CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-01-18
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Says Mr.. Granger.
Line? Money Tails
MEETING OF CITIZENS
BRINGS GOOD RESULTS

The meeting at the court house Fri
Day night was little out of the Or
dilary. It was clearly q convention
without a program or slate.
Mayor Coulter called the meeting to
order and presided as chairman. He
made few remarks about the electric
line and stated that only about twelve
q the twenty-five thousand had been
ssbscribed.
James Turnbull was called upon for
. talk. He gave a good one. showing
tAat such q line would be Of great
bnent to all who had property inter-
ests. He spoke from the standpoint
of . real estate man and showed
where the prospect OF the line had
already made the price Of Lincoln
PaYk land go up. In mild way he
pitched into the big property owners
a1d said they had not given literally
e1oush. He showed that many OF the
snaller property owners had given at
the rate of six and ten dollars the
acre, while the six or seven larger
hid owners Who own about 1900 lots
and 1000 acres OF ground had sub
sesibed only $4,000. He said II they
would double their subscription the
money would be easily raised.
Jsdge d. 9. Bailey was called out
and made one OF hfs happy speeches
He pictured the wonderful benefits to
- derived from the electric line and
especially the Royal Gorge division.
He said that he was a man without
Imagination, yet he could easily see
the top OF the Gorge a great tourist
tor TO lin the people up from the Rio
0rante station at the bottom. and a
suspension bridge on which people
might pass from one side to the other.
He added that II all depended on the
SIS 900 bonus and that the people
should dig up. He stated that while
be owned only a few thousand dol
lars worth of property wholly unpaid
for" he was glad to give hberally.
r. A. Reynolds was called upon. He
took Mr.. TurnbulIs remarks as per-
sonal and said all this talk about a
few big property owners raising this
money didn't appeal to him. at which
the people laughed heartily. He said
some OF the other people hadn't given
half as literally ~ they should and
inferred that those who live In glass
houses shouldn't be shyins bricks at
the other fellow.
He made some excellent points and
put the meeting in good spirits. He
stated plainly some subscriptions were
not large enough and several arose
and said they would double or quad
rupie theirs II he would double his.
Mr.. Raynolds called the blum and said
he would double his. making Il $4,000
in the place of $500,
John RItxman made some pertinent
remarks showing what an electric line
had done for the town from which he
came and subscribed $500, doubling
his first subscription of 500.
T. NJ. Harding was called out with
the hopes that he would double his,
but he declined, without thanks. He
said that he thought that Harding
Brothers had done enough.
Rev. Thomas made an entertaining
talk in which he proved that he was
a booster for the town and good fel-
low. even II he is a preacher" He
said that once upon a time" man
who had whipped his wife went out
in the woods and crawled into hol-
low log. While there a rain came and
thoroughly wet the log. 1t shrank
up and left only small opening at
the end. He was sure he could never
get out again. Then he began to think
about how he had treated his wife and
II made him feel so small that he
crawled out the little hole with ease.
And so IL will be with the fellow who
won't help out in this bonus subscrip-
tion--after II is all over he will feel
SO small that he can be drawn through
very small knot hole
Mrs. t. NJ Harding was called on.
She said she wouldn't make talk but
she would read little note she had
Just written on the margin of copy
of The Record, to be handed to her
husband. who was on the other side
of the hall. II was about like this:
"T. M.-Do say something pleasant
Here is chance to do the town a
great good. Raise your subscription
at least one-third. will givo fifty
dollars" II was cheered to the echo
and when T. NJ. hesitated about the
matter she said she would rnise II
herself.
Mrs. Sheetz spoke OF the many years