The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-10-12
COLORADO NOTES.

The homeopathic doctors of Colorado
met in annual convention at Denver
on the 18th.
The Denver Horse Show opened aus
piciously on the Bird, attended by
large and fashionable crowd.
Engineer William Taylor of Salida
was killed in n wreck near Eagle on
the Rio Grande road on the md.
Reports from three of the state insti-
tutions give the following populations;
State Industrial School for Girls, fifty
five, added during the month, hve;
State Industrial School for Boys, 100,
added during the month, six: state Ike
formntory, lis, added during the
month, ten.
The Denver branch mint has com
menced paying 63h cents per line
ounce of silver contained in gold bars.
This is an advance of > cents over
prices paid during the last few years,
and is equal to - cents per standard
ounce The new buying price has been
set by the director Of the mint ut
Washington.
Promises made by the Pixies Peak
Power Company that their plant
would be running by November 10,
will be futillcd. The last of the ma
chincry is now arriving. How great
an enterprise the building of this plant
has been few people understand. Hair
II million dollars win have been used
when the machinery is all installed.
An instance of the magnitude of the
work is in the fact that the company
brought fifty carloads of slaves from
California. Power will be furnished
for both electric divisions of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Creek DIS
trict Railway Company. for the Eco
nomic Gold Extraction works. for the
electric light systems of Cameron ana
Gillett and for purposes. except hoist
ing. on all of the important mines con-
trolled by the Woods Investment Com
Not for many years past has there
been such activity in the coal mines OF
southern Colorado ms Mt the present
time. Though the companies have or
ders on hand that would keep the
mines busy at their full capacity for
Mt least an entire year, the production
mt this time falls short by fully TWEEN
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 is being
made in various parts of the state ana
country. The shipments of coal are.
for consumption i'll Colorado, NeDras-
KIN and Kansas and for the use of most
of the railroad 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 he, in the opinion of railroad
men familiar with the situation, Il
shortage of both cars 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 mt this particular time.
State Engineer a. j. McCune has
opened bids for the construction of the
TAYLOR state road through the Grand
canon. above Glenwood. The bids We're
too high for the estimates as made by
the state, and all We're rejected. The
bidders were notified that moditica
tinps would be made in the specitica-
tons. 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 $4,000
The Pueblo Bridge Company We're the
successful bidders. Tile work in Gar
turc of not less than $4,000. and bids
will not be let that exceed this amount.
The first bridge to build in Eagle coun-
Nv will be within the town of Red Cliff
across Turkey creek. This bridge will
cover the road leading to the mining
camp of Gilman. The other bridge
will be across Eagle river at Che mouth
of HomeStakc creek. some distance be-
low Red Cliff The third bridge will be
- Il V1..
river. These three bridges will make
a complete outlet for people to reach
the Rio Grandc road from the big scope
of territory on the east and west
Express companies are noting that
banks are making much larger use of
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, We're handled almost eNclus-
lively by the express companies. One
of the reasons of the change, as eX-
planned mt Denver banks. is that the
cost is .Sss and as the money is in
sured there can be no loss, even if the
package is destroyed en- route by fire.
The government does not agree to re-
turn to the sender money which is
stolen or lost in transit, but the insur-
ance company pledges itself to make
good any such loss. All the bank has
to pay is the regular postage such rs is
charged for money order packages
Some of the express companies with
offices in Denver claim they are glad
the change has come about rs ii re-
lieves the company of heavy charge
for caring for highly valuable pack
ages. The government takes no more
than ordinary precautions as those are
considered ample. ut is noticeable"
remarked n postoiiice official. that al
though more money is being carried
in the mills tNnn cver before train rob