Show GOOD FOR SPANISH FORK at the town of spanish fork in bah county the stream from which the place derived its ita name by overflowing besides doing a large amount of damage to farming abd and oth r interests rendered the state road at that po nt impassible at an early day after the commencement of the late spring floods and a ferry of some gome kind was instituted for tor the tha benefit of the traveling public rot because the bride bridge across the river wab waa swept away but in consequence of the inundation of bf the wide bottoms on either side to that degree dpree that the bridge was inaccessible without swimming the flood prevailing for a long ion iod time cut one or more deep char chainels charnels nels across abe the road and destroyed it generally eo so that berl when beil subsided and ferrying from the waters 4 1 to muff buff became inexpedient there w eiyo highway there as in many other places where the thoroughfares were weke for tor many pany weeks zu subs merged that in consequence of tild tile th a it is well known abrogation of the revenue laws by the leis latiere laU iau irela la t winter excepting hose hoso applicable to territorial taxes the several countley counties have not the means ot 0 throughout hout bout the territory making improvements nor repair repairs on the pub lic lie roads beyond the expenditure of the roil poll tax authorized to be levied and collected col coi acted for lor that purpose bich alch which is entirely en irely lu sufficient insufficient to and the th cit 1 meet an exigency of that nature zens of spanish fork had no alternative but make it gassib le at to repair the road and their own expense or let it remain ut unoccupied during the remainder of ta lse lle le season they very wisely resolved to mend their waye and being prompted thereto by bishop thu thus 1 ber who bo took the lead in the matter atty went to work en maise masse and a atter after ler ter makar several dams and raising embank embankments menti to confine the water within the natural aw and original inal inai channel they made a 0 good and f tub ab road roid across the bottom bottoms much better as reported than it was before the flood there is now no serious obstruction obstruct ioa to tra travel cl southward on the east side aide of 0 utah lale lake beyond 1 the gos ai a a tem temp temporary arary bridge has been constructed across hobble creek at it springville Spring ville by the citizens of that town the expense attending the damm dammin damming lu aud and embanking operations so as 0 to o get at where the road was and then to rebuild it was rot inconsiderable and so far as the travel lf public are concerned they are certainly much indebted to thole those who contributed contribute d to put the road in repair for their accommodation so that they can pass and refes repass without hind bind hindrance raice this Is net the first time the citizens catiz as of spanish fork have taken the lead in ire lre repairing roads in that county when they have be brn en washed away or by the action of 0 water been beba fi led led with lf bottomless mud mad pits pita with all their promptitude in such matters they at aton atou on e time no not nov tio lon loi i bince since narrowly escaped a rod that was in pickle for them in c cummon common with some otters who did not geem seem to consi consider det def muddy roads as nuisances |