The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-09
COLORADO ITEMS.

Ir> and steel of the value of S7,60O,.
0Oo was produced in Colorado last
year.
An association has been organized at
Fort Collins to establish n public Ii
brary.
The production of coal in Colorado in
1899 amounted to 4,06S, 500 TONS val
ued at S6,0O0,000.
bud" Taylor. n sawmill hand, ran
amuck at Castle Rock the other day
and was shot by the sheriff.
The national banks of the state hold
in all $55,0O0,OOO deposits. and state
banks. including savings banks, over
$10,OOO,OOO.
Building permits issued in Denver
during 1899 were 50. 100, ,053, compared
with $1,7OS, 100 in 1898, 81. .267 200 in
1897, $1.114GO0 in 1896, LIPS, 600 in
1895 and S765, 100 in 1894.
The receipts of the Denver postoffice
in 1899 Were $4OO,354. The expenses
were $152, 2,SO4, and the net profit to the
government was $247. $50. The in
crease in revenue over 1898 was SO per
cent.
The merchants of Grand Junction
have agreed TO close their places of
business at o'clock every evening ex-
| cept Saturday for the next three
months. This matter was brought
about through the efforts of the Retail
| Clerks International Association.
The value of the manufactured goods
| produced in Denver during the year,
exclusive of smelter products was S34,-
634,342. The factories employ 12,995
persons, whose earnings We're S7.935,-
| 100. During 1898 the Denver factories
| produced goods valued at 500, 26S. $50,
and employed 11,576 persons, who
earned S7,110,45O in wages. In addi-
ton the smeiters employ 1,S0O men,
whose earnings during the year We're
S96OOOO
The American Beet Sugar Company
has completed the purchase of the
tracts of land near Rocky Ford, on
which 1t had options. Its total eXpend-
iture for lands is S150,OO0. A corps of
engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site of the new
factory, which is adjoining the town
site. The nearness to the business CEN
ter is highly pleasing to the people In
n few weeks the busy hum of prepara-
tions for building will add greatly to
the business activity of the town. Real
estate is active and promises to take
on booming features in n short time.
]. l. Jackson of Grand Junction has
invented n machine which bids fair to
make for the inventor a fortune. The
machine is n beet digger and topper. 1t
has four wheels and is operated by
series of levers mt the command of the
driver. \ plow which is preceded by
n coulter raises the beets out of the
ground and throws them to the side,
and while this operation is going on
sharp knife slices off the top. As fast
as team can walk the beets are taken
out of the ground, topped and ready
for the teamster to haul them to the
factory. \ patent has been applied
for.
The Woman's Club of Grand June
ton is rejoicing greatly because of the
munificent donation made by Andrew
Carnegie to found n free public library
in that city. The sum given by Mr..
amount asked for. The Woman's
Club own fine building lot on
Seventh evenue and the building will
be erected on this lot. For some time
the executive committee of the club
have been working TO secure this dona-
ton from the great iron master and
philanthropist and their joy is great
because they have been given this
handsome New Years present from
Mr.. Carnegie.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
Company. by its attorney, Il. Il. Whit
ted. has filed n petition for condemna-
lion in the District Court of Douglas
county, to secure right-of-way for its
new line up the south fork of the
Platte toward Cripple Creek. That the
railroad intends TO build at once as far
as Horse creek. fifteen miles from
South Platte, there can be no doubt.
Several new mills are going in in that
locality and their owners have been as
sured by the railroad people that cars
will be running as far as Horse creek
by June 1. This point is ten miles be
yond the present terminus of the
branch. and about half way from
South Platte to Lake George, where the
Midland railroad would be intersected
should the new line be continued on
up the Platte.
The first shovel full of dirt on the
new Colorado Springs Il Cripple Creek
short line was thrown out at 1 o'clock
Thursday. President Irving Howbert
performed this ceremony near the
mouth of Bear creek canon About
twenty five men We're put to work and
the number will be increased to a thou
sand in week. The first work to be
accomplished is the cutting of a forty
foot roadway through the big hill lying
just to the left of Bear creek canon. On
Saturday Camp No. 2 will be estab-
lished in North Cheyenne canon, and
on Tuesday Camp No. 3 will be estab-
lished half way between the Cheyenne
canon camp and the present one south
west of Colorado City. The grade will
be about 3A per cent, which is less
than that of either railroad entering
Cripple Creek and Cameron. $500 feet
above sea level. will be the highest
point on the road.
The business of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron Company has increased at
tremendous rate during the year. The
great steel plant of the company at