The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-08-05
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE

An unusually important and inter
esting meeting of the members sof the
Canon Civic Improvement league was
held at the office of SECRETARY II. ".
George of the chamber of commerce
at 512 Main street at s o'clock FRI
day night with Mrs. Theodore NJ.
Harding, president of the organiza-
ton, in the chair.
:. Several matters of public concern
were taken up for discussion; amons
them the cutting of weeds by proper
lty owners within the city limits; the
purchase of seats for use in the city
parks; the hitching of horses on Main
street; the seepage. proposition in
the little park near the Peerless
mills; the enforcement of traffic reg
ulations on the streets, and better
electric lighting system for the bust
ness portion of the town.
Complaint was made that many peo
pie are so lacking in public spirit
that they will not cut the weeds
and rank grasses growing along the
streets and irrigation bitches in front
of their homes and that there is a
lack of neatness in many parts of
the city as a result of this indiffer-
ence How to get householders to
cut the weeds and maintin an air of
greater tidiness about their premis-
es was exhaustively considered. but
no solution of the problem reached.
1t is absolutely impossible with the
appropriations at its command for
the street department of the city
council to do all of the work and how
to secure the cooperation OF the pub
lie is difficult proposition in the
absence Of any special leisiation on
the subject A weed-cutting ordi-
nance was suggested as possible
remedy for the evil.
The matter of providing more
benches for the public parks was de-
clared to be imperative. particularly
in Depot park for the accommodation
of the people that attend the Sunday
afternoon band concerts, and the civic
improvement league voted fifty dol
lars for the purpose of filing this
unsanitary. 1t was realized that
the city council will cooperate in
the matter. financially or In soma 9TH
er way.
The question of hitching horses
along the business portion of Main
street was strongly criticized as be-
ing at once dangerous, unsightly and
unsanitary. 1t was eralized that
some provision must be made rnr
caring for horses and carriages that
are driven to town by people from
the surrounding country. but the con-
sensus of opinion was that some 9th
er place should be found for them.
The matter of working out and rec
TO a special committee OF three mem
9ers of the league. Upon the hitching
pest proposition It was agreed that
Canon City vas far from ua to date
and 1t was decided to try and bring
about a reform in that respect.
A better and more ornate electric
lighting system for the business
part of town, particularly along Main
street, was discussed in detail with
out any action being taken in reia.
ton to it. The subject was carried
over for disposition at future meet
ing; the promoters of the movement
promising to procure additional enta
favoring it in the meantime.
The question of the best means OF
the drainage of the seepage from the
little park at the intersection Of First
and Main streets. near the Peerless