The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-05-14
PUEBLOANS .,....,.,,
ENJOYED TRIP I;'''''
TO THIS CITY

services OF the railroad trains and
the automobiles being about evenly
divided.
The ideal weather guaranteed sue
4 cess TO the plans for the cut rate ex-
eursIons on both the Santa Fe and
: Rio Grande railroads and for the first
annual apple blossom excursion Of
.autoists superintended by the Arkan-
sas Valley Motor Car company OF
Pueblo. The trains left on schedule
time. 7:45 O'Clock and at O'Clock
there were fully i5o automobile par
ties awaiting the signal from the
Ford pilot car In the vicinity Of the
company's garage at Seventh and
Court streets.
A early as day break others who
did not join the Ford excursion were
on their way to Canon City. and. IN
fact. all day long the travellers vest
ward we're . multitude. A little girl
sat Florence Informed some Of the
exeursionIsts that between the hours
OF 10 and II o'clock Sunday morning
she counted iei cars passing her
house which was on the main travel
ed thorouEhfare through that town.
Not less than two hundred from
Pueblo made the trip.
The Ford company sent along . ser
vice car to tran up the caravan. aud
IL lent aid to n fe~. but the trip
20 Canon was quite uneventfui ~ far
. - sccidents we're coacsrnsd. While
enassyorins To enjoy the rural s,ss
cry aad guide his car ~ the same
time one driver Who hailed from the
frye district encountered . post and
ala minor DAMAGE to his car but ne
occupants were not injured A Can
on City car was wrecked BY the
excursion train as the latter vas pull
ling into Canon City and bu, one
accident vas reported on the home
ward trip Of the motorists
The auto ercursionists only stop
ped long enough TO get their brss h
upon arSt reaching Canon shortly -
fore noon. then continued their trip
Up over the wonderful Skyline drive.
with appetites doing full duty the
visitors returned to the parked spots
about the city and to the downtown
hotels and restaurants. Within G
couple OF hours there wasn't such n
thing a. a square meal available on
the townsite-
Hundreds of the cutters took their
picnic lunches along. and all the
way from the city park near the
depot in Canon. along the peniten.
tiary park and n, every green spot
on the route TO the Skyline drive
was the scene OF spreads. Many of
the plcnickers enjoyed the novelty OF
eating the midday meal at tho cres:
Of the scenic drive.
= Most OF the railway excursionists
who remained In the town divided
their time between n visit to the pen
ncntiary and tho city park where a
band concert consumed two hours
during the afternoon. The railroad
excursion trains returned TO Pueblo
about s O'Clock. The automobiles
traiied back home during the even
kg.
Everyone who took the overland
route is enthusiastic In the praise oi
the Pueblo county road builders. p.
X. Hough. assistant manager of the
big Ford plant In Denver. whore
motor cars now arc both made and
distributed. declared II was one ol
the finest pieces OF road he ever
|, stecrcd n car over. Mr.. Hough IL
somewhat OF n speed artist. Once Out,
aide of the Jurisdiction OF the Pueblo
city ordiuapces. and with all due ic
.->cs N the .Cautiou. sQow," sigr