The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-10-03
Vol. TX.
THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION.

above heading. In the hret place ne
accused The Times editor Of being turned
loose in a green alfalfa field and was sui-
fsrinF the consequences, because in our
last issue We told few truthful facts In
support Of the retention Of the county
sea, at Coalville. We wish to say that
the consequences Of being in green
alfalfa field are not nearly a. bad ~ the
dOse the editor Of the Record had few
vseks ago, which accounts for his poor
reasoning in the last issue. There was
no argument in his article, only lot
Of hot air.
He hsrps about the central location Of
Ihe county and tries 70 set forth that u
tAe county seat goes 70 Park City IL will
bs more convenient for the ma jority Of
the people, and he knows that that
statement 10 not true; he knows that
Coalville 10 more convenient for the most
Of people who have court bUainess TO
trAatacI. ThereAre very few cases that
require . jury trial, and the only ones
Who come here 70 attend sourt are lev
attorneys who IL up the sases. OF
esurse Park City may be more eenvsn-
isnt for them. while majority Of the
jarors are drawn from the Park, three
issrths Of them are excused before ssTv-
log. lie bowls about the great expense
nis 10 pay jurors and witnesses who
come 10 CoalVills, aid Gays that that en-
psAse would be greatly rsdUesd u they
lad 70 20 to the Park, and asks "hOv
Ione would 1t take this diaerense In sI-
Dsnse alone 70 build . eourt house1 7"
According 70 the last financial statement
Il ale esunty auditor, u wOuId take
AbSut Sis,y years, that's eli, 10 ths
WHOLE cost Of the district sour,, jurOrs
and witness fees were used 70 sIset
building with at the Park. for the above
statement shows that last year about
|, A. 400 wAs the coat Of district court,
lllfttsunuwstDSss~ss.4.l .S-s~A.a@s.1lI
amount 10 paid By the State.
Again In regard 70 location. The Rec
ord wants 70 know what ice II cuts whsn
We referred to states where efforts bad
been made to move state sapitOls 70 the
largest and most wealthy towns, and
Why The Times editor does not "aPitAte
the removal Of Washington 70 Omaha. /"
The main claim that our contemporary
And the attorneys set firth for the re-
InovAl Of the county seat 10 Para City Ia
"thAt it pays the majority Of the taxes,
that II lie the largest city" etc. We
would ask the Record why they do not
Agitats the removal Of Warrington 10
New York. the largest and most wealthy
atty in the United States?
Yes, we repeat that the present court
house is plenty good enough in which ia
transact the business Of the county. The
county commissioners never thought oI
declaring the court house inadequate FOL
the business Of the county until they
were solicited 10 do 90 by the promoter
Of removal, and that, too, just a few
weeks ago, and then one member voted
against 1t. Up TO that time the building
Was good enough. FOR many years there
has been the majority on the board o
commissioners from the south end o
the county, but they would not make
any improvements no, II would b
wrong to spend few dollars here. Las
year for court house repairs the grea
sum Of S4.95 was expended. No, thu
Jail is not farce. II IL equipped will
as good set oil steel caRes as any othe
jail, and is safe place for prisoners
Now that the county has these cages,
new jail could he built at small ex.
Pense. II lie not necessary to build
new court house just to get Jail tina
will be satisfactory to the removalites.
We do not deny that the majority O
the taxes levied in the county come
from Park City, but we do say that tina
tax is not paid by the PEOPLE Of Parl
City that the net proceeds Of the mine
amount 10 nearly three times more thai
all the rest OF the taxes in the north en-,
Of the county that these net proceed
can not be taxed more than once. Yer
few people in the county are aware 9th
fact that the great minrs Themselves ar
not assessed, but that it il the net qpO
sssda of these mines that are assessed