The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-11
coLoRApo ITEMS.

Iron and steer Vi ''N '".. - -
600 was produced In co'ornao '"S'
year. :,
An association has been Organizer nt
Fort Collins to establish pu"'c
brary.
The production Of coal IN Colorado ~
1899 amounted TO 4.O6s,S21 tons, WI
ued Mt S6,OO0,O00-
The national banks Of the state noiu
in all $50 200. 600 deposits. and stn.e
banks, Including savings pahkS' over
$1O,OOO.O0O.
Building permits issued IN Dense.
during 1899 were ~. 190,Ooss compaten M
with 81. .7Os, 700 In 1903, 81 ,26t .2U IN
1897. $1.f14.GO0 in 1890, $l,lzo'"V III
1895 and S765, 100 In 1894.
The receipts of the Denver postomce
in 1899 were S4O0,354. The expenses
were S152, 2,s04. and the net prom. 10 tne
government WAS <24I,5 $50 Ine IN
crease in revenue over 1903 was SO per
cent.
The merchants Of Grand junction
have agreed to close their places oil
business Mt Z o'clock every evening ex-
cept Saturday for the next three
months. This matter was brought
about through the efforts of the Retail
Clerks International Association
The value of the manufactured goods
produced in Denver during the year,
exclusive of smelter products, was x34.-
634, ,342 The factories employ lz.y9o
persons, whose earnings were $1,93o,-
80. During 1893 the Denver factories
produced goods valued at $29. ,zoO.
and employed 1850 persons, who
earned S7.11O.4JO In wages. In addi-
tion the smelters employ 1900 men,
whose earnings during the year were
100000.
The American Beet Sugar Company
has completed the purchase Of the
tracts of land near Rocky Ford, on
which II had options. Its total expend-
iture for lands is S150,000. corps of
engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site of the new
factory, which is adjoining the town
site. The nenrness to the business CEN
ter is highly pleasing TO the people In
a few weeks the busy hum of prepara-
tions for building will add greatly to
the business activity OF the town. Real
estate Is active and promises to take
on booming features In short time.
]. /. Jackson of Grand Junction has
invented n machine which bids fair to
make, for the inventors q fortune. The
machine Is n beet digger and topper. 1t
has four wheels and Is operated by a
series of levers at the command of the
driver. A plow which Is preceded by
n coulter raises the beets our of the
ground and throws them to the side,
and while this operation Is going on
sharp knife slices OF the top. As fast
as a team can walk the beets are taken
out of the ground, topped and ready
for the teamster to haul them to the
factory. A patent has been applied
for.
The Woman's Club of Grand June
tion is rejoicing greatly because of the
muniflcent donation made by Andrew
Carnegie to found free public library
in that city. The sum given by MIR.
Carnegie is 5000, which was the
amount asked for. The Woman's
Club own fine building lot on
Seventh evenue and the building will
be erected on this lot. For some time
the executive committee of the club
have been working to secure this dona-
tion from the great iron master and
philanthropist and their joy is great
because they have been given this
handsome New Years present from
Mr.. Carnegie.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
Company, by its attorney, X. Il. Whit
ted, has filed a petition for condemna-
ton In the District Court Of Douglas
county, to secure right-of-way for its
new line up the south fork of the
Platte toward Cripple Creek. That the
railroad Intends to build at once as far
as Horse creek, fifteen miles from
South Platte, there can be no doubt.
Several new mills are going In in that
locality and. their owners have been MS
sured by the railroad people that cars
will be running us far as Horse creek
by June /. This point is ten miles be-
yond the present terminus of the
branch. and about hnlf way from
South Platte to Lake George, where the
Midland railroad would be intersected
should the new line be continued on
up the Platte.
The first shovel full Of dirt on the
new Colorado Springs & Cripple Greek
short line was thrown out at ] o'clock
Thursday. President Irving Howbert
performed this ceremony near the
mouth of Bear creek canon. About
twenty-five men were put to work and
the number will be increased to thou
sand In week. The first work to be
accomplished is the cutting of forty
| foot roadway through the big hill lying
y lie
Saturday Camp No. 2 will be estab-
lished in North Cheyenne canon, and
on Tuesday Camp No. 3 will be estab-
lished half way between the Cheyenne
canon camp. and the present one south
west of Colorado City. The grade viii
be about 3H per cent. which is less
than that of either railroad entering
Cripple Creek, and Cameron, $500 feet
above sea level. will be the highest
point on the road.
According to what are considered by
lumber men as official figures, over
11O,0OO,0OO feet of logs were cut in
Colorado and New Mexico last year.
So far as the output of native Colorado
lumber Is concerned, Colorado md
northern New Mexico are considered
one by the lumber dealers, for the rea-
son that the forest from which the
logs are secured lies on the boundary
line 1t is estimated that the volume
OF business in 1890 was an Increase of
| 30 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.SO6,SI0 tons, against i,164,037 for
1898. This represents an Increase of
10 per cent. in the production. The
counties producing the coal may be
named in the order of their superior
ity as follows: Las Anlmas. Fremont.
Huerfano. Bonlder. Gunnison, Pitkin,
Garfield. La Plata. Ell Paso, Weld.
Mesa, Jefferson, Larimer, Arapahoe.
No new counties show production Of
coal.
The business of the Colorado Fuel
X Iron Company has increased at n
tremendous rate during the year. The
great steel plant of the company at
Pueblo has been enlarged and i'm