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Show IN RAILVAY CIRCLEST The Colorado Eastern Breaks Ground in Dunver for a Broad-Gaige Eoad Taxpayers Kicking. ALTON BOYCOTT BUOEE E 8 Beoord of the Doings Along the Bail Tersonals and Notes President Huntiugton'a Eocoptioa. The Colorado Eastern railway company com-pany has broken ground in Oenver for a broad gauge road says tho Nun. Con-trad Con-trad were awarded for 4 miles of grade from thii Broadway bridge on the west ids of Cherry creek. This iine is to " enter the city at that point, ami will cross Cherry creek at Thiriuuntli avenue ave-nue and continue nloug Cherry creek to Larimer, opposite the citv hull, where the depot is to be built, l'roni Denver the road is to be built along Cherry creek to Sullivan, thence to 1'arkera and up Cherry creek valley to a point near Frankstown, where it diverges southeasterly to Eiruon junctiou to connect con-nect with the Mock Island. This lina was incorporated two years ago, and the projectors are li. C lirooks, T. J. CliHtiiberlain, Andrew R. Lietler, li. V. Force and II. L. Morris. During this time survey have been made and the line is staked the whole distance through Arapahoe, Douglas and Libert counties. The Altoa lloyoott. The Alton boycott is causing a barrel of trouble all around. The management manage-ment of the Alton intends lighting tlie ciatler out to a huish. And uow a grave and one which may cause considerable consid-erable trouble for tho joint committee is whether the including in tho boycott of all tickets any part of which 'read ofer the Chicago & Alton can be legalized legal-ized or made etlective. The Union J'a-cilic, J'a-cilic, Memphis, Ueuvor & Kio Grande, Rio Grande Western and other roads west.sell tickets reading over the Alton asan intermediate connection with the eastern lines. The Union Pacific and Alton are under contract on this business, busi-ness, and it is questionable whether tho western lines are willing or able to re f nse to use the Alton as a connection, and also whether the Union i'acitic contract con-tract can be broken. Boulder Terminal OrfleirB. The newly elected ollicers of tho Iioulder Terminal railway company are: President. K. J. Temnle; vice-president, vice-president, J. M. O'Neill; treasurer, J. G. Cope; secretary, K. J. Moralh. (i. S. Oliver will commence a survey in a few days. The line will begin at tho north end of Iioulder, run southeast and thence to Denver. Capita! stock, tioo.UOO. Railroad Klpplea. Commissioner 1'. J. Flynu of the Col-ordo-I'lah trallic association lias opened an olllce at the Union depot at Denver. Report says the Union Paeltic will roustruct a line to Gold Hill and the North park anthracite coal fields and Aspen. President Huntington will give the officials of thn Southern I'acifio a banquet ban-quet at thn Palace hotel in San Francisco Fran-cisco tonight. V Frank Adams, local agent of the I liurlington at Denver will remain I there. The Denver papers started tho 1 statement that he would be S. W. Val- I iery's successor in Salt Lake. General Superintendent Duncan of tho Union TaeNic, who has just returned I from a trip over the Fort Worth lino, is 1 very jubilant over tho crop prospects in the southwest. He believes this will prove a very prosperous year for the railroads. On May 4 the San Francisco & North Pacific line to liartlett Springs will be open for travel. From San Francisco to the springs the distance is 111 miles, seventy-two by rail, eight by steamer and thirty-one by stage. Oscar Miller vs. the Atchison, Toprka & Santa F'e is on at the district court at Pueblo. Damages asked are $10,000. Miller is acting for his brother Charles while brakeman of Ihe road last Aug-t-v. had his arm crushed w hile coupling cars. - 'The Silver Moon. Reports are coming from Tintic that the Silver Moon mine, owned by the Tintie Mining and Milling company of this city, is looking line. A new shaft ol eighty feet has been sunk wot of the main shaft about forty feet and has unexpectedly un-expectedly uncovered a parallel vein of mineral six feet wide. When first struck it was simply a very small vein of rotten rot-ten quart,, but within a few feet has developed into ore which already contains con-tains considerable shipping mineral. Siuking is to continue, but a cross-cut will be run east to cut the main vein developed by a fifty foot shaft from which L'7.7fi() pounnds of lirst class ore run $7(i.,"i0 silver, ,'.0(l gold and 8 per cent lead per ton, lti,:i0(l pound second class ran IS. 4 ounces of silver, gold, 4 per cent lead per ton. This vein will be cut at a depth of ninety feet from the surface where drifts will be run anil shipping ore actively commenced. The mine is located within a milo and a quarter from the railroad. It costs only $2.00 per ton to land the ore in the smelters and its high percentage iu iron will pay its smelting charges. i Mining Etclianga. In sympathy with the reported strike in Apex the stock of that company was in good demand at slightly advanced figures- Aside from this the" calls wsvc rather tame. TOl.MYS'S QUOTATIONS. y-jj- p rft I'O-'KS. p.; ; 2 8 o r r Alice l ro Alliance it wi Alienor g A;ei 4UU0 II 10', 11 Hrini'S Sulph'r 01 lig Hole Plac r C iit-K.ureka... - 5S i Congo pi i 'r-Ht-nt 71 i'ai- i v,- (Heucoe , 4 Hons Sliver " j jlt ! Malad n ! Mammoth s cj I Ncii-thei-u Sj.y , Ontsrio 40 '0 ' Staulev 17 U. L. C. Co i fc -, Vtnhtiil I,, IVoodMiln ! j ry i SI 1 yer (;rH fa.; 1,7 1, i To' a shares sold. 4.QJX SALES OK STO( X. Sim Bhares of Apex i lie. HO) " " " 10 ,c. Prominent Mines anil Mining Ma. The ore vein in the Emma mine in j Fish Springs district is two feet wide, tho quality being as rich as that in the j Galena. I W. II. Smith the superintendent of j the Kuliion-Heck arrived in tho city j last night. ' ' - . j |