The Monte Vista journal., 1899-10-21
DENVER GOSSIP.

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wise measures that nothing serious
happened. The posse of sixteen men
In encamped now at Stonewall. Evi.
dcnce that good feeling relgns now IL
the fact that the members are buying
all their provisions from the sQuatters
Deputy Davis reports that nearly every
one Of the men who were served with
writs Of ejectment have made satisfac.
tory arrangements with the Maxwell
company and have leased the land
they had lived on and improved"
At the meeting of the Mutual Ben
eft Association, composed Of the EN-.
plOyes OF Daniels 4 Fisher. the scope
OF the association was materially en-.
larged by the terms Of a donation
from Major Daniels. The benefits Of
the association have been confined TO
members incapacitated by accident Or
sickness. Major Daniels now agrees
to add to the permanent fund $1,000
on January 1st next; $1,000 more on
January LIST, 1901. and thereafter OF
every January 1st for hve years n
sum equal to $50 each for the nv
erage number Of members In the asso.
ciation during the year preceding. 1t
10 the hope OF Major Daniels and tn"
officers OF the association that the
William Cooke Daniels fund" will
swell TO proportions great enough 70
furnish a permanent fund for all EN-
ployes incapacItnted from work. The
big Bon Marche In Paris has such II
fund. but no firm or corporation In the
United States has one In operation.
Over 5000 In fees was taken in nj
the secretary OF states office Saturday
The large sums OF money taken In re.
Gently will materially assist in reliev-
Ing the state treasury. The receipts
OF the Office this year Will equal the es-
Innate for the two years OF which I,
is the first. Most of the money taken
In Saturday was from the Union Pa.
cifc Railroad Company. The company
filed n certificate amending the original
certificate OF incorporation no as To
show an increase In the capital stock
Of $327ls.GOO. To go through the
requisite legal process the company
paid to the secretary of state n fee OF
S4.8l2. BY the certificate filed Satur-
day the company increases its capital
stock to S10G.1Ts. 700. This is the sec.
ond increase since the reorganization
Of the company in January. 1893. On
January 49, 1889. the stock was In
creased by &2I 400 100. Altogether,
since the reorganization. the state has
received from the company So
43G.5l in fees.
As an illustration OF the fact that
money can bc saved to the state when
those having charge OF II show the
disposition to do SO. says the News,
the road from Central City to Nugget
for which nm appropriation was voted
last winter. has just been completed
D a. Of IA Lam. t... f,.n
amount Of $1,000 provided. Represent.
atlve Ed e. Hughes OF Black Hawk.
who introduced the bill, called upon
the state engineer and auditor ycstcr.
day to close up the finances Of the
road. Mr.. Hughes Is also chairman Of
the county board of Gilpin county, and
II was through that body that the
money was saved. The bill provided
that the road might or might not he
built by contract. nj the discretion Of
the commissioners. and the latter de.
cidci TO do the work themselves. Mr.
Hughes has been out directing the jol
personally. and the report OF Rod
King. who has examined the road. Is
that II Is the finest mountain road built
this year. II Is about ten miles long
and runs through Apex. Mr.. Hughc-
has brn n member OF the Gilpln coin
~ board for twelve years. but he II no,
n candidate TO succeed himself TIL,
fall
The strike OF the miners NJ the bald
win coal mines. owned and operated
by the Colorado 4 Southern railroad
; has come TO mn end. The difficulty was
not adjusted. The men simply re-
turned to work without getting any
concessions. The men have been on
. I sfrika ulsant month The nisu,
mcnt arose over the discharge by tn.
company Of two miners for nn offcns.
against the rules OF the mine. The un
Ion. which II n part OF the Western
Federation OF Miners, made n d-mant
/ that the men he rcinstnted. The com
pany refused. The company opened
the mines yesterday and set som,
twenty-five men NJ work. The number
will he Increased TO 200. Winter worl
In the coal mines owned 10y the ri,
Grnndc Western has begun. Two new
lines OF railroad have been built dur
In: the last summer. leading to the tw,
, biggest mines owned by the road. nn,
with their completion great increns,
In output Is possible. From Rchohcld
Utah, 10 the Clear Creek coal mine, I
spur six miles long has Just been com
: rlc'ed. About 100 men nrc now en-
I''N'h w WV Hiii'. IToturlHs Nbbu
200 tons Of coal n day. From Mounds
Utah, io the Sunny Side mine spu
eighteen miles long Will be- complete,
November 18th. Fifty men are nov
opening the mine, and about the tim,
the line Is completed II will bc produc
Ing about 90 tons day.
General Interest is being taken In tn,
announcement made by Governor
: Thomas that he intends. with the nj,
~ few prominent men whom he vii
} shortly select. To rcvis. the rcvcnu,
laws of the state and recommend III,
. revision decided upon for fnvorabl,
action by the next Legislature. fr,is
lators. Judges and the general publ,
have been speaking very favornbiy o,
this move. and yesterday Judge Adnii
) Wilson OF the Court OF Appeals caiic,
at the Office OF the governor to nsccr
: tnin whether the reports In the pres
concerning this matter could t~ rciic,
upon. when assured that they coui.
/, the Judge said he WIS only too vln,
/, to learn that such was the case. "rhos.
Of lis who nrr obliged TO continual,
: study the laws OF the state" said he
! fully realize thHt the step upo,
, which Governor Thomas hns decide.
, is sadly needed. There has been b,,
1 one coiincn,ion Of the laws since IN,
} state of Colorado came Into ~xistcnc,
1 and that WAS In ikxi. II occurred onl,
. a few ycars after the territory had In,
. come 4 state. and na q matter Of fac
Q ihcr" has ts~n mnny times as muci
legislation since that cosiincniion nj
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