CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-04-05
PRESIDENT LINKINS MAKES
SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS
Canon City Merchants Association
Officers.

The meeting of the Canon City Bus
mess Mems Association last Friday
night was one of unusual interest and
ins and Secretary Ross proved as
never before what a really valuable
institution the Association was to the
commercial interests of the commun-
ity. These reports show the Associa-
ton to be in fiourishing condition
and that there had been gain of
about sixty per cent. in its member
ship during the last twelve months
Numerous suggestions were made In
the presidents report, among them
being recommendation that the As
sociation change its name to the Can
on City Chamber of Commerce and
Business Mems Association, the pres
ent designation falling to express the
full scope of its work and usefulness
to the public. Another of the presi-
effect that an annual banquet be held
by the Association which, with other
suggestions embodied in his report,
was referred to special committee.
Several important propositions were
considered by the Association at Fri
day nights meeting, of which the
offer of Congress to convey the pub
lie lands at the top of the Royal Gorge
to the city for park purposes, and
the report of the special committee
that went to Denver last week to con-
suit the Denver & Rio Grande and
Santa Fe railroad officials with view
of obtaining better freight rate from
Pueblo here were the most conse-
quential.
The matter of having the lands in
was unanimously adopted by the As
sociation, and resolution was adopt
ed favoring their acquisition from the
national government and their dedica-
ton as city park.
The committee having charge of
the matter of procuring more equit-
able freight rate for Canon City ship
pers between Pueblo and here report
ed that it had been to Denver and that
a long conference had been held with
Mr.. Wilde, general freight agent of
the Denver & Rio Grande company,
in relation to the question. Mr. Wilde
acknowledged the justness of the
committees grievance and said that
he would la ythe matter before the
company at the earliest opportunity
and see what could be done towards
righting the wrong of which the com
mittee complained. Mr. Wilde stated
that he would take the question up
with the Santa Fe company and he
expressed the opinion that both roads
would make such concessions as
would place Canon City shippers up
on an equitable basis with the most
favored points so fas as the trans
portation of freight over their lines
was concerned.
The value of the Canon City Mer-
chants Association in giving stability
to the credit system, which obtains
among business men here was shown
by the statement of two of its MEM
bers at Friday nights meeting. One
of them asserted that during a period
of five years in business here he had
lost only one-fifth of one per cent of
his sales as result of bad credits,
which he attributed to the good Of
fees of the Association. Another one
declared that his losses from the same
cause had been less than one-fourth
of one per cent of his gross business
during period of nearly four years.
Onicers were elected by the Associ-
alton for the ensuing year as follows:
Henry Hutton president. L. H Ban-
croft vice-president. s. H. Atwater, A.
H. Davie. George H. Salie, C. A. Bsggs
and Ben w. Rea directors.