The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-30
DOINGs AT DENVER.
Items Of Il terest From the City sad tie
srate Capitol.


Snow which remained unmelfed In
the mountains all last winter and last
summer will aid in saving the state
from a water famine this year. This
is one of the facts which appears from
the report of James ]. Armstrong,
superintendent of Irrigation. The ir-
rigation superintendent, from advance
reports received from all the commis-
sioners in this district thinks the out
look for the year very encouraging
when the poor condition Of a few
weeks ago are taken into considera-
ton.
The twenty-first annual encampment
of the G. A. r., Department Of Colo
RADIO and Wyoming. was concluded
yesterday afternoon. when the officers
were publicly installed at Windsor
hall. The list of officers elected was
as follows: Department commander.
Harper NJ. Orahood. Denver; senior
vice commander. NJ. ]. Hogarty.
Greeley; junior vice, A g. Artist,
Cheyenne; chaplain, John l. Boyd,
Denver; medical director, DR.. George
w. Curfman, Denver: council of ad-
Fisher, E. p. Pitkin, II. s. Vaughn
VI.
A law making it compulsory to use
an electric exploder for discharging
blasts in mines will probably be intro
duced at the next Assembly. Such .
measure is advocated by many as the
only safe method of setting OF blasts
and as such a provision to be made
obligatory by law. 1T is the only safe
method says Coal Mine Inspector
Denman. "Of course in coal mines
there is very little blasting, and but
few accidents due thereto, but in met
aliferous mines great many occur. A
missed shot is almost impossible when
an exploder is used. but is very easy
to have when fuse is depended upon"
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company is planning to spend $25O,OO0
on improvements and enlargement Of
the Burnham repair and construction
shops. Plans are being prepared by
the company engineers to be submit
ted by President Jeffery to the board
of directors. II the board approves,
the Rio Grande shops will be enlarged
SO as to build and repair cars for the
Denver & Rio Grande road and the
Rock Island and the Missouri Pacific
as we'll The plans even take into &C.
count the time when the Rio Grande
will need to build its own locomotives,
and 1t is probable that when the en-
larged shops are ready, work Of this
kind will be done here, to save the
enormous expense of bringing all loco
motives from the East The present
shops are the largest west of the Mis-
souri, river, but 1t is said that their
capacity will be almost doubled.
Authoritative advice was received
from President Ristine of the Midland
railway Monday that the pending deal
has been closed. One-half the securi-
ties Of the Midland will be owned by
the Rio Grande Western Construction
Company and one-half by the moneyed
men who control the Colorado & South
ern. The Rio Grande Western rail-
way and the Colorado & Southern rail-
way do not appear officially in the
transaction, but the practical working
will be the same as II each line owned
one-ha1f of the Midland. The present
Midland voting trust was created to
run till 1904 and can only be dissolved
by consent. The consent has been OBJ
tained, and 1t is likely that a new
voting trust will be created by the
new owners Of the stock. 1t was also
announced that the construction of
the Cripple Greek short line to Denver
by way of the canon of the South
Platte river will be built with the least
possible delay and that it is expected
to be in operation in one year from
date. The short line will be standard
gauge and will make the terminus Of
the Midland at Denver instead of at
Colorado Springs, though the short
line will be constructed by separate
company controlled by the men be-
low,
land, the Colorado & Southern and the
Rio Grande Western will continue as
separate corporations, but with close
relations.
F. o. Papenoe, owner of the Topeka
Capital, was in the city Monday. In
an Interview about Mr.. Sheldon's news
paper experiment, he said: zone of the
results will be that great Christian
daily will be started in some city like
New York or Chicago-but not right
away. 1t will take time, as do not
think Sheldon will lend himself to such
a work permanently He desired only
to mark the path in which others
should follow. But know that to-day
II he should signify his willingness to
| stand at the head of such an enterprise
and agree to be managing editor Of
such a periodical for a year or more,
that 81, 100000 could be raised easily
to support such newspaper. But the
| greatest good result of the movement
just ended-just commenced, IL the
right view is taken of the affair-will
be In making newspaper owners think
twice hereafter as to what goes into
their paper in the way of advertise
ments and what goes in as news;
making those who enter the newspaper
| business more desirouS of seeinV mora