The Lamar register., 1899-12-06
COLORADO Ir4Ms.

9th of Bright's disease.
IL is rumored that the Colorado .S
southern and the company which pro-
poses to build reservoir in the South
flatte canon may come tC an ami
able agreement to avoid further liti-
CATION
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
Is making preparations for track lay
ing next year. Last year the work of
replacing the 75-pound rails or the first
division by S5-pound rails was begun
and VIII be continued next year until
the entire first division Is equipped
with new rails An order was placed
several days ago with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for 10000 tons
OF S5-pound rails, to be delivered in the
spring of 1900. This will be laid be
tween Pueblo and Salida and south OF
Pueblo. The purpose of the company
is TO lay heavy rails on its whole line
from Denver 10 Grand Junction.
A dispatch from Canon City says:
Warden Hoyt on Wednesday had his
first man returned to the penitentiary
for violation of obligation made in
accepting n parole. John COndon. No.
4f40. would have completed his term
at the penitentiary on the 18th Of Feb
ruary next, and was granted a parole
aash IhtAhAsi9- Llt tAliNth his iAAtAhy
Just two days. He was found in a
drunken condition yesterday and re
turned TO the warden. By this act
Condor loses all the good time that
stood to his credit, and will be COM
PEELED to serve the. limit of his SEN
tence, which expires on May %, 1900.
Condor was sentenced to two and one
half years from Ell Paso county for
burglary.
The two gangs of workmen who are
boring the Strickler tunnel have only
twenty more feet between them,
and 1t is expected that within fifty or
sixty hours they VIII have drilled
through this Intervening ground. 1t will
require several days after the tunnel
I is broken through TO get the big bore
In perfect condition throughout. The
contract time expires December Sth.
and there seems no doubt that the tun-
mel will be entirely finished by that
time. The detour in the tunnel, which
was made to avoid streak of soft
mud. has never been Strengthened,
and City Engineer Sawyer has given
Wilson * Jackson, the contractors. no
tlc, that II must be Strengthened before
he viii accept the work on behalf of
the city. The tunnel Is being bored
by the city OF Colorado Springs to
! AAEthf uil phllfA lAt ttIAl'h NAA'A 49,
eryoirs ON the western slope of Pixies
Peak, through which the water may be
brought down to Lake Moraiue, now
the head OF the water system. The
boring of this tunnel has been produc-
tive OF considerable litigation at times,
and the work has met with delays
through trouble over the warrants
which were issued OH the contract.
On the 2lst OF last month deal was
consummated by which all interests
OF the American Zinc-Lead Company
west OF Chicago passed into the hands
OF III. L. HOLSTER OF Boston and DIR. II.
L. Bartlett OF Canon City. This in
cludss valuable patents and constdera-
bic mining property in New Mexico,
and the American Zinc-Lead Smelter at
Canon City. The amount involved in
the purchase + s2JO.Gn0. These inter
eEts were formerly controlled by n
company OF Boston capitalists in con-
junction with large Eastern holdings.
Dr. Bartlett had the management Of
the Colorado and New Mexico inter-
g-sts and has made an eminent success
Of the business During recent trip
East lie made arrangements for suf-
nCient amount Of capital to enlarge
the plant at Canon City 10 three times
Its present capacity, and the purchase
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this plan. When all additions contem-
plated are complete this smelter will
have a capacity of 300 tons Of zinc ore
per diem. and force of 225 men viii
h. required to handle the product.
Among the new buildings planned are
n smelling building. a hume building.
six bag rooms, an enlargement of the
boiler. engine and sampling rooms. n
drying house and cooper shop. The
smelter building will duplicate the
present building and will parallel ii on
the east. workmen are now engaged
in eNcavating for the foundations,
which viii be so feet wide by 900 feet
At the instance of Attorney General
ID. NJ. Campbell and on the advice of
Governor Thomas, temporary injunc-
tons against eight parties were Sc
cured Wednesday morning in Cripple
Greek to prevent the consolidation of
what is known as the Moffat interests
into the Denver x Southwestern Rail
way The injunctions were secured
from Judge Stimson at Cripple Creek,
Judge Harris asserting. They are
against Secretary of State Elmer Il.
Beckwith TO prevent him from accept
ing the local articles of Incorporation
of the Denver * Southwestern Rail-
way. a Delaware and New Jersey con-
cern. on the ground that the company
is Illegally and I.nconstitutionally en-
deayoring to form monopoly; against
rho Denver & Southwestern Railway