The daily tribune., 1907-10-16
FLoREacB's OPPORTUNITY

things that will accomplish good for
tho city. they have been exceedingly
negligent in securing the one great
thing that would accomplish more
good than any industry now here
or probably ever will come to this
point. na IL & n q @
The proposition in mind Is the
connecting link between here and the
coal camps and to the Portland
cement works. 1t seems to be the
more logical to build to the cement
works first.- simply because there are
fairly good roads TO and from all
the coal camps and 1t Ia not neces-
sary for the railroads to run accommo-
dation trains to this city. But in
the case Of Portland, 1t Is just as
easy and easier for the citizens of that
community to 60 to Pueblo to do
their shopping as it is to come to
Florence.
This assertion is very easily prov
en-. Any citizen Of Portland can go
to Pueblo on Rio Grande train No.
10 and come back on train No. ..
Both these trains are rarely late
and make good connections At Port
land. The Portlandite can go to the
Steel city after dinner and return in
time for supper. But II he comes to
Florence on train No. In the aft
ernoon and depends upon returning to
Portland In the evening. he is forced
to wait of the arrival Of train No 4,
which sometimes arrives ON time and
sometimes 1t doesn't. 1t IL frequent
ly tho case that this train arrives
four and five hours late; in fact, it
is seldom on time. N
This being true then, the Port
landite will 60 to Pueblo to do his
trading In preference to coming to
Florence. There IL another reason
why this road should be built In that
direction. Tho new United Statss
plaas 10 going up rapidly and 1t will
not b long until there ir = booming
town thore called Concrete. It will
consist Of several hundred souls. All
these people must trade somewhere
and Florence 10 the natural trading
poipt for tasam. But how ars they
going to got here with any kind Of
aosea,moslation. They certainly
can't coma with any Kind Of accom-
mediation upon tho railroad. L Flor
COOS ard her bnsiness men going 70
allow them 70 60 to Pueblo 70 do
their shopping and spend money that
should naturally como to Florence
II 10 not reasonable to suppose they
would. but In this matter Florenoe
has On choice. for the people are 60
ing 10 60 to the point whore they can
do the best and got home ct some
seasonAble hour Of the day or night.
This Is why trolley line should
tap the cement belt In preference to
going TO the coal camps. Last sum-
mer . committee was appointed to
raise funds for the building Of such =
road. but enough money could not be
raised to finance the project and II
failed In its purpose. But 1t IL not
entirely necessary for the citizens Of
Florence TO furnish all tile funds
neoesaary In the building aud equip.
ping such = limo. Bonds can be ia-
sued and sold. There II . lot Of
money laying idle In the East that
Ia waiting for investment In such =
gilt.edsed proposition aud at least an
effort should be made to have some
Of It hnd its way into this channel.
II 10 worth trial. i
Tho trade Of the cement canp1
naturally belongs TO this city aud II
10 up 70 the bLainess n,en and othera
who wish 70 ~ the city prosper got
its share Of the trade. OF course, II
may be pecsaaAsy TO spend = few thou.
sand dollAn q Florsnoe money In
order 70 prove 70 tlle Eastsrner that
We have oonAasnce In our own suter.
prisss. bat this 10 only drop In the
bucket - compared with the after