The daily sentinel., 1912-04-03
COMMENTS ON
THE PETITION
C. P. Blackwell of Armour G. Com
pany Explains Position on Pro-
test to the Trackage Permit
Across Fifth Street.
Grand Junction, Colo,
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To The Daily Sentinel and the Peo-
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To The Daily Sentinel and the Peo-
pie of Grand Junction:
Your article of April =, in regard
to the granting of permission to cross
Fifth street with side track for the
Armour Packing company has been
brought to my notice, and | desire to
make the following comments on
same:
We are coming into your town
with a certain amount of money to
spend. We expect to put in a good
substantial building, and to occupy
it with a good clean business; we
are not asking a bonus from any one.
We have $4,000 to spend for this
building, but We have not one cent
to spend for graft or hush-money.
If you want your town to remain
small town with muddy streets, why
fall over one another and sign Mr..
Broemser's petition to keep capital
out and to keep us from crossing
your street. But If on the other
hand you wish Grand Junction to
grow and make a city. you will have
to give the railroads chance to eX-
tend their tracks. AS we all know
in this age we cannot build a city
without railroads
As to the danger resulting from
this crossing, ! do not agree with Mr..
Broemser. In the first place, taking
the present business of the Armour
Packing company. They only re-
ceive one car per week. This is
brought in ON Sunday night and is
spotted Monday morning before there
is any traffic on any of the streets.
And if they should receive a car
a {,, FysI
where this one particular crossing
should be more dangerous than any
other, as the main line crosses the
same street further down where there
are trains running every few min
utes, and do moi hear of any of our
little children on their way to school
being killed.
Your interurban cars come in
from Fruita every hour and traverse
Main street almost the whole length,
and | don't believe there has ever
been an accident resulting from so
doing. Your street cars are running
every / o minutes, and our little
dears are crossing and recrossing the
streets all the time, and all coming
in safe and sound Your streets are
lined with automobiles, running up
TO and exceeding the speed limit. In
the last six months there has been
but one accident. But when Ar
mours wish to have a car of meats
shunted across Fifth street to their
warehouse at daylight on Monday
morning, you must all have your
children cover up their heads in bed
for fear they will get run over on
Fifth street by the ponderous moguls
of the ID. & r. G.
AS / said before we have a certain
amount of money to spend. But al
ways remember that Grand Junction
is not the only town in which we
can spend it. We expect to spend
this money here. We are not going
to send to 1t Montgomery Ward, nor
Sears Roebuck for the material nor
for the men to do the work. We ex-
pect to buy the material here and
employ Grand Junction men to do
the work. If you want us with you.
give us this permit. If not, break
your necks and hurry up and sign
Mr.. Broemser's petition.
As | have already stated, we have
$4,000 to put into a building, but
not one cent for graft.
Very respectfully,
C. p. BLACKWELL.