Payson--The First 100 Years--J. C. Ellsworth--20th Mayor

PAYSON–THE FIRST 100 YEARS
Part 22–J. C. Ellsworth–20th  Mayor
Payson Historical Society

GRADER AND LEVEL PURCHASES BY THE CITY

    J. C. Ellsworth became the 20th Mayor of Payson on January 5, 1920.   On January 26th  it was voted for the City to buy a grader and level in order  to have better roads in the city.
    The Orem Railroad paved between their rails also a distance of two feet on each side of the track where it run on along today’s 100 North.
    Now that Pavson had a new park located on South Main, some of the trees in the old park on today’s West Utah Avenue  were removed and a ball park was made with a ball diamond and a grand stand.

    To have a fair distribution of culinary water, water meters were put in.  The citizens then paid for the amount of water that they used.
    The Taylor School was built in 1919  with school starting in January 1920.  It was named after a pioneer educator, Jesse Taylor.   A little adobe school house, also known as the  Taylor School  was torn down in order to make way for this new building.
    Two drinking fountains were placed on Main Street.  One on the east side of First South, one on the west side of First North.  One was placed  on Utah Avenue near the Star Theater.
    On April 27, 1921, the Relief Society, Farm Bureau and Payson City cleaned up the Payson Cemetery.  The lunch served at noon was furnished by the city. *

*Quoted from “The Payson Story” page 20, published by the Payson Centennial Committee, October 1950