The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28

cost $4,000 to reconstruct the ROAD.
sIy assosiats Nj. NOLAN. Mr..
Charles hilton. The engineer. and my
SELF went over the road bed ana AFTER
careful study Mr.. Milton estimated
that the road could be rebuilt for
s6s.ooo.e
Earnings $1,000 Month
Mr., Pease explained further that
Mr.. win Boucher had gone over the
looks OF the road and had found that
the revenue was about ss.eee month
and that it Wouldn't cost over 5000 a
day to operate the road.
i@of course said the speaker, this
IS not great deal of profit. but it Is
enough to show that they were making
some money and could not abandon
the road on the excuse that they were
not making money
The Railroad Commission after a
hearing of the matter ordered that
the road be rebuilt at once. The Can
on City and Cripple Creek road. that
psrt between Ora Junta and Canon
City. filed notice of dissolution.
Then the Florence and Cripple
Creek R. R. filed motion to have
The State Railroad Commission vacateI
its order requiring the reconstruction
of the F. & c. c. on the ground that
they could not get into Canon City.
Florence Enters Case.
1t was at this status OF the case that
Judge Pease and others representing
Canon City went TO Florence and ask
ed that town to cooperate in the fight.
After due consideration Florence did,
SO and decided to file an Intervention
petition. which they did.
Il am confident said Judge Pease.
That the Railroad Commission will
decide in favor OF Florence and that
they viii further decide not to recog-
nlze the dissolution notice of the Gen.
on City and Cripple Creek road. ri
ihe matter should go TO the Supreme
Court. am confident that that tribu-
nal will decide in favor OF Canon City
and> Florence in this matter. And IT.
IL does then the Florence and Cripple
creek road will probably dissolve or
else they win have to rebuild the
road.
Thinks Proposal Ridiculous.
Il think the proposal OF the Cripple
Greek and Victor people Is ridiculous.
They haven't given us anything tAnsi-
BE to work upon. There must be-
something definite. There must be
some money put up before the matter
should be taken seriously."
Judge Pease in closing his eloquent
and forceful talk. which commanded
the closest attention Of any Of the ey-
enlng. said that he and his associates
we're ready to fight the thing to a I'm.
:sh and that that was what they fully
intended to do with the aid Of the city
council ana others
J. D. Blunt wnen called upon said
that the Florence and Cripple Creek
railroad, by its own records had hapl-
"a about $4,000 tons Of coal per year
on an average and had received for
IL $3.50 . ton freight This meant
that they were hauling about 10000
tohs : month or 400 tons . day at
$3.50 = ton
BIunt Talks cf Coal.
Afr. Blunt stated that string OF
autos between here and Cripple Creek
could not haul that much coal day
and II the coal was shipped around by
Colorado Springs 1t would bo in com
petition with the Southern. Northern
and Colorado Springs feids.
The speaker contended that II the
Two towns should Icse their suit they
sti would have a right Of way which
some other railroad probably would
take II It Is given over to the State