CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
|Just a Little Comparison
With q Pretty California
Town Of About the
Class Canon City is IN

When you go to California be sure
to visit Riverside. If you don't stop
going down you can get on there for
day or week as you come Quit
will leave a good taste in your mouth
and pleasant memoirs It's quiet,
restful place and after busy sight
seeing tour through the tourist points
you will be gla of a few days rest
in this beautiful little evergreen city.
And If the little orange grove town
were not SO charming in itself it
would be worth your while to stop
off anyway Just for few days stay
at the Glenwood Inn. s1sr-..
The Glenwood Inn is like unto it
self only-it is different from them all
nothing like it anywhere. 1t is as
swell as the Antlers or Coronado. as
elegant as good taste would permit.
yet as comfortable and home-like as
the old farm house. Its elegance does
not over awe but appeals with quiet,
peaceful. resting influence that makes
any stay all too short
The hotel is built on the old Mission
style. occupying three sides of whole
city block. 1t is only two stories
high with tile roof. broad verandas
and a large court in the center and
running out to one street. The court
is made attractive by many tropical
trees and plants. It will accommo-
date about 800 people, and cost
about 100000. | am of the opinion
that. more people stop on at Riverside
to see and enjoy the hotel than for
all the other attractions put together
and 1t shows what really attractive
hotel OF that class will do for a city
of the character of Riverside and Can
on City.
The proprietor of the Glenwood Inn
is Mr.. Frank Miller. and he is GER
tainIy a live wire-a bunch of intelli-
gent energy-who would make sue
cess OF anything. Ever since 1 be-
came acquainted with Riverside, with
the Glenwood Inn and with the work
Mr.. Miller has done, have regretted
that fate did not drop him In Canon
City instead of Riverside. for I know
he would have done much for Canon
City. and 1 think perhaps he might
have profiited more for himself here
for we have 40 much greater oppor-
,unitiss in the tourist line II properly
developed.
have always been interested in
Riverside because it is so much like
Canon City-so much like Canon City
ought to be-can be in fact. Nature
has done much more for Canon City
than for Riverside, but man has done
more for Riverside. and she is lit
tie better built and equipped than our
own town.
Canon City. It is fruit section in
an irrigated country. Land there 10
of about the same value as ours and
produces about as much per acre. The
producing district is little larger
than ours and the town a little bigger,
but no bigger than our town ought
to be. will be In fact some day. About
the only difference in resources is that
Riverside produces oranges and Canon
City apples-each worth about the
same per box and per acre
Riverside excels Canon City in a
few points. She has better cared for
streets. better parks, pays more at
tention to shade trees and shrubbery
and has better public buildings. All
public buildings are built on large
tracts. with lots OF green grass and
trees about. She is paying more at
tentiou to good roads and is building
them in all directions.
An attractive feature is the fact that
many of the public buildings are built
on a uniform style, not alike by any
means but symmetrical. the Old Mission
style of architecture being very promi-
nent. Suburban car lines connect the
various fruit districts with the city.
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In building up this beautiful city
Riverside has had one strong advant-
age over our own town-the near sur
roundings are all within the city lin
its and all under one city government.
There are In the city Of Riverside nfty-
six square mlles. This 10 greatly to
the advantages OF both city and coun-
try residents. ~ the whole city has
been built up systematically. The
principal strsses for six or eight milss