The Springfield herald., 1903-08-07
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Colorado Springs Brick Manu-
facturers' Association has been incor-
porated with $1,000 capital. 1t is Ia
the nature of a trust to regulate the
price and distribution of brick.
According to the figures of County
| Assessor .Strachen, the valuation of Ill
! Paso county has increased S514 900
over the assessment of last year. This
years valuation is $24.297,OOO.
Sheds for passenger trains will rooI
, be constructed at the union depot ir
Pueblo. The sheds will cost about $780,
600 and will extend $50 feet in each di-
rection from the ends of the depot.
Harry B. Brentlinger, passenger
conductor on the Missouri PACING.
dropped dead at his home in Pueblo
July eth. His death was caused by
the breaking of blood vessel In his
head.
Mrs. Alice ID. Hart, formerly oj
Texas, who has been arrested in Den
yer on the charge of stealing from the
department stores. lays her downfall
to the climate. The Colorado light air
seems to have made her light-finsered,
The Colorado Springs baseball team
closed Its series OF home games at the
head of the Western League and went
that date it had won 40 games and lost
only IS.
John Barnes, former town mar
shal of Walsenburg. had his leg bro
ken July 2Sth while helping to lay
track in the Walsen mine. He Was
sent to the hospital at Pueblo for
treatment.
The Last Chance boarding house.
relic of Creede's boom and a mammoth
structure, was entirely consumed by
fire July 2Sth, and only by the heroic
efforts of the Big Kanawha employees
was the shaft house saved.
William F. Garbe, of Fort Collins
formerly instructor in molding and
machine work at the State Agricultural
College, is certain that he has invent'
ed perpetual motion machine. he
now wants some capitalist to help him
put it in motion.
The contract for the construction OF
the new civil and irrigation engineer,
ing building at the State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins has been let to
Brawner & Co of Denver, for $i2,6oI
The new building will be by far the
finest on the college grounds.
T. J. Hart. prominent man OF Rec
Cliff, who was member OF the
Twelfth General Assembly, died a.
Denver July 25th. On learning OF the
death a resolution of coincidence was
introduced in the House by Represent
ative Fleming of Eagle county.
The coroner's jury in the case Of
William Armstrong, who was killed by
Edward Hickey at Denver. July 29tb
for an alleged insult to Hickey's wife
returned a verdict that the deed was
,,it i,,y fol Ia
Hickey will be tried for murder.
Announcement is made of the ap'
pointment to the position of right-of.
way agent for the Moffat railway. oi
C. C. Conkle of Canon City. Mr.. Con-
kle has held the position of local man
ager for the Colorado Electric Power
Company at Canon City since the
erection of its plant.
County Assessor Webber has com
puted the total of the assessment roll
of Boulder county and finds the valua-
tion to be $9.960.445. a decrease OF
$36, 1858 from last year. This decrease
is due to cut of the former assess
ment of the Colorado and Northwest.
ern railroad.
The jury at Cripple Creek that hearo
the suit of DR.. Estelle Lewis for $780,
900 damages against the Midland an!
Midland Terminal railroads was dis
charged by Judge Cunningham on the
evening of July 9th. The jury failed
90 reach an agreement, having bee.
out since Saturday afternoon.
Work of reconstruction of the peni,
tentiary water system at Canon City.
was begun July 3Oth. About s25,00G
will be expended and the work will be
most thorough. Eight-inch iron mains
will be inaugurated to conduct the |
water to the pumps, while the distrib-
uting pipes will be of small diameter.
The engineering corps of the Trim
idad electric railroad is working be-
tween Starkville and Sopris. The per-
manent line is being rapidly located.
The grading contract will amount to
about $35 1000 The line crosses the ,
river above Jansen and returns snto the
city by way of the Bloom coal mine
camp.
Congressman Franklin E. Brooks OF
Colorado Springs, while out riding
August End, to inspect the Pixies Peak
forest reserves, accompanied by his !
wife and daughter and several Colo |
RADIO Springs people, was thrown from |
his horse and sustained a fracture of |
his left forearm. His horse stumbled |
and became unmanageable.
On July 23d NJ. L. McClahin's barn
near Hygiene. in Boulder county, was
struck by lightning and totally de- |
stroyed by fire, along with one horse. |
the fire burned granary nearby and |
the total loss is estimated at $4,000, |
with no insurance. A man employed on |
the place came out of the barn a few |
moments before the lightning struck.
C. H. Bristol. according to official
announcement. has been made super
intendent of the Colorado division of |
the Santa Fe. with headquarters in |
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