The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-11
SPRlNGVILLE BOOM.
Advantages of the Utah
County Town.
A PROPOSAL TO BUSINESS MEN.
"Buiid Mills and Factories and Pro-
vide Something for the Men
Who are Idle To Do
A PROPOSAL TO BUSINESS MEN.

Springville is busting little town Of
some where near 3, 600 inhabitants, mos
of whom are farmers. ranchers, manu-
iacturers, etc. and lastly, but not leas
Importance, come number of mer-
chants, many of whom have proven
! themselves TO be genuine rustlers.
You generally judge a town by its
educational inducements, so they may
be mentioned first. Education is re-
ceiving great deal more attention this
winter than ever before, which shows
we are on the progressive. SpringyilIe
can boast OF five district SCHOOLS tie
high school, the Hungerford Academy
and two private schools; making a
total OF nine, with an average attend
ance of perhaps 800 or 400 scholars dur
! ing the winter terms. We have some
very thorough teachers, especially in
| the AungertoId Academy and the high
| school; and anyone wishing to educate
| his children (and who does not?) should
| come and settle down IN our midst,
| making it his permanent home: there
| being plenty of room for more, both in
our institut ons OF learning and on our
lands, which ale cheap, 1T present. but
will not remain so long.
Several persons, made up mostly of
our live merchants. have taken it into
! their heads that Springville must have
boom this spring. Well, that's right:
and these are the very men who must
bring this boom to the gates OF our
city; for unless hey do it, the boom
will surely pass off over our heads,
even though we be in its direct path.
which seems likely, and reward the
efforts of the citizens of some other
town where they have worked more
assiduously, and presented fairer in
ducements for it to take quarters In its
neighborhood.
What is to be done? Something
must be done that will create labor for
the many Idle who are such prominent
features Of Our street corners. With
the place alive with these men, apy
favOrably inclined capitalists or honest
laoorers a;e apt 10 be frightened away.
Naturally. they will conclude that if
there be not sufficient work for the City's
own people, certainly there is no work
for others. Labor creative men are
what We want ard must have, in order
to make success of this commendable
undertaking
Within the last few days, the boom
was inauguTated in q CT. ditable man
ner, when the hauling of SAND upon the
main thoroughfare was commenced,
giving employment to many of the sur
rluS OF idlerS, and simultaneously,
Identifying the city. Similar improve
ments to those now IL progress on Main
Street should be extended to the Utah
Central depot on the west, and along
the main highway on the north TO
point where the road strikes the hill.
about g mile north of town. To
casual observer, it would look like a
rather selfish plan for the street i'm
provemeHts to b9gin near Hobble Creek
bridge aud end about mile south Of
this place. These improvements should
feel out little farther, or it will appear
like 3 One-sided 9 air. The entire town
should be given a permanent attrac- !
tiVeGess, which will impress all behold !
ers with admiration and a desire tn |
possess. There is lacking a suitable |
postof1ice; but above this. a D. & r. q
W. depot. The present one would he
cast far in the shade, il some of their
which rear their tops ont of
the sage brush towns along the line
we're placed beside it for comparison.
The patrons OF the road feel this want
and should petition the COMPANY for
building that will be an ornament TO
he town. That is if tie officials of the
abroad do not take this matter in
hand before being thus pushed.
The question may be asked, how are
We to create lasting labor? The follow
ng portion OF an editorial which ap-
scared in recent issue of the Salt Lake
EALD, will answer that satisfactorily:
Ii we would keep up the boom. we
lust turn to and build mills and fac
cries, and provide something for the
nen to do who are essential to the
of the boom. Our real
state men and large land owners
hould think of this, and bestir them
elves. Ii they do not. they might as
ell bid goodbye to high prices and
ease to speculate, for without some
1ing more substantial than talk and
ptions to sustain it, the little furry
i'll soon subside, and the calm will be
'rrible III It's wearisOmeness." Lst
fery boomer paste that in his right
re, and he will soon be of some use
nd credit, to his city, if he possess 4
nv metal" whatever. Y
Yes, build mills and factories "
here is not another town in Utah that
assesses better location for a mill or
Glory than Springville. That most.
Oh is just north of town, on Spring ?
'eek. Provo and SpriDgville Should
ep out, Provo taking little the longer
ride, shake friendly hand, and TO-
ther erect manufacturing establish q
ent of some kind at this point. Being
5uated between the two, it Womb
owe benefit for one as well as the =
her; both could claim it, and both
ould support it. The place is in a
ndition that the small sum of abont
900 would be sufficient to erect
'er mill, which would be without
al in the county. Ali the cities of
2 county should unite and build
ge mill here; one that could supply
whole county, eastern Utah and e
stern Colorado along the route of the nj
tile Giant. The never ceasine flow of ma
re. unfreezable, spring water. run
* down a race which is in good con- MI
ion, should be inducements snoneh "
allure the most fastidious. The D e. Vi!
G. W., being within few blocks iii
lid build spur up to the very door q
the mill. by only laying ties on The ~
lost level ground and spiking down