North Park union., 1900-01-12
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Fort Collins TO establish \ public u
heay.
The production Of coal In Colombo IN
1890 amounted TO 4.O6. SD tons, val.
ued at 96.O0O.OOO
Bud" Taylor. a sawmill hand. ran
amuck at Castle Rock the other day
and was shot by the sheriff.
By the explosion Of d. x X. q. loco
motive boiler at Minturn. Samuel II.
Quackenbush. engineer. was Instantly
killed. and Irwin saiiep, fireman, was
fatally Injured.
The buildings of the Florence cement
works are nearing completion. and
four cars OF new machinery have ar.
rived for the new plant. Boilers and
all will be put In position ~ fast a.
possible.
Colorado & Southern officers are con.
sidertnE the ndvisability of construct
ing iron snow sheds on the Gunnison
line. over Alpine pass. to Insure keep
Ing the road open through the whole
winter. 20 that the mines OF the Bald
win district mny have nn uninterrupt-
ed outlet.
A coal miner named Peter Falsetto,
employed Vt the Hastings mine OF the
Victor Coal Company. was accidental
~ killed At Trinidad Sunday night. He
was seated at the table In his boarding
house. reading. when n revolver In his
pocket fell to the door and was dis
charged. the ball striking Falsetio cn.
der the chin and coming out nj the top
Of hia head. Death was instantaneous.
The man wns 10 yenrs Of nge and un-
married.
Arrangements have been made for
the TEXAS Colorado Chautauqua TO
avail itself in the future of the course
Of the New York ChautRuQua and other
like organizations so that n complete
circuit can be formed and better nttrnc-
tions at less cost can b. secured than
heretofore. II has already been decid-
cd that the 1900 session Of the Chau-
tauQua shall be SIX weeks and that ev-
crything possible Will b. done to mako
It much greater success than hereto
fore. The grounds Will be made more
attractive and more cottages will be
put UP.
One OF the most prosperous indus
tries Of the state. according to the re-
port OF the output of It's mills. is the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. In
every department of Its manufactures
Il has jumped to the front. while In
some particular lines the increased de-
mand for Its goods Ii astonishing. DuY-'
Ing the past year almost 80 per cene
more merchant Iron WINS made than N
1908: and In spiegel. spikes. bolts and
nuts the Increase was even grenter.
The output of iron pipe was fourteen
times nv great during the year just
closed M In lSDS
The American Beet Sugar Company
has completed the purchase Of the
trnctA OF land near Rocky Ford. on
which II had options. Its tOtnl cxpcnd-
iture for lands is $150.OOO. A corps OF
engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site Of the new
factory, which Ii adjoining the town
site. The ncarncss TO the business GEN.
ter In highly pleasing to the people. In
n few weeks the busy hum OF prepara-
tlons for building Will add greatly To
the business activity OF the town. Real
estate IN active and promises to take
on booming features In short time.
The Colorado 4 Southern Railway
Company. by It's attorney. T.. II. Whit
ted. hns filed Il petition for condemnH-
tion In the District Court OF Douglas
county. to secure right-of- way Tor Its
new line up the south fork OF the
Platte toward Cripple Creek. That the
railroad Intends to build nj once ns fur
ns Horse creek. fifteen miles from
South Platte. there can be no doubt.
Several new mills nrc going In In that
locality and their owners have been ns-
surcd by the railroad people that ears
Will bc running ns far ns Horse creek
by June I. This point liz ten miles be-
yond the present terminus OF the
branci. and about half way from
South Platte to Lake George. where the
Midland railroad would be intersected
should the new line be continued on
up the Platte.
According TO what are considered by
lumber men ns official figures, over
l1O,OOO.OOO feet OF logs were cut In
Colorado and New Mexico last year
40 far ns the output OF native Colorado
lumber is concerned, Colorado and
northern New Mexico nre considered
one by the lumber dealers. for the rcn
xon that the forest from which the
logs are secured lies on the boundary
line. 1t Is estimated that the volume
OF business In 1850 was nn increase OF
10 per cent. over the preceding year.
The figures received at the office OF
the state coal mine Inspector show that
the coal output for the last year was
4.SNB.SI9 tons, against 4.1A.uSt FOR
1908. This represents an increase OF
IL per cent. In the production. The
counties producing the coal may he
named In the order OF their superior
ity nx follows: Las Animas. Fremont.
Huerfnno. Boulder. Gmnison, Pitkin
Garfield. In Plata. FL Paso. Weld,
Mesa. Jefferson, Larimer. Arapahoe.
No new counties show n production OF
coal.
The mining camp OF Caribou. about
twenty miles west OF Boulder. was nj
most entirely destroyed by fire We'd
nesdny. The fire started In the marn-
Ing and burned all afternoon md las,
night. There are no wntcrworks In
the town and the citizens only resource
wns bucket brigade. which proved In
cfYcctual against the flames. Seventeen
buildings on the north side Of the street
were destroyed. The fire started In the
general store OF =. W. Richie during
the owners absence from town. II
spread quickly and next caught the
Two story frame building belonging IN
T.. J. weriey. The structure was one
Of the old landmarks OF the town aud
was unoccupIcl. The unoccupied build
ing OF ". q. Grosser. Louis Thorpe.
Mrs. Hannah. Rufus Gray and Will
liam Brooks. Mrs. Downs Planters
hotel and John Loves house were next
to 20. The total loss ix estimated at
so5. 600. In all. seventeen houses. front
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