The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-02-11
TOWN TRUSTEES
VOTE FRANCHISE
Water and Light Contracts with
Light and Water Company are
pdSSed---NOw Awaiting
Mayors Signature
NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GLENWOOD

The meeting of the town council
held Monday evening was of more
than ordinary interest and quite a
number of our citizens were present
to note the deliberations which they
had perhaps been led to believe would
prove somewhat sensational. They
were disappointed in this, however,
as the business of the board was trans,
acted with the same calm. business
like precision characteristic of former
meetings. There We're no confscation
threats and no fire eating orators to
hold the boards.
The minutes of several previous
meetings covering pages of the record
were read by the clerk after which
the regular monthly reports of officers
was presented and approved. The
regular grist of bills against the town
We're presented and allowed Fifteen
liquor ocnds were read and approved
and licenses ordered issued.
A letter from Senator Taylor stat,
ing that he and Mr. Drach had iutro-
duced in the senate and house a bill
TO establish the Western Slope State
Normal school at Glenwood Springs
and appropriate S25, 600 to commence
the construction of appropriate build
ings was read and the board was very
favorably inclined towards thu pro
ject.
Mr.. Taylor stated that they had
made the taking effect of the bill con
ditioned upon the donation by the
town of Glenwood Springs, Garfield
county and its citizens of not less
than 90 acres of good land suitable
tor IA site for such an institution.
Mr.. Taylor recited the fact that when
established in 1889 Greeley gave 40
acres of good land adjoining the town.
site and which is now in the city and
s2j, 600 in cash He urged the coun
county commissioners and citizens and
take some steps to meet the conditions
embodied in the bill The mayor and
trustees we've all greatly interested in
Inc project and thought our people
might well bestir themselves to secure
such an institution. They authorized
The clerk to make an appointment
with the board of county commi ssion
ers so that the two boards might de-
eide upon some joint effort in the
matter.
Here Major DeLan presented the
correspondence he had received from
Maj S. X. Hooper of the Denver &
Rio Grande relative to the friction
between the Glenwood Hot Springs
company and the town in which the
railroad company asked that the mat
ter be speedily adjusted and reciting
the serious consequences which
would certainly follow if the present
strained relations were allowed to
continue. Major DeLan at the same
time presented petition signed by
the taxpayers and voters asking the
town hoard to take such action as
would be necessary to bring about an
end to the present unfortunate condi-
tons. This petition contained 13s
names of taxpayers, three of whom
had signed the original petition ask
ing for private franchise.
a contract or agreement between
the town and the Hot Springs com
pany had been drawn and this was
read to the board. Trustee Park ison
made motion that the same be
adopted and that the mayor and cl-rk
he instructed to execute the sama.
This brought an objection from May
OIL Dougan who said while he had no
desire to block the business of the
hoard he did not feel like signing the
instrument without taking time to
consider it. He Asked the town at
torney whether the town had right
to enter into such contract and grant
n franchise without being authorized
10y vote of the taxpayers and Mr..
Taylor said he could find no decision
, Of the higher courtS upon the subject ::
that the district conrt of fremont
county had held in the case of Canon
City granting a new franchise that n
vote OF the taxpayers was necessary
while he understood the city of Lead
vile mad recently granted such a
franchise without the authority of the
people expressed at an election He
said the legality of the execution of
the contract in question would prob.
ably depend upon whether this were
new franchise or Il renewal of the