The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-12-07
The CONTRACT
FOR A WHITE
WAY" ENTERED
into MONDAY

council Monday night the amended
contract for continuation of The
lighting system of the city until 1924
included the proposed White Way"
on Main street, was entered into with
the Arkansas Valley Railway. Light
& Power company and the mayor and
sity clerk ordered TO execute lhe
agreement
contract relating to the matter
ties to the proposition few weeks
ago. but was never formally executed.
The draft of a new compact making
some minor changes was presented
by the city attorney Monday night
and was ratified by w n. Clark. local
manager of the light & power COM
pany. AT present the city is paying
s514 a month for its electric lights,
or s6.16S a year. Under the new ar
rangement the city will pay consider
ably less for a better service.
The installation of the White Way
on Main street is TO be done by the
light and power company in accord
ance with the provisions of the con-
tract and to be ready for operation
without unnecessary delay. Ii is i'm
possible to state exactly when the
work can be done owing to the diff
Guilty of securing a prompt delivery
of the required material from the
manufactures, but it is believed that
within sixty or ninety days installa-
tion viii be begun by the company.
Under the terms of the new con-
tract the city assumes no burdensoms
obligations of any kind. aItho it gets
better illumination of its streets
and alleys on cheaper basis than
has been the case in the past The
city reserves to itself in the contract
the right TO purchase the White
Way system at any time at the ac-
tual cost to the company of its con-
struction- By doing this the company
agrees to give il a discount of fifteen
per cent on the cost of the current
necessary for the lighting of the city.
| amounting TO something like $500 a
month. or 5000 year. By doing this
the city would save 100000 in ten
years: more more than sufficient to
pay for the White Way" which
would convey title to it in the install
lation and its equipment.
The lig.,.s 10 De used on the White
Way will each be of $50 candle pow
er and will be erected on ornamental
iron posts similar to the one recently
set up for experimental purposes in
front OF the Ceylon Tea store in the
Record block. These posts are be-
lieyed to be the most substantial of
their kind procurable They cost
slightly in excess of S3I each. The
lighting committee of the city council
consists of Alderman W. C Huntoon.
J. V. Blake and Lafe Combs.
other business matters presented
for the consideration OF the city coun-
ell at Monday nights session included
petitions. concessions. appointments.
etc, and follows in the order of their
transaction:
Notice of the annual meeting of tho
DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir
company. to be held on Jan. 6. 1917.
was read and Alderman J. V. Blake
was delegated to attend the meeting
and vote the city's holdings. amount
ing to sixty shares of the capital stock
of the company.
The sanitary committee was author
lied to act in the matter of a pro-
posed exchange OF lots belonging to
relatives of the late Luther Kellogg
in Lakeside cemetery.
A petition from property owners
and residents on Vine street was pre-
sented by Mr.. Ward asking the coun-
Gil to accept that thorofare as a rec
ognized highway OF the city. The pc
tition was referred to members of the
street. alley and bridge committee with
power to act The purpose of ask
ing for its acceptance by the city was
to secure some much-needed street
and sidewalk improvements,
Bills against the city. largely for
current expenses. amounting to APP
proximately $4,000. were passed on the
recommendation of the finance COM
mittee and ordered paid.
Il The matter OF enaetins an ordinance
pertaining to building lines In tho
residence districts was rvported bv
tho ordinance committee and dis
cussed at some length. No action was
taken beyond referring the matter
back to the committee for further
consideration with instructions to re-
port progress at the next regular
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