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One complaint among the citizens of Logan throughout the existence of the O.L.I. and U.I.C. was the interruption of traffic as freight trains traveled on Main Street. Here, a long freight train is stopped at the Logan Station as the engineer,…
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The U.I.C. engine #513 and passenger car stop in Logan, Utah sometime between 1930-1940. Mail and freight are also being loaded or unloaded from the train.
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A U.I.C. passenger car #504 parked near Logan, Utah on April 22, 1939.
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One of the traditions of the Agricultural College of Utah was a Military Ball held on the campus. In 1918, this ball was to be held on March 9. Peterson wrote to the O.L.I. on February 27, 1918 regarding special railroad rates for those who would be…
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A similar letter to the one that Peterson sent in August, 1917. This letter, from January 21, 1918 thanks the O.L.I. for an annual pass for the year 1918.
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A letter from President Peterson dated January 14, 1918 to W.A. Whitney, General Manager of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway. Peterson responded to a request regarding an individual named Calvin Millard who had applied to the O.L.I. for employment.…
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This item is a copy of the O.L.I.'s letter to the UAC on November 26, 1917 regarding a football excursion of UAC students to Salt Lake City. The O.L.I. believed that the students were to be traveling with their rail services, rather than with the…
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On November 24, 1917, Secretary Nelson wrote this letter to the O.L.I. regarding holiday and weekend rates for students who leave Logan and wish to return on Sunday evenings. The current tariff restrictions prevented students from being able to take…
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The schedule of the U.I.C. was originally organized to best support the students who would be traveling to a number of schools and universities in Ogden and Cache Valley. This October 13, 1917 letter from President Peterson questions the O.L.I. about…
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Secretary Nelson from the Agricultural College of Utah responded to the letter from the O.L.I. regarding new ticket prices and tariff restrictions. His letter on September 12, 1917 confirmed the school's reception of the notification and enclosed the…
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A copy of a U.I.C. freight bill included in the interview transcription with Joseph Meyrick. Joseph Meyrick was the agent at the Logan station for the O.L.I. and U.I.C. throughout the operation of both companies. His initials can be seen at the…
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Another view of the Union Pacific Railroad's Oregon Short Line Station in Logan. This station was shared with the Union Pacific by the Logan Rapid Transit Company, the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company, and the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad until…
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A snapshot of the construction of the Logan Rapid Transit rail lines at the corner of Main and Center Streets in Logan in 1909-1910. The Thatcher Bros. Bank is also under construction in the background. Rail ties can be seen within the trench that…
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A pair of oxen and a plow work as a crowd has gathered to witness the breaking of ground for the "Logan Street R.R." or Logan Rapid Transit Company rail lines in 1909.
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A crowd gathers at the Oregon Short Line Station on Center Street in Logan in 1915 to welcome the first O.L.I. train that would become part of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. The U.I.C. and O.S.L. shared the station on Center Street for a number of…
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This photo was taken from the U.I.C./O.L.I. lines on Center Street in Logan, facing downtown Logan and its sign welcoming travels to the city. An automobile can be seen crossing the tracks in the distance. The rail lines from this photo would have…
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A view of Main Street looking South, taken sometime between 1915-1925. The Logan Tabernacle is in the background. U.I.C./O.L.I. tracks can be seen running down the center of Main Street. Automobiles and a horse and wagon also travel on the street.
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A view of Main Street looking North, taken sometime between 1915-1925. The Logan Tabernacle can be seen to the right. An O.L.I. or U.I.C. train travels along Main Street in the distance. A horse and wagon also travel on Main Street while a number of…
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The Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway depot in Logan, Utah sometime before the company was reincorporated as the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad in 1919. The O.L.I. was established in 1915, so this photo was likely taken between then and 1919. This brick…
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The U.I.C. arrives in 1918 to collect and transport Cache Valley World War I soldiers to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The Chicago Clothing Store, JRE, a café, The Oak, Murdock's, and the Riter Bros. Drug Company can all be seen on Main…
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World War I soldiers look on, in 1918, as a distant U.I.C. train arrives on Main Street in Logan to transport these soldiers to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably the 145th field…
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A World War I regiment, in 1918, from Cache Valley awaits the arrival of the U.I.C. in front of the Logan Tabernacle on Main Street before traveling to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably…
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A World War I regiment, in 1918, from Cache Valley awaits the arrival of the U.I.C. in front of the Logan Tabernacle on Main Street before traveling to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably…
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This street scene shows a U.I.C. train on Main Street in Logan in the early 1920s. One person rides a bike near some of the earliest automobiles in the city.
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A look at Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910 during construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company rail lines. Cardon Jewelry, Dr. W. I. McNeil (dentist), The Hub, Dr. Paulson (Dentist), Morrels, and a drug store are visible.
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Construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company lines on Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910. The Chicago Clothing Store, J.R. Edwards, James Quayle & Co., The Oak Theatre, and other businesses can be seen in the background. Men in suits watch…
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Construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company lines on Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910. J.R. Edwards, James Quayle & Co., The Oak Theatre, and other businesses can be seen in the background. Men in suits watch the progress of the…
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A steam engine delivers concrete on railcars for the continued construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Lines in 1909-1910. Construction workers are shown working with the concrete to construct the railroad grade.
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Construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company lines on Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910. A drug store, tailor, Cardon Jewelry, The Hub, and other businesses can be seen in the background. Men in suits watch the progress of the construction…
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Construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company lines on Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910. A tailor, Cardon Jewelry, The Hub, and other businesses can be seen in the background. Men in suits watch the progress of the construction workers who…
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The Amalgamated Sugar Company was originally established by David Eccles and his corporation in 1897, beginning in Ogden, Utah. The company provided financial support, and sugar became a central freight product, for the operations of the U.I.C. This…
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This gold bond was created for the inauguration of the Logan Rapid Transit Company on January 1, 1913. The bond was worth $500 with a 6% annual interest rate for the company's first mortgage. It was created and authorized by the Ogden Savings Bank.…
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A copy of a letter from Geo. Preston, the attorney from Logan, to Moyle and Moyle Attorneys at Law in Salt Lake City on January 10, 1947. Preston discusses some possible options for having the U.I.C. real estate and property sold to a bidder who can…
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This is a copy of a January 9, 1947 notice to Bullen from M.R. Hovey, Secretary of the Logan Chamber of Commerce, regarding a special meeting concerning businesses that will be affected by the abandonment of the U.I.C. and its lines of operation.…
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Bullen responded to Knickerbocker on September 10, 1947 and expressed surprise at the Union Pacific's hesitancy to invest the money for what Bullen calls "development purposes in the rich Cache Valley." He also states that business opportunities are…
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Bullen's letter of September 5, 1947 shows Bullen continuing to try to persuade Knickerbocker and the Union Pacific of the value of providing services in place of the abandoned U.I.C. He describes Cache Valley as economically stable and a great…
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This letter from Geo. Preston, an Attorney in Logan, Utah, refers to a hearing over the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad and its future operation. Preston notes on February 14, 1947 that the situation seemed to be hopeless, that the financial situation of…
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A Passenger's Check, No. 9446, dated to June 19, 1918 showing the cost for a passenger traveling from Logan, Utah to Providence, Utah. Additional information is included on the reverse side, but damage to the document covers some of the…
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This is one example of many checks that were written to the U.I.C. during its time of operation. This check was written for $3.78 on August 7, 1918. The stamp on the reverse side of the check shows that the U.I.C. utilized the services of Thatcher…
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In 1947, the U.I.C. was bankrupt and its property was auctioned throughout the counties in which it had operated. Champ wrote to a Mr. Hillyard on August 22, 1947 regarding the creation of a plat to be given to a customer of the Cache Valley Banking…
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This April 24, 1945 letter from Champ to Eccles indicates that Champ received the checks he was expecting from the U.I.C. after sending in his bonds/stocks to be sold. He also notes that rumors have been spreading regarding the sale of the railroad…
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In response to the call for U.I.C. stocks, Champ sent this letter and his bond/stock certificate on February 28, 1945 to George Eccles to be sold to the Amalgamated Sugar Company. He included the stocks belonging to him, his wife, Lillian M.…
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In 1945, the U.I.C. was again reincorporated under the ownership of the Amalgamated Sugar Company to try to maintain operation of the railroad. The railroad requested that all stockholders return their stocks to be cashed and invested in the new…
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This document is a letter from Frederick Champ to the Cache Valley Banking Company written September 13, 1944. Attached to the letter were Champ's five U.I.C. bond interest coupons due for payment in February, 1944. He submitted the coupons and the…
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This letter from December 10, 1940 is Champ's response to the U.I.C. Bondholder Protective Committee authorizing them to convert his bonds into the new corporation's stocks.
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This June 19, 1944 letter from Champ to Marcellus confirms that the U.S. Chamber membership of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad and the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Corporations both would be lapsing due to financial struggles.
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Champ's June 1, 1944 letter portrays the true financial hardship that the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad had been experiencing since the late 1920s. Champ explains to Donald Marcellus that the future operations of the U.I.C. are in question, that they…
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On June 3, 1944 Frederick Champ wrote to George Eccles concerning the United States Chamber of Commerce memberships for the Ogden Transit Company, the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad, and the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Corporations. Financial struggles…
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This is a follow-up letter from Frederick Champ to George Eccles, dated March 18, 1944. Champ's concerns regarding tax loss were not resolved by the U.I.C. at this point. He continued to reach out to have his tax loss deficits refunded by the company…
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This letter was written by Frederick Champ to George Eccles on January 8, 1944. At this point the financial situation of the U.I.C. was very poor and this is represented in Champ's concerns with tax loss on his portion of the company stock and bonds.…
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