Cañon City record., 1911-02-09
Want CITY
WATER IN
PARK

At the regular meeting of the city
council Monday night Alderman We
ber at the request OF Jesse Knowias
and other residents of Orchard pa.
brought up the proposition Of lair
a water main to that village for the
purpose OF connecting them with tn
local water system. The matter was
discussed ut some length. but nc ic-
tlon taken owing TO he uncertainty
OF the power OF the council IN .hc
premises; # being contended by sjms
OF the members that the city had
legal right 10 extend the mains ce
yond It's corporate limits. City at
torney Hardy Sayre was instrucA Ao
by resolution TO investigate the sue
1ect and report 10 the council
subsequent meeting whether It nss
any authority or not under the stat
utes to make such an extension. a
order 20 supply the people OF orcL
ard park with water from the Cas- a
City waterworks system II would tf
necessary TO lay 4 three or four Incl
main a distance Of. perhaps. mil
and n half nt an epense which 4 if
believed would be 'isproportion7t
To the revenue T. would derive from
the enterprise. An inch and 9 nt'
nine line was ls'd several years ago
as far as the fai- grounds. and. II <
tended 20 Orchard park. lts carrying
capacity would he insufficient 90 met
tho demands Of consumers IN the neF
territory.
The report Of Peter o'Brlen ~ Den
yer. who recently made measure
rrent Of the carrying capacity OF the
watorworkF pipe line through the
Royn1 Corze. wss rutri,ted 70 she
council Monday night and nied for
record. Mr.. oBrien's report vcritei
the estimates made by the engineors
NJ the time conduit was Installed and
showed that n would deliver at the
settling hnsins above Ksniey's gar
dens under normal conditions twenty
one and nlnety-eight hundfedths -
bic feet Of water per second. or ~
900 gallons day. which Is eiE'
or ten TINES the present consumption
Of the people OF Canon City.
A communication was read by the
city clerk from John T. Burns OF Col
orado sprinrs. sscretary-;rensui CT 5f
the National Dry Farming C. ngresa.
10 be held In cAioraGo sprinEE Me-
summer. requesting the council TO
elect one Of Its members to place
on the board OF control Of the organi-
-atfon alluded TO. whereupon Alder
man r. C. Hiatt was unanimousiS
selected for the position. In response
10 n Communication from Mayor Tan
ner and the city clerk letter from
W. r. Miller OF Pueblo. division sup
srintendent OF the Denver RIO
Grande Railroad company. wRs irid
before tho council In relation to ti-r
construction OF the new tracks be-
tween the plant OF the Canon City
Gas company and Fifteenth STREET
Complaint vas made by the city -"
the railroad company was hllins -
the drainage bitches in that territory
without opening new ones. and. that
private property In the neighborhood
would be damaged by the oversos
during the rainy season unless prep
or provision was made 'or carr,i-x
On tAs water. Mr.. Miller stated thu
steps would be taken At once to re.n
edy the matter and that the rishts of
the city would be respected.
The Continental OIL company
through ita Pueblo agent addressed
= letter to the council In rcepect 1"
the tract Of land II recently acquired
By purchase from the city near the
site Of the pumping plant Of the old
waterworks system and submitted a
resolution authorizing the mayor and
city sierk to convey 10 II the propc.-
Nv IN question upon the purchase
price. The tract alluded TO IN i,.tic
more than ono hundred feet square
and the amount which the conn an.
has agreed TO give for = In seven
hundred and nfty dollars Tanks ,Li
storage warehouses viii be erected
upon H. On motion the rcsoIutIo-
was adopted and the mayor and city
nIsyh were instructed 10 execute ne
dead and place " IN escrow In tLs
bank 10 be- turned over 10 tho cop'
pany on the naymept of the none
Alderman wenher from the commit
toe on siree,s, alleys and bridges 70.
ported that tho prison gang whiuIi
hsd been eDsaged IN iessljns shs road
along tbs grade NJ ihs old ssais ditch
ins0 the Royal 00fgs and vsopaainH
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