Letter to the Mayor and City Council of Payson, 8 June 1861
G. S. L. City,
To the Mayor and City Council
of Payson: An Act approved Jan. 18,
1861, confers upon our Honorable body the right
to control the waters of Spring creek for the use
and benefit of the citizens of Payson. We beg leave
respectfully to crave your special care over the Gardens
and nurseries located at Spring Lake villa, as the
seeds, roots, bulbs, plants, and trees there in cultivation
are iof immense value to the city of Payson in
particular and the Territory of Utah in general.
In our humble judgment the said Gar-
dens are entitled to far more consideration than any
ordinary farm crops, and should not be placed,
by any means, on a level with them in their propor-
tion of water. I have heard that the John-
sons put on airs and treated the Council of
Payson with indignity and disrespect. If this
be so, have the goodness as fathers to wave the in-
dignity and have a fatherly eye to the general
welfare of the commonwealth. Excuse our in-
terference in your municipal affairs, it is from
a zeal to promote agricultural, horticultural,
Pomological, Floracultural interests in Utah County
