North Park union., 1900-03-23
DO1NGs AT DENVER.
at...s Of Interest From the City ana ''<
state Capitol.

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state Capitol
The grievance committee OF tue -
nloyes Of the Colorado & Southern ivao
is in session daily at the Coiuli,o' ~
tel A schedule Of wages is ufuei - ~.
sideration, and as soon ms ,,.il,
hns been drafted the committee
meet Superintendent Dyer OF the Ao"N
]. H. Crowley and David brT Wnr,i,
members of the State boaru y. antion
culture, have signified their i Mrs
of resignjpg from the board uhiess ~" -
Martha A. Shute was deposed from lne
office of secretary. Il place whNh .,,',, sn
still claims to hold. The last hee.inS
of the board resulted in an hsiee
statement of facts, and the agreeh.e,n,. ,i,.
by all parties concerned to sehu tnls
statement to the attorney Sehe,ai
through the governor ana aplue W nS
decision in the matter. GoNe.n
Thomas announced last evening tnu,
when the papers came to MN ne Mo"i"
send them to the attorney general
That there is foundation Tor the ru,
mored sale of the Colorado Mluihnu
railroad either to the Colorado " SCUM, u
ern or the Denver \ Rio Grande Is
Hrnlv believed by many railroad men
Of the city. The opinion Of most OF
| these is that the Colorado X southern
| is most likely to be In the field 10 &c
| ouire the Midland. and that the hio
Graude Western is involved. IL Is
move toward the accomplishment OF u
new and short transcontlnental roaa'
! with terminus at San Pedro, Calilor-
mia. the new deep water hnrpor. An
| official of the Midland said recently
that he did not think the deal ut all
| improbable.
The fifth annual conference OF cnnrl-
ties and corrections will be held at iu'
eblo March 25th to 9th. On SUNDAY
evening, March 25th. Mrs. Mauu bai-
lington Booth of New York VIII give
one of her interesting talks. On Moh-
lay morning the county commissioners
will discuss the many problems arising
| in the expenditure OF the poor reiiei
fund. On Monday afternoon state con
troll of public charities VIII De cohsia
cred. after which visit will be made
to the state insane asylum. On Mon.
day evening Child Saving Work" Will
| be considered, the Rev. William DRY
an OF Denver opening the discussion.
On Tuesday morning Town and CITY
Charity" work will be considered. In
the afternoon the discussion Will be on
Juvenile Delinqucnts," and the con
ference will close in the evening Win
debate on "Crime and Criminals.
1t is stated that recently the final pay
ment to Mr.. Stratton for the lndepend-
ence mine was placed to that gent!e-
mans credit in n Denver bank. Inc
draft is said to have been the largest
ever paid TO IL single individual In the
West, and calls for the sum OF $0,5Oo,-
600. BY this payment the properly
| passes entirely out OF the hands of the
Colorado millionaire. Mr.. Stratton is
quoted here us saying that he made the
mistake of his life when he let go OF
the Independence mine. Development
adds to the enormous store OF wealth,
and it would not be surprising If a
craze should result for Cripple Creek
| district properties among foreigners.
The camp is yet in its infancy. There
will probably be other Independence
mines developed. 1t can, however, be
| safely asserted that the people OF the
district would more gladly welcome
English capital for the development OF
| its undeveloped and unprospected ter
ritory than for the purchase of Its
mines already opened upon and known
| to be bonanZas.
| The State Land Board has been noti'
fled that the Henry Improvement Com
pany will abandon Its efforts to secure
through the board 10000 acres of gov.
crnment land under the Carey act. ms
well rs to secure 10000 acres addition
nj under the regular school land laws.
This means that 5000 would have to
| IN IN Al
lands and $35.OOOAthe proposed price
of 10000 additional acres-will not
come into the school fund Of the state
The total amount thus apparently lost
to the school fund is $4,000. The
Henry Improvement Company will for.
mally withdraw from the scheme and
will forfeit the 500 fee put In the
hands of Register Chipley. The with
drawal of the company does not mean
that 1t will abandon its work Of irrl.
eating and developing the San Juan
country, but merely that 1t will pursue
another and, what 1t considers a safer
method. getting the land directly from
the government. The members OF the
land board think the state can dispose
of the land later mt II better price than
that offered by the Henry company
There is n difference of opinion be.
| tween the land board and the Henry
Improvement Company on this point
The annual statement Of receipts and
the disposition Of funds by the State
Land Board will be read to the board
meeting next Tuesday. The stntemen,
is of business from March l. 1880, tc
March 1, 1900. The total receipts were
$2O4 .O96, apportioned as follows:
Apprnisement fund ..........$ 531
| Agricultural college, permanent IA ,U64
Agricultural college, income. 5G9s
Internal improvement, permit. 22,30:
| Internal improvement, income. 29,301
Land commission. costs. s...... 1,12i
| Mineral land surveys. ........ 32C
|. Public building, permanent. g
Public building. income. 277
| Penitentinry, permanent ..... ...
| Penitentinry, income ........ 212
| School. permanent .......... 1857
| University. income ........ 7O7
| Saline, income ............. 81