The daily tribune., 1905-05-18
FLORENCE TO HAVE
ANOTHER RAILROAD
Canon City & Great Western
Company About to Build.
Rousing Meeting Of Chamber Of
CommerceL Last Nightto Take
Action--Committee Chosen
to Secure Terminals.

In persuance to . call for spsC(ol
meeting of the Chamber Of Coomosoe
an enthusiAstic crowd Of citissus -.
tended for the porpose Of discussing
the posaib,lity II securing ~ tsTni.
nails Of the Oapsa Oily asd Grsal
Western railroad which = abovt 4
be started. and 10 appoint . comnitess
to wait upon President Heath 70 tsst
end.
Interesting three minute talks wers
made by James A. Oondas, J. D..
Blunt. M. e. Lewis. e. e. Watts and
@. M. Deibert. each telling what they
know about the railroad project and
urging the Chamber to taks aotion
Immediately upon the projsst and q.
cure the terminal privileges for this
oity. II possible. citing the advantages
the company would secure over Canon
City If the road should be located
here. Florence. ~ . matter Of fact,
has all the advantages. down hill
pull. etc.
President Wallace Of tho orRAniza.
tion then named the COMMITTEES who
are J. A. Condit. A. /. Hadlsy, ".
e Mitchell. O. D. Bradley. @. q.
Wilkes. J. D. 8lsss. @. M. Dsibsrt.
e. F. Jack, z. =. Watts. Upon
motion Of ths house II WAS voted.
49, ra---,s-.----.s
chairman Of the COMMITTEES.
It Wa iaft for President wallaco to
arrange for . meeting Of the com.
mittes with Mr.. Heath and arrange
for Saturday afternoon II possible.
The Canon City and Crest Western
railroad which was organised some
months ago for the purpose Of build
ing standard gauge railroad from
this county TO Colorado Springs.
whose plans were exclusively an
nounoed In these columns 1t the time
IL reported TO have started an engi.
neertng corps in tho field 10 mako .
survey Of the proposed line. Il 10 also
said that just - soon - this work IL
oompleted consraota will ko awarded
Tor building the grades.
Contracts have bsen let with the
Black Pollock company Of Chicago. for
twenty. i've nilss sf stssl rails and
contracts havs also bses let for ITO. 900
railroad ties. 70 b delivered In sixty
days. rs. 900 Of these will b furnish.
ed BY the Hanna Lumber company Of
Houston, Texas. and -. 900 By the
Rocky Mountain Lumbsr company
Of New Mexico. e. n. Hicke and
company OF Chicago arc building
two locomotives and twenty freight
Cofs Aob th0 CO@Aoy.
The road will b built from the
Cuckoo mins Of the Great Western
Goal company located near Ohsnd.
ler and IL was proposed 10 have the
terminals located either here or at
Canon City. The Tribune suggested
then that It Wa time Florsnoe was
mp aud doing. ~ the town making
the bsss concessions would be given
the preference.
The Canon City Merchants $50.
citation held rousins meeting Tues.
day afternoon looking toward sscaF.
ting tho terminals.
The iuoorpoTstors are Frank ID.
Heath and D. =. Fslishsl Of Canon
Oity. the former beinS president aud
general manager. o. p. william oi
Omaha; 6tas~ Senator H. B. For
pey and Horace Hieohoook. ef Wichita.
Kaa.. and A. @. Grimm q Ksnaa'
City. They ere rsportsd 70 b bschsd
By the Dssvss and Rio 0rands Rail
road company.
l A. ne Oanos meeting . so0nittst
a Avs eitissns was sppootsd - eonfs'
with the railroaA oAAsials 80 ascss'
tain bow he psepls there cap bas'
further ths estsspsiss asd report q
v . psblis nsstins - - sallsd laesr.