Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-04
PARK CITY.
Resume OF the Business and Minera,
output of This Great Camp
for 1885.
Flonrishing Condition Of the Churches.
Schools and Secret Societies.
A Bright Outlook for Increased Pros.
perity During the Year 1856.

A Bright Outlook for Increased Pros
perity During the Year 1856.
Park City OF to-day is not the Park CITY
Oh lew years ago. Its history has been
written and rewritten. The public has
been feasted with stories OF lawlessness
and crime, till the place has reputation
not the best, for good moral standing.
The blood and thunder proclivities Of
many of the old-timers have been written
and told in the most thrilling and horri.
bic manner, and in writing a sketch OF
the place everyone seems to delight in
hunting up old tales and describing the
town OF few years ago; but, in this
letter, we do not intend to follow the gen.
eral rule; the "dead past can bury its
Dead" and we will only have to do with
the Park City of the last year.
The LIST OF January, 1885, began a new
era for Park City. 1t was the first new
year OF its incorporation, and the
city officers were determined that
the city should be governed; that
drunkenness and disorder should
give. place to peace and sobriety that
the lost reputation of the place should be
regained; in short, that Park CITY should
be city in all that the word implies, and
that no place in Utah should lay more
just claim to that name. How well this
has been done, only those who have seen
the change can know. Old toughs who
have been away for a couple OF years, re-
turn at times, gaze up and down the
streets, look at the boarded sidewalks,
steal glance at the starred police, shake
their heads in despair, and only by a
mighty effort can restrain themselves
from weeping at such change. They do
not stay long, for the atmosphere OF the
campis not conducive to the good health
OF such characters. AT present Il. Kim
ball is mayor, Frank L. James, police
Justice, and James L. Kescil city marshal
and under their administration the town
has not its equal in Utah for peace and
good order.
THE PROSPERITY OF 1885.
The last year has been one of unusual
activity in business and mining matters :;
the town has increased nearly one-fourlh
in size; the health has been very good
and everything has thrived prosperously.
| But-little sickness has occurred, princi-
pally among grown persons and chiefly
confined to throat diseases, only two
cases OF diphtheria have been recorded
during the year and there has been no
epidemic. Throwing out the gamblers
who, weary OF life, shuttle off by taking
poison, the death rate OF Park City is one
of the lowest in the country for q town OF
its size.
Although "hard tines has been the
cry nearly all over the country the past
year, it has not been heard in Park City.
The fact alone that 100000 has passed
through the Park City Postoilice, sent
away to distant ones during the past year,
shows the prosperous condition of the
camp. Our postoflice does q greater bust
ness than any other in Utah excepting
that OF Salt Lake, and if the books of the
Office could speak, they would refute the
charges made against the miners that al
their hard-earned wages are thrown over
the bar or dropped at the gaming table
This is done to some extent, but many
and many II dollar is sent away tc
loved ones at home. Many miners there
are in Park City who, with every pick
stroke, think of their little ones far away
how their little mouths are to be fed, and
the thought adds strength to the brawny
arms, and the pick more vigorously tears
down the precious mineral; and some
have aged mothers and loving sisters de
pendent upon them for their daily breac
so from all these the dollars are SEN
away-amounting to an average OF nearly
$400 daily. The miner may be "char
acter," as it is termed, but beneath hi
canvas coat is something that is always
touched by another's misfortunes. Nc
class OF men will more readily or NOR,
willingly come to the assistance OF al
unfortunate, or contribute more liber
Tally to n worthy cause than will tn
miners.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
The nourishng condition OF the school
and churches of Park City is evi
dence of this fact. Park City maintain
three churches and -four schools. TIL
Methodists, under Rev. q. NJ. Gefirey
formerly of Salt Lake, have neat fran
building for church purposes, free iron
debt, and their members are CONSTANT.
increasing. The Congregational church
n large brick building, tastefully finished
would be an ornament TO any city. Rev
!. N. Prior is pastor and is laboring gra
tuitously for the cause. The Catholi
church is u fine rock building, built upol
the site OF the church burned down a Iii
tie over year ago. The church and tn
school building were built ut II cost {
$40, 900 shortly after the fire. A sma
debt remained, but with the proceeds {
the late Fair this has been wiped out AN
enough remained TO build Il substantii
parochial residence. This is completed
and the Catholics have over $1,000
in property in the Park. Til
Catholic school, under the supe
vision OF the Sisters OF the Holy Gross
consists OF u primary and intermediai
department and has 200 scholars enrolled
The Public school il next in size and in
= portance, having total enrolment
0 l62 scholars and an average daily atten'
= ance of about l05. Mr.. j. L. Bledsoe
Principal with ii, l.. Ludwig as assistan
The Park academy is under the auspic'
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