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ARBORICULTURE 



Till-: STt:i::i, IM.A.NI' ok 'I'ln-: COLUKADU fuel A: ikon t'OMTANV, I'lEULO, i;oLU. 



This is one of Colorado's greatest 

 manufacturing enterprises. The mining 

 of iron, its transportation to the mill, and 

 its manufacture into the numerous struc- 

 tural forms, together with the mining of 

 coal, manufacture of coke, and the trans- 

 portation of these articles, makes the 

 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company one 

 of the grand institutions of America. No 

 corporation in this country is doing so 

 fnuch for the uplifting of its employes as 

 the C. F. & I. Co. Schools, kindergar- 

 tens, hospitals, libraries, reading rooms 

 are maintained in every camp. Each 

 mining community has its clubroom. 

 maintained by the company. Water- 

 works, electric lighting plants, churches 

 and every possible means for making 

 the families of the men who are employed 

 in the mines, factories, shops and rail- 

 ways, better contented, elevated in morals. 

 better educated, and, in short, better citi- 

 zens. What other corporation is doing 

 so much ? 



It was but a few months ago that a 

 noted speculator of Chicago made strenu- 



ous efforts to gain control of this prop- 

 erty. Many stockholders gave this man 

 proxies, authorizing him to vote their 

 stock, being persuaded their income 

 would be enhanced by a change of man- 

 agement. The man was ingloriously de- 

 feated. Yet courts, lawyers, and those 

 who never earned a dollar of the money 

 which is carrying on this magnificent sys- 

 tem of works, made vast sums in the legal 

 battle which resulted. 



It is needless to say that the innocent 

 stockholders had all this cost expense to 

 pay, which materially reduced the divi- 

 dends they would otherwise have re- 

 ceived. It is difficult to conceive of a 

 better management than this company has 

 had. It has been wise, built up from 

 small beginnings, and with a view to the 

 greatest benefits from the investments for 

 the investors, and for the best interests of 

 the employed as well. 



The people of Colorado are justly 

 j)roud of the C. F. & I. Co. and rejoice 

 that the final outcome of the litigation 

 was favorable to the men wlio have built 

 it up. 



