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Show Sugar House Sermonettes by E. Cecil McGavin This is the tenth in a scries of articjes on the early day history of Sugar House. The series is presented nnder the sponsorship of Sugar House Camp, Sons of Utah Pioneers. On the Isle of Jersey John Taylor had made the acquaintance acquain-tance of a new convert, Phillip Phil-lip De LaMare. He was a ; man of great courage and practical genius. Pie had been in the contracting business with his father and had saved more than $10,000. Furthermore, Further-more, he was keenly interested inter-ested in the Mormon experiments experi-ments in the great west- and was anxious to do his part in breaking the wilderness and making it fruitful. After the completion of an extensive engineering en-gineering project, the Albert pier, he volunteered to go with John Taylor to Paris as a missionary. mis-sionary. The young De LaMare was very enthusiastic about the prospects of the sugar beet industry in America. His genius as a contractor and builder made him anxious to pioneer the field of sugar manufacture in western America. Amer-ica. The spirit of gathering had rested upon him and he was determined to go to America Amer-ica and to Salt Lake City. The two missionaries discussed dis-cussed the plan and decided to raise capital enough at once to purchase the necessary machinery ma-chinery and make plans for its transportation to the Mormon capital. It was the young, adventurous, ad-venturous, and enthusiastic De LaMare who contributed the first sum to this important project $5000. With such a famous name heading the list it was not difficult to persuade persu-ade other capitalists to invest in the cause. Elder Taylor went to England and solicited financial assistance from men of wealth and vision. John W. 1 Howard, a salt merchant, was not afraid to risk $5000 in the new enterprise. Another convert, con-vert, Captain Russell, a prominent prom-inent ship builder, contribute ed $15,000. Mr. Collinston, a wealthy boot and shoe manufacturer, manu-facturer, contributed another $5000. In a short time $G5,000 had been raised and the company com-pany was named the "Deseret Manufacturing Company." Ev-rything Ev-rything was in readiness for a fascinating experiment that was destined to play such an important part in the development devel-opment of western America and lay the economic foundations founda-tions of one of the great industries in-dustries of the nation. |
