The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-22

CnOck Iull or enterprise
Since the surveying parties have been
in the field there liz been a great deal
of rivalry between Grantsville and
Tooele as to which should secure the
line. OF course great deal depends
upon the route decided upon. Both
lines have been surveyed; one south
through Rush valley. the other round
the point northwest of Grantsville.
If the road goes by Tooele the people
there claim that, although grades are
encountered. the mining industry will
be such as to compensate, in ore ship
ments, the loss entailed by the expen-
diture of energy: that the old Stockton
district will be opened and that the
proximity to the Mercur fields beyond
will De sufficient to warrant the man.
agement in building along the route
designated.
Tooele made a great fight for the
road some time ago. Right of way.
dep1t site. etc. were promised and ev-
erything looked well. Grantsville was
in despair Then there came what is
known in slang parlance as large,
fat funk. Tooele contended that
the roads managers had not accepted
the offer made within the thirty days
prescribed and at the announcement
Grantsvilie got move on itself and
now her chances look quite rosy indeed.
AS an offset for the mines down the
other way, Grantsville people say they
too have mines, and mines which will
be equally productive as any of those
along the Tooele route Besides this,
they urge there will be no competition,
as is The case with the others.
Grantsville claims, too, that in the
matter of grading for a road, that
there would be comparatively no ex-
psnse attaching to the preparation of
a road bed and that from Salt Lake
city to Deep Creek via that place and
up through Skull valley. the road would
not require a helper for a train, but
the engine could take as many loads
from this city clear through as 1t could
haul from here to the lake shore.
Having outlined the reasons for ar
gument. it may be we'll to say some
thing about Grantsviila, which is
thriving little town of 1000 people, and
in so doing. no intention to belittle
Tooele is manifest in the thoughts Of
the reporter who pens this stuff
Tooele is a good town itself. but as a
person cannot be in two places at the
same time, ii will cut no figure in this
column or so
APPRECIATE THE HERALD.
Imprimis. everyone in Grantsville,
with a very few exceptions. takes The
Herald. They have q. daily mail there
and as result of both conditions the
people are well-informed and intelli-
gent. Bishop Wrathall who presides
at the cooperative store, is devout
a6mirer of The Herald, and as the Re
publicans have declared for gold and
he is a silver man from the ground
up. the pape" has recently become of
twice the value to him on that account
alone. He was hanging an old Herald
at a window day or SO ago, and when
asked why he didn't use the other city
papers said they were SO thin they
would not stop sunlight.
Grantsville has one serious drawback
Perhaps the men will get over it in
time, but the fact is there are more
bachelors and pretty girls there than
in any other town of its size
in the state. Why the healthy.
husky and generally good-looking
chaps do not acquire the habit of
marrying is a mystery. But if the
matrin onial fever ever does strike the
place; if some one, John Rydalch, for
instance. ever sets an example, the
clerk of the county would do we'll to
remove to the place. for there Will be
a boom in marriage licenses which will
set an ordinary man wild
Grantsville is town where they be-
lieve in water. They have three or
four kinds; plain cold water. pure.
sweet and wholesome, which comes
lEDLi dTlSSldl Wells anu from IpOun-
tain streams in unlimited quantities;
hot springs. which have no equal any
where and which are marvels in them
selves; and soda water. which is shipp-
ed there from this city in bottles. bar
rel lots. Down on the desert below
they get alkali water but that is COM
mon all over the region There isn't
a saloon in the city. Every man who
has attempted TO start a saloon there
during the last five years has died a
natural death or removed Two have
died and one moved. Grief at lack
Of patronage has been the cause in all
instances, both of demise and abandon
ment
TAXES ARE NORMAL.
They can raise almost anything in
Grantsville-except taxes-they are al
ways normal All kinds of cereals and
vegetables grow in profusion, while
fruit attains magnificent proportions.
Lucern attains wonderful abundance
and when a Grantsville farmer starts
in. he cuts hay until he cannot rest.
just as fast as one field is stored
away another demands attention. An
omission occurs right here. 1t has
been stated that they can raise any,
thing there. There is an exception.
One man started in to raise rumpus
some time ago, and the city marshal
promptly harvested him in and locked
him up. There are limits.
There are several well-boring outfits
there and holes are being pounded
into the bosom of mother earth every
day. Water is encountered at from
$50 to $50 feet. and it is of a first-class
variety. So plentiful is it that several
of the farmers there have started good
sized fish ponds and several were Wis
vi ,iol,
teeming with fish.
The 1ouses are all of modern order.
although up to date adobe has been
the material used. Recently brick
yard has been established and this
year SOC, 900 brick will be made. Several
houses are in contemplation and by
the time autumn and its falling leaves
gets ready to jump into the tail
gate of winters wagon there will be
several valuable additions to the city.
New Inhabitants are constantly COM
ing in, and as they are Of a thrifty
character, the little city is baing con-
stantly benefited.
Crops there this year are looking
especially fine and the honest farmer
Is preparing TO change works'' with
his neighbor from now on until they
are harvested.
THE MINES.
Speaking of the mines. The writer
has had occasion TO investigate the
mines there somewhat. The district is
known as the Free Coinage District"
and John Finder. the able and affable
assistant in the Coop. is the recorder
John is perhaps one Of the best known
men in that region. The Coop being
q general store he can do anything
from compromising a prescription to