The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-06
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT BIG SAVING
in MONEY is 4-YEAR RECORD CITY COUNCIL

Second street to third street.; Har-
rison avenue from Sixth street to
Eighth street.: Rudd avenue from Sew
enth street to Eighth street.
We have cindered Vine street; also
east to Fifteenth street: and we have
cindered Seventh street from Pike
avenue north to Woodlawn. We have
graded and cindered Franklin avenue
from Fifteenth street to the east city
limits. We have graded and sanded
Fifteenth street from Main to the
north city limits. a distance OF two
miles: Eighth street from the Canning
Factory to Woodlawn avenue; Seventh
street from River street to College.
Sixth street from River street to Col
lege; Fifth street from River street
to College; Fourth street from River
street to College; Third street from
River street to Rudd avenue. will be
finished within few days. We have
also sanded the walks In and around
the Depot Park.
To show the difference In the up
keep of a street under the new system
compared with the old, we will state
that the first work in sanding Main
street from Fifteenth to the east city
limits was done under the old system
We hauled 16S loads OF sand upon this
street, and the cost to the city was
S504. The second time we sanded this
street was under the new system. We
hauled about the same amount Of sand
with our truck In seventy-seven loads,
and the entire cost to the city was
SEQ. 100.
LIGHTING SYSTEM.
A white way has been established
upon Main street. at cost OF $3.50.
The City Council. by extending the
franchise OF the Lighting Company for
a further period Of Ave years. was en-
abled to get reduction on the price
of city lights. and to secure to private
consumers a reduced rate. The reduc-
ton in the cost of city lighting under
this new extension is approximately
$1,000 per year, and the difference In
the price paid under the new contract
will pay the cost OF the white way"
established and owned by the city
within three years. $1,000 on this con-
tract is the only unpaid indebtedness
incurred by this Council that win be
bonded over to our successors. BY
the establishment OF this white way,
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been greatly improved. all overhead
wires have been removed, and insight
ly poles and guy wires.
Following this attempt to improve
the appearance OF our Main street.
new sign ordinance was enacted and
brought into force. All over-hanging
signs were removed. and bicycle racks,
barber poles, blackboards. and all
other kinds OF Instructions removed
from the sidewalks. Trash cans and
mail boxes were removed to conven-
lent places on side streets; all hitch
| ing posts we're removed from Main
street and neat concrete posts to take
the places Of the old wood posts, were
placed upon the cross streets for the
convenient hitching OF teams out of
the way of regular traffic on Main
street.
CITY AUTO CAMP GROUND.
This City Council has purchased,
near the city sidewalks. and within the
sewer district, a suitable automobile
camp ground, consisting of one and
one-half blocks. at cost of $500. We
have built therein suitable ovens.
have put in filtered water. shaves built
shed over the ovens. trimmed the
trees and improved the sanitary con-
ditions which are maintained there.
Since its establishment. as between
the Automobile Club and the City
Council. we have found the matter OF
supplying fuel to the campers there
a rather difficult situation. and we have
now planned to have these ovens in
stalled connected with the gas mains,
that any one may have the use OF gas
at any time they desire at nominal
cost.
| TRAFFIC ORDINANCE.
BY the constant and growing use OF
the automobile, the old rules OF the
road were found inadequate. This city
Council. after much investigation, en-
acted new ordinance regulating traf-
fic upon the streets. and this ordinance
7 has been enforced az far as possible,
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