The Delta independent., 1920-10-01
COMPLETE REPORT OF DELTA
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION

I
ton was held on the evening of Sep.
tember 18th at Elks' Hall The meet.
ing was well attended, President
Stone presided and renewed at length
some of the most important problems
effecting the interest and welfare of
the community. He touched very
strongly upon the lack of enthusiasm
upon the part of our members in re-
gard to the Nucla road project. 1t
seems that the Nucla people are very
anxious to put the Nucla-Delta road in
such shape that they can divert all
of their hauling to this point, there
by giving the merchants of this com
munity an opportunity of increasing
their sales. thereby increasing their
profits.
DIR. Miller, who had charge of the
army CD of men which left Delta a
short time back to cooperate with the
citizens of the Nucla district for the
purpose of working on the road to
make it passable, reports that there
were SO men from Nucla that answer
ed the roll call and only 12 from
Delta. To make up for this appar-
ent lack of interest of our business
men, the board employed a Mr.
White to work on the road and judg-
ing from the reports of Mr. Vestal of
Nucla, he did some excellent work
The president further discussed the
advisability of having Nucla day
celebration in Delta and invite the
people OF Nucla and vicinity to be our
f~y 10 s&
the concensus of opinion that this
suggestion would be impracticable for
the reason that they would have to
stay over night and there were not
quarters available to take care of
them. This condition should get you
to thinking some.
Mr.. Fairbanks, as chairman Of the
committee to investigate the mana
ger form of government, gave gen.
eral synopsis of the manager form of
government as proposed for the city
of Delta His remarks and lucid ex-
planation convinced the assembly Of
the practicabi1ity of this form of city
government and it was the concensus
of opinion that the proposed form
should be placed before the voters
and taxpayers of this city for approx
al: therefore Mr.. Haines moved that
the committee go ahead and take such
steps as may be necessary to place
this form before the voters of the
City of Delta. Mr.. Davis seconded
the motion and it was carried unani-
mously.
Some very lively discussion ensued
in regard to county roads, and it was
the opinion of a majority of the mem
bers present that every effort should
be made to prevail upon the county
commissioners for the year 1921 to
appoint a road supervisor whose
whole duty would be to look after the
roads OF Delta county.
Saguache county few years ago
| employed road oyerseer at salary
of $4,000 year and the experiment
was successful and satisfactory, In
| fact, the taxpayers claimed that they
had better roads and for less expense
than under the old system.
Mr.. Fairbanks moved that the coun-
ty commissioners of Delta county for
the year 1921 be requested to appoint
supervisor of roads for Delta county
and that a copy of the resolution be
published in all of the Delta county
papers. Motion seconded by Mr..
Nahstoll and unanimously carried.
The president read communica-
ton from the Manufacturers asso-
citation of Colorado requesting that
our association send delegate to
Trinidad to attend the third annual
manufacturers convention which is
to be held October and 0. The chair
appointed the following committee to
| name a delegate to attend this con-
vention, Mr.. Haines, Mr.. Davis, and
Mr. Warner
The matter of paving Main street
was again discussed and Mayor
Stewart submitted some very interest
ing cost data pertaining to concrete
pavements, which were as follows:
Length of block on Main street, 400
feet. Lots fronting Main street 1875
feet deep. Width of Main street, lot
line to lot line, 100 feet, curb to curb,
| rs feet. Width of streets crossing
Main street, lot line to lot line rs
feet, curb to curb so feet. Area Of
intersection about 800 square yards to
be assessed against all property with
in one-half block or 1900 lineal feet
of frontage.
Cost of paving in front of a 25 foot
lot on Main street, width rs feet,
method of paving, Is year bonds, In
terest 6 per cent:
Area in front of a 25 foot lot is 105
square yards at 1924, is $4,000.
Share of inte section per 25 70 IT
10. is Is square yards, at 1924 totals
$4I.60.
| To this add 10 mar 1nnt for enpinaar.