The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
SUMMIT COUNTYS PROGRESS.
Stocks Mines Pleasure Resorts and Business Interests
Favorable Conditions Prevail.

city and precinct justice Its popula-
ton IS about 1000 The principal in
duStrieS and resources are coal min
ing. agriculture and stock-raising. IT,
was Incorporated in January. 1855, the
present administration being: Mayor.
T. l.. Allen; recorder. j. H. Wilde;
treasurer, John Robinson; marshal,
Joseph Johnson; justice of the peace,
E. 81. Rhead, councilmen W. H
Branch. w. G.. Johnston, ]. A Smith,
R. s. Calderwood and Joseph Jones.
Park City is the largest city in the
county, having population of be-
tween 5000 and 1000 people, and is the
great mineral producing part of the
county, consequently the wealth pro-
ducing portion. This and Coaiville are
the only incorporated cities in the coun-
ty. The other towns in the county, all
of which are prosperous and healthy.
are the following: Beginning at the
extreme northern end, we find Henefer.
population of about 800; next comes
Echo, $50; Uptcn,- 200; Hoytsville. 400:
WanShip, 500; Rockport, 200: PeOa, 400;
Oakley, $50; Marion, 300: Kamas. 200;
Woodland, 500. and Snyderville, 800.
The principal industries of each OF
these towns are farming and stock
raising. They all have mercantile
houses. some of which do quite an ex-
tensive business. Most of them have
comfortable hotels or places of accom-
mediation for the traveller. All have
good schoolhouseS and places of wOr-
ship; tradesmen of various kinds are
also found in every town and hamlet
in the county Park City, Coalville and
KamaS each have very commodiouS
opera houses, suitable for ordinary the
atrical troupes to display the drama or
opera with ease and comfort The
Mormon stake tabernacle at Coalville
is one of the finest church edifices in
the state of Utah, the painting and
decorations inside are particularly ar
tistic and beautiful. with a seating ca
pacity of about 1,500. 1t was built by
contributions of the Mormon people in
the county. Mr.. L. L. Allen, the pres
ent mayor, is the architect and build
err, and Mr.. C. F. Olsen. now in Salt
Lake. but formerly of Coalville. is the
painter and decorator. 1t is comfort
ably seated with opera chairs and neat
benches, while the three pulpitS are
seated with fine upholstered chairs.
Park City had bany fine and sub
stantial buildings before the fire which
occurred June 10, 1898, the greatest fire
known in Utah. when over 81 ,00o, 900 in
property was destroyed.
General Conveniences and Conditions.
At present there are three large rail-
roads running through parts of the
county. They are the main lines of the
Union Pacific, the Rio Grande western
and the Echo &Park City. Telegraph
stations are located at all the railroad
towns, and nearly every town in the
county is connected with Salt Lake and
the state by telephone wherever the
line is in operation. Politically the
county is pretty equally divided be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties, as will be seen by the political
standing of the present county admin
istration, as the result of the election
held in November. 1898, viz: The rep
resentative to the legislature. two
county commissioners and county
clerk are Republicans, while one COM
missioner, treasurer, recorder, attor-
ney, sheriff and surveyor are Demo-
Gratis. The county is out of debt and
has a substantial surplus in the treas
ury, hence is in good financial condi-
ton. Park City and Coalville each
have a newspaper, published weekly.
Summit furnishes as good facilities for
wooden mills or securing plants as any
with fuel and water, as well as having
large deposits of soap clay or fuller'S
earth of the very finest quality.
The personnel of the present county
officials is as follows: Representative
to the legislature, James Ivers of Park
City; county commissioners, John Pas
kett of Henefer, w. S. Wright Of Park
City, BARLEY McDonough of Park
City; treasurer, F. ]. Mclaughlin of
Park City; county clerk, w. 1. Pack
of Kamas; recorder, ]. A. Smith of
Coalville; sheriff. George Lindsay, jr.,
of Coalville: attorney, Charles A. Col
lis of Coalville; surveyor, E. H. Rhead
of Coalville.