The Monte Vista journal., 1900-01-06
COLORADO ITEMS.

An association has been organized 1t
Fort Collins to establish a public u
brary.
The production of coal In Colorado In
1888 amounted to 4,OGS, $50 tons, val
ued At $0,OO0!OO.
Bud" Taylor. a sawmill hand, ran
amuck at Castle Rock the other day
and was shot by the sheriff.
By the explosion OF d. & r. G. loco
motive boiler at Minturn. Samuel H.
Quackenbush. engineer. was instantly
killed, and Irwin Salien, 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 as fast AZ
possible.
Colorado 4 Southern officers are con.
sidering the advisabilIty of construct
Ing iron snow sheds on the Gunnison
line. over Alpine pass, to insure keep
Ing the road open through the whole
winter, 80 that the mines of the Bald
win district may have an uninterrupt-
cd outlet.
A coal miner named Peter Falsetto,
employed at 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 u revolver In his
pocket fell to the floor and was dis
charged. the ball striking Falsetto un-
der the chin and coming out at the top
OF his head. Death was instantaneous.
The man was 10 years of age and un-
married.
Arrangements have been mnde for
the TexHS-COlorado Chnutauqua to
avail Itself In the future OF the course
OF the New York Chautnuqua and other
like organizations no that a complete
circuit can be formed and better attrac-
tions at less cost can b. secured than
heretofore. II has already been decid-
ed that the 1900 session OF the Chau-
tauquA shall be six weeks and that ev-
erythinR possible will be done to make
II n 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, Ia the
Colorado Fuel Il Iron Company. In
every department Of Its manufactures.
II has jumped TO the front, while iS
some particular lines the increased de-
mand for Its goods IL astonishing DuY-'
Ing the past year almost 20 per cent
more merchant iron was made than N
1spS; and In spiegel. spikes. bolts and
nuts the Increase was even greater.
The output of Iron pipe was fourteen
times MS great during the year Just
closed as In 1898.
The American Beet Sugar Company
hns completed the purchase OF the
trnctS OF land near Rocky Ford. on
which II had options. Its total expend-
lture for lands IL x15O.OO. A corps of
engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site Of the new
factory. which Is adjoining the town
site. The nearness to the business Gen.
ter Is highly pleasing to the people. In
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 n short time.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
Company. by its attorney. +. +. Whit
ted, has filed II petition for condemna-
tion In the District Court OF Douglas
county. to secure right-of-wny Tor It's
new line up the south fork Of the
Platte toward Cripple Creek That the
railroad Intends to build at once US far
as Horse creek. fifteen miles from
South Platte. there can I've no doubt
Several new mills are going In In that
locality and their owners have been as
sured by the railroad people that cars
will be running MS far ns Horse creek
by June I. This point is ten miles h.
yond the present terminus OF the
branch. and about half way from
South Platte TO lake George. where the
Midland railroad would bc intersected
should the new line be continued on
up the Platte.
According to what are considered by
lumber men rs official figures. over
llO.OOOOO feet OF logs were cut in
Colorado and New Mexico last year.
So far as the output OF native Colorado
lumber IL concerned. Colorado and
northern Now Mexico are considered
one by the lumber dealers. for the rca-
son that the forest from which the
logs are secured lies on the boundary
line. II Is estimated that the volume
Of business In 1850 was nm increase Of
30 per cent. over the preceding year.
The figures received nt the Office Of
the state coal mine Inspector show tha,
the coal output for the last year was
4.SOl,S70 tons. ngalns; I.lJi,031 for
1893. This represents nn increase Of
II ler cent. In the production. The
counties producing the coal may be
named In the order OF their superior
iiy M follows: Las Animas. Fremont.
Hucrfnno. Boulder. Gunnlson. Pi,kin,
Garfield. La Plata. FL Paso. Weld.
Mesa. Jefferson. I.arlmcr. Arapahoc.
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
nesday. 'i':s IRE started In the nlsrn.
| Ing mud burned all afternoon and last
night. There arc no waicrworks In
| the town and the citizens only resource
was bucket brigade. which proved In.
| "frcctunl against the flames. Seventeen
| buildings on the north side OF the street
were destroyed. The fire started In the
! general store u y. W. Richie during
the owners absence from town. It
spread quickly and next caugh, the
two story frame building belonging to
T.. !. Wrricy. The structure was one
Of the old landmarks OF the town AID
WINS unoccup"i. The unoccupicd build.
ing Of ". q. Grosscr. Louis Thorpe.
Mrs. Hannah. Rufus Gray and VII.
liam Brooks. Mrs. Downs Pinntcrs'
hotel and John Loves house were next
to go. The total loss II estimated nt
s23 600. In nli. seventeen houses. front.
Ing ON the main street. were de-.
Stroycd. There wNs no Insurance. ow.
Ing TO the high rates charged by the