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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1872
Page
2
The piece weighs prospects for Fort Morgan and Denver Pacific bonds, siding with Denver’s growth but acknowledging competing routes. It argues Denver will attract business, while noting rail expansion from Burlington and Union Pacific toward Colorado, and predicts a Fort Morgan to Denver link.
Missouri is shut out. The Platte line opens to Greeley and mountain towns, Denver and beyond. Colorado's rich mines, vast pastures, and productive soil are set to fuel immense business growth across the region.
The Colony Board approves widening canal No 3 to match the capacity of No 2 to supply water for delta irrigation and cultivation. An assessment of $1 per acre and $1 per town lot is levied, with contracts underway and total costs near $6,000. The colony will sell hundreds of acres near town and along the delta, planning rail access and a future junction town status as the railroad arrives.
The article argues Colorado’s advantage in stock raising grows with time and water access. It urges farmers to focus on horses, noting steady demand and profitable prices from $100 to $250, and suggests forming a common-guard association to enclose land and hire a herder along canal No 2 to manage a horse herd.
The item notes plans and times for temperance speaking led by P T Barnum and Kay on October 12 13 in Greeley with a Denver arrival. It also surveys agricultural notes on apples in Illinois and California olive culture, plus a long school meeting in New Mexico discussing tax levies for salaries and a possible new high school.
The reporter visits Captain Boyd’s sugar works on the town’s west side where a 65 gallon daily syrup yield at $1 per gallon is reported. With about 75 gallons per acre and total cane output near 800 gallons, three men are employed and a well built furnace powers a 10 by 4 foot pan. The cane quality suffered from early frost but the syrup is excellent and the venture is profitable even after subtracting grower labor. Captain Boyd is noted for exceptional hard work and scholarly ability.
A travel note describes Lone Tree valley beyond the colony fence showing two miles by five miles of prime land suitable for wheat oats and corn with irrigation potential. The Lone Tree channel appears like an old irrigation canal, twenty feet wide six feet deep, possibly ancient, fed by springs near Carr Station. The region shows notable land changes including buried buffalo skulls ten feet deep near Pierce Station.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports contractor C. M. Scribner and J. P. Green overseeing a new method of floating railroad ties. The first drive of 25 000 ties began August 1, followed by a 60 000 tie instalment. Ties drift 8 to 10 miles daily past Pueblo with no major difficulties, proving feasibility for future valley rail projects.
Colorado Central plans to route broad gauge from Julesburg via Golden to Denver, linking two East routes and squeezing mountain traffic. They reportedly seek connections above Littleton with Denver and Rio Grande, making Golden a transfer hub for gauges. Denver questions bond funding and trade impact, while temperance and local growth discussions continue.
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