The daily sentinel., 1910-06-09

the progress of the fires is checked.
The situation is most grave and in
calculable damage is being done and
more threatened
your site. And, if your business men
feel disposed to assist in any way in
securing a contribution from any
other one of our delegation in con-
gress, l will gladly welcome any ad-
dition to the amount that / can Sc.
cure. But l want it definitely un.
derstood that no amount of hearty
cooperation" or due consideration
of Grand functions just claim" or
any other similar glittering general
tiles are of any assistance whatever.
l do not need any cooperation"
with anybody. 1t is the cash that
we want. l could still take what
ever l am going to give to Grand
Junction and give it to any other
city in the state that has no public
building; and either of our senators
or representatives are at liberty to do
the same.
write you thus plainly because
this is an important question. You
do not build public building more
than once in a generation; and
feel that it is not only my privilege
but my duty to tell you definitely in
just what manner the money to con-
struct that building will be obtained.
If either one of the senator's OF
Congressman Martin will contribute
as much money as I will, he is en-
titled to just as much credit as l am.
And none of us is entitled to any
credit whatever for getting any pub
lie building anywhere in the state
unless we contribute portion of our
individual quota of cash to its con-
struction.
You understand that the senators
will naturally have more money than
we representatives, and, if either one
of them will give Grand Junction
even a half of his appropriation,
your building will be assured at
once. In fact, have already assured
your city public building now; but
it may take several years to get it if
you have to build it entirely out OF
the share of one congressman.
You may possibly be interested in
knowing that Denver has already re-
ceived $1,596,200 for her building:
Pueblo, 1925, ,O0O Colorado Springs,
$290,000; Leadville, $85, 900; Trim
idad, $4,000; Boulder. $4,000;
Fort Collins, $50, 600; and Greeley,
SIS, 900 for site. and Grand juno
tion, $4,000 for site. Those are
the total appropriations to Colorado
since we were admitted into the un-
ion.
Generally speaking, our senators
have always given all the money they
could secure to the Denver building,
and the representatives have also
helped them some, and allowed the
remainder of their small allowance
to some outside towns. Now that
Denver is provided for, our senators
Will oe AT HDerty 10 give their por-
tion of the funds to outside cities,
and l am in hopes we will get some
of it on the western slope. Montrose
and Durango are both quite insistent
upon recognition, and justly so; and
so is Salida, Canon City. Rocky Ford,
Fort Morgan and several other cities.
OF course, we are all proud of Den.
yer having a magnificent building,
and are not envious of her at all, be-
cause her building will be credit
and an ornament to our capital city.
But l hope it is coming our turn now,
and am confident that our two SEN
ators and we three representatives
will make the best disposition of all
the money we can get to the other
towns Of the state.
Final action will be taken by the