Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-20
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

branch westward through Wyoming.
The new line will he extended south
forty miles from Alliance, to Camp
Clark, on the North Platte river. From
this point line will continue south to
make a short line to Denver. and one
west, n distance of ninety miles, to the
IIartvillc mining district of Wyoming.
The latter line will eventually be eX-
tend west through Wyoming rs the Ne
braskn, Wyoming x Western. articles
of Incorporation having been filed sew
eral days ago. 1t is designed to reach
the various undevclopcd coal and oil
fields Of Wyoming rs well MS compete
for the great live stock shipping trnlc
of the state. which IL now held by the
Union Pacific and Northwestern syS-
tens.
With the acQuicScence OF the state
land board. the Great Plains Land and
Water Storage Company will take I'M
mediate steps to bring into Colorado II
colony Of 1000 families comprising
about 10000 people. For some weeks
the company has been negotiating with
the land board for the purchase OF
1900 acres OF school land In the .Arkan-
sas valley near Lamar. but such deter.
mined opposition to the project Inns np-
penred that the completion of the
sentatives OF the company have mp.
penred before Register Chlpley and
laid bare the plans of the concern for
the colonization OF that portion OF the
Arkansas valley In which the school
land mentioned liz located. II was de-
cidcd that the board shall make an cy-
animation Of the land under discussion.
and to do that II trip To Lamar was ar.
ranged. The members. accompanied
by representatives OF the company and
by u committee representing the oppo-
sition. will make the Journey In II few
days.
The Denver & Rio Granic hospital nt
SalIla was destroyed by fire on the
18th. The alarm was sounded Mt y
o'clock and when the fire apparatus
arrived the roof was burning. The fire
| originated from II iluc. starting In the
, framework OF the roof. An insufficient
! pressure Of water prevented effective
/ work by the iircmcn and citizens. who
| volunteered. and II was soon evident
that the building. u fine three story
structure. was doomed. About thirty
patients were In the building. but all
were removed In safety and taken TO
various houses FOR care and protection.
There being no wind the building
burned slowly. so that most OF the val.
liable furniture and fixtures were
saved. The frcmcn kept streams Of
water playing ON the upper floors. 40
that the first floor II not entirely de-
stroyed. The hospital was one Of the
finest buildings In this section OF the
state. and IL the property OF tho En-.
ploycs' Relief Association Of the Rio
Granic system. II Is amply insured
and will bc ut once rebuilt. II IL
thought that none OF the patients Will
, suffer In consequence OF hnsty removal
W. =. Strntton has sold his IEdcpcnd.
cncc mine at Cripple Greek to the Ven.
turc corporation OF London. This is
the largest mining deal made In this
state for many years. The price OF the
property IN not stated. but II IL intimn'-
ed that Mr.. Strntton will get several
million dollars for the mine. The
story Of the Independence mine is one
of the romanccs OF Cripple Creek. and
IL familiar To most OF the people OF
Colorado. The discovery was mndc In
1890. and from that day to this there
has not been day when Mr.. Strntton
has not been nctivc in its development.
In spite OF discourngements. including
that most gricvous OF NIL discourage.
mcnts-povcsty-hc persisted In work
ing the claim. sometimcs singlc.hand
cd. until after two years he was en-
ablcd to make his first important ship.
mcnt. In 1899 the net profits OF the
mine amounted to SEQ. 600. In the next
three years the mine has put into cir.
culntion more than Sl.OOO.O0O In gold.
OF which fully onc.hnlf was net profit.
Very rich ore bodies remain un.
touched In the mine. valued at several
million dollars.
The Rocky Mountain News on the
18th said: II was reliably learned last
evening that n deal was closed In New
York Oh last Saturday whereby the
Midland Terminal Railway Company.
the Florence X Cripple Creek railway
and the Florence Reduction Works n,
Florence had been sold to n London
syndicate for SS.OOO.OO. The deal has
been on foot for the last six months
and was contaminated In New York
on Saturday by Mcssrs. u. II. Mofrat
and Ebcn Smith. Details Of the deal
are mcagcr. but II ia intimntcd that IT
means a great deal for Denver. ns II Is
thought the syndicate will build the
long contemplated air line to Denver.
connecting with the Midland Terminal
near Divide and Colorado Springs Will
thereby be cut out OF n large amount %.
business from the Cripple Creek dis
trict. The Florence n Cripple Creek
read extends from Florence to Cripple
Greek I, has paid large profits sine"
the day II was built. Mr.. Moffat and
his associates are rcputcd to have taken
out Of II about all that 1t cost them
The Midland Terminal extends from
Cripple Creek north to Divide and IL
about twenty-five miles long. TO con.
meet It with the South Park line, In the
vicinity OF Syincs or Deansbury, about
forty miles OF new rails must be laid
Except for the windings necessitatcl
by passing through the mountains.
there will then bc an air line from Den
yer to Florence. passing through the
Cripple Creek district. The distance
from Denver to Cripple Greek will be
about ninety miles. or little more than
the distance from Denver to Colorado