The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-14

leyS of Utah. Merely to show the at
tention that the territory was attract
ing, The Herald reproduced the article,
making it very clear. however. that it
vas simply republished from the Den
yer Republican. While the correspon-
dent was lavish in his praise of Provo
and some other towns, it appeared he
was not very friendly TO Springville,
and his article has called forth the fol-
lowing reply:
Springville, Aug. IL.
To the Editor of The Herald.
In your issue of Sth inst. 1 find an
article under the initials of one who
signs himself T. NJ. II, which, from a
portion Of its caption is said to be in
terestingly special Now the word
special implies the word particular
fly" and how exact your correspondent
has been will appear when the follow
ing facts, which | challenge him to dis
prove, are submitted to a candid read
ing public. ] believe newspaper CORE
.~spondents have never claimed infalIi-
blhty for their utterances, but when
men rush into print under the caption
: OF special correspondent" moral hon
esty Of sentiment should at least. form
l quote: "SpringVille is a. quaint old
place, with wide streets shaded on
either side by locust and mulberry
trees, adobe houses setting far back
from the streets IN a. dense growth of
fruit trees, quiet. unassuming people,
nearly all OF whom are well-to-do Nor
mons Again he says: Fully s. per
cent Of the inhabitants Of the town at
the present time are the direct off
spring Of the COlOniStS' This is a
gross misstatement as One-third of its
present population is non-Mormon. and
OF the twC-thirds composing the Nor
mon population, 4 close estimate nlaces
the issue of the direct descendants of
\ the colonists at u per cent His next
= statement. after remarl1ing that 1.-The
people are Of e generally intelligent
nature and Of a high moral character,
but with all this the rule is one of
Incidence" Is it Incidence, I ask that
has produced about 5000 tons Of heets
here this season, and that took the
prize in beet culture last season? Is
ignorance the source of cultivated gar
dens that even a Shenstone might
envy, and Of fields of golden grain
which command the admiration of
every tourist? The next misrepresen-
tation reads: The town is now largely
on the cooperative plan" I regret to
say, as against this that there is not
the town, its entire business being con-
Quoted on the basis of individual in
lSustry.
Il Error No. reads: ''Most all of the
VI houses. which are Of adobe are white
washed on the outside as well as in
side, but everything about them is
plain and mmonplace" The writer
may have thousand dollars if he can
find within the entire town of SPRING
Vile half a dozen adobe houses which
are whiteWashed on the outside and
inside. The truth is that sixty-two
brick houses were built in this thriving
little town in the year of our Lord 1892
T. NJ. II. is the first among the many
newspaper correspondents that has
lifted a pen TO cast a shadow of dis
paragement upon the growth of a town
which for enterprise, pluck and energy,
has few equals in the territory of Utah,
as the following facts will show:
Springville has thirty-three business
houses, three livery stables and five
hotels. The town has built more rail-
road than any town of Utah. Only
think Of Tintic Salt Lake road to
Park City. Sanpete road. and the first
road of the Denver & Rio Grande 20
Pleasant Valley coal mines, all built
by Springville men. Before the open
ing of the railroad, Springville had $50
teams engaged in the freighting bust
any other agricultural town in Utah,
and has the finest business block south
of Salt Lake city, and the finest bank
building and store outside of Salt Lake
and Ogden, one store alone costing
$50 000 Springville forwards more
farm and garden produce than any
town except Salt Lake and Ogden. 1t
has a creamery which handles four
tons Of milk per day, and has two fine
Touring mills 1t has, for some time
, been noted for raising some Of the
finest horses and cattle in Utah. Its
wooden mills employ thirty hands and
handles 1000 pounds of wool annu-
ally Springville is doing a fine lunl-
bering business, and has at present
heavy railroad contracts 1t has a
y sample mill at the junction of the Tin
tic railroad. which was built at a cost
of $40. 600 and but for the demOnetiZa-
ton of silver would employ forty men.
It has erected one of the finest district
schoolhOuses outside Of Salt Lake and
has a fine academy building. the prop
erty OF the Presbyterian church. The
town contains several Mormon churches
and a Presbyterian church, and paid
$500 to the railway company to re-
knOve The railway off its main street
u contained a fine theatre building
which was accidentally burned down.
il has furnished more graduates than
one Of the worlds greatest sculptors,
IS product of this live little town
Hafen, the artist, who is second to
none in Utah in his profession. we nave
the honor Of saving, is ais a Spring.
Willie man. T NJ. H. Sa. he towns
around Provo are dependent upon
Provo wooden mills; and let it further
be said that Springville has contrib
uted largely to the building of said mill
and has always paid 100 cents to the
dollar for all it has obtained from it..
The town is generally free from debt
and it is strongly believed here that if
r. NJ H. had succeeded in obtaining
subscribers for the Denver Republican
against which as a paper we have moth
ing To say that the quaint old houses
and whitewashed buildings would have
been substituted by him for what they
really are, stylish. well built and sub
stantial structures in the line Of mod
eTn, progressive architecture One
/, thing. oh, one thing, is yet lacking to
: complete the category and enable
] Sprngville to make some slight ap-
preach to the gigantic progress and en-
lightenment of the renowned city Of
Denver and perhaps to fill a vacuum
in the taste Of T. NJ. H.. which very
something is a deplorable concomitant
Of cities and towns in general namely.
the open saloon. This is, many
thanks" one of Springville's greatest
deficiencies. 1t has no drinking pal
aces Haunting the temptation of
strong drink before the eyes of her
young men. We have no midnight or
giles; ours is an orderly, sober commu-
nifty Besides, sir, we own our public
and private buildings, generally speak
ing The town is free from the incubus
s,i debt, and we don't propose II con-