The Lamar register., 1900-10-10
UUNUhADO NOTES.

eblo amounts to 100000 n month.
The homeopathic doctors of Colorado
met in annual convention ut Denver
on the 18th.
The Denver Horse Show opened aus
piciously on the Bird, attended by q.
large and fashionable crowd.
Engineer William Taylor OF salida
was killed in II wreck near Eagle on
the Rio Grnnde road on the Ind
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, 1G6,
added during the month, six; State Nc
formatory, lis, added during the
month, ten.
The Denver branch mint has com
menced paying G3hs 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 beek
set by the director OF the mint at
Washington.
Promises made by the Pixies Peak
Power Company that their plant
would be running by November 10,
will be fulfilled. The last of the ma
chincry Is now arriving. How great
an enterprise the building of this plant
has been few people understand. Iinh
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 COk-
RADIO Springs and Cripple Greek Dis
trict Railway Company, for the Eco
nonic Gold Extraction works, for the
| electric light systems of Cameron and
| Gillctt and for purposes, except hoist
ing. on all of the important mines con
! trollcd by the Woods Investment Com
| Not for many years past has hers
been such activity in the coal mines OF
southern Colorado rs ut 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 twen-
ty per cent. of the total capacity OF tfse
mines. The principal reason FOR thN
! condition is said to be the shortage OF
miners, for whom search IL being
made in various parts OF the stnte ana
country. The shipments of coal are
for consumption In Colorado, Nebras-
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! OF the railroad lines entering the state.
The peculiar condition is presented OF
the mines not being able to turn out AL
| the coal they would like. Yet. were the
mines run to their full capacity there
would be, in the opinion of railroad
men familiar with the situation, \
shortage of both ears and engines for
the movement of the conl. since thu
present production of eighty per cent
| Of the mines capacity keeps busy M
the equipment and power which the
railroads are able TO devote to this par
ticular business mt this particular time.
State Engineer A. J. McCunc has
! opened bids for the construction OF the
| Taylor state road through the Grand
! canon, above GlcnwoOd. The bids were
too high for the estimates as made by
| the state, and all We're rejected. The
| bidders were notified that modificn-
tons would be made in the spccifica-
| tons. and that they would be 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 II consists of four miles Of
grading work. and three steel bridges.
The total amount called for is $1,000.
The Pueblo Bridge Company We're the
successful bidders. The work in Gar
field county will require nm cXpcndi-
will not be lei that exceed this amount
The first bridge to build in Eagle coun-
ty will be within the 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 ut the mouth
of Homestake creek, some distance be-
low Red Cliff. The third bridge will I've
at the town of Eagle and across Eagle
river These three bridges will make
n complete outlet for people to reach
the Rio Grande road from the big Scoops.
of territory on the east and west.
Express companies are 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, We're handled almost cxclus-
lively by the express companies. One
of the reasons of the change, as ex-
planned at Denver banks, Is that the
cost Is less and as the money IL 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 fs
stolen or lost in transit but the insur-
ance company pledges itself TO make
good any such loss. All the bank has
IN INV 10 thn rppulur posfnpr surh Ia