The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-25
COLORADO NOTES.

Denver on the Goth.
knights Templar of Colorado were
in convention at Denver on the 21st.
Denver people have already sub
scribed over $4,000 for the Galveston
relief fund.
The Union National Bank of Denver,
which failed in 1895, has now paid its
depositors in full.
The Denver Galveston relief funds
now aggregate $13,051, with the sub
scriptions still coming in.
Benjamin l.. Winchell, vice president
and traffic manager of the Colorado N
Southern railroad, has resigned to be-
come president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis railroad. He
will take his new place about October
Goth, and will remove from Denver to
Kansas City. Mr.. Winchell five years
ago was assistant general passenger
agent of the Fort Scott road under j.
+. Lockwood, general passenger agent.
He now returns to the road as its pres
ident over the man formerly his su-
perior He succeeds the late Edward
S. Washburn.
AS n direct result of the anthracite
coal miners strike and in anticipation
of a demand for coal, Colorado roads
are rushing coal to central points. Hun
dreds of thousands of tons are now
stored and additional trains are rush
ing coal from the mines to storage
places. The Colorado & Southern has
more than 100000 tons stored in Den
yer; the Santa Fe. 2J0,0G0 tons in Pu-
eblo; the Colorado Midland, nearly
100000 tons in Colorado City, and the
Denver & Rio Grande has about BOO
600 tons Mt Burnham. About 100000
tons are stored at other points along
th9ir lines.
Governor Roosevelt in his tour of
Colorado will be accompanied by John
Proctor Clark of New York and Gen
cral Curtis Guild, Jr.. of Boston. The
party will arrive in n special train
from Cheyenne next Tuesday morning,
reaching Greeley at $50 Il. IN. From
Greeley the party will go on the special
around the Horn, Colonel Roosevelt
speaking briefly mt Longmont. Boulder,
Loveland, Fort Colilne and Berthoud.
A spcial will be run from Denver at
$50 Il. IN. and will meet the Roosevelt
party at Longmont and accompany It
during the days itinerary. The spe-
cials will arrive in Denver about 4 30
o'clock and on Tuesday night n mass
meeting will be held, probably at Col
iseum hall. where Senator Wolcott will
preside. Wednesday the itinerary will
be resumed, when Ieadville. Salida.
Florence and Canon City will be visit
ed. Thursday night Governor Roose-
welt and Senator Wolcott will be the
principal speakers.
William G. Bowser. n Philippine
veteran, met with an unusually pain
full and perhaps fatal accident on the
Mariposa property at Cripple Creek.
He was working in the bottom of the
200-foot shaft when scraper or min
ers' spoon, which was being loaded in
to the bucket at the surface slipped
from the hands of n fellow workman
and fell to the bottom. The spoon is n
steel rod four feet in length, sharpened
at one end, and it fell the distance like
an arrow. striking Bowser in the right
shoulder near the base of the neck and
penetrating his body for "A distance of
over n foot He displayed unusual
nerve kept his head and pulled the
projecting spoon from the wound and
gave the signal for the bucket on
which his companions came down and
into which he was placed and hoisted
to the surface. He was taken to ply
sician's office, where 1t was found that
the spoon had penetrated lung. So
far no hemorrhage has resulted and
there is a possibility that lie may re-
cover.
Frank Trumbull, president of the
Colorado * Southern Railway Com
pany has made public the first annual
report of the system under the reor-
ganization. one of the most startling
improvements in the road is shown by
its income of nearly S1.O0O.OOO for the
fiscal year. compared with trifie over
1N,+ttt..
bull took charge of the property. The
following additions to equipment We're
made during the eighteen months end
ing June 20. 1900: one hundred and
sixty narrow gauge coal cars. forty
narrow gauge box cars. Contracted for
by receiver and paid for January 13.
1899. 2S7 standard gauge coal cars.
fifty narrowgauge stock cars. Re
ceived in May and June, 1900 three
cafe cars combination dining car and
COACH. two standard gauge consolida-
ton freight locomotives, 2OX26 cylin-
ders, 1876, 700 pounds on driver: one
standard gauge consolidation freight
locomotive 20x26 cylinders, 123,00O
pounds on drivers; three standard
gauge passenger locomotives, 20x26
cylinders. 119,5OO pounds on drivers;
one rotary snow plow.
sold mass OF granite. halI rs hlSh
as the great pyramid of Egypt, 16S
feet thick ut the base. twenty-eight
feet thick at the top and 30 feet high,
will be placed in the Goose creek
gorge of the south fork of the South
Platte river. designed to take the place
of the uncompleted dam partially torn
out by the force of the flood last May
3rd. The contract for the masonry
work has been let to Geddis & Seerie
of Denver. and work on the new struc-
ture will be begun Immediately. The
contract for the quarrying and placing
of the stone calls for approximately
S35O,0O0. In addition to this, the ce-
ment and other materials will cost as