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Show Business In Springville By C. 1. SALISIU KV TUc business section of this community has grown and kept pace with the increase in population popula-tion of this locality and the increased in-creased demands cf the times. From the best source of information infor-mation obtainable, we learn that the first place of business or store was operated by Henry Hamilton Kearns in a small adobe house that stood on the riirtheast corner of the intersection of First West and Second North streets. Here a few notions were carried in stock and the earliest settlers of Springville Spring-ville were the patrons of the first mercantile enterprise in this community. com-munity. From this humble beginning the business section of Springville has grown until today the population of this community and vicinity is served by 65 business houses, ! which places at the disposal of the ' community every business service required in our complex modern life. Included in places mentioned above are a bank, modern markets, up to date dry goods, ready to wear and clothing stores, automobile automo-bile dealers, garage and repair shops, service stations, printing offices, modern drug stores, confectionery, con-fectionery, and ice cream shops, shoe repair shops, cleaning establishments, estab-lishments, a modern dairy, tourist tour-ist service, hotels, an up to date floVal, feed mills, poultry plant, a modern planing mill, canning factory, fac-tory, lumber yard, coal yards, an up to date picture show, modern barber shops and beauty parlors, jewelry store, cafes, furniture stores, blacksmith shops, suji;ir factory. We are served by a local telephone office, a unit of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company. We are served serv-ed by two steam railroads and one electric railroad. The community com-munity has gas service thru the facilities of the Mountain States-Fuel States-Fuel Supply company, and the city owns its own electric power system and water. We also have, in connection with the Denver -Rio Grande Western Railroad company com-pany station, Western Union telegraph service. In addition to these places of trade are our contractors, which we list among our" most important import-ant businesses, but no further mention will be made here because a separate article is contained in this paper covering their activities. ac-tivities. The annual volume of business transacted by the 65 organizations organiza-tions is in excess of one and one-half one-half million dollars annually. The bank offers every commercial banking service to the community, and has resources of over one million mil-lion dollars. The business men of the community com-munity have always co-operated in every worthy movement to aid in the growth and development of the community and to improve the service to its people. The membership mem-bership of the local Kiwanis club is made up largely of representatives representa-tives of business places and the business men have unanimously supported the great art movement, move-ment, a. project in which they all take individual pride. |
