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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 02/06/1947~)FJC°tl ~CtLdtl1.1 1aY ti1}C~ ti~'1~t~. tYti+t'tl ~lv~n ~ tlCra'rt. a. tl~ht 4tactt Uf "1-ttatk•run°° firlaltit~ Ira"rt'!6i"lrtl~tlt (,•aDfatltt.t93tiCC 1:"s-C4t :`• ~lae 9at-it}+3 1tFlral tL~t}yr". ~ l,cotlaa•+tis of 1'caa•ii;attct. gaaL•e t!a`t ~ ,~ t,rtnrl[rS,t :c+lttt•+.~ri.H rand g:ae•~~ np !n- In 10~D tlt+r et1•Itrt•, tht•n ratu~r,r. i t+'r+•~tink talk ctn I.t+gt~n nttla'tt1eH !ra Vth.q it:skGtl lry 4:Ily KU+.+orcl+•r (,laay f t}`r' 19+•{t_FrtYBae~Pat a+f tea°&'g;tDat. ° ~+~'~ ~L"iaRt 1199 ilarltllKlat a~f t@Oaa tc4atta caf ~'+tratr:ldt+ ,tltae I?1tt111Ve}', t,f ~lt.+l- Rhu c~lty' btay5lts~.~ et ~rattattr laib Uf tttcla• t++rti I'„~t ~+,. i:, rnrllt•rnct~ct the i>te'tt. I1a) Htritt+tl float otla! <,f tltt• lr~'~rKrnrn ~a•Itla hlr+ ~t,eelnl • t•nu+3ti•111~ couatCilttaun uwntltl . ,a teat•atCre trim nct. •,f ev11tlt°1$ta'tltptaght •evt9t nltneaaet Ittat•, dt(t4'a ih++ tai+°otln~•, tatlJuu-•alccl tt ~rnulty tvtv~'t`h ?te ea'out9l Kell fur .a ""a•i:at tirsa+• ae•,aN Nt~lci• ea ittt dnnCin~ rt+ry I'ttAMUt}tthlo alullt. t1'r. Juntl-eal tat 'th:etarrlnc th+~ r•~~i•nlnu'~ +~~tt+•rtnln- lhr; ctllttCb ttt}(I ttt orsco tank tltr ~ n+,°nt. +te°ect, epatt}ttit.teo utr to lopk that :~ttattla-e• ntt+t•nlnl; th+~ I)9•l,:trtntEral: a;rpttatd ot,'et• uncl tlaPlE' e'ea°tllct te`a:r ~ 1'%rt'cuti~•+• t'+~ratrZ+ltt+~+~ m+'t in >+e~~lon "Ypu Ut+t' Idet'y buy it rt~+tat atotr." ~ tir t!a'' H+~ilsar~d 1{+,t+•1 lrt Jietlfua•tl• '1'hcn tho fun Started. ~t•e tools t~~ taitci ~9itliitr~i ett+° I.d~~i„n`~ nrc,c;r.itr~ lBtei93 Ultl l; a°Fider u.p tll t'1°C alnd i3 rt,ei° ft,s• .-t it F' a rt~tt ltt~j„~'(b~{a'. 9ii~gtn~ vat a, .little ~t°tade h~' hr,aa+l - - `•" rtttanctgecl to .ltullal n aaarroae gr;tde t+> yard. .,t ~~r•aatite vntti t.hH cis}• ::treet~• tho Lola oT tthe hill n-hPre ih+~re t~-:a.-s thr~ te•uctc beii~, load}~d ley t,ack.laas ~!t [l.trtea.°v;sl3fl"tag of ga°~rtit.e auTtl~leait~ urt~tt?t• the l,i~ holz.ltor~ near tha eru~la- )y, E'Ott.a'3} to . ire-. Iapsened _-,-uii vs•iLh .er and theia -unloaded by hand, as ~ 1~~ packs. ;..:So a feie•-.ntnra3 streeE.+a vs•are the lev0ilrag pff. ~o «onder G~prl;e iiil-ljrat'+~2-._that_j-egr.-----------°---•--. -...-- .. -~vt~--has-i-ic-e-aa-=aat-iaF.4a.ia~~ret~s~Istc~.- ~ But ttaat'~ enota~Yh. bt"~ could keep -The. -next 1•~at• the: a•.aunc~• mpe C' : irn ail night--ai~out thoa4e -alai .da_r~. ilaelr etYuipn~,ent. up .tht~re aat-~1 yet sap 13ut ~'ota cart -see -that •~eefitlle our a crusher. I<rout tYtett on -our- one• streetn, arp -tiy rap means perfect, they mtt}t r~ta+et~t ers~s _ 4aatal+e$ • or9=P _d lt1U ,?r•e press}- t1.2irned gpod. c~r#t~ide~rl~t~, r.. - _ _ - C.P. American ~ho h.IsEorllx7 .'thlnGti '6t title songs' sC , toa4p`:s6 alt tb-_ligive •hljn a-tiettsr •in=~ ato•htlnta:'-the*s~,}tackground - . bohl4ifi~ '? s,omo ai" file prebeiit~day- in•ohlom~. 1 F ,o1}t_~i<r,®®ts, tns tnefartee,'~~yery Taiio 1 . one In town {vho has ifved.- hers ~ ;Yttoon Se$1'a~--,aa ]v© have, tiv(11 -recall that' at;LhtyLaltilo tvs I3Ab rrd ¢raded 1 ztnd gFwnltkd~'-dtrU0t.9. Fourth street _f tcea''G11eh the PaC[fic Aigliway -frmn~ a 1+'abeP's`COFh®C---'•^.to tti0 aoath ~ Cit3° Itmtts.:".e'.~:lebohd; 'street ~.wny ~~:graded '•t ~~d n~a~..~.t~l;~. fat q ~. ~;qe, street g` ~10 a U~ 1'oAdx oY t ~ -granite had-heen lltlt !n tha• wm•st t nni/i--lrrtipa~h1-=-nthei~Yraa is of-tokt•n:~ C. P. American . r Y~ ,~ - P.,~~-~- -xt -: rt; ~ y L tit ',(~.,~..,] ,»'r,. _ TUrL1Y81'tt ''p'~'tY "O~.__~'~'40 CIYy. `till Ct~~Oh(li l )n fhe eolathern .paler,. for thalt luattet°) 8 ]rare ~,just~aumtte~ ~tralls tlir„„ouglp~ rho h98h g•ase, or \randereih all over 1' hotk.trottr high sP.4t to, hlgit spot to I ksrp ouF,,4f tl36 thud. ~ ~ l Iu them thdr days the city didn't ~ on•n a- ~sknglo wheeled vehicle, retch t tlis axeaptl0n s8~ a 1ldi~el ~' th•e triia•k, 1 n-hich ofton had~to 'be tolced~to a th•o after all rho poor 'firemen had worn ( theiligieves (amt the crank haneRel ` 1 11 out _{r9ing to get the darned thtng t 1 started: The sum total of the street I e7uipment helonging to the gity al~ -that tt_me-eona194ed _of an old ~tcheel- t harrow and two -or three xhovels and ~ c ;>. . Sew -stu 1111X .ptelcx. .-And -ons - p ll~r 1 f •man ha d So'~aerve as City SlarshAl,~ __ t~'uter. Sun®rinteatdent and Su•eet 6ometitsaioner, ~to-~1vo him all hl~ 1 high-sounding titlev.~Sounda fnterest- .ing, doesn't it? ~ ~~ - d- ~& a1u In 1933, when that horrible thing ~ called «Pd tt•as ,lust ~ Coming into hei~i_C}1C• ~CIC ~ "Ht YCPd In. ifeafnc _~ _ few troad d4tches and throtiving up a .wort of grader wiCID the }tel.p of Uhat tnatitvtion. "Then a fete Sears after ~ ~ Phey got hold of an old flat-bed t il~tsdel A truck whlcla they equipped ~ t w4th hinged sideboards to taUllitate I the un'loading o~f ~rantte, e-hlch the 6o}'s (another man had, been hli•ed ~ ~ by- then) dug out the hard a•ay Yrmn 1 .LU1L's quarry u.p on the h1tt. Atoei ' of lire worst mud-holes .were fixed all t and several of 4he streets arhich had ' been graded by tike k'PA ]vhre given i a light coat of "hank-run" granite "the sa Rie hard tear. 1 ~ ~ ~ 1