contested during the session.
The error was merely n clerical one.
The trouble between the adjutant
general and his assistant, Colonel 4. b.
Crawford, has been ''amicably" set
tied by the transfer of the assistant ad-
jutant general to the office of state ar
morer. Colonel Crawford was too pop
ular to be shut out altogether, SO a gen.
eral transfer was made all along the
line, and In three changes in positions
made Wednesday no one will be af-
fected as to salary. The assistant ad-
jutant general was made state armorer,
the state armorer was made head clerk
in the office of the adjutant general
and the head clerk, w. b. Orman. was
moved up peg to Colonel Crawford's
old position. Each of the three will re-
ceive, as in the past, $1,000 n year. The
position which Colonel Crawford now
has will be considered Just as good as
the one he left when the new armory
is built. But even now 1t is looked up
on as practically as good us tile place
directly under Overmeyer. 1t is SO re-
garded because there Is just as much
salary and practically nothing to do.
Rumors that David H. Moffat was
about to withdraw from certain of his
important interests in Cripple Creek
have at last been authoritatively con-
firmed. 1t Is now certain that he will
relinquish his control in the Florence &
Cripple Creek and Golden Circle rail
roads, the La Belle Water and Power
Company and the Metallic Extraction
Company. These holdings are almost
completely taken over by w. X. Gil
lett, and one or two eastern capitalists.
Mr.. Moffat and others who are in these
projects win him have taken adyan-
tage of the reorganization of the two
roads with the commercial enterprises.
and the consolidation into the Denver
4 Southwestern to make their exit. 1t
is understood that the figure given for
Mr.. Moffat's share was in the vicinity
of $3.500,O0O. Sylvester r. Smith, the
second largest holder in the Moffat