The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-05-14

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In many cases, not necessary to mem
tion, we compete, and successfully.
too, with Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City prices. Our dealers are
carrying goods. not by the car load,
but by the warehouse full.
| Taxes are not an inconsiderable
item of expense to be looked after
when citizen changes his residence.
At a regular meeting of the board of
county commissioners held in Octo-
ber the following tax levy was made !:
The ordinary county expenses, includ-
ing support of poor, 10 mills; school
purposes, 5 mills road purposes, ex-
cept property within the corporate
! limits of Canon City, 8 mills; state
purposes. 4 mills; agricultural col
lege one-ffth of a mill mute and
blind institute, one-fifth of mill !;
school of mines, one-fifth of mill :;
university of Colorado, one-fi fth of a
mill insane asylum, one-fifth of q
mill to pay interest on bonds of
school district No. 1, two and one
half mills. At the recent election in
school district No. the tax for ex-
penses of keeping up the school was
fixed at four and one-half mills. In
Guiding the town tax for water and
other purposes brings the total
amount to so mills or per cent.
Comparing this with the per cent.
paid in other localities tins is low
tax. For instance: In Pueblo the
per cent is about Z cents on every
dollars worth of taxable property
while every town in Kansas, since
the new temperance law went into
effect, must pay about per cent OF
tax.
Rents are comparatively low in
this city, for dwelling houses and
store rooms. A good frame house,
with four comfortable rooms, can be
had as reasonable as Sl3 per month
while some brick residences of the
same size, supplied with water, rent
for $50 per month. Store rooms rent
for from $50 TO SIS per month.
Every business house in Canon is
rented or spoken for and the demand
is great for more buildings in which
10 dc business or in which to live.
In some of our larger Colorado
cities, many new store rooms and
dwelling houses are vacant on ac-
count of the high prices asked for
rents. For place to live there
is no better place than Canon City.
Real estate is becoming a most ex-
cellent property TO hold in Canon
and the prices of this kind of proper
ty is increasing every day. Lots
which could have been purchased for
S25 three, or even one year ago, are
now in demand at 800 and over.
Much confidence is expressed in deal
ing in real estate as is shown by the
number of transfers made between
our own citizens. Several of our
older inhabitants have recently
bought improved property, deeming
their purchases handsome invest
ment aud able to pay good interest
on their surplus money. We do not
believe there is a town in the state
where surer returns can be derived
from the change of dollars into dirt,
brick, stone, or wood than Canon
City is to-day. The nature of most
of these transactions is not specula-
tive, but the money thus placed is
put there for the purpose of drawing
interest. 1t is solid business.
Among numerous things tending
to benefit Canon City in the way of
improvement is the large number of
new buildings now being erected and
under contract. At no time in our
history has there been so much build
ing in this town, at this season of the
year, as there is at present. This
will not decrease for some time but
will rather increase. The houses go-
ing up are of the most substantial
kind, either of brick or stone, not
like those in some other towns, wood
en- shanties and cabins. These build
ings are being put up to stay. Those
are only temporary. Another thing
which gives us permancncy is the
number of skilled laborers coming
here to live and we are inclined TO
think that Canon City can show as
good work as can be found elsewhere
in the state. Men willing to work
are commanding as good wages as