Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-28
RAILROAD
MAGNATES
George Gould and Party Spend
a Night as Guests
in Durango

The Gould party has come and gone.
We believe Durango will not lose by
the visit The special OF i've cars
arrived three-quarters of an hour
later than scheduled. but the large
delegation AT the depot remained from
until 4:45, as many were determin-
ed at least to have a glimpse of the
distinguished railroad owner and
manager. AS the train backed into
the depot, Mr.. Gould was easily rec
ognized as he stood on one of the
| car platforms. AS he stepped off
he was Joined by President f. T. JEFF
frey, who introduced him to "A few
gentlemen. Until the arrival of the
train plans were not known. Ii was
| announced, however, that the special
would not continue to Silverton. but
would remain over night in Durango.
| Carriages had been ordered by Agent
McAtee to drive the party around the
city. but a visit to the smeter had
been planned before arrival. and in
side of ten minutes Mr.. Jeffrey was
leading the way through the round
house to the American smelling works
where Manager Dan MacLean became
entertainer. Mr.. Gould expressed
lesire to go through the works, evi-
IDENTIFY never having visited and eX-
amined the method of smelling gold
and silver ores as he exhibited unusu-
al interest, and asked Mr. MacLean
many questions Later to Il Herald
representative Mr.. Gould expressed
| himself nS upraanhlv Su,nr;p.I at tho
magnitude of the Durango works and
he important commercial relation
| they bore to Durango.
After leaving the smelter Mr. Gould
and Mr.. Jeffrey took Il walk about the
city viewing the large mercantile es-
adjustments. spending half an hour
IN going through the Graden Mercan-
| Tile stores and warehouses, even in
specting the Easements, thus forming
good idea of the Importance of Du-
rango as distributing point The
two gentlemen took walk through
portions of the residence section
| from the Amy residence down the
Boulevard.
| During the early evening r. f.
Sloan, president of the Board of
Trade, thought it good idea for as
| many business men as could to meet
at the roms of the Durango Club at
s O'Clock to receive the guests if they
desired to respond to such an invi-
alton, and accordingly Secretary
| McCloud notified as many as could be
seen at the late hour. AT a quarter
20 a committee headed by Mr.. Sloan.
Mr.. Vaile and a Herald representa-
dive visited the private cars to ex-
| tend the invitation to meet the people
at the club rooms. The railroad peo-
Pile were just sitting down to dinner,
and it was necessary to wait three
quarters of an hour. President JEFF
frey being waited upon, invited the
committee into the car and introduced
them to Mr. Gould. When the object
Of the visit was stated by The Herald
representative, Mr.. Jeffrey said he
would be only too glad to accept the
invitation, as he had always done in
the past when in Durango, and he
Thought Mr.. Gould would also be agree
able This proved to be the case,
and in few minutes the party was
ushered into the club rooms where
goodly number of business men were
assembled, among the number being
l.. C. .Jakway, George Goodman, F.
IC. Perkins Herb Clark, G. e. Herr,
w. S. Pickerill |. Zeller, A. p. Camp,
If. NJ. Pierce. of Pennington, Mr..
Goulding. b. w Ritter, H. Rachofsky,
/. Kruschke. S. NJ. Biggs, s. w. Ray
mond. Or. Mclean, George Logan, c.
| n
ber of others whose names we do not
recall. besides several who left, think
ing the gentlemen would not be up.
The gathering was purely an in
formal one, as after introductions
general conversation ensued, which,
Of course. was concerning the south
west section. Mr.. Gould evinced an
interest in the possibilities of the sur
rounding country. Lacking time to
visit Silverton, he asked for informa-
tion regarding the output of ore at
the present time as compared to
years ago and prospects for the fu-
ture. Mr.. Pierce. of Pennington.
impaired to him much information
concerning San Juan county. He
- asked about the number of acres in
orchards. the land under irrigation
and what percentage Of fruit went to
waste for lack of railroad facilities.
MIR. Pierce said last year at least
ltwo-thirds of the perishable fruits
, went to waste and this year at least
, one third. Mr.. Gould asked concern
ing the oil possibilities. especially in
, Archuleta county. and was informed
nntInnk
= Thus an hour was spent. when the
, railroaders took their departure
Mr.. Sloan and Herald representa-
, tive escorted them back to the train
where both Mr.. Gould and Mr.. JET
! frey expressed themselves as highly
' pleased over the reception rendered
4 them.
t The Herald representative was gra
a ciously received and Mr.. Gould talked
I y,onI,, ahout tho state of Colorado