The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-11
BLOSSOM
EXCURSION
WAS A BIG
SUCCESS
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM PUEBLO
WAS PACKED AND MANY CAME
IN AUTOS FROM NEARBY CITIES
AND TOWNS.
FINE BAND CONCERT
AT THE STATE PARK

The Denver IL Rio Grande's "Blos
som Day. excursion on Sunday to
Canon City from Pueblo and way sta
tions was one of the largest ever
brought here on such an occasion. A
special train of nine coaches and an
open air observation car was made up
at Pueblo for the accommodation OF
excursionists and all were filed with
passengers on arrival here at $3.50.
Sixty-five tickets were sold at Can
on City office of the company for
the trip to- Parkdale and return, and.
altogether, fully $50 people made the
run through the Royal Gorge and
back. There were on the special 476
passengers from Pueblo, OF which SO
Travelled on passes. Florence furnish
ed 63 passengers and Portland, Con.
crete, Canon City and other points
along the line of the road about 10
The train returned here from Park.
dale at 1890 and remained here until
$3.50 p. m. before leaving for Pueblo
on the homeward trip In addition to
the visitors brought in on the train
there were many automobile excur-
sionists from Florence, the coal
camps, the Cripple Creek district,
Colorado Springs and Salida The
hotels. restaurants and lunch rooms
were taxed to their capacity to meet
the unexpected demand upon them
for meals and practically every auto
mobile in the city for rent was i'm.
pressed into service during the after
noon to take the visitors thru the
orchard growing sections of the com.
munity and over the scenic highways
about town. About seventy-five auto.
mobile parties made the trip over the
Skyline drive during the day and an
equal number over the Tunnel road
into the Royal Gorge. A consider
able number of motorists also made
the trip to the top of the Gorge and
over the Parkdale-C Cotopaxi cut-off to
Texas Creek and return. Every road
about town was full of motorists and
motorcyclists.
band concert was given by the
prison band from the balcony OF the
administration building during the af.
ternoon that was attended by nearly
a thousand people There we're hun.
dreds OF visitors to the zoo in the
State park, the Soda springs and TO
the elk inclosure in the City park.
By special permission of Warden
TNnan the
open for the inspection of the visi.
tors; the usual rule of charging each |
visitors twenty-five cents admission
being maintained. The money obtain. |
ed in this way being used for the pur. |
chase of books and magazines for the
prison library. There was taken in |
at the penitentiary on Sunday from
admission fees the sum of $l4225, in |
dicating that 542 visitors passed thru
the gates of the institution. The yisi |
tors spent sixteen dollars in the curio
department OF the prison. all but ten |
per cent of which will go into the
pockets of the convicts.
Allen Bowen opened the Skyline
pavilion for the benefit of the ex.
cursionists and did a thriving bust |
ness during the day. He was extend.
ed an exceptionally good patronage
from 2:30 till O'Clock in the after
noon. Although but few blossoms
were to be seen in the orchards, owing
TO their having fallen off a week or
ten days ago, the visitors generally
expressed themselves as being pleas
ed with their days outing. All of
them were delighted with the magni.
fcence Of the scenery in the Royal
Gorge and the beauty of Skyline and |
Tunnel drives. There were no acci. |
dents during the day and everybody
was in the best of humor. The opin.
ion was general among the Puebloans
that Canon City and its surroundings
afforded a delightful place for days
outing.