The daily sentinel., 1903-04-24
Industrial Enterprises.

For some reason, quite beyond the understand
ing of great many people, few industrial enterprs
have sought Grand Junction location, up to
the present time. In the minds of this would
to portend great industrial future for the
city Such conclusion is not presented to our mind,
because of that condition; in fact rea-
why there should be more than there are just
now, all things being considered.
The fact is, the town is in it's industrial oswald
dlings" and such enterprises have been inaugur-
ated here, only the forerunners of what may be
expected in the future when the citys great advan-
tages become known.
Not many, if any, great industrial institutions
coming to a county and to city, offering so
few advantages, this city had to offer up to two
three years ago. Manufacturing institutions re-
qure something else beside expanse and climate to
properly vegetate and strong. Old settled
communities which could offer large bonuses, had
all the advantages of large aboring forces, cheap
transportation and low taxes usually captured manu-
factories, and we have had to bide time until the
eastern slope of the Continental divide in Colorado
properly settled before capital willing to
look beyond the range to what offered in
the settlements in the building empire the
western slope.
All conditions, however, have been rapidly chang
ing here in the last few years. Capital that looked
long before investing dollar in anything which to
eyes looked promising then, nosng around
to see what. good things are here to secure. And
they are finding them right along now, and they are
not waiting long deliberate before securing them.
Possibly no city in western Colorado has so many
things which should attract capital as Grand juno
ton. The capital of empire in richness, having
climate building material, cheap fuel, an abundance
of water power, to create power for indus
trial enterprises schools for education happy and
prosperous people growing everything in abundance
for food, it only remains for to properly
present to investors our manifold advantages, as
they exist, to abundance of capital
for all needful enterprises.
AS pivotal point for distribution, Grand juno
ton occupies unique position. Railways in
almost every direction from the CITY, and it is only
question of time before Grand Junction will have
railways radiating from it at every point of the
compass.
At present large sugar factory, the first in the
state has been built Under construction is a large
Pyritc smelter, to be used to smelt the low grade
of the western SLOPE together with the copper
ores lying almost at doors. foundry machine
temptation the small beginning of the enter
prises which to follow drawn hither by
manifold advantages possessed by no other city in
western Colorado
Colorado have been kind enough for years to say
that city town in this great presents such
multitudnouS advantages. 1t has been recognized
by those who might from a selfish standpoint have
said differently. Where there is such unanmity
of opinion the truthulneSS of the city S advantages
must be granted.
The city of Grand Junction openly invites every
manufacturing institution large or small to make
demonstrate to the people of the state that Grand
Junction is the manufacturing Pueblo to the western
part of the state. 1t does not make hatterng prom
but it is in the future of things to be There
was time when unfortuitouS circumstances might
have made it problematical that Grand Junction
would grow beyond village size, but that time is past
and such possibilities have forever gone by In
the very nature of things those ndescrbable
things which turn the thoughts of in a certain
direction, have set their stamp of approval the
city and it's prospects for future greatness, and
years, city of at least twenty thousand people, if
not