CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-12-13
The INTERESTS OF The TOWN
DEMAND BETTER WATER SUPPLY
l. Reasons for the Adoption the New
City

One of the chief opponents OF the
proposed supply of water from Cot
tonwood Creek said to me few days
ago, II can see why 1t is that the
real estate meE favor the proposition.
It will enable them to dispose of their
property at enhanced prices, and con-
sequently will add to their bank ac-
count"
To my mind that kind of an argu-
ment is a very Illogical sort of reason
ing. as 1t implies that what is good
thing for one class of people in the
community may be a bad thing for
another class. II real estate men are
able to sell their property to new
comersand others at better price
than they I'D otherwise have OBJ
talned in ,uence of first class
supply of Gs soft mountain water
for drinking domestic purposes
It seems to II. 4 1t is just what we
of land II mui Se- sessarily Increase
the desirability e community as
q place of reside III such an en-
terprise was n 2 II would re-
suit in the depret of property,
particularly in rea and the price
OF land would go down instead of up.
There is no question in my mind
about the sufiiciency of the water sup
ply for Canon City, present and pros
pective, In Cottonwood Creek. There
are two splendid reservoir sites along
it's course, either OF which II utilized
would impound water enough to last
this town for many months. At the
upper of these sites only a hundred
and twenty-five feet of masonry would
have to be built to create a reservoir
that would cover probably forty acres.
SolId walls of granite In either side
would afford a splendid anchorage for
such a dam as might be needed by
the exigences of the situation The
Cottonwood is the best stream that
lowe into the Arkansas River west OF
Canon City. II has its source in the
snow of the Sangre de Christie range
and contains at all seasons of the
year a magnificent supply OF pure.
cold soft water.
The city has purchased the lands
and water rights along Cottonwood
Creek and II would be a positive mis-
fortune to the people of Canon City
II they are not used for the purposes
for which they were acquired as
quickly as possible. for the reason
that our present water system is bad
ly out of condition and inadequate to
properly meet the requirements OF
our population.
We have practically exhausted the
water fund In the purchase OF the
necessary property on Cottonwood
Creek and we ought to continue the
enterprise by carrying out the plans
of the Mayor and City Council.
II will require a large expenditure
OF money to get anything like safe
supply of decent water from the river.
Besides it would be ONLY pumping
proposition and when we got 1t would
afford the people OF Denver. Colorado
Springs and other towns an oppor-
tunity of saying that Canon City's
water supply was taken from pol
luted river and was unhealthful, which
would greatly retard the growth of
the community. Such talk would re-
suit In our being compelled to invite
some outside corporation to build us
a new water system.
When the outlay for maintaining
fire hydrants and paying for water
for street sprinkling and park pur-
poses is taken into consideration, IL
will be an expensive luxury for the
city. all of which we now get for
nothing. Investigation will convince
the great majority of people that the
Cottonwood proposition is good
thing and that we ought to have 1t.
II Canon City does not avail itself
OF the opportunity presented to 1t
now II will wish 1t had before many
months so by.
l.. l.. HARDING.