Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-27
between Bachelor and Miners basin.
those of other common carriers.

those of other common carriers.
A new railroad is to be built from
Canon City to Cripple Creek. 1t is
| stated that the money for the enter.
prise is In hand and that work will
commence Mt once. The road is to be
standard gauge. underground rail. The
route will be from the west side of
Cripple Creek, down Cripple Creek to
its junction with Four Mile, along
-Four Mile to It's junction with the Ar
kansas river, and to follow this river
until connection Is made with the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Four
| miles Of the track of this road will be
followed into Canon City. The trip Is
not to take longer than one hour and
thirty minutes, and the fare IL not to
he greater than 81 for the round trip.
The road will be operated by steam.
| The principal shareholders are 7. JEFF.
ferson Coolidge, Major Tuttle. George
volney Meyar. Henry B. Twombley
md George II. Proctor. The general
manager OF the road Is a. II. CrOcker,
i formerly with the Burlington. o. II. 4
n, and a., 7. & S. Il. railroads.
The Colorado Board of Agriculture
met at Fort Collins on the 25th. The
minutes of the December meeting
| were disapproved and the clause re-
|
dent Of the State Agricultural College
| was rescInded, on motion of Governor
| Thomas. by u vote of to 4. l.. +.
| Sharp OF Pueblo was elected president
| OF the board by vote OF . to !. L.
NJ. Hnwley of Canon City was elected
secretary of the board. and q. n.
| Webb of Fort Collins treasurer. The
matter of the election OF successor
| to DIR. Ellis was deferred until the
! evening session. The candidates dis'
cussed are Rev. Barton Aylesworth,
Rev. Bayard Craig, Chancellor Nc
Dowcll of Denver. Professor IL. ".
| Carpenter of Fort Collins and Trofes-
sor johnson of the Longmont College.
At the evening session Chancellor VIII.
lam +. Mcdowell of the University OF
Denver was elected to succeed Presi-
dent Ellis. 1t Is not known whether
Chancellor Mcdowell will accept or
not.
| An explosion. by which five mncss
| lost their lives. occurred OH the list III
the Cook & White coal mine ut Madrid.
| New Mexico. The men were coming
I'M out OF the mine for dinner when ihe
cxploslon occurred. The explosion
dannged the machinery and five men
were left In the mine. For three hours
nothing could be learned Of the fate If
l
were made by the miners to descend
the shaft, but they We're driven back
by the poisonous atmosphere. When
the mine was finally entered the tive
men were found dead, death resulting
evidently from suffocation, us no
marks Of external violence were viz
ible, The men We're Poles. 1t Is
claimed by the mine management that
| the men violated orders by carrying
open lamps into the mine. Open lamps
were found near the bodies of the dead
men. but 1t is not known who took
them into the mine. Orders that none
but safety lamps be used by the miners
were very strict. and because of this
| fact the coroner's jury, at an inquest
later In the day, held the mine man
ayers blameless for the accident.
The movements and prospective op-
erations of the Burlington company
in Wyoming are being watched with
great interest, not only by the public.
| but by other railroad companies. 1t IL
reported on fairly reliable authority
that the company Is now negotiating
for the purchase of the Cheyenne X
Northern branch of that system. II
this Is secured branch will be extend
ed westward from Horse Greek station
to the coal lands owned by the Bur
lington company, In Carbon county. 9
distance of about sixty miles. With
| this branch the coal could be market
ed. by almost straight lines of road. In
the Black Hills of South Dakota and In
Omaha. The ownership of the Chey-
| enne l. Northern. taken in connection
with the Cheyenne & Burlington line.
| would give the company access to the
interior of the live stock regions of
Wyoming and enable 1t to control
much live stock business now going to
other liEes. The activity of the Union
Pacific In railroad building and the
evident Intention Of the Burlington to
get into Wyoming territory makes 1t
certain that the present year Is going
to be one of unprecedented railroad
construction in the state.
A surveying party of eight men has
been dispatched from Denver by the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company to
Badger, 100 miles north OF Cheyenne.
where the Cheyenne Northern reaches
the North Platte river. The Cheyenne
Northern belongs to the Colorado Il
Southern. From Badger the surveyors
will locate fifteen-milc spur down
and across the North Platte to the
Hnrtville iron mines. General Manager
Kcbler of the Fuel & Iron Company
says that his company VIII build the
spur mt once IL the surveyors report n
feasible route. Inasnuch as Mr.. keb-
Ter has Just returned from ride over
this route with some Colorado & Soutl-
ern officials the Inference Is that no In
surmountnble obstacles We're observer.
He says that the Hnrtville iron mines
have been leased by the Colorado Fuel
4 Iron Company and that with the
spur built large quantities of ore Will
be shipped to the iron and steel works
ut Pueblo. The distance is $50 miles.
Thus the Cheyenne & Northern branch
of the Colorado & Southern Will he sup
piled with year round ana permanent
staple traffic, something it has long
needed. II the Fort Collins nnd Chey-