Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-03-07
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AN ELECTRIC ROAD
y TO ALICE. ~

The that to of the building of the
the railroad Central City ought
be met by business with earnestness 1t is no
longer scheme under promotion and to be met with
gsh remarks by citizens, few citizens of Yankee
'g schemes of their The best people
working hard for roadsome to the contrary nowth-
standing Whatever factions there in Alice Yankee
bv the building of this road from Central City
The road will be built That is the situation to be met
and conquered possible. Central City working
with will and purpose since the Alice and Yankee mail
years ago They felt the loss of that trade and in
with any scheme suggested by Alice and Yam
kee regain the trade and output of the they
build the railroad themselves of the bankers
of that city bold to remark And that the feeling that
working for the building of the road. The peo
pie of Russell Guch and Alice united and working with
good purpose is OF no use for us to say that the Peo
pie there "broke' and can't raise cent. There
persons Alice that have raised great deal of for
development and are now raising thousands TO carry on
their work Much of this money has and is
is lost our merchants shall feel the only
small item, scntila of what loss will be- There
mines Alice and Yankee, and large too. One
nent mine there recently made the remark that he
could show actual sight than could be shown in
any mine Idaho Springs district and he looked like he
meant the remark to be believed when he made it, by offer
braggadoco it may have been busness-we do
know We do know that such experienced and
capable George r. Steuar q. P Gooder, Thos. l.
Slater, Henry 1. Seemann G. w Posse1, John Gilman,
money year after year without positive knowledge
that they have mines of great value.
to per in the mills Idaho Springs have
pay from $500 to 0o hauage to get that and
vestgad and have found these statements be
This condition of affairs have resulted in large bodies
of being opened several of the different properties
left found The building of the railroad in
that district will change all of these conditions anyone
must see feel and recognize
The building of the road will open up and off part
of very district and turn the tide of that trade
sweed by resources that can be marketed-nto Gipin
county Not only this but will be but few years later
until the people there loaded with and confidence
will break loose from Clear Creek county and join Gpn
county body and soul.
Can blame them? What doing to relieve their
distress? Are we reaching out to meet what foresight
Must stand back and child that promises grow
into noted man, robbed by schemng merchants of Gpn
county and his lands and wealth married to foreigner?
This is what doing.
it late, and offer such inducements will change this
would far better to raise the to buy the
River to Alice This will satisfy the people of Alice and
Yankee they will support such project and unite with the
FORE 1t will be taking lost child back into and
forgiging and be forgiven for past mistakes
Can afford to do this you ask? Let if
Idaho Springs of the weahiest little cities in
the state Its growth calls for electric
creek The building of tourists hotel again calls
for electric roads to scenic places such only found in
with sporive her gaciers her fields of
trip James Peak and her unsurpassed views
ondary hotel and tourist business in summer her
mines support in winter Hotels to be built
commodations. These hotels Idaho
Springsn fact, Alice and Yankee is park, play
ground, and resource that must not be given up.
electric road could be extended Fall River with
of about 100000 with equipment and complete that
improvement for Idaho Springs and that badly needed
1t greater Idaho Springs and the building of
wealth There plenty of money lying idle in Idaho
Springs build such road without selling cents worth
of bonds the outside. Such road must be built
With shipping facilities there be question but
that the of Yankee will large producers
1t question of ore bodies there longer,
It & is oh A b mines can nV ber are but @ MINES
Idaho Springs its immediate vicinity that would the