The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

| tne largest leau orc SIneltlUG pIaiuI III
Utah It's capacity is 1900 tons per day
Average number OF mon employed; 500,
| Has two railroads, Rio Gr.lnde nnd Salt
Lake Route, Also electric railway airSa M. 70
tional and Murray state bank soLn 9an
phone connections, CITY owns SS6: 700
Woth ys1 Of ptoperrty ns totn
| revenue, $3S. .129; eSpends S66l6 on streets
and SlSl7 on other property; owns water
plant valued at $4,000. Lighted by eieo-
| tricity owned by private company
sandy-Elevation 4475 feet; popula-
tion, 1900. Trading point for rich agri-
cultural section OF southern Salt Lake
county Has both phone sst sys'ems Tsr. M, bV
electric RAILWAY. Has one railroad; c tne
| Salt Lake Route. Has one bank; Third
class city nS owns p,HPsr xned of s
500 running twenty years. bearing per
cent interest. Has water system owned
by company valued at $50. 900 Assessed
valuation. s15o.541; rate OF taxation 10
mills; total revenue, S41S0,
LehhElevatlon, 1850 feet: population
$500. Center OF rich agricultural and hor-
ticultural district. Here is located the
largest beet sugar factory in tntermoHn-
tain empire. Has capacity OF 1000 tons
of beets per day. Produced in 1909 30
100000 pounds Of sugar. Factory ran
sons. who received $i75,oOo In wages.
while 1870 farmers. beetgrowers. received
s605. 900 for their products. Tho largest
u
Karen, whose average yield. from seven
acres was twenty-seven tons OF heets
per nero. or ss5o.50 for his crop, an aver
age OF 12i.5o per acre Lehl is q city
owns property. other than light and
water plants, valued at $4,000; has a. bond
twenty years. boar. s per cent interest:
owns its electric plant, worth s12,oO0.
water system. worth 5000: assessed
valuation of city is ssae. .7S4: tax rate OF
s11. POI; expends S7oo annually on its
streets and 5000 on its other. property.
Has Bell and Independent phone con
and Rio Grandc. Has two banks Bank
OF Lehl and Utah Banking company.
American Forll-Elevation, 1863 feet;
population. 1000. City OF the third class
Center OF magnificent horticultural and
agricultural region Sugar beets grow
hero TO perfection. as do small fruits.
while the peaches. apples and prunes
have n flavor that is uneXcelled. Amerl-
can Fork canyon, one OF tho most beau
tiful canyons in the state and from which
n vast amount Of mineral has been taken.
is only four miles distant The city owns
property worth S26,6i5; has bonded In
debtedness of s23.4 running twenty
years at per cent interest; has floating
Indebtedness OF S22, $50. bearing per
cent interest. Assessed valuation is
S4S1 ,i35: ratio Of taxation, S mills. total
annual revenue Is S32, ,0l0; eNpends s2S13
on streets annually and $24.51l on other
city property water punt Is owned DN
city and private corporation. and valued
at sSS.22S; light plant owned snme way.
and valued at Sli902. Has two railroads,
phone connections, Has one bank, the
Salt Lake Route and Rio Grande. Both
Bank Of American Fork.
Pleasant Grove-Elevation. 1900 feet;
population, 5000. City OF third class. Sit
uated on the bench. Center OF a great
located. Value of property owned by city
is S250o; its bonded Indebtedness Is $4,000,
runs twenty years at per cent; city
owns light and water plant valued respec-
value or property is S2s2. .345; rate OF tax
alton. IS mills: total revenue. Sll.949, OF
which Si2s is expended upon streets and
s5o34 on other city property. Has phone
connections. Has one bank. branch OF
American Fork bank.
DISQUALIFICATION 1855 feet: popu-
lation. 1000. City OF third class Center
OF peach belt Of Utah county. Rich ag-
larry plant OF the Lehi sugar factory. City
owns property worth 10000; has bonded
indebtedness $4,000. running twenty
rate Of aas as
ton. ID mills: total revenue, $20.2s4. Ex-
pends on streets annually, 1889: owns
its own light plant, valued at $4,000;
also its wator system. Has two rail-
roads. Rio Grande and Salt Lake Route
Both phone connections. Has two banks
Banking company and Spring
cannery here.
Provo-Elevation, 45l2 feet; population
II 900 Third city In state IN point OF
population. State Mental hospital located
here. Also p. Y. college and Proctor
academy. with $500 students in attend
ance. County seat OF Utah county. known
as the Garden City. Wonderfully produc-
tive region. Most fertile valley in the
world Delightful climate. Crows all
kinds of fruits. except tropical, and most
perfect fruit grown. Fifteen hundred cars
OF peaches, apples. pears. prunes were
shipped east from Provo In 1909. Small
fruit shipments also heavy. Territory
adjacent 10 Provo produces enough grain
and vegetables TO supply 200. 900 people.
There IS never failure or crops. The
city is only two miles from the largest
fresh water lake In the west-Utah lake.
Poultry. dairying and bee culture are also
thriving industry. Here are few
things Provo has:
Two fruit and vegetable canneries.
Sixty thousand acres of fine fruit and
farming land.
An income OF $4,000 per day during
A pressed brick plant that manufac-
lures and sells 100000 bricks per year.
A candy factory that employs more than
100 people.
Two wholesale grocery houses.
A hundred miles OF sewer.
Fifty miles OF cement sidewalk
A water system owned by the people.
4 fine government postofflce building.
A university with about 1900 students.
Many churches and frateIpal societies.
Free mail delivery in the city and farm
ing community.
Two telephone systems which insure
prompt service at low rates.
Twenty-Five passenger trains daily over
two transcontfnental railways
An assessed valuation OF nearly sf,-
900. 900.
Fine residences and public buildings
a beet sugar factory.
The finest boulevard In Utah.
An excellent market.
a great fresh water lake teeming with
the finest fish.
Three banks. viz: Farmers and Mer-
chants. Provo Commercial and Savings.
State Bank OF Provo. Provo is headquar-
;ers OF the Telluride Power company.
which company has the longest power
and lighting transmission wires In the
world extending all over Utah and south
eastern Idaho. In Provo canyon Is To-
Gated n technical school. owned by the
Telluride company. and where IT educates
all its employees In technical work in
electricity. II IS tho best equipped school
or its kind in the country
Fairview-Eleyation, 6o33 feet: po,ila-
1700 (IfV of ile third riosc