The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-19
SANTA H
TO EXTEND
ITS TRACKS

At the regular meeting OF the cry
council Monday night the Santa re
Railroad company had an ordinance
presented asking for the privilege If
being allowed to build. maintain and
operate spur track across First
street past the Continental Oil cor.
panys plant. The ordinance was
passed on first reading and viii come
up for further reconsideration at a
subsequent session OF the council
Protest Against Bill
The bill OF the city against the Ar
kansas Valley Railway. Light a Pow
er company for the installation Of two
ere piussrat its plant near Soda point.
amounting to one. hundred and seven
ty-six dollars and fhirty-nve cents.
was paid under protest In letter to
hs council on the s6bject W. y. Clark.
manager OF the company's business
here. says: We are very naturally
protesting to this charge on the
ground that " appears TO be n dis
ersmsnstion against q home industry.
We do not object to the amount OF the
hill. but to the principle Of charging
one tar payer for services given free
TO another tax payer In return for
taxes collected from all alike for the
nnalntainanc. and support OF the city
aOvernnsnt'
Pksne Company Petition Gunfed-
The petition OF the Mountain States
Telephone a Telegraph company 10
&c permitted TO erect and maintain .
telephone boz on a telephone pole
near the corner of Fifth and Main
streets for the use OF hackmen en-
Gagged In the pnbiIc service. and TO
which the police are TO have free uss
at all tinse, ~ss granted with the pro-
vision that the box uas to b. inssAIi-
sd a. . place where h vim NOS be
IN annsysucs 10 property owners
Churehes Ash for Free Water.
Joel Thomas on the part OF the vari-
Gus churches OF the community ap-
peared before the council and asked
that water from the city mains he
given to the churches free for sprink-
ling the lawns about the several
places OF worship. The petition WAS
referred TO the water committee with
Instructions TO investigate the propo-
sition and report to the council the
result OF ITS hndings.
To Collect for Paving.
Lorents Ritzman requested the
council to instruct the city engineer
to furnish him with all OF the data
In his possession in relation TO the
concrete work recently performed by
him In paving the alley between sixth
and Seventh streets: aprticuariy as
to the number OF cubic yards Of sur
face In the alley alluded TO a. meas
ured by the city. On motion the city
olerk was ordered TO begin making
collections ON account of the concrete
paving Of the alley between Sixth and
Seventh streets on the basis OF sixty
Ave dollars for each lot having
frontage of forty-four feet ON sa,d
alley.
Routine wsrk.
The bill against the FruitIands Wat
er company. amounting to six hun
dred and nfty-two dollars and eighty
cepts. constituting the second half
OF the annual assessment against Its
capital stock. was paid into the ely
treasury and receipt given there
for. The matter OF installing an cleo
trio light at the IRE tower on Fair
view avenue In HardIngs addition was
presented. and. after discussion. was
referred to the lighting committee
with power to act. II was decided in
view OF the iatencss Of the season
that the servicsA of r. Bisbec. VINO
has been employed during the sum