Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-23
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL.

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The judicial barrier placed In the
South Platte canon blocking further
construction OF the Colorado X South
ern railroad. was raised by Judge Bnt-
Ter in the District Court Tuesday
when he dissolved the injunction
which had been secured through the
efforts OF the roads rival. the Denver
Power and Irrigation company. This
leaves the railroad In position 10
push Its work unintcrruptedly but siill
holds the Power company under an
other injunction.
Bri:adIcr General Funston Of Kan
sas. on his way To Manila. stopped over
u day In Dcnyor. ii. talked freely To
NIL the newspaper reporters. In r'sard
To the future government or IN" ".
lands lie says: SUPPOSE there should
b. governor with auIocrailc powers.
nnd u salary. appointing Ills own
snior,iinai-s. Then the Filipino,
might bc given n native Legislative
body. tha; they might have some rep
rcscn;ntlon In the government. The
contention that they ARE capable OF
governing themselves Is ridiculous.
They nr- totally lacking in Intellectual
powers"
The laws Of Colorado do not maE. II
q crime to iorsr railroad pass. That
In substance l. the ruling OF JUDGE IL
fcvrc OF the West Side Criminal
Court In passing upon n motion by Al.
tosncy Richmond In til. Vallejo Ward
ticket forgery ease. that no evidence b-
introduced In the ease. Judge L.
fcvr- ruled That the statutes 10 not
cnumcrnt- railroad passes ns one OF
the instruments which may L. the sub
jcc' Of forgery. tnastnuch ns n pass IL
n Gift. and may IL recalled Mt any mo-
m-n'. even without notice. II ior. not
furnish the basis Of any cause OF ar'
ton and cannot therefore L. called n
contract.
4 repair shop for the fniimnn'wns'
nor Company will H. established ia
Denver. which will probably give cui'
pi.y ym~ni. directly. to 80 10 80 m-n.
and indirrCtiy io ni,nut ns many n1nT-.
I; Is expected that the Pullman prorlr
will ,iccid- 10 take the old tuion Ia.
eide round hou..> which stands near
Tw-nty sixth sirc-t. aud hns '-Cii "nt
Of usr Tot SOME years. Th-Tc arr many
cher ri,,>-@ of property aSallnhi"
which would H. particularly suitable
for the us- TO which thr Pullman '",n'
rany would desire tn pti 'hciu. Ihr
wcibcr c1E works. which arr h'i-,i WITH
machinery. which cutild l-' used by W"
new ovn-r.. IL is understood. haN"
cS,pt-d. 1t il prpiahi" that. In addition
to ESraiTins it own EAR. the Pullman
Company wouid E1 extensively tui"
the manufacture cf street ears fos ibc
western territory.
". y. Stta,ion has t,-rn huyins Den.
yer rial estate. The lots purchased hy
MF. Str.ttun ar, the west cuTnrT ut
Stou; aHi Seventeenth streets atii the
north corner of Sgv-n'-uiIth aud Wei
ton .tr,sts. The buyer paid slgLn"
foE both pic,-s. which comprise nine
lo;s. Mr.. S;ratipn probably viii build
on the lots in the near fu;ur'. although
he dos no, disclose his plans. y
shall not build ul.au either Of Ill" prop
critics just uow.' said he. a; the Brown
last night. "tt i< getting prCity well
into the middle uf winter aud iS not -
very gvri time to- build. I bcueht the
land t--ausr I have every Cuuiidrn"C
in the fIturr of Denver. l think there
is no question about ii that this is ;u
H. the city between San frauCisC'
and JhiCaep=Ur rather the Missouri
river. Kansas City oF omaha. I think
the city will grow erCa'ly bU;h in sisr
aud inprTtancc. Not ANY tscoin. hui
the steady. healthy. natural growth.
the kind that is gcci for city tn have.
No other city can take pcnvCr's place"
The question Of Insurance Of the
state capitol has h-scn causing the
lscari Of Capitol Managers consider.
able worrimcut for two reasons. The
expense Of carrying the heavy insuT-
anCr policies On furniture and tiNiues
has btcu gT,ai and uiI the boiler plant.
where the most danger exists. thCrr
has been no Insurance ut all. At the
suggestion uf J;ovcruor Thomas the
BOARD Of Capitol Managers decided tu
abandon entirely til" Insurance on all
furniture ani fixtures in the building
and on the libraries as soon as the prs.
cnt fivc-ycnr contract expires next
month. The building Is practically iirc
proof and this insurance has bccn
looked upon hy the rr,s-nt alministra.
ton a. an absolute waste uf money.
To property insure what properly is in
danger the buarIi decided to take ont a
s2DsS policy ON the boiler plant. This
policy not only will protect the state
against financial loss. hut indrmniiiss
employees or their heirs for damages in
case uf accident or death in boiler CN-
plosiou-
The first annual meeting VI the
stockholders Of the Colorado 4 South.
Urn Railway Company was held here
Thursday. The following directors
were elected: Granville " Dodge,
Frank Trumbull. Frederick l.. Olrutt,
Harry Walters. Henry Euigc. !. Ken.
nciy Tod. oliver Amcs. Norman II.
Rcam. Luther kuuntZc. Edward e.
Henderson and Edward !. Bcrwind.
The construction OF the short Line to
Cripple Greek. through the South rIatt~
canon. was thoroughly discussed. AMI
the matter will hc taken Iip again when
the directors arr ON the ground and can
personally view the situation during
the trip Of inspection which they will
begin tomorrow. The route from Den.
yer to Silver Plume and either through
or over the mountain at that point has
always been considered the most FEAST
bic short route from Denver to Lead