Gilpin observer., 1900-03-29
DOINGs AT DENVER.
Items of Interest From the city and the
state Capitol.

treuSurerS s once, mas aDScOnueQ with
$4OO of public funds and detectives
are in search of him.
Denver's cable cars will soon be a
thing of the past. AS q result of the
passage of an ordinance granting the
privilege, the Tramway Company is
changing the line to electric and this
work is being rushed.
The new officers of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps are Mrs. Minnie r. Kings
ford of Rawlins, Wyoming, depart
ment president; senior vice, Mrs. Jen-
ME Paddock of Leadville; junior vice,
Mrs. Sarah Tucker of Pueblo.
Th e new department commander,
Harper Nj. Orahood, has just announc-
ed his appointments and Quartermas-
/ ter Baker is superseded. He has serv-
ed two terms. aud it was thought there
should be change, so Commander
Orahood appointed Marshall s. Craw-
ford, secretary of the G. A. X. Memo
rial Association, to be quartermaster
in Bakers place. T. J. Foote was cho-
sen assistant quartermaster of the de-
partment. Baker refused to turn over
this Office to the new appointee, but it
Is hoped that he will change his mind.
The twenty-first annual encampment
of the G. A. r., Department of Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, was concluded
yesterday afternoon, when the officers
Were publicly installed at Windsor
hall. The list of officers elected was
as follows: Department commander,
Harper NJ. Orahood, Denver; senior
vice commander, NJ. J. Hogarty,
Greeley: junior vice, A. 5. Artist,
Cheyenne; chaplain, John L. Boyd,
Denver; medical director, DR.. George
w. Curfman, Denver; council of ad- |
Fisher, Z. p. Pitkin, II. S. Vaughn
and G. *. Carson of Evans Colorado.
A law making it compulsory to use
an electric exploder for discharging
blasts in mines will probably be intro
duced at the next Assembly Such a
measure is advocated by many as the
only safe method of setting off blasts
and as such a provision to be made
obligatory by law. at is the only safe
method" says Coal Mine Inspector
Denman. "Of course in coal mines
there is very little blasting, and but
few accidents due thereto, but in met
aliferous mines great many occur. A
missed shot is almost impossible when
an exploder is used, but is very easy
TO have when fuse is depended upon"
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company is planning to spend $25O,O
on improvements and enlargement of
the Burnham repair and construction
shops. Plans are being prepared by
the company engineers to be submit
ted by President Jeffery to the board
of directors. If the board approves,
the Rio Grande shops will be enlarged
SO as to build and repair cars for the
Denver 4 Rio Grande road and the
Rock Island and the Missouri Pacific
as well. The plans even take into ac
count the time when the Rio Grande
will need to build its own locomotives,
and it is probable that when the en-
larged shops are ready, work of this |
kind will be done here, to save the |
enormous expense of bringing all loco
motives from the East. The present
shops are the largest west of the Mis-
souri, river, but it is said that their
capacity will be almost doubled.
Authoritative advice was received
from President Ristine of the Midland
railway Monday that the pending deal
has been closed. One-half the securi-
ties of the Midland will be owned by
the Rio Grande Western Construction
Company and Onehalf by the moneyed
men who control the Colorado X South
ern. The Rio Grande Western rail
way and the Colorado 4 Southern rail
way do not appear officially in the
transaction. but the practical working
will be the same as if each line owned
one-half of the Midland. The present
Midland voting trust was created to
run till 1904 and can only be dissolved
by consent. The consent has been OBJ
tained, and it is likely that new
voting trust will be created by the
new owners of the stock. 1t was also
announced that the construction of
the Cripple Creek short line to Denver
by way of the canon of the South
Platte river will be built with the least
possible delay and that 1t Is expected
to be in operation In one year from
date. The short line will be standard
gauge and will make the terminus of
the Midland at Denver instead of at
Colorado Springs, though the short
line will be constructed by n separate
company controlled by the men be-
hind the other corporations. The Mid
land, the Colorado x Southern and the
Rio Grande Western will continue as
separate corporations, but with close
relations.
+. o. Papenoe, owner OF the Topeka
Capital, was In the city Monday. In
an interview about Mr. Sheldon's news
paper experiment. he said: "One of the
results will be that great Christian
daily vii be started in some city like
New York or Chicago-but not right
away. 1t will take time. as l do not
think Sheldon will lend himself to such
n work permanently. He desired only
to mark the path in which others
should follow. But know that to-day
If he should signify his willingness to
stand at the head of such an enterprise
and agree to be managing editor of
such periodical for II year or more,
hn lao. .utl nSt
to support such n newspaper. But the
greatest good result OF the movement
just ended-just commenced, II the
right Wow is tnkcn of the nifnir-Mill