Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-02
STATE POPULATION
INCREASES RAPIDLY


basis for the calculation. II anythin.
this statement of the number OF pee
pie who have made new homes 1
Colorado this year is under estimate
rather than over-estimated
Figures compiled by the passenge
department of the Denver & Ri
Grande system show that every da
this year from January l to Novem
ber 16. there have been unloaded a
stations along their line in COLORADO
alone an average of one car of immi
grant goods. Three hundred and six
teen days of the current wear hay,
passed; 3l6 carloads and over o
household goods have been unloade,
along the line of the Rio Grande sys
TEN alone. But carefully compile,
figures of the railroads entering tn,
state show that only about one fam
| lily in three brings its household good
along when they move INTO new
location. The balance before settin.
cut for a aew home hav, yalda,
or an .ut,Ion sale and get rid Of at
| OF their cid household and farm good 3
This auction sale is especially popular
III the eastern states. About one out
| OF three of these sturdy eastern mon
prefers TO IN er his new state unln
| cumhered; lie prefers to buy ne
goods, and to get the kind of az
cultural imrlements best suited to new
locations.
Using the figure three then as q
safe basis fer calculation. there have
been approximately about 1000 fami.
lies settled in the state by this oae
railway alone, during the present yea.
Again using AZ as a basis for the
Heraee number of persons in a fam.
lily Cand this again is a safe basisl
there are about 4,5O0 persons who
nave settled along the line of .he
Roi Grande this year There are eight
X railway systems in the state. o.
some of these systems, notably thc
hock Island and the UJ:on Pacific IN
migration ausin,ss Las been especial.
y heavy. All of Ire railroads haze
'hr.!nG r'Ore Pc suus this wear tn IN
'ver before in ',ir history. and =
500 il! rerccatage of 1t has been home
'rrkers' business. therefore. taking
.lT Rio G.ande fsares as a basis FOR
another calculation and multiplying
he i.54G, by seven, the number of ra.I.
way systems in the state. exclusive
II the Rio Grande, we have 81 800.
adding to this the $500 of the RIO
lande gives total of 10000 people
.or the state since the first day of
January.
But there is another factor to take
INTO consideration in making a cal.
culation on the growth of Colorado
population for the year. There are a
large number of tourists who come
INTO Colorado every summer with no
bought OF remaining here. They gst
l glimpse of the scenic beauties OF
he state. take a Whit or two of the
pure mountain air that continually
sweeps down from the Rockies. see
-he great opportunities offered for in.
vestment. and then. very naturally,
hey conclude TO remain in Colorado
md become citizens of the Centennial
state. The railroads have no records
If the number of these persons. The
pne thing on which they can figure is
The number of tourist tickets deposit
ed with the ticket associations in the
larger cities and left uncalled for at
the expiration of the time limit on
these tickets
The record for Denver alone this
summer is put at something like 1000,
Colorado Springs the number is
200. while there is no report from
1reblo, but it is safe to say that it
is larger than Colorado Springs. and
not so large as Denver Put it at
1000 to be on the safe side and there
is total of 1900 to add to the total
of $4,000 given above. Now. Denver.
Pueblo. and Colorado Springs are not
the only cities in the state by any
means. Figure again another 2,O0o
scattered throughout the length and
breadth of this great state tand again
these figures are conservative, there
is an approximate total OF $4,000 per-
sons who have found new hsmes in
'olorado since January /, 1907
Probably before the end of the year
these figures will be considerably aug
mented.
These figures only go to show the
wonderful growth that Colorado is
making. These new settlers come
from all parts of the country, the
middle west probably furnishing the
greater number. These figures show,
too. most concmsively. that the tide
Of immigration has turnei Colorado
ward.-Denver Republican. Nov. II.
1907.
LIFE IN WASHINGTON
TOLD IN 1902 DIARY.