| Show I 1 OF TOOELE in ay LUCY STEPHENS tafter afeei thoele tooele was organized into a city in ili 1863 1853 the growth was wan gradual abdual until 1910 when the Anter international national smelting smelling Sm elting and re lie f mine fining company es cs babl islieb a smelter there at tho the cost of more than hi in three million dollars on oil its completion the furnaces were lighted by governor spry on oil july 21 24 2 1 1911 since that time the city has increased in ili its population from 1200 to inhabitants the smelter em cm aloyes about men with a payroll of per month most alost of t the in men en go to and from work by means nicais of tho the valley railroad Raili oad which lens inns through thi bugh the town and connect salt lake depot with the smelter thoele tooele being on oil tho the salt lake route the iho city and county hivo have been on oil a cash basis sinco since their respective respect ivo or 01 gaiu and savo save for foi it a short period begg inIng in in 1874 when what was known as tho the liberal party carried tile election and because of then their extravagance tiava trava gance tho the county script was reduced roan rean to loss less th than an twenty five ive cents on oil tho the dallar and the county was ivas practically bankrupted upon the iho changing of thee conditions tho the cash basis was again established and has continued over ever since the ahe water system was put ill in all in 1890 but owned by a private corporation until 1916 when it was purchased by tile tho city tit at cost of more than 80 the system has as good water as ian can be found anywhere coming brorn mountain springs directly into tile tho water pipes clear and pure pine nevar seeing daylight until drawn from the pipes in in the city aho as assessed sessco val bation is is more moio than a n half million dollars 3 tile tho city contains about fifteen miles of paved sidewalks and most of the principal streets have been graded it has one bank levei it fust first class hotels a modern modem city and county building with beautiful well kept grounds gi a city hall free public library a public park cor daining a large laige municipal swimming pool which shiell is is exceeded in size size by only otic one in the state a beautiful camet try four churches C ja n modern hospital a volunteer cei eer firo department I 1 equipped with a diew new truck con containing Laining all tile tho modern modem fire ano fighting devices two flour nulls mills an electric light plant a a telephone exchange and other business enterprises incidental to toa 1 a modern city of like size liko like most utah towns the intellectual at life of the people w was spent at first ili in i lc ec claiming laiming tile the deseret and building bu illing homes but schools were vs asi early caily and were well patronized cons i dering the iho number and means of tho the inhabitants the fust first school house was a one room building anti and had homemade home made mado desks the there re were a few books and only the luckiest students were ablo able to have hao tho the very crude liand hand mado made slates the parents paid tuition at the rate of from fioro to 4 00 for foi the school year which was about ten weeks in length the tod red and rule lulo were frequently ili in vogue the first teacher was wm G D ada adams n 8 anti and there were 27 pupils in ili tho the school ho 0 1 1860 1850 contrast that with tile the present situation the city now has one of tile flip best school systems in tile tho state i the number of school children is is moro more than 1000 one thousand md and a fine fifteen room public school building where twenty two teachers aie employed is is maintained there is also a school at plat 0 the foreign district of tile town where four teachers are employed in ili addition to these there is is a 1 beautiful high school building with a four room loom annex for jr high school A full four high school course couise i is offered and sixteen teachers tire are cm ployd tooele city is is justly proud of her sons she has turned out some of the states best educators among ches are arc prof richard it lyman dr di T E G cow gowans ins dr marshall wilford me lie kendrick dean milton atilton Benn bennien iun aal an I 1 pros pres harris of tile the B Y U three of tho the apostles ot of the L D S church were called to their positions from pres pica cleber J grant graft the late pres francis at lyman and george F richards Rich aids she ho also takes pride in in being tile the homo home of philip phi lip delamare DeLaN tare wh oas the prime instigator ili in lumping into utah and the united states from franco france tile the first machinery to 10 manufacture beet sugar ilis his first sugar factory was established in ilovic ward salt lake city from will which said ward took its iame ame mme |
