The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-10-13
COLORADO NOTES.

The Denver Presbytery voted In IA
vor Of a revision of the creed.
The pay roll of the steel works At Pu-
eblo amounts to $i3OO 900 month.
The homeopathic doctors of Colorado
met In annual convention ut Denver
on the 4th. :.
The Denver Horse show opened aus
piciously on the Bird, attended by .
large and fashionable crowd.
Engineer William Taylor of Salida
was killed In wreck near Eagle on
the Rio Grnnde road on tile 2nd.
Reports from three of the state insti-
tutiOns give the following populations;
State Industrial School for Girls, fifty
five, added during the month, five;
State Industrial School for Boys, 16o,
added during the month, six; State Re-
fOrmatOry, 11S, added during the
month, ten.
The Denver branch mint has COM
menced paying G3h, cents per fine
ounce of silver contained in gold bars.
This Is an advance of 2 cents over
prices paid during the last few years,
| and is equal to 81 cents per standard
| ounce. The new buying price has been
set by the director of the mint ut
Washington.
Promises made by the Pixies Peak
Power Company that their plant
would he running by November 10.
| will be fulfilled. The last of the ma
chinery is now arriving. How great
an enterprise the building of this plant
has been few people understand. Half
a million dollars will have been used
when the machinery is all installed.
An Instance Of the magnitude of the
work is In the fact that the company
brought fifty carloads of slaves from
| California. Power will be furnished
for both electric divisions of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Greek Dis
trict Railway Company, for the Eco
nOmic Gold Extraction works, for the
electric light systems of Cameron and
Gillett and for purposes, except hoist
ing. on all Of the important mines con-
! trolled by the Woods Investment Com
Not for many years past has there
been such activity In the coal mines of
southern Colorado as at the present.
time. Though the companies have or
ders on hand that would keep the
mines busy at their full capacity for
at least an entire year. the production
at this time falls short by fully TWEEN
ty per cent. Of the total capacity OF the
mines. The principal reason for this
| condition Is said to be the shortage of
miners, for whom search Is being
made In various parts Of the state and
country. The shipments of coal are
for consumption in Colorado Nebras-
| ka and Kansas and for the use of most
| Of the railroad lines entering the state.
| The peculiar condition IL presented Of
| the mines not being able 10 turn out all
| the coal they would like. Yet. were the
i mines run to their full capacity there
| would be, in the opinion Of railroad .
men familiar with the situation,
shortage OF both cars and engines for
| the movement of the coal. since the
present production Of eighty per cent.
| Of the mines capacity keeps busy all
| the equipment and power which the
| railroads ARE able to devote to this par
| ticular business at this particular time.
State Engineer A. ]. McCune has
opened bids for the construction of the
| Taylor state road through the Grand
canon. above Glenwood. The bids were
| too high for the estimates as made by
| the state. and all were rejected. The
bidders were notified that modifica-
lions would be made In the sIecifica-
lions. and that they would he allowed
to make new bids. In an Interview the
state engineer said that the portion of
the state road In Eagle county had
been let. 1t consists of four miles of
grading work, and three steel bridges.
The total amount called for Is $500.
The Pueblo Bridge Company We're the
successful bidders. = The work in Gar
field county will require an expendi-
ture of not less than $2O.0OO. and bids
will not be let that exceed this amount.
The first bridge to build in Eagle coun-
ty will be within tile town of Red Clin
across Turkey creek. This bridge will
cover the road leading to the mining
camp of Gilman. The other bridge
will be across Eagle river at The mouth
of HOmestake creek. some distance be-
low Red Cliff. The third bridge will be
mt the town of Eagle and across Eagle
river These three bridges will make
complete outlet FOR people to reach
the Rio Grande road from the big scope
Of territory on the east and west.
Express companies nre noting that
banks are making much larger use of
the United States mails In transport
ing currency than ever before. Hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars are daily
passing through the mails which, until
recently, were handled almost exclus-
lively by the express companies. One
of the reasons of the change, as ex-
planned Mt Denver banks, is that the
cost Is l>ss and as the money is In
sured, there can be no loss, even II the
package Is destroyed en- route by fire.
The government does not agree to re-
turn to the sender money which is
stolen or lost in transit, hut the insur-
ance company pledges itself to make
good any such loss. All the bank hns
to pay is the regular postage such ms IL
charged for money order packagea
Some of the express companies with
Offices in Denver claim they are glad
the change has come about as 1t re-
lieves the company of heavy charge
for caring for highly valuable pack
ages. The government takes no more
than ordinary precautions as those are
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