CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-11-30
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Fremont and Teller County Com
missioners Meet In Joint Session
and Discuss Expenditure of the
$4,000 Appropriation.
A joint meeting of the commissioners
Of Fremont and Teller counties was
held here last Thursday for the pur-
pose OF discussing matters relating to
the proposed public road from Cripple
Greek district to Eldred in this county,
for which an appropriation OF $4,000
was made at the last session of the
legislature.
The meeting was without practic ical
result SO far Ne the adoption OF any
plan of procedure is concerned but as
its purpose was advisory such Il conclu-
sion was not to he expected. One of
questions which the commissions
hoped TO settle was whether an agree
ment could be reached with the officers
Of the Canon City and Cripple Greek
Toll Road company in relation to the
purchase OF some four miles OF the
latter's property in Wilson creek
canon.
The Fremont county authorities
have but little TO do with the proposed
road As the appropriation made by the
legislsturelis to be expended almost
entirely within the limits OF Teller
county .and they modestly refrained
from taking a very active part in the
deliberations OF the recent joint meet
ing OF the commissioners. About all
they could no was TO look wise and
concur in the conclusions of the other
fellows. So far ss the discussion re.
lsted.to the purchnee of the coveted
four miles Of road from the Canon City
and Cripple Greek Toll Road company
IL concerned it was quite futile, and
we are Informed. that no agreement
can be reached on the basis suggested
by the visiting commissioners.
Despite the expense towhfch the tor
road company was subjected by the
washout Of last summer IL is not will
ing.tn surrender it, rights without a
fair compensation, and the threat OF
condemnation proceeding has no ter
rors for il a. i;s charter antedat-s the
organization Of Teller county. 1t is
understood that the company is will.
ing to sell its property to Teller county
at big discount on the investment,
but will,hght the matter in the courts
rather than be dispo-sessed without
fair compensation.
The road has never been money
maker and some OF the stockholders
would like to find purchaser, but
they are not ready 70 sacrifice it even
for the public good.
The,toll road has been in operation
more than thirteen years and has been
the means Of developing large tracts Of
grazing rnd agricultural lands other.
wise inaccessible 1t has been a boon
to people in the northeastern part of
this county, opening up 10 them II mar
ket for their produce in Cripple Greek
and Victor which they could reach in
no other way.
The commissioners offered the toll
road company SO 600 for that section Of
the road between the junction of Four
Mile and Wilson creeks and Eldred,
the ALTERNATIVE being that IL they did
not accept the proposition the state
road would be built parallel TO it The
officers of the toll company say that
the proposal to parallel their road from
the intersection OF Four Mile and Will
son creeks to Eldred is bluff pure
d simple and that such a road cannot
e built for twice the amount of the
ppropriation at the command of the
seller county authorities.
The answer TO the toll road company
to the proposition of the commissioners
is to be made this week, and, If favor
able, the work of building the road will
begin at once.