Evening star., 1933-08-13
COLORADO HAS
BITTER PUBLIC
Works Battle
Coz. Johnson Sees
MOue That Hits
at Labor.
BY MAX HILL.

0GA> SGAS, SOiO., |1ukUoI la UlLlSl
battle has broken out in the special
session Of the Colorado General As
sembly over Gov E. C. Johnsons
s2o,ooo,oo public works program.
Gov. johnson has charged that high
way machinery men and highway con-
tractors have organized one of the most
powerful lobbies in Colorado's history,
With its main purpose to defeat his
public works proposal, which contem-
plates spending most Of the money on
highways.
This lobby is working against any
measure which looks toward using the
bulk of the money for human labor"
the Governor charged in public state
ment.
Gov. johnson said "our present high
way program is the worst of any State
in the Union"
Chief among the opponents of the
Governors proposal are Senators and
Representatives from the small popula-
ton counties, which derive their main
income from gasoline taxes and high
way appropriations.
Unusual Proposal
One of the most unusual proposals
made in the special session thus far
was that Of Representative w. H.
Twining Of Aspen, who seeks a s10,-
100000 loan from the Federal Gov
ernment to purchase silver at so cents
an ounce. The State, after purchas-
ing the silver at this price, would sell
1t on the open market, the differential
being absorbed as loss
A special election to name delegates
to a State convention to consider re-
peal Of the eighteenth amendment has
been set by the Assembly for Septem-
Der IL. with the convention on Septem-
Der 20. School houses for the most
part will be used as polling places, thus
cutting the cost of the election to the
State approximately s75, 900.
The House of Representatives has
passed liquor control code, which
becomes effective If and when prohi-
bition is repealed
VIII Call for Bids.
Bids for nearly half a million dollars
In Federal forest highway projects will
be calle { for shortly by officials of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads
here. At the same time bids for ap-
proximately the same amount of work
in Wyoming and New Mexico will be
asked 1t is estimated 1900 men will
be given work by the projects in the
three States of which 600 will be in
Colorado. Work is expected to start
before September 1.
The major business transaction in
the State during the week was the
ing Co. by the Cudahy Packing Co.
interests through a newly organized
concern known as the Mayf1ower Pack
ing Co. The Mayflower Co. has been
incorporated under Colorado laws for
half million dollars. j. p Murphy,
vice president of Blayney-Murphy. and
H. F. Blayney, secretary, will remain
with the new concern.
Business Improving.
Business conditions throughout the
State continue to show an upward
movement and feeling among both the
wholesalers and the retailers is much
better. A majority Of the firms in the
State have joined the N. r. A.. either
under blanket code provisions or indi-
vidual codes. Employment has picked
up materially since the major stores
and business organizations of Denver
have become affiliated in the recovery
movement. but accurate figures are not
yet available
Perhaps the most important code"
development his week was the decision
OF realty men to attempt to stabilize
rents throughout Denver SO that own
ership of income property will again
become generally profitable Denver
employers who have signed the code
agreements now total 5000. They
employ $4,000 men and women.
The National Bean Dealers Associa-
ton met here this week under direction
of Henry Mundhenk, secretary, and
laid plans for a national CODE Mem
bers of the various State organiza-
tions plan separate codes later. ma
jority Of the delegates were from New
York. Michigan, Colorado. Wyoming,
Montana, New Mexico Utah and Idaho.
c. H. Runciman of Lowell Mich, presi-
dent of the national association, pre-
sided.
Would Abandon Lines.
Officials Of the Colorado g. Southern
Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad were inspecting this
week two mountain rail lines of the
Colorado & Southern, preparatory to
petitioning the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to abandon
them. Ralph Budd, president of the
Burlington, and E. Flynn, vice presi-
dent. were among the officials here
The lines the Colorado & Southern
plan to petition to abandon are the
route to Idaho Springs and George
town and the one through the South
Park territory to Leadville, once a boom
mining town of thousands Of inhabi-
tants.