The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-12-09
The Public Forum
Visions Of Canon City: It's Near
Future.

asleep, thinking OF canon Cltys 1u-
| ture, and soon began to dream Of
what should and probably will take
place in our city in the very near fu-
ture.
For a good many days previous to
my dream, our weather had ben as 1t
usually is, dry, clear and warm, and
several gusts of wind had puffed down
Main street, bringing a great cloud OF
dust with it, covering the seats in my
auto, filling my eyes, and whiriing into
the stores whenever door was
opened.
In my dream ! could see a great
activity on Main street. Hundreds
of men and teams we're at work. plow-
ing up the dirt, and in place OF the un-
even, dusty street, cacadam and ce-
ment was being laid, an dat last. our
otherwise beautiful Main street was
being paved. The workers were COM
mencing in front of the Soda springs,
and it was stated in the local papers,
that ali of Main street, from Soda
springs TO Fifteenth street, was going
to be paved.
Then, a few months later, ! could
see the work all completed, and no
dust. mud or uneven surface left. Late
in the evening. twice week, ! could
see in my dream, the fire laddies at
work with several lines of big fire
hose. washing the pavement in the
business district of Main street, the
water rushing into the large storm
sewers which had been built during
the paving process, which not only
fully took care OF the food of water,
but which would also take care of the
foods of water from heavy rains, ami
keep it out of the Palace drug store,
the First National bank and other
business houses on Main street
Civic pride. having taken hold of
our people. saw paving being laid
on Greenwood and Macon avenues
and the streets between, extending
from First street down to Twelfth
street our people. seeing the great
advantage and saving in paved streets
became alive. wide-awake. and con
tracts were let for a paved Ninth
street, across the Rio Grande rail-
road tracks. and across the river 10
the top OF Ninth street, as far as Elm
avenue. on Lincoln Park. Another
branch Of pavement left Ninth street
at Prescott's store and on TO the top
Of Pump hill.
Then jumped into my car and rode
TO the top of Ninth street, and oh.
what pleasure: no danger OF wreck
ing my car going over the present
bumps and holes in Ninth street.
drove on east on Elm avenue ard
came back to town by the way of
Pump hill. Arriving at Main street,
exclaimed aloud: What: North
Ninth street paved also. out past the
high school. and on north as far as
the north end of Harding's addition?
Not TO be outdone. East Canon mad
taken the paving fever, and Main
street was being paved. and It did not
stop until paving had been laid as
far as the county hospital, and Canon
City had contracted for paving from
Fifteenth street TO Orchard avenue,
and at last those busy thoroughfares.
East Main street and South Ninth
street were paved.
Canon City had at lats taken on a
real liye air of prosperity. and / could
see the droves OF autos from Kansas.
/ Texas. Oklahoma and other states,
where every town of 1000 people OF
more. have at least their main streets
paxed, saying: rs this Canon City,
When we were here last. we found no
paving. and now. look Most of the
( streets are paved. Surely this is a
I good town to locate in,"
After the streets were paved. our
people said: why had not this been
I done before? The saving in the up
keep of our dirt streets and the sat
isfaction of paved streets. is well
worth all the additional cost"
I Again. could see IN my dream.
regular auto busses, covering shese
/ paved streets at regular hours. from
] the business section down East Main
street TO the county hospital and back.
north on Ninth street and back and
south on Ninth street to Lincoln
/ Park and back, one company. duly IL
/ censed by the incorporated towns o.
South Canon, Canon City and East
| Canon, and the to-eb.incorporate
town of Lincoln Park. charging 10
cents fare for the trip in one direction.
i thus furnishing a means of convey
/ ance, back and forth for hundreds of
people, who now live in town. but
who would like to own and live on an
acre or two out in the fruit section.
( talked with the owners of this line of
busses. after il had been in operation
/ for six months, and found that the
I company was wei satisfied with Its
business. and IL was or paying basis.
Again. in my dream, | thought the