CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-07-31

The meeting held last Thursday
night at the court house was not
| literally attended. but those present
became deeply interested in the dis
cussion and propositions made.
| Chairman Peabody opened the meet
I ing with some plain statements of the
proposition. He had looked into the.
ssnitarium proposition TO some extent
and was fully convinced that the build
ing of a first class sanitarium here
would be OF great benefit to Canon City
] DIR. Wade took the floor and made
an interesting talk about the organ
/ ization, success and benefits of the
! Battle Greek and Boulder sanitariums.
Some of the points he made will be
mentioned later in this article. Dr.
| wade's proposition was about this:
/ He would incorporate a company
! to build and operate sauitsrium. Ii
would be entirely non -sectarian, and
non dividend paying All profits ac-
curing would go into the institution TO
assist in building it up. or could be
used in building branches elsewhere.
( The first main building would be
three story affair with two base
meuts. 1t would have thirty-two
rooms, and cost about $4,000. Plans
for the building are perfected and
were shown TO the people.
! For sit the committee had select
I'd plot of ground Immediately this
side of the Hot Springs hotel 1t Is
in direct line with Main street and
vffers an elegant view in every direc-
ton This laai belongs to Dali De-
I Xeese, and has been held at ti2.5o0.
1 Mr. Deweese has offered to sell ii for
the purpose of a ssnitarium for $lo,-
900. He has also stated that he would
give s., 900 towards helping buy a site
for first-class sanitarium-
DR.. Wade desires the city to pur-
chase the site for the sanitarium on
the condition that he fulfills his
part of the contract. He proposes to
sell bonds enough TO build the build
ing. SAYS he has one subscription for
sl5, 900 in bonds with excellent pros
poets for some other good subscrip-
tions.
The following facts concerning
Sanitarium towns and the benefit de
from such institutions have been fur
nishcd by a gentleman interested in
having this built.
Few of our citizens realize the
great advantages that will accrue to
Canon City from the Sanitarium that
is going to be built for Us this fall.
Canon City is, without doubt, one
of the most favorable spots on earth
for sstnitarium Hundreds of wealthy
people come here annually only to
leave the next day, because We have
no place to take care of them, If We
had such a place many of them would
make their homes with US, and they
would build the homes here that the
same class OF people have built in
Colorado Springs OF Boulder or Battle
Greek. Michigan, or any of the other
health resort towns
When the Boulder sanitarium was
built five years ago, the building was
three quarters of u mile beyond the
city limits. Today the city is built
solid up against it and many of the
houses cost double what any house in
Canon cost The Boulder ssnitarium
has doubled the population of Boulder
in less than five yesrs, and there is
no reason why the sanitarium that Is
to be built here will not do the same
1 for Canen.
! When the sanitarium was built in
| Battle Greek, Michigan, there were
only eighteen hunderd people there,
today they have over forty thousand,
and the sauitarium has carried them
all there. either directly or indirectly.
| The man that manufactures Grape
Nut went from Texas to Battle Greek
sanitarium as an invalid, remained
/ in the ssnitarium nine months, was
cured, liked the city, went into bust
/ ness there. and the benefit he has been
1 to Battle Greek can hardly be meas
ured. He was offered 5000, 900 for
his business last spring He spent
STSa, 900 last year for Advertising,
which will give an idea of the volume
of business he does, and also tells the
secret of his great success in the food
bvsiness. There are fiftythree food
companies there.
The possibilities for Canon, if we
succeed in getting this sanitarium, are