The Glenwood post., 1919-05-10
Acquires State Armory For
Public Meetings and:Takes
Action on Hanging Lake
MUCH OTHER BUSINESS

There was something doing every
minute from the time Mayor Darrow
called the city council to order at the
city hall Monday evening until the
meeting adjourned short time after
one o'clock Tuesday morning.
At the outset the mayor called on
Elmer Lucas, representing the new
chamber of commerce, and Mr.. Lucas
made most optimistic reference to
Glenwood Springs, declaring that he
believed the town to be entering on
new era of cooperation and prosperity,
and then he recited several of the needs
of the city which he thought would be
brought to pass in the not very distant
future.
Complimenting the mayor and alder
men on the stand they have taken to
curb the promoters of oil stock sales
and other so-called get rich quick pro-
jects, Mr.. Lucas said it would be sur
prising to the majority of our citizens
to know how much worthless paper in
the way of stocks and contracts that
had been peddled around this commu-
nifty.
The matter of rubbish on vacant city
lots was then taken up by the speaker
who thought these unsightly properties
should be cleaned up at the expense Of
the owners if the board of health CON
sidered them deleterious to the public
health
The matter, without notice, of in
creased telephone rates by the Noun
tain States Telephone and Telegraph
company, Burleson ct al. was touched
upon by the speaker, and the matter
was referred to the city attorney, with
instructions to investigate the subject
and advise the board in regard to a
protest against what all seemed to re-.
gard - excessive rates.
The matter of issuing some attract
i've advertising matter, properly setting
forth the beauties and advantages of
Glenwood was gone into to considera-
BILE extent by Mr.. Lucas, and the board
seemed favorable to the suggestion, but
Alderman Silver suggested that what
advertising along this line was deemed
necessary should be done through the
chamber of commerce.
matter upon which Mr.. Lucas was
very positive was that of extending the
city limits. He said there was no
chance to expand on the north and east,
except in that territory north of the
Grand river and west Of the road or
street leading to New Castle. He
thought that territory should be in
cluded within the city limits, as well
as all that portion south Of town to
the southern limits of the polo grounds
and the Ralston tract and westerly to
the center line of the Roaring Fork
river. This matter was likewise re-
ferred. to the city attorney for investi-
CATION and report at future meeting.
The matter of taking over and max
ing available Hanging lake as a
pleasure resort reasonably accessible to
Glenwood was discussed by Mr.. Lucas
at considerable length. Nearly all tn :,
argument seemed to rotate around the
matter of title and some took the
ground that perhaps we have already
acquired title through the congressional
act, save only the matter Of paying to
the government their fee of $1.25 per
acre. Judge Beardsley thought the
proper thing to do was to urge the gov
ernmcnt to complete the survey which
had been promised, but on which moth
ing has been done.
Congressman Taylor, being in the nu-
dience was called on and he addressed
the conucil at some length, principally
on the Hanging lake project, which he
declared was one Of the finest scenic
attractions of North America. He
urged that this property be preserved
in its beauty for the people and said
that since he had passed the bill giving
this scenic area to Glenwood he had
passed several park bills and in all Of
these he had been obligel to limit the
time in which they should be paid for
to two years. He said he would aid
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