Coalville Times | 1903-08-14 | Page 6 | Historic Mills Are Gone

HISTORIC MILLS ARE OONI. Flamee Wipe Out Old Induatry cf Ouden, Utah. The flKden woolen mllla. the aenmil oldeat Itiilualry of ttio kind, hate teen burned. The mllla wero built at a time when the nalla coat lluii p,.r keg and other material In proportion. The machinery for ealubllahliig ihem waa brwiuht from tho Mlaaouii river, nearly forty yeara ago by ox ton ma, Ixirln Fiirr. for twenty yoara Ogilon'i mayor, waa the orlglnntor of tho enterprise. Tor a number of yeara the enterurla thrived, and In 1S84 Kroch Farr. who for eevernl yeara waa manager ei the mllla, went to Huston and purclaaeil an entirely new act of marfi ', r. Tue mllla wero cloacd for several tears soon after Hi la. hut about ten imrs ago were acquired by Mr. Piatt aim axiiin atarted them on a iirr.aefiil era. Iterently they wero mado the baala of a atock company. The eon-corn eon-corn haa pnlil heavy illvldenda ami hail on foot a plan to convert anine of Ha aurplua water inner Into electric power to bo marketed. Salt Herald.