The state herald., 1899-05-26

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from Maine to take his place.
Secretary of State Beckwith believes
he has Il remedy for the financial plight
of the state. He proposes, in case there
Is an extra session of the Legislature,
that laws be enacted raising the cost
OF interpretations and other filings In
his office, which he believes the cor
| porations can well stand He also eX-
poets an immense revenue from the FL
Ing of the copper trust In case that is
made in his office. The fee would be
about 100000.
The general assembly of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church met in
Denver last week. Rev. j. w. Halsll
| OF Texas was chosen moderator. There
were three br dal couples in attendance
upon the assembly. Rev. l.. ii. Lilies
and wife of Denison. Texas; Il, Chal-
mers kllbourn and wife. Tchuacana,
Texas, and Rev. willis Smith and wife
of Owensboro. Kentucky. There were
nincty-four ministers and seventy-ninc
elders ms delegates.
| A large crowd assembled at u. w. c,
| park Saturday afternoon to witness
| the state intcrscholastic exercises. Al
| though u gale was blowing and rain
| threatened. 1t did not act ms n dampci
on the crowds enthusiasm, nor pre-
vent excellent work by the contestants
| Cheers and class yells spurrcd the ath'
lctcs on. and aside from two slight ac-
cidents there was nothing TO mar the
pleasure of the occasion. The East
Denver High School carried OF the
honors.
The officers chosen for the ensuing
| yenr by the Forcsters In convention
last week are as follows: Grand chief
| ranger. John Wallis. Denver: grand
sub-chicf ranger, j. T.. II. Callahan,
| Florence; grand treasurer, w. G,
| Thompson, Denver; grand financial
secretary. W. 4. Roberts. Denver:
grand record secretary, o. +. Nelson,
| Lcadvillc: grand senior woodward. w.
| q. Pomeroy, Silver Plume: grand jun
ior woodward. Peter Nelson. Denver;
| grand senior beadlc, George Birkett.
Louisville: grand junior beadle. c.
| Longpuist. Pueblo: grand trustees, NJ.
Il. Harris. Telluride: George Dick.
| Walsenburg: James Robertson. Den
Yer; supreme representative. :. ii. Cal.
le-un. Jr.. Denver; alternate, stephen
Lebercr.
The Grand county fish hatchery. for
whi.h the recent Legislature appropri-
ai"d $500, will not be built under the
acs making the appropriation. I'VE
need another hatchery badly enough"
said Commissioner Tom johnson the
other day. but there Is no money In
| .he treasury for such n purpose and
viii not he any. The site must he Sc
!pcted under the provisions of the act
by August LIST. and do not intend To
select any site. aS It will he useless to
! do SO. II Is another one of those appro-
| priations which does not appropriate.
We will place l.JOp.OOD fish In the
streams Of the state this year. Already
| JOO.Ooo have been sent out from
Brighton, near this city, and on Mon
day we close Brighton shipments for
the season. will go To Durango on
Wednesday and 5DD.O01 fish will b. dis
tributcd from that hatchery. while as
many more viii he sent out later from
GunnisOn."
4 dispatch from Washington says:
! The work Of building the Denver mlnS
was to-day taken out Of the hands OF
Contractor Mcintyre aud placed Ia
charge of government officials. Treas
ury officials state that Mcintyre Is he
hiHi WI NH'N h' 'hFH
position To complete the work within
the time scheduled. They assert that
the Treasury Department has given
him several extensions of time hut lie
still refuses To hurry the work An
extension was given him last Dcccm.
her because he said that the weather
was too severe aud that heavy snow
prevented work. At that time he said
that after May LIST he would have 100
cubic feet of granite un the ground
each day. Reports from Denver lndi-
cate that not more than eighty cubic
feet each day has been placed. Treas
ury officials also state that Mcintyre
has failed In all respects to keep up the
requirements OF the contract. The
work viii remain Ia the hands Of the
government officials until II cau he
awarded To some other contractor.
4 reservoir occupying SO acres aud
OF the capacity Of 25.oo0ODo gallons
viii bc constructed hy the Denver Tn
ion Water Company twcnty-threc miles
up the South forl, Of the Platte river
from South Platte or Symcs For the
last 1--WE years the company has been
planning the vast basin. aud will In a
few days begin work ON dam that Is
TO back mp the several hundred thou.
sand cubic tons that will Ill II when
completed. II viii be- constructed
across narrow gorge Just below the
junction of Goose creek that flows out
Of Lost Park. ana the South Platte.
The small end 0f the dam. which l. the
base. j. twenty feet Wide and widens
out with the spread Of the canon, ms II
goes up. Ia 800 feet ncrOss nj height
OF 30 feet. The thickness ~ the dam
NJ III" base II 5iO feet, twenty feet on
top. II II 10 he constructed of stones
thrown down from the Sides OF the
canon The water side ls faced with
dry ruhblc masonry twenty feet thick,
and this again with boiler Iron rlvcted
10 ''r'' beams II Iron sunk Into the ma.
sonry. The hydraulic outlet valves
have arrived from the East They will
he shipped to Buffalo via the South
Park line and then hauled by wagon
to the reservoir. which IL near Lake
/ Wellington, The valves win bc pnt
IN M soon ns the tunnel ls done.
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church of this
city needs money 10 erect building
| In place uf the one burned down n ynnr
| ngo, nnd u novel method IN being
! adopted To rnlsr funds. The congrogn.
I ilon needs $4,000 for the odliicc and
/ II wng proposed 10 raise the money by
operating gold mine 10 that crui
| the state of Maine gold mine nj
| Black Hawk was secured nnd this II
/ the mine that VIII bc operated, II is
I said to hc n good mlnc hns excellent
prospects, As the church by It's cor.
/ porni" powers could no, 20 into tn.
| mining business. II was determined 10
] farm "A gnunuuN far ihuI uttnna. Il,