Cañon City record., 1905-11-02
Toll kRsad
Gf. .ded
Canon-CrippIe Road
Again in Service
A Mountain Freshet Costs the
Company Thousands Of Dollars
To Rebuild Destroyed Bridges.

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To Rebuild Destroyed Bridges.
Some time ago the Canon City q
Cripple Greek company awarded con-
tract to Charley Canterbury TO re-
build that portion OF the road washed
out by the food OF last August and II
il probable that the work will be so
far completed by the 10th inst. as to
admit of light travel. although II will
be several weeks thereafter before 1t
IL finished The object OF the COM
pany Ia to get 1t open at the earliest
possible date and TO do this it has
been decided 10 build temporary
roadway, putting the finishing touches
on il after traffic has been insugurated.
The work has been very lsborious
and expensive one as half score OF
bridges were swept away by the Hood
and the rosd In places entirely obiiter-
ated. At present the road builders
are in the vicinity of Pot Gulch where
the destruction was greatest and pro-
gress is necessarily very slow owing to
the granite formation through which
the road has to be cut. The Canon
City 4 Cripple Greek Toll Road com
pany complied with the general statu-
tes In the construction OF its property
and received it's grant Of the right OF
way from the Federal government. II
owns the only feasible route for road
between this city and the Cripple
Greek district and from IL may be seen
come es the most rugged mountain
scenery in the state.
Ii the special appropriation made BY
the last General Assembly for public
road between this valley and Cripple
Creek 10 utilized 1t must be to buy out
the compsny's rights A. no other line
is available for such . purpose.
In referring to the matter the
Rocky Mountain News of last satur-
day ~sids
BY coptinRcncy, entirely unlocked
for. the state u liks sly 10 be thwarted
in it's project Of building state road
between Cripple Greek, Teller county,
and Eldred, Fremont county.
The last Legislature appropriated slo.-
COO for this purpose The state engi-
neer. the chairman OF the board OF
county commissioners Of Teller county
and the county surveyor OF Teller
county were appointed to act as a
board TO decide upon the location and
construction of the road. The route
In general was tn be from Cripple
Greek to confluence with Four Mile
creek, then along the most feasible
route from this confluence 10 Eldred.
For some time past the board has
been cond ucting n survey of the route.
Bids were called for and submitted, ,
the bids running from - .ooo to sis. 900.
Although the bids were opened some
time ago no contract has been let. IL
was known that the board WAS deliber-
sting over something which prevented
the letting OF contract, but just what
the hitch wac did not appear until yes
serdsy.
A conference Was held In the state
engineers uffsce by the members OF
the board Afterward IL Was given
out be State Engineer Jayeox that the
board had discovered in it's survey that
the new road would conflict with toll
road already running from Eldred TO
Victor.
The proposition which confronts the
board is this; Either the state may
20 ahead and finish the road. using
about four miles Of the toll road, or
else parallel the toll road into Eldred.
1t 10 not desired to construct . state
road tina, will benefit the private cor
porstion operating the toll road. On
the other hand. there does not at pres
ent appear feasible route by which
en- independent road may be run
through these four miles covered by
the toll road.
1t 10 regarded as likely that the state
will have to abandon it's project for
the legislature The $1,000 appropri-
alton will then remain unused.