North Park union., 1900-10-12
COLORADO NOTES.

The Denver Prefbytery voted In IA
vor Of = revision of the creed
The pay roll Of the steel works At Pu-
eblo amounts to ,.3OOOO month.
Fifteen hundred men are Mt work ON
the D. 4 Il. g. extension to Silver
Ciin.
The Denver Horse Show opened aus
piciOusly on the :3rd. attended by q
large and fashionable crowd.
The members of Trinity Church.
Denver, took up a collection OF $1,SOO
last Sunday for the University Of Den
yer.
Two men were killed by q fall of
rock In the vindicator mine at Victor
last Thursday. They were Thomas
Cannon and Gust Krohn.
Reports from three OF the state insti-
tutions give the following populations;
State Industrial School for Girls, nifty
five, added during the month, hye;
State Industrial School for Boys, l6o.
added during the month. six: State Re-
formatory, lis. added during the
month, ten.
The Denver branch mint hns COM
menced paying G5is cents per fine
ounce OF silver contained In gold bars.
This is an advance OF cents over
prices paid during the last few years
and is equal 10 81 cents per standard
ounce. The new buying price has been
set by the director Of the mint At
Washington.
The comptroller OF the currency has
issued q statement Of the condition OF
the thirty-five national banks of Colo
RADIO. September Tth. exclusive of the
banks in Denver. whose condition has
already been given. The report shows
the following: Loans and discounts.
81, 483, $50: stocks and securities, *3,-
OO1 .S1S; due from reserve agents. SS,-
232.G15: lawful money in reserve. g.
641 ,lO2: individual deposits. S4.No.-
511, with an average reserve held OF
44.62 per cent.
Rural free delivery will be started
October LIST on the north sida OF the
Arkansas river between Las Animas
and the county line on the west. where
connection will be made with another
route running east from Rocky Ford
in-Otero county. The route from here
covers twenty-six square miles and
will serve 300 people. Drop boxes will
be established and private boxes are
allowed The carrier will be Il peram
bulating postmaster, furnishing every
thing but money orders, and he will
obtain those for any person at the Las
Animas postotiice. Fredonia postof-
flee will be the only one affected in
Bent county and that will be discon-
finued.
Instruments completing formation OF
a trust to control the entire output.
with ii single exception. OF lime rock
for fiuNing and building purposes In the
Arkansas valley between Pueblo and
Canon City. have been filed. Some
hundreds OF acres of land. all Of which
Is more or less opened up for quarry
ing lime stone, are transferred outright
or by long lease and not quarry cX-
cept one operated by Herbert George
remains outside the trust. In all the
list Of those from which the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company and the two
smclter trust plants have been secur-
ing their fiuxing materials. Mr.. George
has been supplying and Is furnishing
the Philadelphia smelter with Its lime
rock under a contract that has yet sew
eral years to run.
Not for many years past has there
been such activity In the conl mines Of
southern Colorado as at the present
ders on hand that would keep the
mines busy ut their full capacity for
at least an entire year. the production
Mt this time falls short by fully twen-
ty per cent. Of the total capacity of the
mines. The principal reason for this
condition is said TO be the shortage Of
miners, for whom search IL being
made In various parts OF the state and
country The shipments Of coal are
for consumption in Colorado, Nebras-
ka and Kansas and for the use of most
OF tlA railr0ad lines entering the state.
The peculiar condition Is presented OF
the mines not being able to turn out all
the coal they would like Yet. were the
mines run TO their full capacity there
would be. In the opinion of railroad
men familiar with the situation. n
shortage OF both ears and engines for
the movement of the coal. since the
present production of eighty per cent
Of the mines capacity keeps busy all
the equipment and power which the
railroads are able to devote to this par
ticular business at this particular time
State Engineer A. ]. McCune has
opened bids for the construction of the
Taylor state road through the Grand
canon. above GienwoOd. The bids Were
too high for the estimates as made by
the state, and nll were rejected. The
bidders were notified that modifica-
tions would be made IN the specifica-
tions. and that they would be allowed
to make new bids. In an Interview the
state engineer said that the portion of
the state road In Eagle county had
been let. II consists OF four miles OF
grading work. and three steel bridges.
The. total amount called for Is S6.5O0
The Pueblo Bridge Company were the
successful bidders. The work in Gar
field county will require nm eNpendi-
ture of not less than S20,OOO. and bids
will not be let that exceed this amount.
The first bridge to build In Eagle cOun-
ty will be within the town Of Red Clin
across Turkey creek. This bridge will
cover the road leading to the mining
camp of Gilman. The other bridge
will he across Eagle river at the mouth
OF Homestake creek, some distance be-
low Red ClifY. The third bridge will be
Mt the town of Eagle and across Eagle
river. These three bridges will make
n complete outlet for people to reach
the Rio Grande road from the big scope
Of territory on the east and west
Express companies nre noting that
banks are making much larger use o:
the United States mails In transport
ing currency than ever before. Hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars are daily
passing through the mails which, until
recently, were handled almost eNclus-
lively by the express companies. One
of the reasons of the change, as ex-