North Park union., 1900-01-05
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laAS,t hunters at Lamar made some
6tg scores this year.
A telephone line has hssn co1psstsd
70 Glcnwood Springs. and viii b car
Sisd west 70 Grand Junction.
Richard Holmes color bearer Of thss
First Co,orado. 10 ON his way to Den
vee. where he will enter railroad Of
Dec. He intends to make this city his
home. In order to be near his late com.
rsdes Of the regiment he accompanied
70 Manila.
Some time las. saturday night fire
broke out In the Eldorado tunnel house
~ Sunshine. and finally. about 2:O
O'Clock II worked into the office. where
there were some :s)O pounds Of powder,
which exploded. tearing the building to
pieces. damaging the machinery con-
siderably and destroying the compress
sor, hose. etc. II appears that the
men had left the tunnel In the evening
and did moi intend TO return until
after Christmas, md there was no per
son around.
The state board Of health. advised by
several leading physicians and health
authorities Of the stnte. has In
culosia and will solicit the assistance
OF public authorities and private citi-
xens to prevent the sprcaa OF the drend
tubercular germs. Public eapcctorn-
ti0n, tul,erculnr dniries and meat sup
ply are the three causes OF consumption
which the board agrees must bc pre-
vented in order to reach this desired
end. The sentiment OF the physicians
was expressed M opposed TO the least
persecution OF the afflicted and their
object solely 10 enforce necessary sani-
tary measures. 1T would Ike an In
justice 10 the community and to the In
dividuals 10 debar them from the
state" xaid Secretary Tyler. "for
thousands Of consumptivcs who regard
sanitary measures do not endangcr the
public aud nrc some OF our best citi-
xens."
A peculiar accident occurred nt An
nconda last Wednesday. A heavily
loaded ore wagon drawn by four horses
did considerable damage to the house
OF !. J. Monaghan. Just below the
Midland tracks. The big wagon was
loaded with ore from the Howard
lease on Gold hill. and was being
hauled to the AreIun mill. In corr
Ing down the steep hill the chain of
y
wagon down on the horses. The teams
with them until the turn in the road
was reached. The horscS were un-
able to stop. The driver jumped and
the horses and wagon wen! over the
tracks. MOnaghan's house was several
feet below. The horses and wagon
landed In n confused mass upon the
west end OF II. smashing II to kindling
wood. Two horses were killed. one
leader and one wheeler. The other lead
er WINS standing In the center OF Mr..
MonnEhnn's bedroom. The wagon
wns partially In the house. and ore was
mixed up with the betclothes and fur
niture. II took several hours to clear
the wrecknge. II is remarkable that
Twenty minutes before n child was
Another disastrous rear end wreck
occurred OH the Rio Grnndc near Red
Gin. Friday. A passenger train was
tagged. owing to n broken rail. A fing-
man WAS sent back and stopped light
engine. He did not. however. know
TINT heavy freight train was coming
only short distance back. and when
the engineers and fircmen OF the
IrttEHI IUTu'u tne curve uHu SHW MI
accident ahend they Jumped. The
by two engines. ana WIS ON DOWN
grade. II crashed with frightful force
Into the light engine. which was dou-
bled up and jamm.i into the sleeper.
Every passenger In The train WIS thrown
from the seat. and fifteen or twenty
were injured. but not seriously. The
fact thu; the light engine was struck
first wns all that saved repetition Of
the terrible accident near Salidn a few
weeks nRo, ns the freight train would
have undoubtedly crashed into the
passenger cars. The light engine. how
ever. served MS bumper. bu, was
crushed beyond the semblnnce OF nm
engine by the terrible shock. The
property damage wns heavy.
Thrce-Iunrters OF n million dollars
will bc spent by the Colorado & South
ern Railway Company next year In i'm
provcment Of lts lines. for new rolling
stock and for building of the great re-
pnir and construction shops that will
soon be under construction. At the re-,
cent meeting of the directors nil OF the
present officials of the rond were re-
elected without opposition. The sum
of &7hO.OOO wns set aside to he used for
expended In the purchase of ten new
locomotives 30 new fiat cars and II
new passenger cars. and In building
new repair shops. In addition TO this
there remains of the money set aside
for improvements during the present
yenr &125OOO. This Will bc used In
construction work already under way
on the Cripple Greek Short Line In the
South Platte canon. This road will be
pushed on to Horse Greek. about ten
miles above the present end OF the new
line. and from there President Trum-
bull says II will be continued to whnt-
ever point may be determined by the
directors later. The destination OF the
cut on 1t seems hns not been decided
upon yet.
At conference at the Brown Pal.
ace hotel Inst Thursday evening hnal
arrangements were made for the en-
ormous beet sugar factory to he built
Mt once at Rocky Ford. That the fac
tory will bc the best equipped Of Its
kind In the country aud Will be of
three times the capacity OF that at
Grand Junction Ia the statement mndc
after the conference by Henry T. OK.
nnrd. the president of the concern and
president OF two sugar beet factories
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