The Lamar register., 1900-01-10
COLORADO ITEMS.

UrHry.
The production of coal in Colorado In
lsss amounted TO 4,oes, 500 tons, val
ued al S6.OO0.OO0
buliding permits issued in Denver
auring 1880 We're 50, 100. .o53, compared
,snl w,Il s'tus,tOO in 1898, 81, ,281 200 in
isyI, Sl.l1I.6D0 in 1896, 81 l25. GOO In
1870 and sI65,io0 in 1891.
ne receipts Of the Denver postofiice
N less We're sioo,354. The expenses
Were Sl02,So4, and the net profit TO the
government was S24T,55o. The in
cent was 90 Pe'
The merchants or Grand Junction
nave agreed TO close their places Of
business at o'clock every evening ex-
ctpt Saturday for the next three
months, This matter was brought
about through the efforts OF the Retail
clerks International Association.
Ihe value of the manufactured goods
produced In Denver during the year.
exclusive OF smelter products, was S34.-
tS4-3i2 The factories employ - pa5
persons, whose earnings were ST,g35.-
500. During 1SaS the Denver factories
produced goods valued AT S29. .26s, $50,
and employed 1876 persons, who
earned SI,1iO,450 In wages. In addl-
ti9n the smeliers employ 1,SOo men,
whose earnings during the year were
$4,000.
The American Beet Sugar Company
has completed the purchase OF the
tracts OF land near Rocky Ford. on
which II had options. Its total expend.
itnre for lands is $4,000 \ CORPS of
engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site Of the new
factory, which Is adjoining the town
siie. The neaTncss to the business cen
ter is highly pleasing TO the people In
Few weeks the busy hum OF preparn
tons for building win add greatly to
the business activity OF the town. Real
estate = active and promises TO take
ca booining features IN short time.
]. / Jackson OF Grand Junction has
invented machine which bids fair to
make for the Inventor fortune. The
machine Is beet digger and topper. II
has faar wheels and Is operated by a
series os levers a; the command OF the
driver A plow which Is preceded by
coulter raises the t-ets out OF the
ground and throws them 10 the side,
and while this operation Is going on a
sharp knife slices on the top. As fast
as 4 team can walk the beets are taken
out % the ground topped and ready
Ter the teamstGr 20 haul them TO the
factory. A patent has been applied
for
The woman's Club Of Grand June
ton Is rejoicing greatly because OF the
tnunlilccut douation made by Andrew
Carnegie to found free pnbIic library
IN that city. The sum given by MIR.
Carnegie IS 5000. which was the
amount asked for. The woTnnn's
Club own line building lot on
he erected on this lot. For some time
the executive committee OF the club
have been working 10 secure this dona.
ton from the great iron master and
philnnthrupiSt and their Joy is great
hFchnse they have been given this
handsome New Years present from
Mr. Carnegie.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
Company. by It's attorney, +. +. Whit.
ted. has uled petition for coudemnH-
;lGn IN the District Court OF Douglas
county. 10 secure riSht-ofway for its
new line up the south fork Of the
Platte toward Cripple Greek That the
railroad intends 10 build at once as far
as Horse cucSk. fftccn miles from
south Platte therc can be no doubt.
Several new mills are going in in that
locality aud their owners have been as
sured by the railroad people that cars
viii be ruaning ns far as Horse creek
by June l. This point is ten miles be
yuud the present terminus OF the
branch. and about half way from
South Platte TO Lake George, where the
Midland railroad would be iu,ersectcd
should the new llne be continued on
up the Platte.
The first shovel full os dirt on the
new Colorado Springs 4 Cripple Greek
I short line was thrown out at I o'clock
Thursday President Irving HOwbert
performed this ceremony near the
mouth OF Bear creek canon. About
twenty-five men were put to work and
the number VIII be Increased to thou
sand In week. The first work to be
accomplished is the cutting OF n forty
toot roadway through the big hill lying
tust 20 the left OF Bear creek canon on
Saturday Camp No. win he cstab-
ushed In North Cheyenne canon. and
on Tuesday Camp No. 3 VIII be estab-
I lIshed half way between the Cheyenne
canon camp and the present one south
west OF Colorado City. The grade VIII
be about 3at per cent, which is less
than that OF either railroad entering
CrIpple Greek, and Cameron, 1900 feet
above sea level, viii be he highest
! point on the road.
According TO what are considered by
lumber men as official figures, over
/ no 600 600 feet OF logs were cut in
[ Colorado aud New Mexico last year.
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