News From Denver

Fon Thï Register: - Truly corporations have ao soule. If they had, more regard would be paid to the eafety of our people. We have ia Denver, long cable car lines on several streets. Last December a 8mall boy in Crossing the track was knocked down and kiiLd. Last week a fine young man lost his life. The fault in bjth ctsei was the same, v.z., having none, er insufficient leaders in front üf the car wheels. Iq the recent case the fecder was 5J or C icches from the track, The corooer's jury are of the opinión that the company is responsible tor the accident. Several jeais since "The Dsnver Water Compsny" obtained a charter for twecty years. Uuder it, by the use cf wood;n logs, the city has been indifferently supplied with water. A controling interest in the stock is owned by a woman, wno, uatil of late, has peremptoriiy refused to use any other, or make such additions and improvements as the minor stockholders desired, and the absolute needs of the city demanded. Conseqiently, they not long ag, organized "fhe Oitizens' Water Co.," with a view of a better management and supply. This movement induced the old lady to begin at ence to replace the logs with iron, at an expense if two million dollars or more. A very Urge forcé is at work putdig down the new glazed iron pipes, same of which are as large as a coramon flour bjrre'. Visitors from the East are greally 6urprised, as wtll they may be, to see the large improvements made here during the wiater months, with very httle interruption from stormy weatüer. Since last Eummer, work has bean pushed rapidly on the new state capítol, an immense lute), aa opera house, and half a dczsn or more, as fine bu-iness blocks, as we have in the city. One of these last, six stories high, built of lava rock since last fat], has beea condemned as beirg unsafe. The front and one end wa'l have been taken down, leaving the other two back walls of brick, standing, which with other temporary support hold up the six floors and joistp. New granite pillará are to replace the first ones built of the sotier material. While some men are putting on the roof, others are rebuildiDg the two walls from the foundation. Soms of our cfcurehe?, built only a few years ago for the accommodatiot oí church goers then, are beiog removed by what appears to be an urgent necessity, for tbe purpose cf erecticg business blocks ia their places. The tour lots owned by the Central Presbyterian church, on which a very substantial stoce structure stands, hava beea 6old for $135,000, reseiving the building to worthip in until next August. Trie whole material has been donated to the 23rd Avenue Presbyterian cliurch after that time. The Central church memberehip is some 600. Sixty were added at the last comtnunion in Alarch, foriy-five of thesü by letter from ttve;al different states. VVhil'i many placos have suffered severely of late trom an excess of raio and mud, Deuver has been to a very large expente lor pprinkling her streets.