Wilford attends dedication of Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
19 Saturday the wind is blowing a gale & has been for several days
it raises a cloud of dust which blows in our faces & waggons which
makes it vary disagreeable travelling. we rode to Cedar City 18 miles
I stoped with Brother Pugmire after dinner I visited the
Iron works. And I felt to rejoice to find them in blast & making
good Iron & casting pipes, cranks, & any thing they needed about ther
works. they have tried for several years to make Iron but could not
accomplish it untill of late the Presidency & most of the company was
presitent to see them cast & was much pleased with it. we exhamined all
the works coak, coal, ore of different kinds & took specemins with us
we then returned to the city the Iron works are about 1 mile from
the city. Cedar City contains 145 families, 725 souls their fort
is surrounded with a wall half a mile square 18 inches thick 8 feet
high built of Adobies & stone they have 145 dwellings vary good buildings
for the time it has been settled. They have a tithing office built 43 By 25
feet two stories a good suller & upper room finished. it cost $2500. the
main portion of the building is not finished. they have a meeting house
60 by 25 feet. they have had 3 schools during winter, 2 men schools 1
female. 2 schools during summer. This settlement much needs men
& teams to carry on their Iron works. We had a council in the evening
the Presidency & 12 were present the time was spent in chit chat upon
the consecration & other things
Thomas P Smith gave me the following report of Fort Johnson
6 miles north of Cedar City it contains 6 families 40 persons
the fort wall is 10 rods square 4 feet thick at the bottom 2 1/2
at the top is now built 8 feet high is to be carried up 12 feet
the place contains many fine springs enough to watter 100
Acres of land a good grazing country for a large heard of
cattle
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