The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-29

lew innocent nickeis "nho On 5iue
trips and considered 1t q crime to al
low them TO spend a night away from
the Garden of the Gods.
Canon City has large and rapidly
,, growing production In apples, garden
products and small fruit The produc-
tion of small fruit alone amounted.
last year, to something over 100000.
Formerly much of this product went
to Cripple Creek on the r. 4 c. c. It
has to be handled twice. going around
by Colorado Springs and does not ar
rive in good condition. Kansas, Ne
braska and the south and west now
absorb these fruits. vegetables and
produce and the market Is only half
supplied
We might mention here the wei
known fact that Colorado Springs lig-
mite coal is being rapidly substituted
for Canon City coal. Perhaps ths
millionaire city wishes to exchar
coal for Cripple Greek and Victor purs
mountain water. which st has already
appropriated by a neat slight-of-hand
trick. We do not think the exchange
< an even one. however. considering
that the Ignite is selling for ss-5e
per ton Ask some Of the independent
coal operators OF Canon City how long
they can sell coal In the mining dis
trict- Their selling agents last as long
ss the proysrbiai snow ball
The railroad company has several
times delayed hearing on the case of
Canon City vs.. The r. 4 C. c. on one
prctext or another. They claimed
that the p. a c. C. was operated at a
very great loss and supplied figures
10 show ~hAt this loss was An anal
ysis OF the operating expenses showed
that the =. & c. c had been charged
with all the fixed charges and opera
ting expenses OF the Golden Circle.
The Midland Terminal. The short Line
and the Colorado Springs offices
Canon City il prepared to show that
',she y. . c. c. railroad. as unit was
making sandsome profits up TO the
day OF the wash-out This wash-out
has been greatly exaggerated Why
should not II make a profit with a
freight rate OF ss.so per ton for coal.
A train load OF coal and other pro-
duce should bring the railroad compa-
ny a revenue Of neriy $500 for a one
way trip at the rates charged. suf-
flee IL to say that II the railroad COM
pany would be allowed TO sell the +
a c. G. at a fair physical valuation It
would be a very attractive proposition.
We all know how freight shippers
have been given passes and other re-
bates on the condition that no ship
rnents OF freight be routed by way OF
Canon City and that n systematic plan
VAS in effect to reduce the earnings
to n minimum.
Il Is argued that What's the dif-
ference so long rs the freight rates
remain unchanged Within less
than n year the state public utility
hill viii be In operation. Railroad
rate will be governed by the utility
commission and viii be based. without
doubt. upon mileage. With the F. A
c. c. railroad out OF the way. there
viii be a greater difference In the
freight rates for coal. vegetables and
fruit products from Canon City as
against Colorado Springs. The differ
encc in these freight rates will be ad-
ded to the cost OF coal. vegetables and
fruit products to Cripple Creek district
residents.
II Is unfortunate that the Cripple
Creek district has had no chamber OF
commerce TO work with Nv. as. our In
tcrests are mutual. We think that the
good cltizenn OF The Cripple district.