The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
By Unanimous Dote the One Hun.
dred Present at Jtrdtl,s7ore Hotel
Endorse fiction of Council and
Urge Continuance of the
f. 8, c. C.. Suit
FLORENCE MEN TAKE ACTIVE PART

sensitive men from different parts of
the county who were opposed to the
auto road and men who would work
for the best interests of the county.
He said that at the meeting at the
Y. NJ. C. A. there we're about fifty men
from the Cripple Creek district and
hut handful of Canon City people
lie stated that the district men We're
of the opinion that the F. & c. c. suit
would not succeed and brought out for
chilly the advantages of an auto road
between Canon City and Florence and
! the district. They suggested that the
f. & C. c. road bed would be an ex-
cellent foundation for such roadway
Mr.. Ross said that the district dele
rates laid much. stress on how much
Victor and Cripple Greek people appre-
ciated the fresh fruits and vegetables
from this locality and they were GER
tain that such a road would help Can
On City to great extent. The dele
gates said that there were 200 or more
automobiles. up in the district and that
such scenic driveway would enable
ghem to spend their Sundays and holi-
days in the beautiful valley in which
Canon City lies.
No Definite Offer.
Mr. Ross brought out the fact that
The district people were not ready to
make definite offer, but that they
thought and felt that the Florence &
Cripple Creek Railroad company would
make substantial offering for the
construction Of the road and that they
would transfer the right-of-way to
Canon City and Florence to be do
mated to the state for the purpose OF
building the auto road. They also
thought that we could get the help Of
the state highway commission to fur
ther the project"
The speaker said that he and his
eonferees at the Y NJ. c. A. meeting
decided that there were two ways in
which to treat with the delegates from
the district The first was 10 turn them
down fatly ana not consider their
proposition for . moment. The other
and more courteous way was to ap-
POINT COMMITTEES and treat the dele
cation in a friendly and gentlemanly
spirit by at least looking into the
proposition This was what was done.
according to Mr.. Ross.
Right Men Selected.
'T, as chairman Of that meeting, and
as the man who was chosen to select
he committee. endeayored to select
men who would serve with honor to
themselves and the community on that
committee" said the speaker.
Mr.. Ross said that all along he has
felt a great responsibility as chairman
of the committee. because he had
heard It rumored that the auto road
was a put up job" on the part Of
the Florence and Cripple Greek rail-
road to relieve them Of the responsi-
, bility OF rebuilding their road and for
that reason he and the committee
went at the Investigation conscien-
tiously and fairly,
The speaker explained in detail how
be had selected the committee and the
! difficulty with which he had to con-
tend in getting the men to serve.
Reform u Given
The report consisted Of number Of
communications from various men in
terested. such - Nelson Franklin Of
Victor and from snsinssrs who had
made estimates o. he road. NstimatsS
that wtrs ma1s vsst = folIows: Al.
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