Cañon City record., 1908-04-23


j. A. McGeehee was an applicant
for the position Of cemetery sextoa,
but it was voted to retain A. 8. Mon.
roe, the present incumbent, in that Of
flee. There was some rivalry for the
position of health ohlcer, OF, more
properly speaking, several persons
were placed in nomination for that
Office and two or three ballots were re-
Quired to determine who was tho
choice Of the council sor that ONCE. A.
L. Taylor and Judge 8. P. Dale each
received four votes for the city attor-
neyship and Mayor Seely ended the
deadlock by casting the deciding vote
for Mr.. Taylor.
The appropriation for municipal sx-
penses this year is 436.500. Of wh3cA
$500 will be paAd out in salaries to
the elective officers; $500 goes into
the street, alley, bridge and park de-
partment; $2.7oO into the water de-
partment; 1850 to the cemstsEy:
8, 800 to the police: $2.500 to the AFe
department and $500 to the health do
partment. .-f tt
Deputy Warden Allen Jameson ad-
dressed the council in relation to an
exemption for the guards and other
|employes Of the penitentiary from. hs
provisions of the poll tax ordinance
recently passed by the council for
road parpoees. Mr.. JamasoA AeAod-.
that Main and First Streets were K6H
in excellent condition without cost to
the city by the penitentiary author
tiles and that on that account the em-
Iployes should be immune from the eI-
actions of the poll tax ordinance. On
motion the tax was remitted as asked
for by Mr.. Jameson, :. .lSs-s..ii 5. !.
Dr. Hart Goodloe addressed tie
council upon the matter Of water rates
at the Canon Infirmary. of which he
Is the proprietor He stated that tho
water tax as applied to the infirmary
was ineQuitable and exorbitant and
he requested that readjustment be
made The complaint was referred to
the water committee with instructions
Ito report the result OF their fnvestiga-
tions at the next meeting Of the coun-
Gil.
Col p W. Blanchard, on hebalf Of
Greenwood Post, G. A. R., asked the
council to erect a Flagstaff from gas
pipe, or some other durable material.
in Greenwood cemetery from which
the national flag might be fioated on
public holidays. The petition was fay-
orably received and the matter refer
red to the cemetery sexton with In
structions to superintend the erection
of the proposed Flagstaff at the public
expense. ..-S
The annual report of the fire de-
partment, which was carried over from
last meeting, was referred to the IRE
committee without reading. Alderman
Hiatt reported on the purchase from
William Henley of the reservoir site
lon the eastern slopes OF Fremont Peak
which was adopted. He reported that
the money had been paid to Mr.. Ken
ley. Alderman Reeves, who was dele
gated to consult Harding Brothers up
on the matter of securing from them
seven or eight acres Of land adjoining
the site of the proposed Henley rsser-
voir, reported that they had very gen
erously offered to donate the city the
property asked for without compen-
sation and would make out the dled
at any time the city might require It.
| On motion a vote Of thanks was tend
cred to Messrs. Harding for their lib
Ierality and the city clerk was INSTRUCT
ed to convey to them the action Of the
council in adopting the resolution ex-
pressive of its appreciation.
Alderman Lamb OF the lighting COM
mittee stated that nothing had been
done in relation to the resolution
adopted at n former meeting OF the
{eouncil requesting the committee to
interview the Colorado Light and Pow
er company with view Of ascertain
ling whether 1t would be possible 10
secure from It special concessions iA
regard 10 the price for porch hsAn
Idurins the summer season. TIE nAA-
tiers. he said. would b attended = b
time 10 report at tAs next regular
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