Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers, (1920-1936)
COLL MSS 61
Historicial Note:
The Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company grew from two local railway systems organized by David Eccles. The Ogden Rapid Transit Company (1900) and the Logan Rapid Transit Company (1909) merged in May 1914 to create the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Company. The main line extended from Ogden, Utah to Preston, Idaho and its major business focus was to profit from passenger (rather than freight) transit. The Company was officially incorporated with the name “Utah-Idaho Central Railroad” in 1918. The Utah-Idaho Central operated until February 28, 1947, when the railline was abandoned and scrapped.
The Wellsville, Utah Station was erected in 1915 and by 1916 had become a stop on the electric powered Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Company’s route.
Sources for further information:
Sorenson, Philip E., “The Utah-Idaho Central Railroad,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1959.
Sorenson, Philip E. "A Corporate and Financial History of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad" (Masters thesis, Utah State Agricultural College, 1957.)
Scope and Content Note:
This collection contains the financial papers of Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station spanning the period from 1920 to 1936. This collection contains seventeen bound volumes and one box of material that record domestic money order receipts, competitive business reports, daily car reports, reports of way bills received, reports of freight cars received and forwarded, and the station’s cash books.
Note for Researchers: In addition to this collection USU Special Collections & Archives houses two other UIC collections: The Mendon Station Papers (COLL MSS 60) and The Providence Station Papers (COLL MSS 163).
Inventory:
Book 1: 1920-1929 Domestic Money Order Receipts Monthly Comparative Statements Station Agent Correspondence
Book 2: 1926-1929 Competitive Business Reports Station Requisitions
Book 3: Feb.-April Daily Car Reports 1928: Reports of Freight Cars Received and Forwarded
Book 4: Oct.-Jan. Daily Balance Sheets 1928-1929: Reports of Waybills Received
Book 5: June-Aug. Daily Balance Sheets 1930: Reports of Freight Cars Received and Forwarded
Book 6: Aug.-Nov., 1930, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 7: Nov.-Feb., 1930-1931, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 8: Feb.-May, 1931, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 9: May-July, 1931, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 10: July-Sept.,1931, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 11: Sept.-Dec., 1931, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 12: March-May, 1932, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 13: Aug.-Oct.,1932, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 14: Aug.-Nov., 1934, Daily Balance Sheets
Box 1: July, 1935, Daily Balance Sheets (loose)
Book 15: Feb.-April, 1936, Daily Balance Sheets
Book 16: 1931-1935 Station Cash Book
Book 17: 1933-1936, Record of Freight Bills Issued.
For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library, Utah State University Libraries, Utah State University 84322-3000
