The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-02
PARK CITY PICKINeS.
Crescent Tramyyay is Busy-The
County Seat Question-A Plea For
the Park.

Park City, June 1.-The Crescent
tramway is busy these days. Instead
of the engine, six horses pull the
empty cars up, and as usual, one man
brings down three loaded ones. In his
way some forty tons of ore a day is
being sent down from the Crescent
mine by the leasers 10 the mill for
jigging and concentration.
Some one signing himself Tax
payer" writes the Tribune this week.
against the proposition of moving the
county seat from Coalville 10 Park
City. So far as can be learned this
taxpayer" lives at Coalville and is
only here for the present after some
thing to do to earn a living, and few
friends who ecame with him for the
same purpose are the many others"
he refers to as agreeing with him.
Park City people who belong here are
a unit in favoring the removal of the
county seat to this place, and in spite
of the argument of the COalville Times.
there are very many of the best OF
reasons why the overwhelming ma
jority of this county should favor the
proposed change. Park City is the
regular market and business place.
and the nearest and most convenient
for Woodland, KamaS. Oakley, Peoa,
Rockport and Wanship. The stores OF
these places sell their produce, taken
in exchange from the farmers, TO Park
City. while several residents of each
place make regular weekly, semi
weekly or daily trips to this city every
week of the year. The roads from
their place to the Park are the best
and most travelled in the county. Park
City is the hub from which every road
radiates, the Rome to which they all
lead.
Now the above places represent
what part of the population? Park
City and Parley's Park have 4,772 peo-
pie, which is half of the county to be-
gin with, which. with the others, equal
6,S71. Give all the balance of the
county TO the opposers and they have
but 1850 and of this north end of the
county all have access to our city by
rail, and as a fact, do a large part of
their trade and business here. Hene-
fer, the most distant, has it's market
almost exclusively here. AS to the
geographical centre of Summit county
there is no population at all near It.
AS to the centre Of population it would
not fall five miles from here AS to
the general business and commercial
centre Park City is 80 per cent COM
pared with any other town in the
county.
Decoration Day dawned beautiful
and clear after nearly constant snow
melted nearly as fast as it fell and only
mud remained; this dried rapidly, and
in the afternoon both cemeteries were
visited by large numbers of people
Many gravS were covered with flow
ers and none were forgotten. Through
the walks of the Silent City quiet
groups moved from place to place,
leaving flowery tokens to the men,
cries hallowed there, New graves were
dewed with tears, and the friends Of
older graves were pensive with refiec-
tions on the past or the far future,
when all shall sleep or wake.
It is a beautiful custom this national
walk with the army that has bivouack-
ed beyond the valley. A custom that
has quickly grown to be a visit with
an offering of fragrance and beauty.
typical of the best that life gives and
of it's early fading away, but better
STILL the tribute of the mind that does
not forget-the soul that does not
perish.