, 1900-10-11
WYOMING NOTES.

A sleepy engineer and failure of sig
nails to work caused n disastrous
freight collision west of Rawlins on
the 4th. Nobody was hurt, but the
damage was heavy.
The question of removing the state
capitol from Cheyenne will probably
come up at the next session of the
Legislature. as the lease on the present
site expires on January l, 1901. The
matter will ave to be settled by a dl.
rect vote of the people.
Rural free delivery service is to be
established October 10Th at Wheat.
land; length of route. twenty eigbt
miles; area covered, forty-three square
miles; population served, 800; number
of houses on route, seventy-eight; car.
rier, ]. S. SaXton.
Miss Edna Bennett, n young lady Of
Laramie, left a few days G for Sar.
atoga, where she had been employed
to teach school. When she arrived
there she found the position already
filled by Miss Hoyt. a contest then
arose as TO who was the + possnssor
of the position. 1t was decided In
Miss Benefits favor. but the other
has threatened to contest the decision.
NJ. V. Giltner, n ranchman of Jack.
sons Hole, has started an elk farm
and has already secured nineteen head
of elk. He began fou years ago with
| five cows and n bull elk taken from
the range and has increased the herd
from that number after demonstrating
the animals. The elk Is easily do
mesticated and Mr.. Giltner will soon
have a large herd by natural increase.
As n game animal II fate of the elk
is rapidly following that of the buffalo
to final determination.
Union Pacific officials state that the
company will have expended $4,000 600
on construction work in Wyoming by
the end of the yea All of this work
is in the cutoffs and when 1t is complet.
ed there will be 15S miles of lew track
in the state and n shortening of the
main line by BOZ miles. The most i'm.
portant work is between Leroy and
! Bear river. east of Evanston, which
will cut out Piedmont hill, the hardest
piece of road on the Wyoming division.
Union Pacific Brakeman Boylin has
been placed under arrest charged with
shooting at Engineer Charles Kane
with intent to kill The engineer and
brakeman had n few words. Boylin
wanted Kane to back up his engine
and he refused. Kane says that after
Boylin called him some hard names he
drew Il revolver and fired n shot at
him. The bullet barely missed Kane's
head and was imbeded in the side Of
the engine cal. Kane's fireman also
had a narrow escape.
The Union Pacific management is Sc.
riously considering a plan of building
a large number of cottages for their
trainmen and shopmcn in Cheyenne.
They have architects making plans and
estimates and several of their EN-
ployes have been assured that resi-
denccs would be provided for them in
the near future. The scarcity of houses
has become n serious drawback to the
operation of the road and shops here,
many desirable workmen being unable
to find places for their families and
have been obliged to 20 away.
The Indian agent of the Shoshone
tribe, Captain ii. ID. Nickerson, is max.
ing his annual roundup of the Indian
children to fill the Wind River board.
ing school, sixteen miles north of Ian.
der. oil the reservation. Up to the first
of the month he had succeeded in cor.
railing 1876. He has been having con-
siderable trouble, as the parents hide
their children in the brush, and it is
Nv iiiillbNNlblt W III llitlh. zap
tain NickerSon has been sending out
the Indian police and they have been
having trouble in locating the children.
A free rural delivery for Laramie is
now assured. Inspector Harry Clark.
who has just returned from a trip over
the route, stated that he would recon-
mend to the Postotlice Department an
every other day delivery for this place.
The route has been extended to include
the ~Lundquist ranch, making the dis
lance hfty-five miles, which can easily
be covered in n day. The matter now
has slmmered down to the appoint
ment of a carrier, which will be done
at once by the postmaster. 1t is be-
lieved the route will be established be
fore the middle of October. The gov
ernment allows a salary of $500 to the
carrier.
Contractor Gushing, who has n large
contract on the Sherman hill tunnel
and mountain work, says the new cut
off construction is fast nearing compile
ton. By the LIST of November the new
grade and tunnel will he ready for the
steel, and by January list the entire
work will have beer completed. Mr..
Gushing says he will be through in two
weeks, although the recent week Hf
storms has somewhat delayed opera
tons. II is stated on the authority OF
the engineer in charge of new work on
the various cut-offs and main line that
n large amount of double tracking will
be the feature of the coming years
work.
There has been some talk that the
Boston-W yoming smelter plant would
never be built, but last week n string
of teams arrived at Grand Encamp-
ment from the railroad with portions
of machinery, piece alone weigh
ing five tons. Several weeks will be re.
quired in transporting the machinery
and material for the smelter. but the
promoters announce that the work will
he hurried along. They say Grand En-
cnmpment will have n smelter in oper'
alton inside of eight months. The
BOston-Wyoming smelter promoters Sc
cured an option ON 1900 acres of val.
liable coal lands thirty miles south OF
Enoampment n year ago. 1t is said
that the coal lands are situated near
what is known as the Pearl ranch. In
many places the coal crops out and in
other DlDppS IL can he found fOur feel