Cañon City record., 1908-01-23
IN CANON CITY
AND THEIR NUMBERS

The "horseless carriage" which
was something OF a curiosity In the
west five or six years ago, Is now q
pretty thoroughly established vehicle
in Canon City. In fact. 1t bears the
reputation of having more of them
than any community of the size In
Colorado. due in a large measure, at
least, to the condition of the public
roads. which are available for their
use at all seasons OF the year.
The Canon City Automobile club
has membership OF twenty-six and is
represented by some splendid ma
chimes; there being some OF the new
est. as well as the Oldest. types In
the aggregation. While the gasoline
engine is In big majority as a motive.
force there few machines operated
by steam, ard one by electricity. Some
Of these machines are Of fifty or sixty
horse power and have a guaranteed
speed OF fifty miles an hour, others
can run hardly fast enough to violate
the provisions of the city ordinances,
which do not permit faster running
than ten miles an hour in the business
section.
Not until recently were automo-
biles in Canon City required to be
licensed, but now each OF them IL
compelled to carry number on the
rear axle for which the owner has to
pay into the city treasury the sum OF
two dollars. These automobile licenses
are perpetual. and the holder OF n
number issued to him by the city
clerk may display It as long as he
owns machine. transferring It from
one to another as often as he likes.
When automobile permits were first
required City Clerk Dawson allowed
the iicentrate TO choose any number
Tor his machine he wanted between
one and fifty. as they were the begin
ming and ending OF the numerals at
his command. DIR. II. +. Holmes was
the first applicant for license and
he very naturally selected No. ]. as
most anybody else would have done.
In order that he might stand at the
head of the list.
His successors manifested more or
less eccentricIty in choosing the num-
ber 10 be borne by their license as
the subJoined will show. II being re-
pftuurfu III iue tNaCA uTutf III WHICH u
Is recorded on the books of the city
clerk: DR.. F. y. Carrier. who is not
at all supersiitious. selected the num-
ber "i3." despite the bad reputation
IL bears and expressed great satis-
faction at being able to get II.
The speed ordinance does not per-
init automobiles to run fa5ter than
ten miles an hour on Main street, be-
tween First and Fifteenth streets.
and not to exceed fifteen miles an
hour on any other streets Up TO the
present time only twenty-four auto
mobile licenses have been taken out,
but others will be In few days Those
already Issued. with their numbers
are:
DIR. r. f. Holmes. No. /: DR.. Otis
Orendorf. No. z: ]. ID. Clark. No. 8:
DR.. F. N. Carrier. No. 13: F. l.. Smith.
No. 40: DIR. C. II. Wilkinson. No. 3;
]. w. Armstrong. No. s: DR.. J. @.
Maxwell. No. 12: DIR. G. II. Kellen-
berger. No. 6; DR.. G. c. Lamb, No. 10:
w. II. Trout. No. 3: Geo. A. Prentiss.
No. IL: Frank l.. Bunton, No. IS:
Il. J. Knight. No. 4: w. A. Matlock.
Nos. II and l5: F. A. and l.. NJ. Ray
nolds. No. %: Joseph Ball, No. Is:
@. w. Tobin, No. a.; DR.. w. F. Brooks,
No. II: Chas. Pauls. No. IS: DR.. Hart
Goodioe. No. so; C. s. Hudson and A.
j. Turner. 10: Gilbert Campbell. IS.