The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-08

A trainlond Of grading machinery ar
rived In Wyoming from Nebraska II
few days ago. The outfit will be used
In the extensive work which Is to be
undertaken along the line OF the Union
Pacific In Wyoming. 1t Is estimated
by employment agents that 1000 labor
ers VIII be required In Wyoming rail.
road construction this year although
one would naturally imagine that the
protracted snow storms In the noun.
tnlns would throw many idle men on
the market" said n Denver employ
ment agent. ''tne impression is wrong.
We are crowded with orders for men
which we are unable to I'LL and never
In the history OF the city has the de.
present time. If had 200 men could
give every one OF them a railroad pass
to some point In the mountain region
where labor IL demanded"
Engineer William G. Taylor was
crushed to death by the Denver X Rio
Grnnde engine No. 100 In wreck one
and one-quartcr niles west Of Texas
Creek last Friday. The accident oc-
Cured at point where n gang OF sec
tion hands was nj work repairing n
broken rail. Rounding the curve at
Texas Creek the train WIS moving at
speed OF about twenty miles per
hour, according to the statement of
Frank Jewell, and the first danger sig.
nal noticed by the crew was when
within short distance OF the wreck.
Engineer Taylor reversed his engine
and put on the air brakes but too late
to prevent the terrible scene that fol.
lowed. The l0S-to locomotive left the
track and tumhled down an cmbank-
mcnt Into the Arkansas river. twenty
fivc feet below, carrying with 1t En-
cinecr Taylor. whose death was instan.
taneous.
Judge Butler of the District Court at
Denver. on the 2lst, dismissed the mp.
plications made by the nnti-divisionists
for writ Of injunction preventing the
commissioners OF Teller county from
organizing. The ruling was made on n
demurrer interposcd by the Teller nd-
vocates. and which was sustained. The
courts decision Is unsatisfactory To
Walter Frost. and he prayed an appeal
TO the Supreme Court. The appeal
came up for hearing In the Supreme
Court shortly after o'clock and lasted
until 1870. Justices Goddard and Cab
bert We're on the bench. Chief Justice
Campbell being absent. Ii was after
o'clock when the opinion was hand
ed down In favor OF the infant county.
In reading the opinion Justice God
dnrd said the court held the District
Court had no Jurisdiction over the mat
ter. nnd that II might intiict irrcpar-
able injury to the citizens OF the new
county by temporarily depriving them
OF civil government. by consent May
lst was fixed ms the date for arguing
the merits OF the case. before which
time all briefs and answers must he
/ iilcd with the clerk OF the Supreme
Court.
The Union Pacific railroad. has In
preparation n circular letter Of invita-
iIon which is unique In the history of
railronding. Its purpose Is to promote
the interest Of science and largely In
crease the interest Of students Of geoi-
ogy. palcontology and minernlogy In
Wyoming and her extraordinary fields
Of gigantic fossil remains. The com
pnny Will extend TO upwards Of 3of
colleges and universities Of the United
States invitations TO send nn expert
geologist or paieon,ologisi. with n
corps OF assistants. To Wyoming this
summer. The invitations will offer In
the interest Of science free trnnsportn.
ton from Chicago on the east and San
/ Francisco on the west to Laramie,
Wyoming. Rnd return for nll members
Of such parties. the transportation bc.
! Ing good during the summer months.
/ There is no doubt whatever TINT the
/ Invitation Will be largely accepted and
that n more extended knowledge Of the
I wonderful fossil beds of this state will
he the result. and that many museums
will bc greatly enriched by the coll,s''
lions made. Botnnists. cntomologists
and ornithologists Will mud In the high
plnicaus ind semi.nrid plains regions
Of this state mn exceedingly rich fieid
for work.