Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-28
COLORADO ITEMS.

10 SIcnwOOu Spllnss, anu Will " GU.
ried west to Grand Junction.
Richard Holmes color bearer Of tho
First Colorado. Is on his way to Den
yer, where he will enter railroad Of
dce. He intends 10 make this city his
home. In order TO be near his late com.
rndcs OF the regiment he accompanied
to Manila.
Some time last Saturday night IRE
broke out In the Eldorado tunnel house
ut Sunshine. and finally. about $50
o'clock II worked Into the office. where
there were some 200 pounds OF powder,
which exploded. tearing the building TO
pieces. damaging the machinery con-
s!dcrably and destroying the compress
sor, hose. etc. II appears that the
men had left the tunnel In the evening
and did not intend 10 return until
after Christmas. and there was no per-
son around.
The water works election ut Lead
willie Tuesday WIS a Waterloo Tor the
water company. Quite hard Ggh; has
been made the past two weeks by the
water company In hopes OF winning
tnIs election. bu; the vote resulted iG5
TO 80 In favor OF the city owning its
own water plant. The Board OF Trade
and the City Council have both been
spite the efforts OF the water company.
| they came out on top. Just what the
next move will be In the water situ-
alton II not known. but II Is believed
that the Lcadvillc Water Company VIII
not place such high value on It's plant
MS It has In the past.
The state board OF health. advised by
several leading physicians and health
authorities or the state. has In.
auguratcd n campaign against tubcr-
culosls and Will solicit the assistance
OF public authorities and private cIu-
zcns to prevent the sprcau OF the dread
/ tubcrcuiar germs. Public cxpcctora-
I tIon, tubcrcular dnlrics and meat sup
ply are the three causes OF consumption
which the board agrees must be pre-
/ vented In order to reach this desired
l end. The sentiment OF the physicians
was expressed rs opposed TO the least
persecution OF the afflicted and their
| object solely TO enforce necessary sani-
| iary measures. 1T would be an In
! justice to the community and to the ln-
dividuals to dcbar them from the
] state" said Secretary Tyler, "for
l thousands OF consumptivcs who regard
sanitary measures do not cndangcr the
public and are some OF our best c!t!-
zcns."
A peculiar accident occurred Mt An.
/ nconda last Wednesday. A heavily
! loaded ore wagon drawn by four horses
l did considerable damage to the house
I OF ]. !. Monaghan. just below the
| Midland tracks. The big wagon was
I loaded with ore from the Howard
/ lease on Gold hill. and was being
| hauled TO the .ArcIua mill. In COM
ing down the steep hill the chain OF
I 3 ln..ts hrntFa lstftnv tho hpnN4
wagon down ON the horses. The teams
! started To run. and the driver stayed
, with them until the turn In the road
was reached. The horses were un-
! able 10 stop. The driver jumped ard
the horses and wagon went over the
tracks. Monarlan's house was several
| feet below. The horses and wagon
/ landed In n confused mass upon the
west end of 1t. smashing 1t to kindlins
wood Two horses We're killed. one
| leader and one wheeler. The other lead
| or was standing In the center o: MIR.
| Monnghans bedroom. The wagon
! was partially in the house. and ore was
! mixed up with the bcdclothcs and fur
! uiturc. II took several hours to clear
| the wrcckagc. 1t Is remarkable that
10 one was injured in the accident.
| Twenty minutes before n child was
asleep In the bed that was demolished.
Another disastrous rear end wreck
! occurred on the Rio Gcande near Red
| C,n. Friday. a passenger train was
| lin ..gcd. owing to n broken rail. \ Tag
man was sent back and stopped light
engine. He did not. however. know
| that II heavy freight train was coming
only n short distance back. and when
the engineers and nrcmen of the
| freight turned the curve and saw an
nhpuI fbnr inInnpl Tho
freight train had fourteen ears drawn
by two engines. and WIS OH n down
grade. 1t crashed with frichtful force
into the light engine. which was dou-
blcd up and inmmcd into the sleeper.
Every passenger in the train WIS thrown
from the seat. and fifteen or twenty
were injured. but not seriously. The
fact that the ligh; engine was struck
first was air that saved n rcnctition CT
the terrible accident near Salida few
weeks ago as the freight train would
have undoubtedly crashed into the
passenger cars. The light engine. how
ever. served rs Il bumper. but was
crushed beyond the scmblance of an
engine by the terrible shock. The
property damage was heavy.
Thrce-Quartcrs of II million dollars
will he spent by the Colorado & Soutli-
ern Railway Company iicNt year in ini-
provcncnt of its lines. for new rolling
stock and for building of the great re-
pair and construction shops that will
soon be under construction. AT the re-
cent meeting of the directors all of the
present officials of the road were re-
elected without opposition. The sum
of ST5O.OCO was set aside to be used for
permanent improvements. and will be
expended in the purchase of ten new
locomotives. $50 new fiat cars and ii
new passenger cars. and in building
new repair shops. In addition to this
there remains of the money set aside
for improvements during the present
year S125O00. This will be used in
construction work already under way
on the Cripple Creel; Short Line In the
South Platte canon. This road will be
nnchnl ON to IInrSn Crnnl, nhnut ten