Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-21
BONDS FOR BRIDGES
BRINGS THEM HERE
Take Time to Boost for
Eastern Utah.

a. D. Dickson. prosecuting attorney,
and Mark.Tuttle. clerk of Emery coun-
". are at the New Wilson. having
came uo from Castle Dale relative
TO the new bond issue. Last fall
Emery county was visited by the most
destructive floods I'm the history of that
section. The high waters carried away
nearly every bridge of importance on
the Huntington, Cottonwood. Ferren
and Muddy rivers, leaving many towns
isolated and the people in n bad plight
After carefully considering the situa-
ton. it was at last decided to bond the
county to replace thc DESTROYED
bridges. The old bridges were mostly
antiquated affairs, so it was thought
while they were building they had best
put In good. modern steel structures
with concrete abutments that can
stand UP against the worst floods that
might come. After carefully estimat-
ing the cost of replacing the five prin-
cipal bridges needed, an election to
bond Emery county for $4,000 was call
ed for Jan s, 1910. The election was
held, resulting as follows: SOB total
vote cast; 52S for and 125 against. a
majority of iO3 favoring the brldoe
bond. And il is to have the bonds litho~
graphed that brings Messrs Tuttlc
and Dickson to Salt Lake today. The
bridges VIII all be completed before
high water time this fall, The five
principal bridges Will be constructed as
follows: Across Muddy river at Emery
one to cost $4,000. over the Ferrcn
river at Ferren. a $1,000 bridge: over
the Cottonwood at both Huntington
and Orangeville $3.50 bridge at each
place; at Castle Dale at $500 bridge
The settlers throughout the county are
aDXiouSly awaiting the day when
active construtive operations arc In
augurated on these modern steel
structures. This Will be done as soon
as the bonds can be foated. which will
not be later than early spring any
way, and the work will be pushed for
ward through the summer, that before
fall every one of the five most I'm
portant bridges may be opened to the
public so as to expedite the movement
of summer crops.
Both of the visitors are enthusiastic
over the resources of their county.
Just think of it." said Mr. Tuttle
enthusiastically, "we have the greatest
coal deposits in the state, if not In the
coal beds so miles long The veins
of almost pure coal are from to 20
feet wide, and in places where the set
tiers have been taking out the coal for
years, man sitting on his spring seat
may drive right into mine 600 feet.
nearly an eighth of a mile. load up
turn about and drive home with a
load OF the cheapest and about tho
best fuel in the world And CONNER
clally speaking. these vast deposits
have hardly been scratched. Carbon
county to the north OF us has produced
It's millions in coal. but compared
with Emery's deposits it is not in It,
But moneyed men are just beginning to
appreciate what we have and are open
years we will have some of the big
Sest coal mines in the west
Emery county ia taking front rank
as a fruit center also. Six or eight
carloads of various fruits were shipped
out of the valleys last year requiring
n S0-milc wagon haul to Price, the
nearest railroad point
But II Is in raising lucern or AL
falfa seed where our county excels
Last season -3a carloads were shipped
out This seed is worth il cents a
pound each of the carloads held over
$1,000 worth OF seed. and the total value
of the 35 carloads exceeded $4,000
Some farmers have realized as much
as $40 from one acre of alfalfa seed
OF course this IS above the average.
But this seed raising down our way is
very profitable, and the work is COM
paratively light. little irrigation being
required. This industry Is broadening
every year
The coal mines in Emery are bring
Ing us the all-important railroad facili-
ties, the one thing above all others
required to develop our latent re-
sources. The new branch road from
Price down to Miller Creek. with its
still newer extension down to Cedar
Creek, brings the longedfor locomotive
within seven miles of Huntington.
This will no doubt soon be extended to
that point. as orders for the survey
already have been issued: then on to
Castle Dale. the county seat, only 10
miles away"