The Springfield herald., 1903-05-01
COLORADO BRIEF S

creek Ut EaSie hock.
Information was received April 25th
by Superintendent Rea OF the American
Bridge Company at Pueblo to the effect
that the bridgemen's strike was settled
tied and the men were expected to go
to work May 1st under the old terms.
The board of directors of the Festi-
val of Mountain and Plain has an
nounced that no festival will be held
this year. A committee has been ap-
pointed to arrange for great mid
summer festival in 1904.
The annual State Fair at Pueblo will
be held September 14th to 18th. The
newly-elected officers of the associa-
tion are; Aaron Sanneborn, president;
Asbury White. vice president; L. H.
Devine. treasurer, and j. X. Sullivan,
secretary.
Mrs. Hearon. president of the board
of managers of the Colorado Cottage
Home in Denver. an asylum for unfor-
tunate and erring girls which has re-
Gently been closed announces that the
institution has only temporarily sus-
pended operations.
The inhabitants of the new town
called GAINESVILLE situated twelve miles
southeast of Florence, have peutioned
the government for postotiice Ihere
are fifteen or twenty families there
from California who are starting an
agricultural colony.
The city of Boulder has taken up its
option upon 100 acres adjoining the
Chautauqua ground and has paid to h.
A Austin and Mrs. Jennie Russell. the
owners. 81, 500 for this tract. The land
is part of the foothills just west of
the Chautauqua graunds and will be-
come a part of the park system of the
city.
The Woods Investment Company is
building its electric wire line from
Beaver to Pueblo. a distance of twenty
eight miles. The poles and wire are
very heavy, and construction VIII cost
s3,5OU per mile. The work of construct
ing the power house will begin very
soon. so that greater power can be
supplied to the trolley lines at Pueblo.
The Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cific Railroad Company (Moffat road
has secured an injunction from Judge
De Frances court at Golden restrain
ing the New Century Light and Power
Company from doing any further work
on their reservoir site in Gore canon
which will in any way interfere with
the right of way of the railroad.
Colorado Springs was visited by
terrific wind storm Saturday, April
18th. At times the wind, which blew
straight from Pixies Peak. had We
locity of fifty miles an hour. Trains
were delayed and the cog road to the
summit of Pixies Peak was again
blocked by snowdrifts. AT Windy
Point the train came near being blown
OF the track.
Contracts have been let for the be-
ginning of work on the beet sugar fac
tory to be constructed on the tract of
land south of Denver. which is irrigat-
ed from the Castlewood reservoir. A
brickyard will be established on a bed
of clay near the Clark reservoir. about
ten miles south of University Park,
and the brick will be made for the
walls of the factory.
Congressman Brooks has received
word from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington that Professor A.
B. Waite, the specialist of the bureau
who recently investigated the pear
blight in this state. will accept the in
vitation to attend the convention of
the State Horticultural Society in the
fall and give demonstration of how
to treat the blight.
The land under the Gunnison tunnel
set aside by the order from Washington
embraces the land lying on the east
side of the Uncompahgre river. begin
ming at a point about four miles east
and twelve miles south of the town of
Montrose. and continuing north. fol-
lowing the contour of the mountain IN
til the Gunnison river is reached. a
probable distance of about thirty miles.
The plans for the monster reservoir
to be built in the vicinity of Fort Lup-
ton We're filed with the state engineer
April 22nd by the Fulton Irrigation
Company The reservoir is to contain
155, ,727 900 cubic feet Of water and the
basin will be supplied from the Platte
through the Fulton ditch. The presi-
dent of the company is Emil ]. Rieth-
mann. Emmet Bromley is secretary,
and the engineer is D. L. Thompson.
Some time in June the addition of an
industrial training school for children
and a cooperative factory for en-
feebled employees of the company and
the widows and orphans of employees
will be established by the sociological
department of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company at Pueblo. The com
pany has set apart the large building
formerly used as a hospital on Abriendo
avenue.
The representatives of the Agricul-
tural College won in the debate with
Colorado College at Fort Collins April
oath. The question was: Resolved,
that the United States Senators Should
Be Elected by Popular Vote" The
Agricultural College students had the
negative side and Colorado College
had the affirmative side one judge was
chosen by each side and the third by
the governor.
Preparations are being made for the
entertainment OF President Roosevelt
on his visit to Pueblo May 4th- The
fraternal and labor organizations have
tr.i