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The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18
Local Politics.

1t is getting TO be about time
for candidates for county offices to
make their wants known. a dill
gent enquiry about town fails to
find any candidate in this end of
the county on any ticket. Sheriff
Abrams has said he did not want
another term; Georg. Boutwell,,
who WAS slated in the deal two
years ngo for clerk, does not seem
to care for tina, Office; Judge War
burton, who came within n few
votes Of being elected county
Judge two years ago, il not talking
politics At all ns yet.
The republican leaders insis,
there is no; man IN their party
who cares To be n candidate for
any Office whatever.
At the west end il il n little
different On tn. populis, ticke,
Tom Cochran is mentioned for
sheriff. o. II. Mnrynt,, for judge.
and Tnnis Wilson is spoken of as u
good man for treasurer or comma.
sioner. The republicans are wil.
ling to sacrifice c. X. Buck for
treasurer. O'c WHllScc il men.
toned Tor sheriff. and George
Scibiri for coroner
The democrats have Dave Gibbs
for sheriff, j. c. Wiley for judge
and l'Snl Jones for clerk.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The Denver Times says: "rhe
feeling is one of sincere regret
that trip begun under such
auspicious circumstances should
be discontinued; but Immediately
the generous Impulse of devoted
people prompts a deep, heartfelt
sympathy for Mrs. Mckinley
which overshadows all other con-
siaeration-, and from ocean to
ocean fervent prayers are being
offered for her recovery and the
restoration TO her husband of Il
loving helpmeet.
"The abandonment of the trip
is regretted from end to end of the
presidents planned itinerary, and
nowhere more slncskly than in
Colorado. Arrangements had
been completed to give him and
his party reception fitting the
occasion, aud in the Rocky noun
tain region he would have been
accorded honor which would have
been prompted by the heart throb-
bin 3 of "A patriotic people"
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18
MRS. MCKINLEY
AT DEATHS DOOR.

The latest from San Francisco,
where the presidential party is
staying on account of the sudden
illness of the presidents wife. is
that the attending physicians have
given up all hope of her recovery
and that the president has been at
her bedside during the last twenty
four hours. She is unconscious
most of the time aud is Just hover
ing between life and death. Arti-
iicial heart stimulants have been
resorted 10 and three physicians
are in constant attendance. Thou-
sands of kilograms have been re-
reived, not only from all parts of
the country. bat from all over the
world AS far as possible they
are being answered with the infor
nation that Mrs. Mckinley's con
dition Is very critical.
Should the wife Of the presi-
dent recover, which is extremely
doubtful, the presidential party
will return at once to Washington
by the most direct route and con
sequently will not stop at any of
the Colora 10 points.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Prospects are good that the iron
works At Pueblo will invent ~, 800.
600 IN improvements At that place
this year. II is the intention Of
the management To erect tin plate
mills, nail works aud sheet aud
wire plants.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

+. W. Swanson, water commits
sioner, has rented furnished rooms
of Mrs. Sickles and will soon move
to Monte Vista to live for couple
of months during the busiest part
of the irrigating season.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Mayor Boutwell, is taking in the
sights of Kansas this week. He
left Sunday night for Lawrence as
a delegate to the Fraternal Aid
which met there Wednesday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The First and Second primary
grades will give an entertainment
nj the Broadway ON Monday ngh,
Nav 20.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

DaY. Gibbs has received the
appointment Hs cattle inspector
aud will no longer ben candIhate
for sheriff.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

L. Il. Winter is now located at
Colorado Springs engaged in the
carriage business at 90 West Huer-
fano Street. There is lots of
money III circulation in that city
and hence good town to do busl-
ness IN.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Mrs. j. Il. Nash and sister, Mrs.
W. A. Lewis. left Tuesday morn.
ing for Monte Vista. where they
will spend the next month or two.
Telluride Examiner.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The threatened clnsh between
the striking street cnr men nj
Albany \. y. came Tuesday.
Several men were severely and one
imported molorman probably
fatally injured. Wednesday one
thousand National Gunrdsmcn and
loo mounted men occupied Albany
streets Ia force riotous crowd to
let the ears of the United Traction
company run with non.nnion men.
Thursday few ears were moved
guarded by soldiers but they
carried no passengers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

X. G.. Breckenridge. wife and
little Robert returned from Den.
yer Wednesday where they had
been ten days, enabling Mr.. Brcck.
cnridgc 10 take n little rest and
rccnpcrntion.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Mrs. Scobcy who has had long
and severe illness Is now on the
road to recovery.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Attorney Vccrkamp brought
suit IN Justice Warburlon's court
Monday against George Goodrich
and others for fees. A change Of
venue was taken and the case will
he tried before Judge Hill at Del
Noric May 23rd.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Barney Braii. wife and child
arrived here las, Saturday and will
remain for the prcscn, and may be
permanently.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

MARRIED: On Tuesday, May
lith, Mr. Bcnjnmin Il. Mitchell Of
Monte Vista, and Miss Iva Mel.
yard Of Aamoss. Rev. Eugene
Smith officiating.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

BoRN:-Wedncsday, May 18th,
10 the wife of ! Frank Goad, n
daughter.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Professor III. II. Wilson y con
fined TO his home with another
attack of crysipclas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The wagon road from ConcioS
via Osicr TO Chama and Pa.osa is
now open for travel.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The yonns folks Of Center will
give a dance at that place Friday
night, May "a.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

l. i. Sylvester returned L riday
from business trip to Denver
and st. Louis.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

|. W. Rice has put his soda
fountain in shape Rnl is now
ready to serve cold drinks.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

II. II. Wlnchcll made II trip Ia
the Texas oil fields last week. lie
says INNING excitement i, moth.
ing 10 be compared with nm olI
excitement While in Texas Mr..
Winchcll visited Fort Worth, Gal.
weston aud other cities of impor-
lnncc.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

w. :. Cation WAS given the con.
irnct for sprinkling the streets, he
being the lowest bidder. and
Thursday he began lnying the
dust.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Robert Lewis and son David
arrived here from California Tues.
day on two months visit Mrs.
Lewis and Donald will remain IN
California. There has been plenty
of rain on the Pacific coast this
spring, in fact too much as the
hay was nearly all spoiled by rain
during the haying season. Tho
fruit is looking nicely, 30 M.
Lewis reports.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Miss Edna JoGson OF Macon
Mo. a friend of G.. ". Gates and
DIR. Abbo,,s families. came III
Thursday morning.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Engineer Reilly arrived in the
city Monday 10 close up the work
on the biz canals. He will remain
here a week or two.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

James Conant writes that he Is
well pleased with Telluride. He
says everybody has plenty of
money and when he goes ont col.
lccting the men pull out roll as
big rs your fist from their pockets.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

A dramatic entertainment will
bc given 10y tn" graduating class
Of .he Mont. Ni.'n High School
Mt Drondwny Opera house. Thurs.
day evening. May 2.I. The pro.
cceds Of this entertainment will be
used for the benefit of the school.
Don't forget the night but mxkc
10 attend.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Asa general proposition town
lot worth 300 is taxed at nbou,
s2j while the buildings thereon
ARE taxed ut full cash value. This
system has been brought Rbou, by
the r"al estate spcculstors and
landlords. II this policy wers to
be reversed there would be more
homes and fewer renters. Their.
is move on foot in Colorado and
New York 10 correct this wrong,
and thus give the poor man .
chance.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Center is becoming noted Nh n
sporting town. They hold to the
old n'lagr, ,"'rhc better the lny the
better III. deed" aud 80 race
horses on Sunday mud indulge in
Nil sorts Of sports. Last Sunday
there were some six hors. races
and $50 is snid TO hny. changed
hands on the results.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The members of the state asso-
citation of county superintendent
of Colorado gathered at Colorado
Springs Tuesday. The afternoon
was devoted largely to addresses
of welcome and it was late before
session got down to business.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The Indies of the Christian
church will hold nn apron aud
handkerchief social on John Mac.
Arthur's lawn. Thursday, June G.,
afternoon and evening. Straw.
berries, lee cream and cake will he
served.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The little Powell girl who has
been sick with scarlet fever a week
is conyalescent anG both DR..
Powell and his wife have disin-
fected thoroughly and are out
again attending to patients. For
the present their office will be at
the Simpson hotel.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

Charles lSarnes aud vii. re-.
turned 10 l'lstoro Tuesday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The Graduating class which has
met met number of evenings
TO prepare for their Commence
mcnt exercises were SO disturbed
by those on the outside last even.
ing that they were compelled to
give up their practice It seems
too bad that the class can not
assemble quietly and 90 through
their exercises withon, being
annoyed 10y those who ARE not con.
ncctcd N any way with the work.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

1t matters but little to the tax.
payers Of Rio Grande county
whether the assessment is made
on fourth, half or full cash val
uation so long rs everyone is
assessed fairly. Last year we
were assessed at one half valuation
and our taxes were $75. This
year the assessor has doubled
our assessed valuation. but it 10
not probable the taxes will be any
larger next year than this.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

The district court convened ut
Del Nortc Wednesday as per
adjournment. a motion was
made for new trial in the Per.
kins saw mill case and the sams
was granted. Thursday was
occupied in hearing motions and
IN impanelling n jury to try the
case of Blake against Ford which
grows out of attaching some cattle
IN transit to the eastern markets.
and which was set for trial Friday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-05-18

sequently will not stop at any of
the Coloral 10 points.
BoRN:-We Wednesday, May 18th.
10 the wife of j Frank Goad,
daughter
l. b. Sylvester returned L riday
from n business trip to Denver
and st. Louis.
Mrs. Scobcy who has had long
and severe illness Is now on the
road TO recovery.
Professor ii. II. Wilson l. con
fined TO his home with another
attack of crysipclas
The wagon road from Concios
via Osicr TO Chama and ragosa is
now open for travel.
|. W. Rice has put his soda
fountain in shape anil is now
ready to serve cold drinks.
The i'irs, and Second primary
grades will give an entertainment
al the Broadway on Monday night
May 20.
Dny. Gibbs has received the
appointment ns cattle inspector
aud will no longer br n candidate
for sheriff.
Barney Brutl, wife and child
arrived here las, Saturday and will
remain for the prcscn, and may be
permanently.
Engineer Reilly arrived in the
city Monday Ia close up the work
on the bic canals He will remain
here week or two.
Miss Edna Jogson OF Macon
Mo. n friend of G.. W. Gates and
DIR. Abboits families. came ~
Thursday morning.
w. :. Cation WAS given the con.
trnct for sprinkling the streets. he
being the lowest bidder. and
Thursday he begnn lnying the
dust.
MARRIED. On Tuesday, May
lltA, Mr. Benjnmin Il. Mitchell of
Monte Nisln, and Miss Iva Mel.
yard Of Alamoss. Rev. Eugene
Smith officiating.
II. G.. Breckenridge, wife and
little Robert returned from Den.
yer Wednesday where they had
been ten days. enabling Mr.. BrcclS.
cnridgc 10 take n little rest aud
rccnpcrn,lon.
The Conservative, 1901-05-09
RAILWAYS AND
THEIR RELATIONS.

III cree COmm1S-
sion, there were in operation on June
80, 1899, 189, 1894 miles of railroad, with
81 miles additional in the territory of
Alaska. These figures do not include
the Philippines, Porto Rico or Hawaii.
The "Railway Age' and the "Railroad
Gazette" furnish figures of later con-
struction, but The CONSERVATIVE is not
able to produce them at the present
moment. 1t is safe, however, to state
roughly, upon the authority of Mr..
H. T. Newcomb, the able editor of the
Railway World" at Philadelphia, that
up to January 1, 1901, 5000 additional
miles of operating lines had been added
to the foregoing.
Much complaint has been made of the
overcapitalization of railways. Never
theless, the capital
The Cost. ization was, on
June 30, 1899,
$6O,556 per mile. Of that amount
$30,267 was stock, common and pre-
ferred, and $3O,2S9 was funded debt,
including income bonds and other obi
cations as well as mortgage bonds.
THE CONSERVATIVE believes that the
enhanced value Of terminal properties
belonging to the great lines of railroads
brings that sort of property up to very
nearly, in some lines, the entire capital
ization of the companies. In any event,
it is quite within bounds to say that the
present lines and properties of railroads
could not be reproduced for less money
than they are capitalized at, in the
United States.
On June 80, 1899, there were employed
The Conservative, 1901-05-09

by railroads in the United States more
than four men per
Number of Rail- mile of line, and
way Employees. the total number
working for rail-
ways was 928, 1924 persons. Of this num-
ber there were general officers, 1882
other officers, 1924; as clerks in general
offices, 29,371; station agents, 30,787
other station employees, $3.50.
There were at the same date 39,97O
locomotive engineers; 1859 firemen
28,232 conductors;
Mechanical and brakemen and
Operating. others in the train
service, 69,497
machinists, 3O,377; carpenters, 42,501
other shopmen, 103,937.
In the United States, on the date
named, there were 81 ,697 section fore
men; and other
The Track. workers upon the
track, numbered
2O1, ,708, together with 1886 switchmen,
fagmen and watchmen. To safely dis
patch trains over all these miles of rail-
way in the United States required the
services of 1884 skilled telegraph
operators and train dispatchers.
In addition to the foregoing there are
many steam ferries which are the
property of railways and are operated
by them, and these are called the floating
equipment of the various lines and
employ 6,775 men, while miscellaneous
employees aggregate annually in the
railway service of this country 1881
people.
From the above it will be observed
that there are salaried men numbering
205, ,370, and per diem, or wage, men
numbering 723,554, the salaried men
being limited to the general officers,
other officers, clerks, station agents,
conductors, telegraph operators, and
train dispatchers, all other workers of
the railway service being paid by the
day or hour or by the mile run.
In 1899 the general officers of railways
in the United States averaged salary of
$1OO3 per day, and
| Their Pay. the other officers
made an average
of $5.1 for the same time. Clerks in
the general offices earn on an average
1920, station agents $1.74, other station
men $1.60, engine men $3.72, firemen
81. 10, conductors $3.13, other train men
81. 1.94, machinists 1920, carpenters $2.O3,
other shopmen $1.72, section foremen
81 .68, other track men $1.18, switchmen,
fiagmen and watchmen SLIT, telegraph
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operators and dispatchers $l93, en-
ployees Of floating equipment 81 80, and
all other employees and laborers in the
railway service $1.6S per day.
The CONSERVATIVE would be pleased
to give the number of station agents in
each state and in each county of each
state, but finds it impossible to reach
that data with accuracy at the present
time.
On June 80, 1899, there were in opera
tion in the United States S43 absolutely
independent railroad corporations. In
addition to that, there were subsidiary
companies, the properties of which were
leased or controlled by traffic agreement
by the independent companies, above
referred to; so that the entire number
of railroads doing business in the United
States at that time was 1904.
During the past ten years, in nearly
all the states Of the Union, raids have
been made against
Raids on Railroads. property in the
form of railroads,
by partisans seeking political offices.
They have appealed to the envy, the
malice and the avarice of humanity in
their endeavors to arouse antagonisms
and bitterness towards these incorpora-
tions. In nearly every state they have
attempted to fix the maximum rates for
| oirh
in nearly every commonwealth the
legislature has attempted to divorce the
right to own property from the right to
control it. Even the national legislature
has several times attempted to decree
a divorce between ownership and con-
trollership.
The railways of the United States
offer to the general public a composite
service. It is made
A Composite up of all the inte-
Service. grals of human ex-
ertion, intellectual
and physical, of which the race is
capable. When the railway offers to
carry our persons and property from one
point to another, with celebrity and
security, it tenders us the services, first,
of the civil engineer who laid out it's
lines; of the miners who got out the
mineral from which it's rails are made;
of the woodsmen who cut it's ties in the
forest; of the miners who dug it's coal /;
of the smiths and machinists who worked
and nodded it's metals; of the manu-
facturers of the best time-keepers, clocks
and watches; of the best mechanical
engineers of the highest grade of trust
worthy, alert and sleepless train dis
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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION
OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL
QUESTIONS
The Conservative, 1901-05-09

United States more
than four men per
mile of line, and
the total number
working for rail-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-20
J. G. Stubs, Who Has Just Been APP
pointed Traffic Manager of the
Hartman f.aiIroao Interests
Explains the System to
Be introduced.
(By Associated PresS.)

San Francisco, June POI. c. Stubs,
company. whose appointment as traffic
manager of the vast system of railroads
controlled by the Hartman interests
was announced from Chicago yesterday.
has arrived in this city.
In speaking of the innovation to be
introduced in railroad methods by the
syndicate by which he has Just been ap-
pointed, Mr.. Stubs stated that Mr.. Har-
riman has been considering the question
of diversion of traffic for a long time
and has evolved a plan which ought to
accomplish the heretofore impossible
task of harmonizing the interests of the
several Hartman roads.
AS Mr. Stubs puts it. it is a plan TO
bring about a unification of interests
with a reduction of friction and the
elimination of unnecessary competition
without consolidating the properties
under one management
Under this plan one man is to have
entire charge of the traffic of the sew
eral corporations, and in order to ef
fectually divorce the traffic from the
other affairs of the road this official
will report direct to the board.
This position of power and responsible
fty, comparable to no other in the his
tory of railroading, was offered to Mr..
Stubs. and he accepted. The position
IS an absolutely new one in railroadins,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-20
AMERICAN STOCKS GAIN IN LONDON
(By Associated Press.>

New York, June 2O.-London made
wide advances over night in prices of
americans. The opening quotations
here We're higher than last night gen.
orally, but not up to the London parity.
International stocks We're the leaders
On the decline which set in directly after
the opening. The failure of the market
to reflect any of the London strength
discouraged long buying and profess
'sional bears offered leading stocks
St Paul, ST. Louis and San Francis
co common and Atchison lost their open
ing advance and Amalgamated Copper,
Missouri Pacific and St. Louis and San
Francisco I'd pfd. sold 1-4d2 points
under yesterdays close.
Liquidation was renewed in Colora do
Fuel and it lost seven points and Ten
nessee coal over two. Prominent stocks
generally We're under pressure but there
were scattered points of strength in the
inactive quarter.
Iowa Central stocks were unusually
active and strong in sympathy with
Minneapolis and St. Louis. The COM
mon stock rose four points easily to AZ
and the pfd. 8 IA to SO ga.
AS the general selling became less the
traders bid up special stocks. St. Paul,
Atchison, Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific got to about their opening fig
Nres.
Vanderbilt stocks were bought in an
ticipations of dividend announcement to-
anorrow Colorado Fuel recovered four
points, Tennessee Coal 3-S and Chica-
go and Eastern Illinois reacted Is and
CALLED 8 "a. General Electric extend
ed its gain to eight points.
jRondS were irregular.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-20
WONDERFUL POWER FOR ONE MAN

and Mr. Stubs does not even know whct
title will be bestowed upon him.
I'm word" says Mr.. Stubs, II am
to be placed in entire charge OF the
traffic of the Southern Pacific. the Union
Pacific, the Oregon Railroad and Navi-
cation company and the Oregon Short
Line, and / will report to the board of
directors of the several companies. That
means that l am to report direct to Mr..
Hartman.
Each company has its board of direc-
tors. and each board of directors has an
executive committees, presided over by
a chairman. When the board of direc-
tors is in session it is supreme. and
when the board is not in session and
the executive committee is holding a
meeting, the executive committee is SUI
preme When the executive committee
is not in session The chairman of the
executive committee runs things
Mr.. Stubs said the new arrangement
respecting himself was a complete sur
prise to the presidents of the Southern
Pacific and the Union Pacific, as it was
to other railroad men in the country.
who were not prepared to see such a
revolution in the methods of conserva-
tive railroad corporations.
MIR. Stubbs said that when he left Chi
ca go plan was being perfected to place
the traffic of the Northern Pacific. the
Great Northern and the Burlington in
the hands of Darius Miller, at present
second vice president of the Great
Northern. and that there would in all
probability be brought about a central
ization in the management of the great
lines. including the Missouri Pacific and
the Texas & Rio Grande lines.