The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-11
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PROVO
Throwing Out Her Tow Lines and
Laying Hold of Everything
Good That Comes
Along.

We are glad to note with what per-
sistency and vigor the beautiful little
city of Provo is throwing out its tow
lines and laying hold Of everything
good that comes along. At the same
time there is no gush or froth over
what she Is doing; but the earnestness
and determination is there, and one
of these days some of her most indif-
ferent inhabitants will awaken to the
fact that from country village Provo
has developed into smart, thrifty
metropolis and railroad and manu-
| featuring center of no small import
ance. To achieve this will require no
superhuman effort on the part of
Provo, as she has a coTnucopia OF
natural advantages and resou1 ces.
Her location is excellent from a COM
mercial point of view, and not only is
she surrounded by a surprisingly rich
agricultural country, but she is on the
path of the continental railroad lines,
and is in the midst Of a region abound
ing in great mineral wealth, such as
gold and silver, iron, lead and copper,
to say nothing Of immense coal
deposits near at hand, slate quarries.
mineral paint and asphaltum. Besides
all this the city boasts Of an unlimited
water power, which is now quite
largely utilized by several manufactur-
ing enterprises.
Add to these advantages a salubri-
Gus climate and superb scenery, to-
gether with a close proximity to the
great Utah Lake, a magnificent body
of fresh water, and our readers can
readily see to what extent this beau
tiful spot is blessed and endowed by
nature.
Up TO the present time, however,
Provo has reaped but comparatively
title benefit from the mineral resour
,es by which this city is surrounded.
1t has been content to live and pros
per as an agricultural town dependent
on the product of the farm, the cr
chard and the stock ranch for growth
and prosperity. The money from our
mines was taken in exchacge for the
product of the valley, but beyond this
he city might as well have been out
IN the p-airies of Kansas as far s the
mines are concerned. Now, however
as noted above, new ambition has
fired the hearts of her most active and
entelprising citizens and new order
VI things is the law of the day. Her
Chamber of Commerce has taken d
new lease on life, and rs result a
railroad enterprise has been evolved
and has gained a foothold that
will revolutionize ''old style
customs and institutions in
1t least two mining camps in Utah.
in a word Provo proposes to build a
line to Tintic and not only furnish
that wonderful region with the nee
essaIies Of life, but in return give
them cheap transportation for their
ores, and by the lakeside build nam
moth smelters and reduction works.
SO that every pound of ore may be
treated at home and great saving
be made. for the producer, as well as a
reasonable profit for the promoters of
the enterprise.
Nor is that all. If this can be sue
cessfully conSunated as far as Tintic
is concerned, why rot also extend
line to Park City, estimated to be the
greatest mining camp in the west, and
also compete for the same exchange
and the same privileges and emolu-
ments?
In the above the Journal predicts
the future. of our sister city, and if
these enterprises are not now on foot
and under the care and management
Of number of her most enterprising
and conservative business men, it will
not be long before they will be.