Show I ADVANCE ANCE GENERAl IN PEACH COUNTY Water Systems and Municipal Telephones f Installed by Various Towns BRIGHAM IS PROSPEROUS Numerous Nun erous New N W Business Bloc Blocks s Erected Lead r to Optimism S Special ESpecial t to The Herald I CITY CITY Dec Box Box Elder Elde I B BRIGHAM count county's s resources are perhaps better bettor bettor bet bet- tor ter known than those of ot most o othe ot of I Ithe the counties In Utah Largo Large sums havo been expended annually to 10 exploit th the advantages dan l of ot this rich community Her public utilities tics are arc so extensive that out of ot a total assessed valuation of nearly nearl half haIr this amount amoun 1 Is assesse assessed against ag the big big- public cor cor- I The towns and villages In Box El Elder Eider er county count have havo thrived b by bythe the abundant ant harvests of ot the year tho the sugar sug-ar beet crop having been exceptionally good irhe Tho sugar factory factor at Garland Galland Is mal makIng makIng mak- mak Ing a a. record run and ands s will Ili like likely bo be In 1 operation until late in January The splendid wheat and other grain crops crop will keep the tho four tour grist mills of or tho the county count bus buy for tor twelve months During the year the following Im Improvements Improvements Im- Im ments have havo been made In the smaller smaller- towns of ot tho the count county JI Water S System Perry Pern Installation o of or a waterworks I t system Tho The town also operates Its own lighting system purchasing power I from Brigham City and has made ar arrangements arrangements art ar- ar t T with the Mountain States tates Telephone Telegraph company whore where I I b by It controls Its own telephone cx- cx t I change chang Honeyville Honeyville Installed waterworks system and has s plans well under t a way for br tho the Installation of ot a municipal lighting system Tremonton Tremonton Built Built a sewer system stem waterworks s system lal laid several blocks I of paved street new bank building and a a. canning factory Garland Installed Garland Installed a 3 sewerage e tern temp built many man blocks block of cement sub side sidewalks i I. I walks new hotel bank hank building and a number of business blocks and nd residences residences resi rest dences during In Vote Yote for fur New Xou Road nond S The people of the count county during this ibis I year voted to bon bond for for roa roads s and brI bridges Just after aCter a successful successful success success- ful tul school bond election for for tor forI I school chool houses and equipment The road I money mone has not all been expended ConI Contracts Con- Con I tracts for lor the building of fourteen steel I brI bridges the tho larger streams have already been let aggregating aggregating- an expenditure of ot upwards ards of oC That the people of this count county arc are j progressive is clearly demonstrated by bythe bythe I the fact tact that after aCter two success successful CuI bond elections totaling the tho people of ot Brigham City unanimously voted waterworks bonds In the tho sum of 35 33 to Increase the water supply in Its alre already d- d splendid water system Now they the theare are figuring fIgurin on a municipal teleS telephone tele- tele S 1 phone hone system to cost from OOOO to and If It the law will permit the city to issue additional bon bonds s for tOlo the installation of or a telephone exchange the bonds undoubtedly will be voted U unanimously fl aid m ens Brigham City commonly can called cd tho the Inthe Inthe in inthe City of Homes Is IR tho the fifth city the State of ot Utah and was settled b by bythe bythe the earliest pioneers between n ISH an and 1850 The city has made mado a steady growth from that time although the progress during the tho last five years alon along every conceivable line has been eq equal al to nn any ten ten- year ten ear period previous l The ho city's population has reached reache the 1000 mar mark with prospects for tor an additional additional addi add thousand before another census Is s taken While the city has a reputation as a fruit and e vegetable pro producing center of considerable importance that Isn't all ill her re resources The city is a business business bustness busi bust ness center for a vast ast rich agricultural agricultural tural ural section of northern Utah and boasts of or some of or tho the most up-to-date up mercantile institutions to be bo found In Inan an any iny of or tho smaller communities of the west vest ves t. t Along the tho line of manufactures the city Ity has not advanced to a a. i. i very ery great extent extent yet within the last five years a cement factory has been erected at ata I Ia a cost of ot near nearly half haIr a n. million dollars I and nd placed In operation employing ln upwards up- up up-I up war wards s of seventy five men and anti operated operated oper- oper ted night and da day From this metory fac- fac ac- ac tory ory a n. high grade e quality of ot cement Is made which Is e extensively ten hel used b by the government In tHe construction of ot Its reclamation projects A A cement brick and nd tile tHe factory factor Is projected for tor the immediate late future which will employ about bout sixty men The city supports two wo grist mills which operate the tho year ear round and ship large larg-e quantities of lour flour to neighboring neighboring- markets Two mills care for tor the woodwork o of the city and vicinity Many Institutions Other business Institutions within Brigham harri City are as follows Marble arble works two canning canning- factories each employing employing em em- plo ln mon many inny men and women all nIl through the fruit season two newspaPers newspapers pers pes an and one printing establishment three carpenter establishments two furnishing furnishing furnishing fur fur- stores stores' tore twelve grocery stores four meat markets marktl four hardware stores store four Cour furniture stores three piano an and music establishments twelve dry r goods stores five thc blacksmith shops two t crockery stores two railway de depots depots de- de e- e pots a n steam laundry two photographers ra pliers one art store two drug stores ono one livery stable two millinery shops three plumbing shops one harness harnes shop shoJI three jewelry stores three hotels two rooming roomIng- houses four Cour cafes cates two bakeries two Ice cream manufactories one novelty no store one hook book store six refreshment stands s. s four implement houses house three e banks three barber shops two pool Halls flails three lumber yar yards s. s four shoo shoe establishments eight shipping shipping ship ship- ping ping- establishments electric light ht and power powel plant waterworks system ono one foun foundry r two bicycle shops garage and automobile dealer three tailoring tailorIng- shops two nurseries two fisheries four rea real estate dealers two theatres three picture picture pic plc- ture houses confectioneries and numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous professional proCessional men In the various professions proCessions The Tho city Is lI lighted 1 b by a n. municipally municipal o ned owned electric lighting s system stem which brings s an annual revenue of more than Tho The splendid waterworks system system supplies four fifths of ot the resl- resl tem tern hL u. u 1 S pure pur-c mountain ULloa annual revenue from the system Is j Many Ian civic lc Improvements have been mR made e during tho last year Work was in the fall tallon fallon on six miles of or sl sidewalk paving which will be he completed com corn in the spring Improvement The year ear from froni a building building- standpoint has been Jeen exceptionally goo good Business blocks have been built an and others are contemplated contemplate as follows II X N. BowrIng's Bowring's Bowring's Bow- Bow rings ring's new Princess theatre Forest street two story hu business block Forest Forest For For- est cst street financed by J. J S. S Hull and I to bo be use used for tor cafe catt cigar store an and I pool hall new gara garage e In course of or construction construction con con- by Brothers on Main street remodeling of Union block by Knudson son Brothers at a cost of or approximately match remodeling of ot Boothe building for tor Security Savings bank banle new store building building- built b by Erdmann Erlmann Brothers for tor mercantile concern on onI I Main street add to Joseph F. F HanI Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen building improvements in the old county count courthouse at nt a cost of or I new addition n to tho the Box Elder High lUSh scho school l new Lincoln school in northern Brigham m. m built at a cost of or han handsome some r. r L. L D. D S. S chapel in the Third ward 3 completed complete in 1012 About bout twenty five new now residences were ere built during the year just ending ending- ran ranging In cost from 1200 to 1000 A Carnegie library ha has practically j been as assured and the next federal te fed fed- eral cral building for this state will be erected In Brigham The board boar of e education education edu edu- u- u cation expended In new bull buildIngs build build- Ings throughout the courtly including the tho improvements In Brigham City an and andall andall all these buildings were completely furnished placing Box Elders Elder's educational educational educational system In the front ranks of ot the state |