Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-04
COLORADO ITEMS.

Fort Collins TO establish public H.
bFary. --a
The production OF coal In Colorado In
is:s, amounted To 1 i.o-ts SD tons, val
uei ai sJuDD.uD.
Bud Taylor. sawmili hand. ran
amuck at casil. l.Ork the other day
ani was shot 10y the Sheriff.
By III. explosion oT n u. & II. G. loco
motive boiler nj Minturn. Samuel III.
9uncksnbush. engineer. was Instantly
killed. and Irwin Salicn, fireman. was
fatally injured.
The buildings OF the Florence cement
works are nearing completion. and
four ears OF new machinery have ar.
rived for the new plant. Boilers and
NIL VIII he put In position rs fast as
possible.
Colorado & Southern officers are con
sidcrinI the advIsabIlIiy OF construct
Ing Iron snow sheds on the Gunnison
llnc. over Alpine pass, To Insure Keep.
Ing III. road open through the whole
winter. so that I'll. mines Of the Bald.
win district mny have an unini.rrupi.
ed outlet.
\ coal miner named Peter Fnlsc;io.
employed nj the Hastings mine OF the
Victor Coal Company. WIS accidental
ly killed nj Trinidad Sunday night. He
was seated ai the table In his boarding
house. reading. when revolver In his
pocket fell To the noor nnd was dis
charged. I'll. ball striking Fnlsc'io un.
der the chin and coming out Mt the top
OF his head. Death was instantaneous.
The man was 10 years OF age and un'
married.
Arrangements have been made for
the Texas. Colorado ChautauIua TO
avail Itself In the future OF the course
OF the New York Chautaulua and other
like organizations 80 that complete
circuit can IL formed aud better nttrac.
tions a; less cost can be- secured than
heretofore. 1t has already been dccid-
cd that the 1890 session Of the Chnu-
inupua shall he six weeks and that cv-
crythinc possible Will bc done TO make
II u much greater success than hereto
fore. The grounds Will bc made more
attractive and more cottages viii be
put UP.
One Of the most prosperous indus
tries OF the state. according TO the re-
port OF the output OF It's mills, is the
Colorado Fuel Il Iron Company. In
every department OF Its manufactures
II has Jumped to the front. while In
some particular lines the Increased de-
mnnd for Its goods Is astonishing. Dur
Ing the past year almost 10 per cent.
more merchant iron was made than In
1Sgs: and In spicgcl. spikes. bolts and
nuts the Increase was even greater.
The output OF iron pipe was fourteen
times rs great during the year just
closed as In 1898.
The American Beet Sugar Company
has completed the purchase OF the
tracts OF land near Rocky Ford. on
which It had options. Its total cNpcnd-
iturc for lands IL SijO.GO0 A corps Of
| engineers have been busy for several
days surveying the site OF the new
factory. which Is adjoining the town
site. The ncarncss 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.
The Colorado X Southern Railway
Company. by its attorney. T.. Il. Whit
ted. has filed n petition for condemnn-
tion 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
surcd by the railroad people that cars
will be running as far rs Horse creek
by June I. 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.
\ bold robbery was perpetrated In
Walsenburg on the 9th. About
o'clock w. ]. MilsIp. prominent
stockman of the northwest part of the
county. was in the act of entering the
Klein hotel TO go to bed when he was
seized by two men and robbed of S12,-
600. The money was mostly in his
coat and vest pockets. and these gar
ments were torn from him. He imme-
diatcly gave the alarm and search
was instituted, but up to the present
no trace of the criminals has been
found. Mr.. Milsap was on his way to
Mexico to buy cattle. having recently
disposed of n large number he was
feeding near Smith Center. Kansas. n
considerable portion of the money had
been borrowed from n bank in Pueblo.
where he came from yesterday. and the
theory Is that he was followed from
that town by men who had seen him
draw the money or knew of his obtain.
ing It.
According to what are considered by
lumber men as official figures, over
11O,OOO,OOO feet of logs We're cut II
Colorado and New Mexico last year.
So far as the output of native Colorado
lumber is concerned, Colorado and
northern New Mexico are considered
one by the lumber dealers. for the rca
son that the forest from which the |
logs are secured lies on the boundary
line 1t is estimated that the volume |
30 per cent. over the preceding year.
The figures received at the office OF
the state coal mine inspector show thai
the coal output for the last year was
4 .SO6,S7O tons. agains, -,1Gi.O37 for |
1898. This represents an increase of |
Ii nor cont. in the production. Thm |