The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-06
Nineteen Years Hence.

RADIO to make their home since
Jan. l, 1907.
This statement is no idle guess.
but is made upon figures furnish
ed by the railroads running INTO
Colorado as a basis for the calcu-
latlon. If anything, this state
ment of the number of people
who have made new homes in
Colorado this year is under-esti-
mated rather than over-estimated.
Figures compiled by the passen'
ger department of the Denver 4
kio Grande system show that ev-
cry DAY this year from Jan. 1 to
NOV. l6, there have been unload
I'd at stations along their line iii
Colorado alone an average of one
EAR OF immigrant goods. Three
hundred and sixteen days of the
current year have passed; 3I6
carloads and over of household
goods have been unloaded along
the line of the Rio Grande sys.
TEN alone. But carefully COM
piled figures Of the railroads en-
tering the state show that only
about one family in three brings
its household goods along when
they move into a new location.
The balance before setting out
for a new home have a vendue or
an auction sale and get rid Of all
of their old household and farm
goods. This auction sale is espe-
c,ally popular in the eastern
states. About one out of three OF
these sturdy eastern men prefers
TO enter his new state unincum-
bered; he prefers to buy new
goods and to get the kind OF ag
ricuItural implements best suited
to new locations.
Using the figure three then as
safe basis for calculation, there
have been approximately about
1000 families settled in the state
by this one railway alone, during
| the present year. Again using
a. as basis for the average num-
| Ter of persons in family (and
ms again is a safe basis), there
| are about 45oo persons who have
settled along the line of the Ric
tirande this year. There are eight
big railway systems, notably the
Rock Island and the Union Pacif'
ic in the eastern part OF the state.
the immigration business has
teen especially heavy. All Of the
railroads have carried more per-
sons this year than ever before in
their history, and goodly per-
cci.tDkc OF it has been homeseek-
- business. Therefore, taking
the Rio Grande figures as basis
for another calculation and multi
| plying the 4,5oo by seven, the
number Of railway systems in the
state, exclusive of the Rio Grande
we have 3I,5oo. Adding to this
the 4,5oo Of the Rio Grande gives
total of 10000 people for the
state since the first day of jan
uary.
But there is another factory to
| take into consideration in making
calculation on the growth of
Colorado's population for the
| year. There are a large number
| of tourists who come into Colo
RADIO every summer with no
thought of remaining here. They
get glimpse CT the scenic beau
ties of the state, take awhiff or
two of the pure mountain air that
continually sweeps down from
the Rockies. see the great oppor-
tunities offered for investment.
and then, very naturally, they
conclude to remain in Colorado
and become citizens of the Cen
tennial state. The railroads have
no records of the number of these
persons. The one thing on which
| they can figure is the number Of
tourist tickets deposited with the
ticket association in the larger
cities and left uncalled for at the
expiration of the time limit on
these tickets.
These figures only go to show
the wonderful growth that Colo
RADIO is making. These new set
tiers come from all parts of the