Cañon City record., 1908-04-23

"a nesting OF the st1ast interest 10 |
S6e peo1ssof Canon CITY and The Ar
kansas ralley In general ~as held at
ths s0ranA hotei In Pueblo last satur-
day. It was called by A B. Hulit.
ssassal representative Of the North
-srn Electrical company Of Madison
VIA. for the purpose OF eeaaadering
proposition for the constrnetaon OF an
electric power and transportation line
saordinx railroad facilities and power
for pumping water for irrigation and
n4har commercial uses over . route
sxtsnding from Dodge City. Kansaa,
Via Colorado Springs and Pueblo to|
this city.
The scheme Is . magnificent one. but
Hss many things to commend II and
tts realisation within the next two|
years u regarded a. q probability by
men who are familiar with such en-
terprises. Messrs 8. H. AtEater and
D. ". Ross Of this city we're preseat
and he Pushlo meeting and we're sur
: pr,saA at the encouraging features OF
he proposition a. presented By Mr-
Hulit and his associates. At the re-
auest Of the Daily Record. which de-
sarsd that the facts in the matter
nlght b stssa - ~ rssdsrs. NJ NJ
vsAsr very Kindly prepared the foss
ioyias statements for publication:
10 the Editor OF the Canon City
Record.
Dear Sir: I am asked for state
meut as to the real conditions per-
taining to the proposed electric rail-
road from Canon City to Garden City,
Kansas, which has been 80 heralded
in the Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo papers.
In looking over those papers there
are some very Slaring errors and this
letter n written at your request that
our people may fully understand what
iseproposed.
For several months Mr.. T. B. Coul-
ter and the writer have been corre-
spouding with and have had confer
sncss with Mr.. A. B. Hulet. field man
representing the Northern Electrical
company OF Madison. Wis. which IN
one Of the very largest electrical COM
paasss IN the whole country. a msst-
~ was called for Saturday. the 18th.
Ut Pusbio. and q Mr. Coulter had to
b oat OF ths city. he requested tnat
INnk HI. D. VI Ross. secretary Of our
nasinsss Mons aaDociatiop, to take
his place In the conference.
II was the request OF Mr.. Hulet that
We say nothing about the meeting and
, ysry fsN. ,.kns~t anything Of 1t until
the meeting at Pueblo had closed. The
meeting was very. largely attended i
and some Of the best business men Of
ths valley were present. notably such
men ~ A. b. 0illespy OF Garden City,
who IL manager Of the sugar refinery
Of that place.
We went to the meeting In really
skeptical mood. for such plans have
been proposed 30 many times and
nothing had come Of them that We
were prepared to look for very small
dennite results. Especially were We
OF the opinion that the irrigation part
OF the plan was not feaslble. for
pumping water around Canon has not
always been very sucosoof0l. When
We began to compare notes with men
from the lower part OF the valley and
such men ~ Mr.. Gillespy who said
that for the refinery they had put
down nvo wells and with continaoaa
hard pumping had been unable toI
lower the water In the undsr6ow ngse
than . small pegn1ataes oesaAe whole |
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