The silver star., 1900-08-24
COLORADO NOTES.

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{ Iron Company have declared . oivi-
lend Of eight Der cent. on the pre-
iferred stock parable September bth-
In February OF this year eight pr
sent was declared, and in April eight
per cent. The remaining accumuiaf1ve
dividends due on the stock now amount
to twelve per cent
The state attorney will die suit
against the Pullman Car Company Tor
f11-OsD on claims due for Incorporation
fees. The company is Incorporated In
Illinois with a much larger c1pifAi
than In Colorado. The reincorporation
Law requires them to file papers here
with the full amount Of capital OF the
home company. The company refused
to do this and the state was obliged TO
bring suit
Beginning September 1st, all round
trip tickets for California by way OF
Colorado viii BE- good for a sfopcver OF
thirty days a- any point in Colorado.
Heretofore tickets reading through Col
3rado for points in the state. Utah or
California have been continuous. per.
hitting no stopover in Colorado.
Efforts have been made by the Colo
rado roads TO secure an arrangement
by which tourists could stop in Colo
rado II they desired. but the efforts un-
til now have been unayailing.
The Chicago & Alton will. 1t Is re
ported. b. running into Denver before
the first of next year on its own tracks.
Negotiations are reported to be pend
Ing for the sale to the company of the
Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pa
cific, the acquisition of which would
give the Alton a direct line from Chica-
20 and Kansas City to Denver, via
Kansas City The directors OF the Al
ton and the Union Pacific will. II IL
reported. meet in New York City the
lst of September and conclude nego-
dations for the transfer.
Laborers are reported scarce by en-
ployment agents who are after men for
work ON western railroads. The Union
Pacific has agents hiring men in Dem
yer for work along the line in Wyom-
Ing and on Friday eighty men were
sent over many of them coming from
farms and ranches in Colorado. The
Onion Pacific is said to be having q
bard time securing enough men. The
Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad Is in the
field for men TO build the Rio Grande
railroad out of Texas creek. The Colo
RADIO Midland wants men for an exten-
sion 10 Newman tunnel; the Colorado
Springs n Cripple Greek railroad Is
short OF men on its construction work,
aud the Colorado Il Southern cannot get
enough men. All the roads say that
there is a scarcity OF men. and that the
man who is out OF work is idle because
be wants 10 be.
Fire starting in the Foley hotel. cor
ner OF Elm street and Northern avenue,
Pueblo. "Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. destroyed 100000 worth Of
property in that vicinity before gotten
under control by the fire department.
The property destroyed consisted of the
Foley hotel and the lumber. yard ad-
joining, also the property OF T. H.
Foley; the Albany hotel, owned by w.
II. Shower. and thirteen small dwellings
on the east side of Elm street west of
the lumber yards. The fire Is supposed
to have been of incendiary origin, and
according to Mr.. Foley's statement was
started no less than three times during
the day at different points on his prop
erty. the third time being undiscovered
until too late TO control. Most OF the
dwellings were covered by insurance,
as well as their furnishings. while Mr..
Foley states that he carried but twenty
per cent. OF the full value Of his proper.
ty. He estimates his losses, including
the lumber yard. hotel and furnishing
At $50 900. No lives were lost.
Although Congress at the recent ses-
sion authorized the purchase Of a CON-
plete set Of ninting machinery for the
Denver mint, and made n partial ap-
preparation for the same. the Treasury
Department has as yet taken no steps
toward letting the contract The su-
pervising architect says that at the
present rate the mint building should
be under roof not later than October.
The interior finish will then be com.
pleted In about twelve months, 80 that
the finished building should be turned
over TO the government by November
or DeceMber Of next year. At the OF.
flee Of the director Of the mint II ID
suited that when the building has been
placed under roof, n contract will be
mnde for building and setting up the
minting machinery. The officials claim
that this machinery can be supplied
and placed IN position inside OF a year
and that there Is no necessity for let.
ting the contract this far ahead. They
are very anxious TO have the mint
placed In operation and assert that
there viii be no delay due to any inter.
ference from that office.
The privilege that sheep companies
have long enjoyed In leasing govern.
ment land for grazing purposes may
bc lost to them II the results Of n wide
investigation now just COMPLETED
proves that such grnzlng ls Injurious
to the forest reserves. Two Eastern
scientific men In the employ OF the gov.
ernnent are on their way East from
Utah. where they have been InyestiRat. /.
Ing the results OF grazing. They were
sent on that distinct mission BY the
Interior md Agricultural Departments,
Willie their experiments are entirely
impartial aud are reserved for govern.
ment scrutiny. their presence In said 10
be an Indication that the government n
about TO take steps TO discontinue the
practice Of leasing forest reserves for
grazing purposes. The proposition In.
wolves the future disposition Of several
millions Of western sheep and Ii a se.
rIous one 20 III bIg sheep owners OF
Colorado. Wy"i. y and Utah. The
cattle men 0lblpIsc the sheen mon nm