The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-16

Methooist and Episcopal churches,
Central, Western, Metropolitan and
other hotels, banks, City Hall and
Board OF Trade rooms, public schools,
parks, pleasure grounds, ETC., while
there are various legends here and
there on the map. as Irrigation
canal" proposed Portland, Dallas
and Salt Lake Railroad" Altogether
it is a pretty picture and represents
just such a town as the ordinary man
would Ike to adopt as his home.
But if the picture is attractive the
reading mater il the pamphlet is
fairly enticing. It opens by giving
nineteen reasons for settling in the
Bear River Valley. Among them
are: 1.-The climsts efectually cures
asthma" Consumption is cured in
all its earliest stages" "No winter
feed is required, sheep and cattle sub
sistiDg On the native grasses" "Ex-
tensiYe coal fields are in close prox-
unity to us, and transportation easy
and cheap" Manufacturing, min
ing, commerce, agriculture and stock
raising all have their headquarters in
the Bear River Valley, with Corinne
as the central depot; while the
health seeker, the bunter and fisher,
the tourist for pleasure or profit,
must 60 there to find just what
he wants in abundance and OF
the best quality. Religion is
well represented, and the city has "a
free public school, which will COM
pare fa7orAbly with the beet graded
schools in the east. Under the head Of
Social" the following appears:
Although surrounded by the
Mormon people, yet the distinctive
and Objectionable elements among
that community, by vigorous action
on the part of the government, and
the influx of the class Of people who
are now coming, will soon disappe A."
All of this-much of it, re e3mit,
on paper only-wss but q few years
ago. Now unhappy Corinne Is 8
little way station on the Csi ira
Pacific. A few people reside there
most of them not from choice, bu'
because it is difficult to move after
one has settled down. The
city has 'gattened ont" By
reason of a series of mistakes
the first being the wrong location o
the place. 1t was the intention IL
make Corinne the metropolis of Utah.
Salt Lake was to dwindle in!e 8
country village. while Ogden would
be suburb of the great commercial
centre. Some of the government
Offices we're located there, and all the
officials thought of making that their
headquarters. Not only was it to be
the manufacturing, business and com.
mercial centre, but it was also to be
the point from which would radiate
the light and influence that must
solve the Mormon question:" and
determine troubles tina. had long ex-
listed in the Utah social circles. We
well remember how much Corinne
vas to be and do. The HERALD has
nothing against the town, For its
gcoi people of days gone by or
the present. 1t merely wants TO
refer to late history, and show
why the bottom fell from the town.
As stated, the location was not good,
the point being one that possessed no
advantages Ior a great town; the Sec
ond grand error of the residents was
the alienation Of the people in the
vicinity. The aim of the Corinthians
seemed to be TO repel the "Mol-
MONS" and they succeeded admir-
ably through insults, abuse in the
press and personally, and ever
assaults. A Mormon was made to
understand that if he visited the place
insult was the best treatment he
nigh! expect, aad the idea of permit
ting a Mormon to get a foothold
and create a home there was
never harbored for q mo.
ment. The consequence was
that CorinDe as a business centre was
decided failure. Its boom was
shortlived. 1t never injured any ether
town III the territory. Much money
was expended in lis behalf, but to no
avail. The government Offices were
brought back TO Salt Lake, and the
trade that had been turned towards
Corinne by means of extensive adver-
Using, sought other and better points.
It's inhabitants left as they could sell
out or had means TO carry them
away, and C0rinne, after brief ex-
istsnce of ten yesrs, is simply rail-
way station.
Neither communities nor indivld-
uals will long succeed in setting up
the 81 am better than thou" claim.
Profession must be sustained by facts,
in order to prosper in this world.
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