Cañon City record., 1909-12-02
$lO,OOO,OO0 Enterprise
The Corporation, Known as The Canon City, Florence
and Pueblo Water Company, Has Opened Offices in
the Harrison Block and Has Big Staff OF engineers at
Work Proposition.

From Wednesdays Daily
The Daily Record is privileged to
announce for the first time TO the
people OF Canon City and of Colorado
that a coliosal reclamation and irri-
cation enterprise. ono OF the very
largest in the entire west. Will. with
in the next few years. transform this
portion of the Arkansas valley into an
Eden of beauty and productiveness-
The story we have to relate in rela-
,iou TO this great undertaking is no
fgment Of the Imagination. but Is
based on facts and figures of indubita-
BILE reliability. They were furnished
the writer by gentlemen high up In the
confidence and councinls OF the com
many and We violate no trust in giving
them TO the public
while the statements that follow In
connection with this splendid enter
prise may read like a romance and
stagger the mind by reason OF the mag
zitude OF the work they describe. they.
are. nevertheless. true In every de-
tail. as viii be abundaniiy proven In
a very short time. For several months
It has been known TO the people OF
Canon City and the surrounding coun-
try in a misty. nebulous sort OF a
way that corps Of engineers aud sur
yeyors we're at work In the mountains.
on the various watersheds and along
the streams that find their way into
the Arkansas river within a radius OF
fifteen or twenty miles OF town, but
the work WIS carried on so quietly
that the most inquisltlye was unable
10 obtain any definite. or satisfactory
information as 70 its purpose. II was
shrewdIy guessed that Dali De Wcese
was mixed up In the proposition in
some manner. but as TO the extent and
Importance OF the completed work
there was no data to be had. The pop
uiar belief that Mr.. De woeEe was en-
ergetically devoting his time to the
furtherance Of the project In some
degree ailayed public curiosity in the
matter and inspired faith In its ulti-
mate fulflllment. The object OF this ar
ticlc Is TO clear up the mystery and
give the people Of Fremont county a
clear comprehension of It and outline
the tremendous impulse this magni-
ficent undertaking is to give TO every
line Of business and industrial endeav-
or In Canon City. Florence. Portland.
Pueblo. and in fact. the entire ArlSan-
sas valley from the entrance OF Royal
Gorge eastward to the great plains
and beyond.
We may state in the beginning that
It is no stock jobbing. or chimerical,
proposition having nothing back of II
more substantial than hot air, but is
well maturod business matter.
which is not In any way dependent up
on contingencies or possibilities for
It's success. All of its details have
been worked out all of the prelimi-
naries settled and all of the money
needed for its realization Is in the bank
where it can be drawn upon at any
time. II is. perhaps, the biggest pro-
position of It's kind ever exploited In
the United States. either by private
capital, or under governmental aus
pices; involving as II does the expen-
diture OF many millions OF dollars and
the reclamation of territory hun
dred times the area OF all the existing
irrigated lands in Fremont county.
The beneficience and value of the un-
dertaking to the people of Canon City.
and. 10 the entire state for that mat
ter, cannot easily be comprehended. II
means the doubling. or Thrilling, OF
the population OF Canon City within
three or four years and big rise in
all classes OF property and In indus
trial values for our people. while for
Florence. Portland. Concrete. Pueblo.