The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-27
What will The 18th G GenlAssembly Do:

What will The 18th Cenl nlAssembly Do?
The are 255b. pending before the nneteea.h general
bly,. The majority q these to be aned large
employers Of labor Seveny these bills directly affect the
railroads Of the State
Commercial organizations Of Denver Pueblo Colombo Springs
Boulder and other have appeado the members the
e enacthose bills which stop money from
ing the for development purposes Their sppea based
the ground that statewide movement under way I'd develop
te Of Colorado put settlers the lands ga-
hon projects and budd railroads.
has been asserted that the Of these bills will
e railroads etween and S30OOOOOO within the
five years put them operation and that Of these
made laws, will the railroads tosop granting tourist and
and opove privileges the dhereby
loss the Of $3OOO0OOO $4O0O0OOO business
ae during the three years besides resrng
all lines
Colorado needs outside capital for development purposes
today than any history The be the
which going lead better and greater things for
people, hetakng Of backward step which will away
and halt progress
has been suggested that progress affecting every
city townand village Colorado be naugmated alhand
joined together the great The plan considered is
to ask the Legislature postpone for the Of those
blswch may have tendency keep capital and
proclamation investors that the their aid will lend
support to them and will insure them protection from drastic
laws
Asmlar plan was followed in Alabama in l9l0when the e
atufe ormuateda proclamation the character described
followed flow Of capital which has made the Of the
most prosperous in the union.
Sail try similar plan in Colorado Do we want to work
with the people who willing and able aid building new rail
roads, constructing irrigation putting settlers the land and
developing bigger and better Colorado throw obstacles in their
waya
We must remember tht capital needs encouragement this
this dme Onehd Of the railroad companies Colorado are in
recevers today because OF their inability interest and fixed
charges that condontcononts them when given free hand
better things when they and regulated
the proposed by the seventwo bills pending in the
legslaturea
The Legislature has been fifty three days anc the
only bill that has reached Governor Ammons for his signature
approval the short appropriation bill which pays their own a.e
This notwithstanding the fact that all leaders gave out extended in
ervews the beginning Of the that they would be through
and home in ixty days.
I'VE have bhere the object Of which is to compel the rail-
roads their engines with that
by factory have another bill that intended to compel them
equip their roads with block signals that eny manufactured by
factory do not charge ueor seems strange
We havea bill to compel the railroads employ more men, We
also have bill reducing their We also have bill ncrea
ing Their burdens through supervision sing
bill that intended invite capital build railroads this state
For part favor keockng enacns clause ou, Of every
Of these gaed bills and letting the railroads run their owl
afas So said Senator Comoh the Friday afternoon
Rather Inconsistent.
Iude Street. coal olnspecor take the civil service exam
and the pay roll again he standa the head of b
class This the ed Of Governor Ammons Street habeen draw
nga thousand dollars month salary but hencefonh the office vii
pay but SI6OO and the all fees coece
the state This only place where Governor Am
mons has stopped a leak in the states finances