Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-29
COLORADO NOTES.

The Colorado Telephone Company
has now four gangs OF workm-n on Its
new line construction. One II nj Fort
Morgan. another at siiverton, another
between Denver nnd Colorado Springs.
nud another nj Sterling. The super
intcndcni has put In order. for 23.OO
spruce poles aud for :UD.VJO pounds OF
copper.
The power hot-. OF the Buena Vista
smcltrr was destroyed by iirc on the
20th. the blaE. originating In resist
nncc boS. which had is.comc ovcrhrat-
ed. The bulidin. AMI contents arr
nearly u total loss. the damage amount
Ing TO atoH sbSb. the Insurance be-
ing ft.JS. Preparations for rebuild.
ing und replacing the machinery are
nircndy under way and II IL not likely
that the sm-lt"r will rcmain Idle longer
than three weeks. p,
The following named stat" agents Of
the Colorado Humane Society have
i,ecn appointed sincr May 18th aud
prior 10 June 18th: Charles Wheeler.
Elizabeth: T.. u. bowles. Gilpin: J. ~.
Handy. N-lcrinni: Paul liahnnwnld.
1.cn,lvillc: Thomas Scott. lrndsillc:
Charles y. berger. Rico: ". q. Fay.
fondis: Victor J. kcrsicn. Aicoti. and
A. ~. lloyd. George Green. George L.
Grrcr. John ". Essinston. John L. Lee
and John NJ i'crkcy. aii OF Denver
a hail storm that passed near Bcr
ihoud ON the 10Th did considerable
damage Ia the crops west and south
Of there. Barley and winter wheat
were damaged the most. ms u was Al
headed out. The same strip OF land
west Of this pfhcc wns visited by a vio
lent hall storm last year. II II report
ed that the hail near Highland Switch
WAS 10 large that heavy stones Of con.
siderable size were on the ground the
next morning. The storm also dam.
aged the orchards.
william Mackin. u prospcctor. was
Killed by n bolt Of lightning In East
Mnncos ON Friday afternoon. and u
wns not until last Saturday cvcnin.
that the body was found. lie went
from his cabin Ia stake ont his horse.
and the back Of hiS head received the
stroke. II. was about % years OF nIc.
The Colorado Midland has aban.
doncd for good the old Hngcrmann
tunnel anil pass west Of Lcndvillc. nnd
the picturesque seven miles Of road is
being demolished. The big trcstle over
| which the trains approached the tun.
mel is,t,cing torn down and the timbcrs
/ carried away and stacked nt COLORADO
| City. The rails win b. torn mp. and
, soon only hole I'm the mountain will
mark the most wonderful piece OF rail-
road engineering In the state.
The water question nj Lcndville
which has been disturbing factor IN
politics for nearly two years has been
settled and the result II u substantial
victory for the city. About two weeks
ago the city submitted final PROPOSE
tion to the water company insisting on
4 large Increase In the service. to ex-
, tend over the entire city. together with
4 material reduction of rates to con-
,umcrs. Should this proposition be re-
fused the city intended TO build new
water plant. The president of the wa.
ter company. Henry Il. Clcnves OF
Maine. with other water company ON.
cials. have been in the city several
days negotiating and the result Is thnt
the water company agrees to accept
the proposition of the city In its entire
ty. A contract has been signed run
ming for fifteen years. The city also
obtained the reduction of about thirty
per cent In the cost OF fire plugs.
La Junta dispatch says: Rev. DR..
Weaver. pastor of the First Presby.
tcrian church of Pueblo: Rev. DIR.
Patched. pastor of the First Congrc-
Cntional church ut Pueblo. and Rev.
Dr. Farley of the Central Christian
church OF Pueblo, came down Monday
morning md meeting was held at
the NJ l.. church regarding the re-
establishment OF the Fries Orphans
home at this place. These gentlemen
contradicted the statements made In
the papers rs to Mr.. Fries neglect Of
the home. They say that under the eN-
citemcnt of the hour neither the people
nor the daily papers gave Mr.. Fries II
chance to be heard and that he has
been basely .misrepresented. Mr.. Fries
said that there was no doubt but that
the home would be located here; that
he was daily receiving letters from
various parts of the state assuring him
of financial assistance. A tract OF land
will be purchased shortly. and 1t Is Mr..
Fries plan to raise money In the East
to erect suitable buildings. He also
stated that his goods formerly used
in Pueblo are here and Will be stored
until definite arrangements are made.
The Gunnison river bridge Oh the
Baldwin branch of the Colorado q
Southern railway, about two miles
north of Gunnison. was blown up with
dynamite about 3 o'clock Thursday
morning. The concussion was SO
great as to awaken many sleeping res
idents and to break windows In houses
in the north part of town. Every win
dow In the house of George Van Al
stine, about 200 yards from the bridge,
was broken and all the locks were
blown from the doors. 1t is presumed
that some 300 or 400 pounds of dyna-
mite were used. The bridge Is badly
wrecked and no trains can run to
BALDWIN for II week or ten days until
repairs are made. This will close the
Baldwin coal mines for that time as
they depend upon the Colorado Il
Southern for cars. There Is no clue
to the perpetrators or to where they Sc
cured the dynamite. This is the Sec
ond bridge on this branch to be de-
stroycd recently, another near Castle
ton having been burned Il few weeks
ago. The destruction of property is
,n;to ,rpnprnlly believed TO bp the out