Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-30 | Page 9 | Summit County-Seat Fight

SUMMIT COUNTY-SEAT FIGHT. Coalville and Park Cily Lining Up for Big Struggle Over the Location Loca-tion of the Courthouse. A drearj'-lookhiR square pile nf brick and mortar thrust out agcresslvelj 011. a drearj -looking plain of sage brush and loose rocks, devoid of itirioiindliig trees or shrubbery or other things attractive, at-tractive, It seems hardlj rtcdlhlo that liicn should spend time and money nnd cnerg) llRhtlnR nhout 11 tiling so tawdiy and lommonpl ice, Yet smh 11 stitiiture Is the Summit countj' louithouie. over which the peo-le peo-le of Park Cltj and Coalville are liiiricllng. and which will bo the storm-i enter of n bitter lontest lo bo di 1 hied at the polls In November Tho Count) Coinnilssliiers have dicldeil, It appeals, that the building- la I Icquiito to the needs of the count), and the Park City folks are using this as nn argument III favor of the removal ot the rountj-seol to the mining camp There are oilier icasoin also, the Pfllk (Ity people rlllm vvhj a lieu iniirthouse should be built In their town The place Is much larger. It pa)s the majority of taxes, theie is better train service and It wnull he moro convenient for the Judges and nttrunejs to go to the Park on law business. These lire n fen reasons advanced ad-vanced Arulnst this the Cmlvllle people sit forth that the tialn strike to the pics-ent pics-ent miintj -seat has alwnjs bren Rood mniiRh, and there Is nn reason to he. lleve It will be otherwise In the fiituie, that the conveiilcme of the lawjers should not be paid for out of the taxes of the people, that the dulin of Park Cltj to pax the majorltj of the taxes Is not a valid argument, liuisniuih ns the mines paj the gn iter portion of It. And lastly, and most linportnnt of all, intention Is called tn the fait that the exlstenie r mining camps Is apt to bo Heeling and transltorj. und Park City mi) be nn exieptlon Thiro Hie other arguments, but these will do for a while. For the next month or so the light hetw.en the two localities will be waged relentlessly, and the result will not be known until the billots nro counted on the night nf November tth. Interest In this matter far outshadowa political considerations of any other sort In Summit.