The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-10
CITYPURCHASES
THE WHITE WAY"
FR0MLIG co.
Purchase Price was $3,257,-
57-Aetual Cost of install
iation City Will Save
5000 Yearly on Its Light
ing Expenses and Dis
counts Will Pay for the
White Way In Four Years

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AT Le regular meeting OF the city
council Monday aisht at which all
membess were present. the lighting
committee, composed Of Alderman J..
n. Anderson. c. e. Reeves and w. C.
Hun,oon. reported tha, ovnership of
the white way. could be acquired
for the sum OF ssasT.57. the actual
cost OF Its instAIlstion. After dis
cnssion Of the mastAr q motion was
unanimously adopted authorizing ita
purchase II that price and ordering
warrants drawn 70 fhst amount and
delivered 10 the Arkansas Valley Rail-
Why. Light I Power company on the
delivery to the city Of n proper bill
Of saie for the property. A resul,
OF the purchase the city will. begin
ming with the fspf OF the present
month. save sppnortmnteiy nine hun
dred coiiarn . year In its lighting ez.
penses. The disccanfs saved in this
manner viii pay for the white Way
In iees than four pears.
Monday nights meeting Of the cour-
Gil was made notable By the preeence
OF speciai cnanmi.i. - 81 .gesYs c. az
teen men reprssenttny the Canon City
Chamber Of Commerce which petition
ed the council to take under advise
ment and confederation the advisable
iiy OF 'ths estabaishnent of munici.
pal coal yard tfsh public scales for
veigh.ns coal. stso the principle OF
the open shop By means OF which
lcousumers might be able to purchase
ccai at the nina price. plus the ex-
pense NJ epAarttou "a large ~nnmber
Of tho pesitione-s mad. strong ad-
drasses In favor of the proposition /:
among them cxMsyor Frank P. Smith.
Geo W. Batcheior, W. II. DozIer. Jss
r. Mcclure. Harry r. Bowen. A. f.
shRrman. W. II. Trout. W. N. Clark
A. II. Danforth and r r. Crawford.
the latter on behalf OF the state peni.
.tentiary. A motion was adopted by the
council authorizing the mayor 10 ap-
point committee OF ritizeps with
such number OF msmhers as In his
judgment. was necessary TO make a
thoro and exhaustive investigation of
the subject The personnel OF the com
mi,tee will be announced By the may
or In q few days.
The matter of the erection OF o
wooden. or metallic. flarstan n, the
Intersection OF Main and Fif,h streets.
which shsi, ny the national and state
flags during tho period OF the war and
be lighted with an electric arc light at
the top. was discussed at length and
concurred in without dissent A reso-
luton was adopted referrins the prop
osition 10 the committee on Parks and
Drives. OF which Alderman a. J.
Turner Ia chairman and Alderman J.
NJ. Anderson and Grant Dickinson are
the associate members. Tho Flagstaff
when In position viii be known as
The Fremont County Fiarstsn.'
Fruit peddicrs licenses for the reg.
uiar quarterly period to sell fruits at
the Denver q Rio Grande railroad
station wore issued to Mrs. J. A,
spanrier. Mrs.. Flora Zeigier. and Mrs.
-. NJ. Kisseil. The usual monthly re-
ports Of the ofiicers OF the city were
read and ordered placed on nle. Bills
to the amount Of about $500 to meet
current municipal expenses were re-
ported and endorsed by the finance
committee and warrants ordered
drawn for their payment.