CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-11-15

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have Wholesale houses of all char
acter located here and would but for
freight rate discrimination. These
facts are only based from one single
line of business, but The Record Kick
er has reason to believe that the
same conditions exist against this
town in all other lines. hv can we
grow and prosper and take he posi-
tion in the commercial world yhich
location has given us when h.'ndi-
capped by such arbitrary railro ii
rates.
The drive out 9Th street to -Fairview
avenue, thence east through the new
Broadmoor subdivision to Center
street and back via Main street, is one
of the incest in and around the city.
Mrs. Elnora Patten has purchased
from the Canon Realty Company the
six room, two story brick house To-
Gated at 312 Harrison avenue, and i'm
mediately after the first of the year
intends to convert it into select
rooming house, to be run in connec-
ton with the Home restaurant
Those desiring a birds eye view of
Canon City and vicinity as If from a
balloon should make the trip over the
sky line drive at this season of the
year Every street, every block, and
in fact every house is brought out In
bold relief and shows the symmetrical
outlines of every subdivision between
here and Florence.
Judge NJ. s. Bailey has purchased
an entire half block, consisting of fif-
teen lots. in Reynolds Heights. from
the Canon Realty Company, and is
contemplating the building of several
modern houses for rental purposes.
The land in question is opposite
what is known as Marguerite Park,
and which the city some time ago
agreed TO beautify this coming spring.
Look for lumber yard advertise
ment In this issue of The Record,
II you don't find one look for a gro
Gerry or hardware store advertisement;
II you don't find one look for a meat
market: and 81 you still don't find
one, look at the Canon Realty Com
pany's advertisement and see II you
can locate two misspelled words that
have each different meanings.
Those coming in for supplies from
the new Spaulding gold camp. some
miles from here, report
much active development work going
on. and from the many new strikes
being made and character of ore being
found every Indication points to q
mining boom in the spring in that
section, as was experienced In the
early days of Leadville and Cripple
Creek On account of the location
Canon City would naturally come in
as the point of supply.
The people of Canon City should
announce and advertise free
sites" for any and all manufacturing
that might be induced to
locate here. We have mountains of
the finest fuel coal. oceans of water,
low altitude. mild climate. good town.
and in fact every inducement to make
this locality most desirable as a manu-
featuring point Pay rolls amounting
TO two or three hundred thousand dol
lars a month would come in quite
handy. These sites should be access
ible to both the Denver and Rio Grande
and Santa Fe railroads and near the
river.
Sand Creek to Eight Mile to appreciate
the immense amount and substantial
character of the work that has been
done on the new Royal Gorge electric
line. For miles and miles can be seen
the white painted overhead wire posts
following the splendid grade winding
around the sides of the mountain,
where eventually the trolley cars will
ascend to the very top, thousands of
feet above the river at point COM
manding a view of hundreds of miles
of valley and mountain, with side
glance down the Royal Gorge preci-
pIce. a distance of two thousand feet
or more to the river. AS soon as this
new line is completed 1t can truthfuliy
be said that the most interesting
scenery In all Colorado will be trip
to the top of the Royal Gorge from
Canon City.
Much complaint is being registered
in the suburban districts relative to
stray stock running at large. several
lawns and young shade trees having
already been ruined by their depreda-
tions. Marshal Houston Is doing the
very best he can to stop 1t, but he has
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