The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
MERCHANTS GET TOGETHER

The Idaho Springs protective
Association held valuable meeting
Monday evening at the Office of the
secretary, Mr.. C. A. Woodward.
There was good attendance a..d the
discussion of questions was animated
and full of determination to enforce
the Improvement OF conditions with the
full power of the association which in
cludes ninety five percent of the busi-
ness men Of the city.
A discussion of the relations of the
merchants with the people Of Alice and
Upper Fall River district brought out
the fact that both parties suffer from
unfair treatment of the various agen-
cies through which communication is
had. This has become so bad in the
matter of transportation that the
Alice people have been forced to or
ganize the Single Jackers Union and
hire a livery team to make the trip
once a week, each Saturday to carry
passengers, supplies and parcels and
thus doing away with the services of
the regular stage line which carries
the mail The merchants having also
felt the sxactions of the stage line,
agreed by motion OF Adolph Nelson to
pay Sc 90 per month to the support of
the independent line.
The matter Of telephone connections
was also discussed and brought out tn e
condition that many of the telephones
in the district had been taken out be-
cause of the poor service had through
the Central City exchange. 1t ap-
peared that the lines from Idaho
Springs exchange extend on Fall river
to the Sternberger power plant and the
Alice lines reach down to the Seemann
tunnel leaving gap of only mile
and one half to be wired, thus giving
a direct line to the entire district which
is already wired. The Association
therefore passed the following resou-
tion with instructions that the secre-
tary secure from the Alice association,
some expression on the subject and that
the same be forwarded to the Colorado
Telephone Co.
Be it Resolved by the Idaho Springs
Merchants Protective Association that
the Colorado Telephone Co. be re-
quested to complete the construction
of \ direct line on Fall River from the
town of Alice to Idaho Springs and
thus give direct line for the handling
of the business of the district, nearly
all of which is transacted with Ida
no Springs.
A motion prevailed instructlng the
secretary to write the farmers asso-
citation of Cresswell which is construct
ing the telephone line to Idaho Springs,
congratulating them upon their enter
prise and rendering the assistance of
the Merchants Association.
Upon motion una nimouslY carried it
was resolved that the secretary bs in
structed to ask the city attorney for a
statement of the status of the Colorado
Telephone Co. operating in Idaho
Springs under q so ca led franchise.
The request for information to bear
reference to the ability Of the city to
exact a reasonable city tax or license
from the company in order that it
should bear fair proportion Of the cost
Of maintaining the streets used so free
ly for the lines asd also the ability of
the city to exact a more up to date
equipment and service fees propotion-
ate to those paid in other cities.
That the attorney be requested to sup
ply such information as early as con-
venient.
Upon motion of Mr., Myers, the asso-
citation determined to call new credit
rating from all the members with
view of revising the list at present in
use. A discussion of the question Of
freight rates and delinqueneies of
transfers Of freights in Denver was in
troduced by Mr.. Nelson and heartily
seconded BY every member present. 1t
appeared that not only are the rates
sxhorbitant but the deliveries are even
worse. The statement was we'll sus-
tanned that whereas freight is deliver
ed from Chicago to Denver in three Or
four days, it does not reach Idaho
Springs for from ten to fourteen days.
The secretary was instructed to ask of
the authorities Of the Denver and In
termeuntain railway a proposal for rail
and wagon freight from Denver to
idaho Springs.
Mr.. Sauer presented the following
resolution which was unanimously ap-
proved:
Resolved; That the Merchants Pro-
tective Association tender to Mr.. Park
and his associates their unqualified en-
dorsemsnt Of his plans for the financ-
ing Of the springs property and tender
to them their best Offices in assisting