Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-20

swiftly" Henderson of the fire de-
partment, had just commenced to take
his vacation when Chief Galbreath
asked him to stay around for a few
minutes while he went to have tooth
fixed And when Gaibreath got back
the alarm sounded and Henderson
went to the fire and now he Will take
the first few days OF his vacation nurs-
ing a badly sprained ankle.
Charles E. Johnson, the Denver rep
resentatiye OF the Nickel Plate road,
who, with number OF other railroad
men. spent the night in Durango. re-
ports his raod doing big business.
This is proper. as the Nickel Plate
runs one OF the finest passenger traihV
out Of Chicago, and is direct line for
Cleveland Buffalo, New York and Bos-
ton with the best of connections.
Readers will probably remember
he airing "a rumbling noise Monday
from the direction OF Upper Pine riy-
er. The secret is explained. Sunday
morning three of Durango's amiable
cranks, Messrs. w. G. White, Thomas
lockwood and w T. Kirkpatrick. lett
for Mr.. Kirkpatrick's country home,
accompanied by General Hollister. 1t
seems that enroute two of the first
mentioned became engaged in discuss
ing a momentous question, and not be
ing able to agree, the third one took
a hand, with the result that all three
entertained opinions as far apart as
night and day. They became so inter
| ested in the subject that they stopped
the team and took a seat under a sha-
dy tree to go deeper into the subject
when the horses ran away, which re-
suited in restoring peace, and all
| agreed not to again discuss any Of the
issues OF the day.
Miss Nora Coulson came in from
| Bayfield, yesterday to attend the party
given by Mrs. Coe Franklin and Miss
Mae Sloan yesterday afternoon, which
was given in honor of Miss Eva Bisgs.
| A L. Campbell, travelling passenger
and freight agent of the Burlington,
with headquarters in Denver, is spend
| ing the day in the. city, arriving last
night, accompanied by S. NJ. Shattuck,
! the we'll known Denver representative
of the b. & o., n. H. Butterheld OF
the Lackawanna, and c. Z. Johnson OF
| The Nickel Plate. After spending the
night in the city, Messrs. Johnson and
| Butterfield left for Siverton and
hence to Ouray this afternoon, while
| Mr. Shattuc returned 10 Denver on the
$3.50 train.
| A fire broke out at the Durango Iron
| Works foundry shortly before
o'clock last evening and the fire de-
partment responded as soon as the
alarm was turned in. The fire was
in an upper story ROOM where all the
patterns and a large quantity Of rub
Der betting were kept The firemen
soon had the flames eXtinguished, but
not, however, until some thousands
Of dollars of damage had been DONE
All the patterns, which chiefly com
prise a foundry's stock in trade, were
destroyed, the rubber betting was all
| damaged and the woodwork OF the
room was rendered worthless.
The fire did not spread beyond the
room, being confined on two sides by
stone walls.
| 1t caught from a hot box. Men
working at the smelter are said to
have seen the smoke issuing from the
building for some time before the fire
| department was called.
No figures could he obtained as to
the amount OF loss or the insurance
carried.
The loss may be said. however, to
be in the neighborhood Of $4,000 or
| $4,000.
The foundry will not run until the
insurance adjuster arrives, which will
be in a couple OF days.
No damage was done to any of the
machinery. except the line shaft run
ming into the room where the fire was,
and it is badly twisted.
| While standing on a scaffold and
breaking in one end OF the room one
of the firemen fell and knocked the
other two off. Chief Galbreath was
| knocked off but caught hold of a
ladder and hung on. swiftly Hender-
| derson fell fully eighteen feet and
barely missed striking his head
against lathe. which would undoubt-
edly have resulted fatally for him. AS
| it was, however, he escaped with
sprained ankle which, though bad
enough, was nothing compared to
what might have been.
C. II. Bundy of Marion, Ind, is
here for few days inspecting the site
of the Animas Canal, Water, Power
and Investment company, Tor some
eastern parties who are about to be-
come financially Interested with him
self in the enterprise.
He expresses himself as greatly
pleased with the proposition, and the
gentlemen who are in charge OF the
same.
He informs us that all work on the
reservoir is progressing tayorably, and
that by the end ol September the en-
tire bed-tu-be OF the lake will be clear
ed OF brush, logs and trees and the
refuse all burned or removed. The