Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1900-03-01
DOlNGs AT DENVER.
items of Interest From tho City and tios
State Capitol.

| tribution of mail. The routes of the
carriers are greatly shortened, as they
| take their mail from the car, deliver it
| to the houses and offices, and return
| to the car with the mail collected from
post boxes at street corners and on
private entrances. The mail is handled
| on board the car exactly as by the rail
| way mail service on steam railways.
| City letters are sorted out for immedi-
| ate delivery. while those which must
| take early trains are brought to the
| central office in shape to go Immediate
| ly to the pouches and be taken to the
depot. The system has been found the
! only one which will make possible
| house to house collection of mail,
which the Postoffice Department is try
! ing to introduce While it will not re-
duce the number of carriers, 1t will add
| greatly to the efficiency of the present
| force, and relieve the congestion than.
| comes when the mail is heavy, and the
carrier has to start from the central
| postoffice with the entire load for his
| whole district.
One of the first results of the open
door policy of the Chinese empire is
the granting of concessions for mining
and other purposes to Il syndicate of 4
| American capitalists. at the head off,
| which is Samuel Newhouse of this city,
WHICH comprises one OF Ine largest en-
| terprises ever undertaken in this coun-
| try. Several rich New York men are
| associated with Mr. Newhouse. lThree
concessions have been granted to the
company by the Chinese government.
First, the exclusive right to mine for
the precious metals and precious stones
in the district of Jehol, in northern
China, 16O miles north of Pekin, cover
ing an area larger than that of the
Cf,t, Of
sive right to operate the coal mines at
Shish-M Chat on the east coast OF
China. Third. all the timber and all
the mining rights. for the precious met
ais. iron and coal on both sides of the
Halu river. For more than n year Mr..
Newhouse and his associates have been
at work on this project. and now that
the concessions have been secured no
time is being lost in making the neces-
sary investigations of the vast terri
tory covered by the grant. a corps of
engineers being now on the way to
China.
Governor Thomas seems to be the
only state official elective or appoint
i've, who can leave the state and lose
his salary for the time absent. says the
News. While he is away Acting Gov
ernor Smith draws the governors sal
airy, but in other departments, the of
ficerS can go where they will and stay
as long as they will and still draw full
salary. The lieutenant governor, who.
is also away, draws his full salary
Richard Kett, state boiler inspector,
who has just returned from Europe,
was absent two months. The records
in the auditors office show that he
drew full salary, sos per month"; while
away. II. II. Eddy. deputy insurance
commissioner. has just returned from
two-weeks' stay in Missouri. He
gets full salary The state treasurer
seldom approaches the capitol, butt
draws $500 per month. Various state
officers and employees leave for few
days ut a time frequently and the sal
aries go on. but the governor gives up
his money when he leaves the office in
care of another. 1T does seem singu-
lar" said Auditor Temple recently.
but that is the law. The other state
officers have deputies who can take
care of the work while they are gone
and might 20 away for six months Mt n
time and draw pay just as if present.
In response to an overwhelming SEN
timent of the people, expressed in var
ious ways. the Fire and Police Board
on Wednesday issued an order direct
ing Chief of Police Farley to close all
gambling houses and to exert every eff
fort TO keep them closed. The order
came after the board had been in CON
ference for an hour and IL half with
committees of minister's from the Meth
odst, Baptist and Presbyterian
churches. In regard to closing the sa-
looms mt midnight. the board says that
its policy is unchanged. According to
members of the board and the chief of
police. all policemen have been in
structed to see that saloons on their
beats are closed promptly at midnight.
Failure to do this will result, it is al
legged, in the discharge of the officer
Orders were sent to the proprietors of
all gambling houses in Denver notify
ing them that their places must be
closed mt midnight last night and re-
main closed in the future. The gam
blers say they will obey the order but
they only look on it as creating n sort
of vacation. These orders have been
issned before said the proprietor of
one of the prominent gambling houses
Wednesday. "They keep us shut M
for II couple of weeks and then the ex-
element blows over and everything IL
all right again" Other men interest
ed in the question say that cobwcbs
will gather on the roulette wheels and
the dust will be deep on the faro
tables before they are again nut in on
Grafton. Members of the board saw
that although their ideas are un-
changed regarding the policy they
have pursued. public sentiment seems
to be against open gambling. and in
response TO this sentiment they will
keep the gambling houses closed as
long as they are In power. Rev. X. A.
Chase of the Anti-Snloon League says
that he has mass of evidence against
the gamblers which will probably not
I've used unless they attempt to open
their houses again. Any effort in this
direction will result in prompt ar
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