The state herald., 1899-12-01
COLORADO poITEMs.

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The Leadville city council has adopt
ed a resolution submitting u proposition
to the people for the ownership OF wa
ter works. vi
A Greeley firm of produce merchants
Is said to have cornered the cabbage
crop In that section, realizing Very
handsomely on their purchases.
President Burt of the Union Pacific
says that Il double track will probably
be laid between Denver and Omaha.
Frank and Robert Lee Bohannon,
who killed their father last May at
Fowler, were convicted Of murder In
the first degree at La Junta on the
22nd. They have committed other
crimes In the state.
Rocky Ford and the entire Arkansas
valley are rejoicing over the latest de-
claration Of the American Beet Sugar
Company. Vice President Hamilton
has just made public the fact that the
building OF the factory has been def
nitely settled. 1t will probably be To-
Gated near Rocky Ford.
A recently organized coal company
has entered the coal fields Of northern
Colorado and may prove formidable
| competitor of the Northern Coal Com
pany. The new organization owns or
controls over 100 acres of land and Is
introducing the most improved ma
chinery. The properties are near La
fayette, on the branch OF the Burling-
ton railway, sixteen miles out Of Den
| yer.
To relieve the shortage of coal in the
mountain towns, railroads are now CIV
ing that sort Of freight preference over
every other. The mines will get plenty
of coal. but their ore cars will be side
tracked until the coal demand Is salts
fled. The only untoward incident in
the coal situation is the closing of the
Colorado Midland's Coryel mines, be-
cause of a bursted boiler. These mines
furnish about thirty cars of coal n day.
The station agent OF the Midland
Terminal road ut Independence was
held up and robbed Wednesday night
Mr.. Brown Jumped from his chair and
attempted TO knock the gun from the
hold-up's hand. The hold-up pulled
the trigger. The ball struck the agent
in the left shoulder, fracturing the
shoulder blade. At the point of the
gun the lone hold-up made Mr.. Brown
open the safe and hand over $3.50 in
cash. He then went through the cash
drawer, but found nothing.
The beet sugar factory ut Grand
Junction Is turning out granulated SUI
gar at the rate of two carloads daily
Since the first run the factory has been
turning out marketable sugar. Satur-
days run consumed 400 tons OF beets,
although the contract capacity OF the
factory is but $50. II IL demonstrated
that 1t really has capacity OF 500 One
OF the difficulties encountered Is that
the beets are being delivered to the
factory at the rate OF only about 400
tons per day. The company desires
more rapid delivery. because the fac
tory can use n larger amount and II is
desirable that all beets he out Of the
ground before hard freeze, which
may come at any time. So far the
weather has been excellent. Several
farmers have been experimenting with
the cosettcs or pulp as cattle food. and
find ii satisfactory. At first cattle
merely smellcd OF 1t. but by sprinkling
bran upon 1t they began TO eat and de
velop voraclous appetite for II with
out any trimming. Sufficient time has
not elapsed 10 determine the value for
fat and milk producing qualities, but
experience elsewhere Is favorable II
Is safe to say that the sugar factory is
nm entire success and meets all eSpec.
tations fully. II does all and more
than the builders contracted for. Grand
Junction granulated sugar Is on the
market. One carload was delivered TO
our home merchants. another along the
mn n 4
another on the road to Denver. Incl.
dentally II might he said that beets
here run high In sugar percentage. be-
Ing from IL TO 10 per cent. where farm
crs have put them on old ground and
given them proper care and attention.
The yield is good.
Two deaths, one man seriously In.
jurcd and seventeen ears smashed are
the results OF n wreck last Friday on
the coal branch OF the Colorado Mid.
land from Cardiff up Four Mile creek.
The dead are: Peter IIyrup. engineer;
Walter Perrinc, fireman. q. Snyder
Davis. brakeman, viii have his right
foot amputated, as II Is shattered at
the ankle bone. The wreck occurred
shortly before daylight. about two
miles above Cardiff. The wreck covers
about one.hnlf mile OF track along n
steep mountain side. There was no
chance for the men 10 jump. II was
n prcciplce below and high bank
above. The train was a runaway for
eight miles. and the momentum, ms
shown by the debris. tearing OF ties
and breaking OF rails. was frIghtful.
! The first break Of the train occurred
AZ the beginning Of four short curves.
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the track. The cnhoose Is the only car
that stands upright. Every coal car
II a mass OF spllntcrs. The eighty.
pound rails were In pieces. many less
than foot In length. Ties were cut
and twisted ns though they were tooth.
| picks. II wns with this first break
that brakeman Davis went down the
hill with the cnr OF coal on which he
was riding. Davis Is from Grand June.
| tion. He II n single man and has been
on the Midland since 1892. The next
break In the train was onc.qunrtor
mile below. where the rest Of the cars
left the trnck on n short curve. They
went over the hnnk. md In going took
the engine tank along. cutting II from
the trucks ms n chiscled away. II was
near this lot. and 100 feet from the
irnck. TINT Engineer iIyrup WINS found.
He has lived nt Bnsnlt for yonrs, where
he Inns wife and i've children. lie l.
n member of several secret societies
and wns considered one Of the best
engineers on the road. lie leaves con.
siderable property and several thous.
nnd dollars life insurance. Brakeman
Tidlng- slid down the hill with n lot
OF conl and wns unlnlnrcd. The on.
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