The silver lance., 1899-03-10
WHAT THE COLORADO
@ LEGISLATURE is DOING.

Senators Roe and Buckley. that tn
1 Creede and Ouray toll roads are bur
denscme to the people and should no
be allowed to remain in possession o
the companies longer than the twenty
| years for which the companies wer,
incorporated The speakers agreet
that those roads should revert to Tho
| state. The vote on the final pasSag,
of the bill was 21 for and ) against.
The project for the draining cf til
Leadville mines by three mi e tuD
mel has not been abandoned. as son
people expected that il would be. Nj
withstanding the fact that the bill o
Senator Smith approprating $1,000
for the enterprise was reported ad
versely by the finance c5mmitt @ an
that the report was adopted, the au
thor still has hopes that he will b
able to resurrect that important meas
ure. THAT measure means miiioi
of dollars to the Lake county miniur
industry" says the senator, ''and IN
| directly to the state. 1t provides hat
| $4,000 shall be set apart from The IN
| ternal Improvement fund of the state
| to enable us to commence work uIol
the enterprise. With such a start as
we could make with that amount III
remainder would be easy, for CAPITA
could be induced to come in and take
hold of the scheme. All we want is
start. and | see no reason why III
Legislature should refuse to grant ous
request"
Amid scenes of the utmost confGsior
Senator Ammons' bill for the creation
of Teller county, passed second read.
ing in the House of Representatives nj
2;30 O'Clock this morning. The vot
stood 33 to 81. some of the minority
having grown tired and gone home
The 81 members appear to present n
solid phalanX. which it seems impoS
s:ble to shake. and the friends of III
bill do not doubt now that the meas
IRE will have smooth sailing thraugl
the rest of its course. The vote in d..
tail stood as follows:
Ayes-Adams. Barnard B rry. Bra
ley. Byron, Clark. Drumm, Dunlavy
Elliott, Engley, Farris, Gaughap. Ham.
mond, Hermond. Hollenbeck, Judkins
Kendrick, Kennedy (Ouray), Lee, Litz
Montgomery, Moore, Morris, hatcher
Ovington, Patterson, Rawalt, Ryan
Short. Smith (Chaffee), Turney, Uglow
Wright-33.
Nays-Ballinger, Bartels. Bell. Bris-
coe, Browning, Burwell, Cannon, Gas
tetter. Dilts, Duncan. Estes, Garcia.
Hughes Jefferson, Jones. Kamm. Ken.
nedy Uake), Lawrence. Mclean, Pine,
Reichard. Sanchez. Schroeder. Sever.
ance, Sloan, Smith (Mesa), Mr.. Speak.
er-27.
The House appropriations committee
reported these bills for the favorable
consideration of the committee of the
WHOLE together with certain proposed
reductions in appropriations: Wagon
road in Hinsdale and San Juan coun-
ties, $4,000; wagon r1ad in Eaela
county, $1,000; wagon road in fan
Miguel county, $4,000; artesian well in
Cheyenne county, $4,000; a,tesian well
in Garfield county; new Sold ers' and
Sailors home, $4,000; bridge acros4
Arkansas river in Otero county, S1O.-
600; bridge across the Gunnls IN near
Whifehorn, $4,000; to complete a wag-
on roau in Jefferson county, SS 900.
road in Yuma and Morgan counties.
S12,500; to repair and construct road
in La Plata county, $4,000; road in
Douglas county, $4,000; res7rvo.rs in
Park county, $4,000; br dge across
Snake river in Routt county. 5000;
bridge across Roaring Fork near Ba-
salt, $2,500: bridge across White river
near Meeker, $1,000; to empower the
purchase lands and erect suitabl,
buildings thereon, $4,000 out of state
treasury; for support of State Board
of Health. $1,000; road in Eagle and
Routt counties, $1,000; to improve road
in Clear Creek and Grand counfies.
$4,000; road in Boulder and Grand
counties, $4,000; road in Boulder
county, $1,000; wagon road in Grand
and Routt counties, $4,000; wagon road
in between Black Hawk and Nugget.
$1,000; agricultural experiment station
at Cheyenne Wells; Stale Home for
Dependent Children. $4,000 from
state treasury; to relieve W. G. Chap
man; wagon road in Garfield county,
$500; artesian well in Conejos coun-
ty, $1,000; well in Montezuma county.
$1,000 from state treasury: road In
Costilla and Huerfano counties, $1,000:
road in Dolores county, S3.5O) from
state treasury; for the Colorado HUI
name Society, $4,000; for baunties on
wild animals. $4,000; for a fish hatch
cry in Grand county, $25O).