Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-06

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A new corporation. headed by U. +.
Lacombc has secured a franchise Tor
| furnishing electric lighting to the city
| OF Denver. The company offers SUD-
stantial reductions from rates hereio'
fore paid. s-s H.5 !r.t 60. IL 9.
Edward vcrdcckbcrg OF Denver mas
been made colonel OF the First resi.
mcnt,. Colorado Infantry, 10 succeed
Colonel In. T.. Macarey. deceased.
| Governor Thomas made tile appoint
ment on recommendation OF the adJu-
tant general. This Is u promotion, ns
Ver,leclbcrs was lieutenant colonel OF
the regiment.
Arrangements for tho. shipment OF
the exhibit OF the bureau OF mines 10
Paris by express have been practically
colnpletcd by the Paris commission.
May 18th the board Will appoint COM
nhissloners To 20 To the school OF mines
Il and the other state Institutions anu
| arrange for removing u part or whole
OF their exhibits thcr-. In addition 10
that OF the bureau OF mines. .
A mass meeting OF the business men
OF Denver, called by the chnihbcr OF
Commerce last Monday night. gave an
emphatic and unanimous negative to
the question: Shall the Festival De
abandoned. President Bycrs OF the
Chamber Of Commerce will appoint
committee Of twcniy.one. the duty OF
| which shall bc To take from the shoui.
dcrs OF the Festival board the duty OF
nrousing the people of the city TO the
necessity OF prompt aud liberal con'ri-
buttons to the fund.
The general land Office has refused to
grant patent 80 the Denver Power
i aud Irrigation Company for the rc-cr-
voir site nj the junction OF the south
fork of the Platte river with the nortb
fork ut Symc-. \ dispatch from
wnshipgtou states that Binscr Her.
innifit. commissioner Of the general
land Office. Inns made uu adverse rui.
Ing In the Platte canon struggle. anu
has found the Hho,ics Brothcrs. or the
Denver Power aud Irrigation Company
trrspasscrs and liable TO prosecution
l by The government. \ u. = - =
AdJulnnt General ovcrnycr 10 work
lnE upon u plan to, have a, state "a.
csiinpmcht during the summer. FiI.
urcs arr being prepared and u II said
the idea has III. approval Of Governor
Thomas. lf ih. general carries out MS
aims IL Will mean that about 30 men
will liz gathered for n period oS eight
or ten days. this being the nrst time
since the days of Camp Adams that
body Of soldiers will have camps.d TO.
gctiicr. II Ii General Ovcrmycr's In.
tcntion TO prci,arc program Of target
shooting aud Infantry and artillery
drills. the affair being wound UP with
n sham battle. II Inns not been decided
WHERE the cucanpmcnt II to bc held.
hut IL II said miiitiamcn In various
cities OF the stale arr trying to locate
the event at their respective towns.
Martin Currisnn. chief building mp
prniscr Of the county assessors Office.
viii make increased assessments Tor
1900 on residence property OF wealthy
citizens. Some OF County Assessor
Alcxnndcr's appraisers had bacn
abroad. hut Mr.. Curri.nn decided TO
look over property which they hnd NJ
ready appraised. Mr.. Currignn says
he finds residences which cost xi5.Op
and even more appraised At xi.opo.
This. ON fifty per cent. basis. would
give an assessment OF only so,2iD. On
the other hand. Mr.. Currignn pointed
out that the residence. Of poor persons
have been assessed In previous admin.
istrntions at fifty per cent. ON their
full value. lie says he viii go over
ali OF Capitol hill thoroughly with an
eye to incrrnsin. assessments. One OF
the county commissioners says that
the board will accept Mr.. Currigan's
figures.
The Denver Union Water Company
has paid into the county treasury S.1.-
Osu In cash for the tax upon Its fran.
chisc for the year 1Sps and onc-hnlf
tax for Is,g. The total tax rs fixed
by the county commissioners, after a
full hearing from the company. is S.s,-
600 for the two years. or $4,000 for
U ual, IL H. tNs.1t in tatg nj
the change of position assumed by the
corporation. that II will settle for Its
back franchise tax upon compromise.
The company notified the county nti.
thoritics that IL would accept the tax
levied. This is quite n back-down. as
II has always contcndcd that Its fran
chise was not taxable at all. no pro-
vision having been made for the col
lection Of the tax. or the ascertain
ment OF actual franchise value. 1t
now acknowledges the legality OF the
tax and will come TO time. II Is prob.
able that other corporations which
have been hanging back will step up
to the counter. now that the chief OF
them all has gracefully retired.
President Ristinc of the Colorado
Midland. who returned Thursday night
from New York. Is emphatic in his de-
NAL that there il any thought Of CON
consolidation OF his system and that
of the Colorado X southern. There Is
not an atom OF truth In all these ri.
mors that the Colorado Midland and
the Colorado n Southern are going to
be consolidated. There has never been
any consideration of any such propo.
sition." he said. THE Colorado Mid.
land will he operated as an independ.
cnt line In every respect. 1t Will re.
main as IL has always been. a system
working In Its own interests, with Its
own heads and Its own officers" In
regard to the report that he was con.
tcmplating leaving the presidency Of
the road. Mr.. Ristinc said: ITO that
rumor want TO give the fiattest and
most forciblc denial. I like Denver.
and 1 want 90 stay here just as long
as can" There Is authority for the