The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25
. PRINGvILLE dates her


back the savages, pushed on southwark.
1t was September of 1850 when Aaron
Johnson, accompanied by Messrs Myron
Crandall, William Miller, James Menden-
hal, John w. Deal and their families,
formally settled in Springville. In June,
of the following year, the precinct organi-
cation was affected, and Grin Craw was
elected the first justice of the peace and
Cyrus Crawford the first constable. The
city was first incorporated in 1852, holding
the first election in February, 1858, and I
Mir. G. D. Wood was elected mayor; after
ward his son, L. s. Wood, filled the posi-
ton consecutively until few years ago,
having held the Office in all for over
twenty years.
So much for her history; of course
houses and customs were somewhat print
tive in her early years, and Springville |
6rst came into prominence in the year 1875 |
when Messrs. Milan and Nephi Packard,
G. E. Poage, of Springville, George Goss, /
of Salt Lake. and w. G. Childs, of Ogden,
conceived the idea and built railroad into
the coal mines of Pleasant Valley. This
enterprise was backed by Mr.. Scoefeld, of
New York, heavy capitalist, and resulted
in very decidedly lifting Sprinville into
prominence, and making it a great shipping
centre and distributing point In 1882 the
Denver & Rio Grande purchased this spur
from the builders, and in the construction
of that line threw considerable contract
work in the grading and tie business into
the hands of Springville.
The agriculture and stock interests of
Springville have been of no mean dimen-
sions and would alone have made her
prominent. With such pushers as those
engaged in the railroad spur movement and
those who have been making such hercu-
lean and successful efforts to secure the
junction from Eureka, to say nothing of
the heavy contracts referred to in the
notices regarding Messrs. H. T. Reynolds
and Deal Bros. & Mendenhall below, there
can be no question as to the future viii CHI
awaits Springville and of the place she
will take in the list of Utah's live and
snterprising cities.
The present mayor Of Springville is Mr.
r. A. Deal and among the enterprising
sitizens and business firms of the place
who deserve special mention are the bank.
Il. T. Reynolds & Co., merchants; Boyer
4 Bringhurst, merchants: Deal Bros. s.
Mendenhau Co., .Roylance s. Crandal
shippers; Meneroy s. Co., druggists:
Caffrey & Davis, furniture; P. II. Boyer,
hotel Che Boyer house, Child & Wheeler,
nndertakers and tombstone merchants;
4. Tarne, harnessmaker; e. Child, con-
tractor and builder-au being reliable firms
10 all their dealings.
Springville has an energetic and we'll
conducted newspaper, edited by Mr.. E.
a. Mix. 1t is called the Springville hide
pendent. It reflects great credit on the
city and the management, being well
printed and a good wide-awalze and live
newspaper. It comes out at present only
weekly, but the owners are making prepar-
atoms to issue semi-weekly.
The population of Springville, according
to the census of last year, was 2, SAC, against
2S12 in 1880, an increase of % % per cent
The prominence into which the city has
been brought in 1891 through railroad de-
velopments has undoubtedly increased the
population very rapidly since the census
figures were made up.
sPRINGvILLE BANKING COMPANY.
This bank was first commenced and in
cunning shape on November 1st of this
year. The rapidly growing prominence of
Springville demanded the establishment of
such an institution and few of the prom
inept and enterprising citizens consisting
OF Messrs. r. A. Deal, F. C. Boyer, Jam es
Caffrey and Milan Packard formed COM
mittee to solicit capital to start the BANK,
Messrs. P. w. Madsen and Melvin E.
Cummings, of Salt Lake, guaranteeing to
add enough to make up the capital stock of
$4,000 Credit is due the Springville peo-
pie who secured the controlling interest,
amounting to $31 600; Messrs. Cummings,
Madsen and other Salt Lake capitalists
took the balance, and the following person
nell constitutes the directory officers:
President, r. A. Deal
Vice President, H. E. Reynolds.
Francis Armstrong, P. w. Madsen,
M. Z. Cummings, Jesse w. Fox, jr,
Milan Packard, f. c. Boyer,
VIM. Nj. Roylance, Jas. Catfrey, Cashier,
The intention is to commence imme-
diately and have completed by May l, an
elegant 50xS3 feet, two stories and base
ment building. 1t will be located at the
corner of Nam and Roylance streets. TIE
upper stories viii be devoted to Offices.
The building will COST when completed,
a from sI7, 600 to $4,000, and viii constitute
2 one of the finest buildings in Che south.
They are doing a general banking business
In all that is understood by The term They
exchange with the Chase National bank OF
New York, the American Exchange Ma
tional of Chicago, the Utah Commercial
and Savings of Salt Lake, and the Pacific
bank of San Francisco. The cashier, Mr..
CafTrey, is gentleman who has been iden-
tilted in commercial life ever since Spring.
Vile was settled, and thoroughly under
stands the intricacies of the banking and
counting house business. The outlook OF
the new bank is most gratifying, and the
Springville Banking company will, without
doubt. be enrolled among the successful