The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-22
THROUGH sANPETE.
A Visit to the Settlements in the
South.
SANPETE COUNTY,
March Goth. 1885.

March Goth, 1885.
All along the entire route from Salt
Lake City to Sanpete the granger is
busy blowing, seeding, grubbing off
brush and making improvements.
Much vacant land heretofore is now
being taken up and greater acreage
sown than in former seasons. We
found the roads generally good, that
piece between Spanish Fork and Payson
being the worst on the line.
The town of Payson is, from appear
ance, Furnishing. The gardeners seem
to have the same idea, viz; throwing all
the loose cobbles into the streets from
their lots, thus adding very uneasy
sensation to the weary traveller.
The officials of Juab County have
accomplished good thing; we refer to
new piece of road in Salt Creek Can
yon. avoiding crossing the creek twice,
as well as the railroad track besides
missing an ugly ridge Of cobble
stones. The engineering is some
what at fault. However the
projectors are to be congratulated.
Fountain Green, the first town we
reach in Sanpete County, is beautifully
located and boasts gilmore substantially
built brick houses than any in the
county. The water supply is limited.
compared with the vast amount of
good land in the vicinity. Mesrss. James
| A. Holman IL Sons have improved a
small basin just south of the town for a
reservoir. Already springs of living
water are bursting forth below in the
valley, as the result of their labors. The
| into this sink.
Moroni, eight miles south, is the
present terminus of the S. P. V. railway
The cemetery of this burg is most
! shamefully neglected; it is situated on
the left hand side of the road as you APP
proach the town, where the COW herds
are gathered and dispersed during the
summer season. We noticed quite a
number OF private grounds fenced and
headstones erected over the departed
loved ones. We would suggest to the
city fathers to expend little of the
peoples money and erect nice fence
arQund the sacred grounds. As we
+ passed by we saw workmen engaged
putting timberS upon the roof of thei
meeting house. We believe it has beer
some twenty years in course Of
erection. Many no doubt have
passed to their long home since
| the building was contemplated. B,
that as it may, the edifce will be last
ing monument to those who have con
tributed in erecting such a grand ant
imposing structure. 1t is of whit
limestone and of beautiful design, ant
speaks well for the artisans having tn
Tabernacle in charge.
Chester is not on the road south. |
would be hard to designate where thi
town begins or ends. 1t is built on q
sort of string town" plan. We pre-
sumo morefor the accommodation of tn
farming population than otherwise.
Ephraim Is seven miles still south, o
Chester. This is substantial settle
ment, mostly made up from Scandi
navian people, and their industry
everywhere visible.
/ Manti, the capital of the County, lie
in the south end of the valley. This
one of the Oldest of Utah's towns, bein
third in date of settlement. The Tempt
5 is imposing and grand. The window
r are all inland carpenters are very bus
; with the inside work. Quite force c
; men are engaged on'the building. I'll
a weather is delightful and the farmer
: are improving the time planting the
fields.
What Sanpete wants is q railroa
passing through the country, connee
ing with the rich mines south, where
great source of wealth lies dormant.
II MARCH WINDS.