| Show p I I L r two JE a rT i iL iSALT L SALT LAKES OLD MILL WHEEL nIl Beautiful It St fur for o time the Irr Site ot of tIme tho n III early envIronment or of the tho Utah pioneers T 03 such that little was to to he be In the natural scenery of their now new home auld auldin l lIn In theIr crude Inventions to overcome iou necessities tIle lito picture tr of the old ohl millrace present Ill In 19 or of 1 a scene scello that has shored inure morl than ono one Utah Into creative effort who mc 10 III member It nt at nil all ns as tL a nt itt the cornet or of State street North orth Temple will whit recall It with the tho ton ten Some ome there thero ore aro who will taut that no nn Suit Lake ot of three or four do cafes cados ego aHO brought blought up without riding In thu tho old 1111 wheel then tho water was turned OtT olT making It run tUII n as II a squirrel a wh cl In a cage cago In Its It practical life the tho oM old mill was not ri n flour log Ins null hut but wn wits ono one or of the Irles of Institutions Institution to 10 utilize the tho water power ot of the tho canyon th day of and electricity In Utah A Ilour stood farther ul the canyon canon u a hull stood near the Social hall hail on State arid and thIs millrace was located at the tho 01 1 mouth or of City Creek canyon the stream of which Is hi passing the tho corner In the tho foreground Tha bull building shown tas first foundry and was as well ell a and In later years ears a general headquarters for tor tho waterworks do III time tho old days ot of ox teams the oxen used to haul rock Ioel for the thu temple ivere shod lit at the tho shop and the chisels that cut tho temple stone were there thore The mill wheel ran mn a system of belts that iero used for or general foundry When Whon Frank mayor ot of Salt limo tho Church sold the tho property to the city and Ind later hImself secured It on 1 a trade trado to the city for other othel It was built In the fifties Dacle of the tho black blacksmith I smith shop hop sus ns a 11 grist mill consisting of oC two to stones mill for II a time lime operated by the tho same samo wheel It ground fICh stuff ns as harley barley WI w t or of it II an adobe mill run by 1 a turbIne wheel served sered for tor general grist gristmill t mill purposes This was built by fibber C l anti operated by him for ninny years In III the tho period when whon work was most mORt active and the tho wheel dill did most of Its actual service Thomas Tanner watt hit boss hos or of the tho works Joseph Josoph vans v V J Player Henry C Cox and 1 A Jill 1111 tOn we were 1 on oil Time Tho stream has since Inco bh diverted tho old building torn tom down ILine way Was there thero tas much beauty about the tho scenery near the tho mill L Morris recalls gatherIng bushels of acorns from the tho grove of small trees treel that grow along the stream until It was on II In iii II a conduit the tho natural of the tho canyon destroyed by street makIng and Miss Josephine Spencer the tho time It was torn down nn and l declares that It male mallo her weep u to see He the tho old 1110 many another Eighteenth ivard Sill girl ami bo boy she sho confesses to have played about the tho old alii wheel to have fished for tor minnows In the pool below tIme tho spill the tho wheel was In Its mellow period or of half hiatt decay anti over nio s Miss Spencer wrote 1 it upon It whIch was wall published In the News several years ago It Is herewith Thu rho Poem the tho fancy of Alfred the who sketched In III nil n a ot of the 01 alit 1 wheel anti presented It to Miss Spencer with his TIl nm I GUI MI 1111 It tale tile tho mill wheel tells ts s It IL swings on Its axiom old nd the Idle water lIs From Irom thu hold It 11 Is 11 whirling to tIme tho streams toil tull tide IllS As It uell used lii In days ot at yore For limo tho nfl uso or of Its days ot of In tIme the dint dIm youth uro oer nd ii a younger spirit the tho strength That lay Iny In the tho waters brawn I IFor For the tho Slapping lapping belts through the now mills fly Dy the Petit pent breath are drawn As the tho seasons caine with their changes fraught To the tho The Tho wheel In Its SOnK or Its silence wrought n echo of oC woo or cheer cheor so till the measure of time waa crowned With the tho wealth or of a fertile soil soli Anti And the feeble whirr whirl of Its pulse was drowned In the tho noise ot of the tho stream s deft toll toil the tho alit orl cl hans hangs In its lis crumblIng mute Whore the tho moss anti the tho grasses lIve And 1111 the only pride that its use uso may claim The Tho poet hoot anti and give gle J For or n a picture Is with touche bold boldIn In Its sin stains Ins anti ami Its Ita decay I mournful simply tout or Of the tho ot of another day The Tho romance with the Iho worn out whirled In the tho waters rhyme When hen its lis unto nole was the tho limen ot of In the struggles or of olden time It itt In the tho cheerful sIght Of the tho harvests golden ohlen yield Mutely It hung hun the tho crickets blIght over ocr tIme tho waving field |
