The daily tribune., 1906-12-31
PROSPERITY
FOR FLORENCE
tCootinusd fron pass 81

saes asa Cripple Creek railrssd.
vhish shey bsusht lasA Jsis ~ paid
| =. 90. 90 scs.
The company has nads . paspesltion
- iuFnish water % lAs city of Canoe
Oity fron The Eight llils esssk rsssr.
reservoir The cisy today is voting on
ths proEositien % inss boals 10 the
Anouns Of eloo. 600 for :. nesstain
waasr supply. The orisinal plan was
- SECURE II from CottonwssA ssssk.
but IL 10 believed the deal viii ecss
nearly dosbls that amount oe mopsy
before the wassr Il bscesht isAo the
oity. and thsa there ID no osrtainsy
Of = oontinaous sspplv. The psopo.
sition Of the local COMPANY Il 70 sop.
ply Canon With water for . popala
sion Of %. 900; pips the water into tbs
mains now laid In the city within
one year: the oity then 10 pay the
company the el0o. 900 ~ . bones 70
help increase the population Of the
county and more than dcubls the
tax. valuation Of the county. None
Of the money 10 70 be paid until
after the water 10 actually flowing
through the mains Of Canon. The
bonds will draw ave per cent interest
until paid. The company will take
up ths bonds. proceeded with IT. pro.
jsot.
A broad gauge track will b laid
from Ora Junta. on ths r. and O..
O. railroad 70 Canon City. FlofsHos
and to Portland. This kind Of On n.
raDgsment win give the company the
very best Kind Of traokags facilities.
The ditsributipg point for the sugar
has not yet been decided upon. bat In
all Likelihood will b. established In
Florence Col. Macdonald 10 meeting
with the sub- committee. appointed By
the regular oitissns committee few
nights ago. this Afternoon. 10 hear
what the people Of Florence has to
say and he 10 there telling them the
same facts and figures ~ you are
now reading.
And Florence will soon have the
largest and most up.to.dAts oil r..
flnsry In the West, And before
long the oil neld IL 10 Be developed
to large proportions. The oil indus.
try Of the state IL enc Of the best
paying businesses In the state and
up 10 the present it 10 the least devsl.
oped. There was no good reason why
any Of the operators should make .
splurs, because the Geld was produo.
ing sneush OIL 70 keep the rsAnsriss
working day and night. bot sisos the
United OIL company is doubling the
oapsoity Of The rsnnery . dsna nd
for more oil will bs created. and the
surplus that 10 now stored II ths
storage tAnks in the nsld will not lest
long. 30 more dsvs lopmsnt Will soss
BE- necessary in order TO secure the
oil
The United company will prove 70
be one Of the most active in she 90.
tire nsld 10 . very short time
Drilling operations will take on 70.
nswsd viaor and the old time oil
we'll drillsrs who are now out Of
the city. will come back to 20 10
worl. The oil war wassd assinst
the local concern bv the independent
prod uoers Of KanAss and other states
hurt the business here 70 some extent.
but the war ID OF now and BY rsdue.
Ing The price Of oil ~ the United OIL
company did. now avenues for the ont.
put were opened. Tho shipments OF
refined oil out of Florence has been
steadily increasing every month for
several months and there are many
days when . train load Of fifteen ACC
elghteen cars are seen 70 leave ths
yards The market 10 better today
than IL has been for the lsst three
years and sbs Uuited has contracts.
through its distributing agency. for
ell the oil 10 can mauufaoturs.
Il 10 rliably told 70 % thst the
production from shs Floissce hsld
throughout the year VA about ~
large ~ the yssr before. In spite Of
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