The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-16

galleries referred to. The walls, run,
up to the level, are SO feet in height.
the ceiling Sc feet. The building
will be surmounted by ten turrets
and dome, the height from the
ground TO the highest point to be
81 feet. The original cost was esti--
mated at about $4,000; but it iS now
certain the cost will aggregate over
$2O0G0 The foundation walls are
seven feet thick, and in some places
1t was necessary to sink fourteen,
feet in order to secure a satisfactory
bottom for the superstructure. 1t
will take about year yet to finish
the building, according to the es-
innate of Mr.. I. F. Allen, the
architect and builder. 1t will,
however, be rooted before the
winter sets in, so that work can
can be carried on in the interior
without interruption. 1t is being
erected by contributions from the
whole stake, and will be used for
stake purposes. The manner in
which the building Is being con-
structed shows that it is intended to
stand, and Mr.. Aliens judgment IN
the matter is exhibited in a hun
.dred solid points to be seen on every
hand. 1t will also be great Orna-
ment as we'll as a structure of great
durability and usefulness and is no
less a credit to Mr.. Allen, the archi-
tect. than to the people of Summit
stake, who are furnishing the
whereWithal for the building.
The county courthouse is quite a
fine building, of blue stone, taken
from the same place as the stone
which is used in the construction Of
/ the stakehouse. These lodges are
very peculiar and stand out in bold
and perpendicular relief on the tops
of the Surrounding hills and noun
tains; wherever they are there is
also coal; the coal beds lie beneath,
how far can only be ascertained by
sinking, but the coal is there. They
indicate tremendous upheavals at
one time or another. The courthouse
is situated on an elevation west of
COalville and looks to the south.
Up the canyon and to the south are
situated Hoy tsville, Wanship, KAN
as and other places, while about
five miles in a, northerly direction
and down the canyon is Echo.
Coalyille has had its trouble with
| the liquor traffic and has finally
managed to prohibit it within the
! CITY precincts, At one time two
saloons were in operation, from
each of which the city de-
rived 800 per quarter. but the
prohibition closed up the saloons,
and one of them moved across the
Weber river, just outside the city
limits, and about a mile from the
city, where be does business, pay
ling fifty dollars a month to the
county, Some are Of the opinion
that the effect has not proved bene-
ficl9l, but it is more than probable
that che quiet which is secured even
, by this change is of far greater value
to the citizens at large than the
$500 per quarter of which they have
deprived themselves.
I The election excitement, of course
has all passed over. The people
here, unlike many in Salt Lake
), county, are delighted with their Of
, fcers. Even members of the Liberal
party are free to declare that the
Peoples officers are good enough fOl
them. They have every confidence
in the county officers and give it as
!, their candid opinion that the men
chosen to represent the county in the
Legislature could hardly have been
> improved on, while the Peoples
party think, as a rule, they chose
their best material. And so all are
happy. So may they continue, is
the wish Of
: THE CANvAssER.