Canion City Post Office Entry Note
Notice records postal classification as Second class mail matter entered at the Canion City Post Office.
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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
4
Notice records postal classification as Second class mail matter entered at the Canion City Post Office.
The Record commends Cafson City's council for pursuing pure water supplies, a city sewer system, improved sidewalks, and a paid fire department. Projects aim to curb mud, trim Main Street, and lay infrastructure for future growth with favorable financing.
George E. Trout won the contract to build the Clellan block at River and Fifth. The structure, excluding plumbing, costs about 5500 with Ellis and Hood plumbing at 400. Excavation started by Moody. occupancy targeted by September first. five 16 by 32 foot store rooms plus a 22 by 32 corner room and two alley offices. Architect Rittenhouse drew plans and will supervise.
The Peabody Military band will present its weekly concert at the city park on Friday night drawing large crowds. The program includes marches overtures waltzes and two steps with selections such as March Peabody Military Band Overture and Grace Waltz. Architect Barber of Colorado Springs visited the city recently consulting with Contractor Ward regarding the high school building project and Mrs Francis accompanied him.
The Record recalls a failed daily venture during the Spanish War era, noting a 300 subscriber cap and poor advertiser value. It argues a small city daily cannot beat weekly papers in reach or cost efficiency, and explains why the Record will not publish a daily now.
Jesse Waters new superintendent of the Midland Terminal and the F and C C railway will live in Cars on City to better manage both lines. Friends of Mr and Mrs Waters learn the family will move away, while Cars on City celebrates Caj on City’s acquisition. Miss Ethel Brown vacationing in Cafson City with relatives until fall return to Colorado Springs for reemployment. S W Bowman formerly of Lincoln ark now with Van Dorn Iron Works in Cleveland Ohio reports improvement. S Howe and wife of Chicago visit son Warren D Howe in the city for two weeks. Mrs Davis wife of Hon A H Davis ill but slightly improving.
After delays work on the Zinc Lead Smelter site begins with trenches for water pipes and foundations. Biggs Lumber Company supplies all lumber from its Chama New Mexico mills for a growing project that will bring a small city to the area. Miss Anna L Macken will marry J Bernard Jarmin at her Gothenberg Nebraska home on June 25 and they plan to reside at 992 West Sixteenth Davenport Iowa after August 1.
Last Tuesday night at the opera house a Carton company staged A Night Of from Daly's New York success. The cast, under Harvey Norton and Phil ip Hamlin, drew praise for Mrs Babbitt Eva Berney and the juvenile pair Louis Thompson and Mrs Chapin won applause. The troupe plans a Florence performance Monday June seventeenth with net proceeds of 50 dollars for the school decoration committee.
Denver shoppers flock to The Knight Campbell Co sale offering markedly reduced pianos. The event highlights affordable uprights and grands with limited stock and special financing options.
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