The Western enterprise., 1900-01-06
COLORADO ITEMS.

Il | - oooOCldllOH HiS Deeu organized
e Fort Collins to establish a public |
k brary.
!. The production of coal in Colorado i
: 1893 amounted to 4,06S,S29 tons, va
ued at $60OO,OOO.
BUD Taylor, a sawmill hand, raj
;, amuck at Castle Rock the other da,
: and was shot by the sheriff.
The national banks of the state bol,
in all $55,O00,OO0 deposits. and stat,
banks, including savings banks. owe
/, $10,00O,OOO.
Bulld1ng permits issued in Denver
during 1899 were $2,190,O53, compared
win $1,1OS,7OO in 1898, 81 ,267, 200 il
1881, 81, 114,6OO in 1896, slips GOO ir
1895 and $765, 100 in 1894.
The receipts of the Denver postoffice
III 1898 We're S4OO,354. The expenses
were 9loZ,oO4. and the net profit to the
government was $247, $50. The in.
cent. p0'
1ne buildings of the Florence cement
works are nearing completion, and
Iour cars of new machinery have ar
riTeu Tor the new plant Boilers and
an VIII be put in position as fast as
possible.
colorado Il Southern officers are con-
sIderlng the advisability of construct
lug IRON snow sheds on the Gunnison
nue. over Alpine pass, to insure keep
my the road open through the whole
| winter so that the mines of the Bald
WIN district may have an uninterrupt-
ed outlet
party of surveyors VIII be put to
work IN South Platte canon next week
Dy the Colorado & Southern. TO run
llhes for the continuation of the new
cripple Creek cutoff from it's present
terminus to Horse creek. ten miles.
rms the last meeting of the directorate
decided on. The survey will be made
Tor broad gauge road.
The value of the manufactured goods
produced i'll Denver during the wear.
exclusive of smelter products, was S34.-
o34,o42. The factories employ ~ 9o5
persons, whose earnings were S.. .g35
100. During 1898 the Denver factories
produced goods valued at S29, ,26S $50
and employed 1876 persons. who
earned $7,110,45O in wages. In addi- |
ton the smelters employ 1;SOO men
VINO whose earnings during the year were
100000.
one of the most prosperous indus |
tries of the state, according TO the re-
port or the output of its mills. is the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. In
every department of its manufactures
IL mas Jumped to the front, while in
some particular lines the increased de-
nland Tor its goods is astonishing. Dur
ing the past year almost 80 per cent.
more merchant iron was made than in
1898; ana In spiegel, spikes, bolts and
NUS the increase was even greater.
Inc output of iron pipe was fourteen
times as great during the year Just
closed as in 1898.
The Woman's Club of Grand Junc-
ton is rejoicing greatly because of the
donation made by Andrew
carnegie to found free public library
IN that city The sum given by Mr..
Carnegie is $1,000, which was the
amount asked for. The Woman's
Club own a fine building lot on
seventh evenue and the building Will
De erected on this lot. For some time
Lne executive committee of the club
nave Deen working TO secure this dOna-
ION from the great iron master and
and their joy is great
because they have been given this
handsome New Years present from
Mr. Carnegie. '
According to what are considered bv !
umber men as official figures. over
1O,OOO,OO0 feet of logs were cut in |
Colorado and New Mexico last wear .
20 far as the output of native Colorado !
umber is concerned, Colorado and
Orthern New Mexico are considered Z
ne by the lumber dealers, for the rea- = =
on that the forest from which the l
)gs are secured lies on the boundary
ne. 1t is estimated that the volume b
I business in 1899 was an increase of S
U per cent. over the preceding wear 1
The figures received at the office Of "
ne state coal mine inspector show that c
ne coal output for the last year was "
SO6,SI9 tons, against 4164,O37 for p
S9S. This represents an increase of L
per cent. in the production. The h
OuntleS producing the coal NAV be II
AIMED in the order of their SUPERIOR h
y as follows: Las Animas Fremont, W
uerfano, Boulder. Gunnison. Pitkin, f
arfield. La Plata, FL Paso. Weld, VI
esa, Jefferson, Larimer, Arapahoe. b'
o new counties show production of 81
,al. ST
The business Of the Colorado Fuel as
Iron Company has increased at IL
rate during the year. The a
eat steel plant of the company at I'll
1eblo has been enlarged and i'm III
owed. and n plate mill has been add an
!. The company is the largest pro- er
lcer of coal in the West, as we'll as pc
iron. and is constantly increasing its ar
ldings of coal and iron lands. 1t will
We grown into one of the greatest III
operations in the country before ten W.
ars have passed. 1t controls over tr;
1000 acres of coal lands. besides iron TN
posits of unknown extent 1t has OBJ see
med coal lands in New Mexico. coal VIZ
q iron lands in Utah. and is now .h'
enlng uD the vast iron deposits at les
lrtville, Wyoming-all. in addition to ~
properties in Las Animas. Huer Is
no, Fremont, Gunnison, Pitkin and Ial
rt1eld counties in Colorado. The Siu
npany has increased it's forces to IN
out 10000 men and disburses about Dr'
OOOO0 year in wages The fol- iro
wing figures show the growth of the De'
siness during the year: tht
N and steel, 1899. 81. .6S1, 1882 ers
1898. 80. 4.532, ,243.1O an am
aL-l099 g. 800. 900 tons lne
1888 .......... .2,S3S. 900 tons
-189S ooe 600 to ton9 ed,
lue of prOduct-1S99. .S12. .931 .719 Wo
1888. -. 9,269, ,O9S 'iiA
he American Beet Sugar Company I
completed the purchase of the of
cts of land near Rocky Ford. on BILE
lch 1t had options. Its total expend- the
re for lands is $150,O0O. A corps of the
'ineers have been busy for several of
IS surveying the site of the new anC
tory, which is adjoining the town bas
!. The nearness to the business CEN clos
is highly pleasing to the people. In hay
ew weeks the busy hum of prepara- the
is for building will add greatly to mo