Newspaper Items
Utah Railroads, General
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15 August 1872
"Local Brevities." "A carload of tents for the Utah, Idaho and
Montana Railroad company arrived in Corinne yesterday. This looks like
business." (Pitchard, Utah Mining
Journal, 15 August 1872)
23 August 1872
"Local Brevities." "John Young's opinion of the Utah, Idaho and
Montana railroad is not flattering. He says the road will never be built, but
it is raising h--1 with the bonds of the Utah Northern in the New York market!
Which, it is not too much to say, is bad enough for the narrow gauge." (Pitchard, Deseret Evening News, 26 August
1872)
22 September 1872
"Stock Car. -- The first stock car built in Utah is at the Utah Central
depot, where it is just about finished. We hope, by and by, to see all the
rolling stock of our railroads home-made. That is an object to be reached in
internal development." (Pitchard, Salt Lake Herald, 22 September 1872)
29 December 1873
Item lifted from the Eureka Sentinel of 24 December 1873, in regard to the
Eureka & Palisade Railroad, which notes that three miles of the grading is
completed, twenty miles of iron are in San Francisco for the road, "and
negotiations are pending with one of the narrow gauge' companies of Utah for 20
more, including also a locomotive and several freight cars." (see also
Salt Lake Tribune, 30 December 1873.) (Pitchard, Deseret Evening News, 29 December 1873)
12 October 1875
"Railways in Utah," an item lifted from the San Francisco 'Bulletin,'
reporting that there are 511 miles of railroad in Utah, 176 miles of it
(including the American Fork) being three-foot narrow gauge. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Herald, 12 October 1875)
29 May 1876
A group of railroad men, and others, guests of C. W. Scofield, arrived Saturday
evening, the 27th. R. N. Bassett, of the Utah Northern, is among them. They
will go to Salt Lake, and expect to be in Utah 10 days or so, looking over the
railroads. (Pitchard, Ogden Junction, 29 May 1876)
7 January 1880
Item, "Our Railroads", puffy pieces on most of Utah's railroads: (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 7 January 1880)
9 March 1880
"The ordinary life of a locomotive is thirty years. No doubt it would live
much longer if it didn't smoke so much." (Pitchard, Salt Lake Herald, 9 March 1880)
30 December 1882
Article on David Eccles. (Pitchard, Ogden
Herald, 30 December 1882)
11 January 1883
An ad for J. P. Soule & Co, at 236 Main Street, next to Clift House; they
sell photos, and have just received a bunch from the Soule Photograph Co.,
Boston; sell unmounted pix and the albums to hold them. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 11 January 1883)
8 May 1883
Item on Savage's little 'Views of Utah' album, drawings, not photos; this was
first appearance of it. (Pitchard, Salt
Lake Herald, 8 May 1883)
10 May 1883
Several of Jackson's "Grand Views", 8 or 10 of them, are hanging up
in the D&RGW's ticket office at the White House. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 10 May 1883)
22 September 1883
W. H. Jackson has been the past seven weeks in Yellowstone Park taking pix. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 22 September 1883)
25 November 1883
A revision of the Sanborn map of Salt Lake is to be undertaken. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 25 November 1883)
7 January 1884
"Moving a Railroad." "Bishop Thomas Taylor, superintendent of
the Utah Iron Manufacturing Company, is about to commence the work of removing
to Iron City, in this territory, the rails, ties, rolling stock, etc., of the
Nevada Central Railroad, which the company he represents recently purchased.
The manner of moving the plant will be as follows: the workmen will first move
the track and materials in Pioche down to Delmoi's ranch, then they will remove
the track from the Bullionville end up to the same place, then all the material
will be removed to Iron City. It is the intention at present to take up and
relay the track as they go on. Before they arrive halfway to their destination,
says the Pioche Record, it is safe to predict that they will give up this
method of removing the road."
(Pitchard, Salt Lake Evening Chronicle, 7 January 1884)
3 May 1884
"The railroads throughout Utah, and the city of Salt Lake, adopted
standard time on the 1st. The time is twenty-seven minutes faster than Park
City time." (Pitchard, Park Mining
Record, Park City, 3 May 1884)
11 September 1884
The Utah Gazetteer is out, $3.50 a copy. (Pitchard, Ogden Herald, 11 September 1884)
7 May 1887
Item on Utah Midland survey party, in charge of C. W. Reichel. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 7 May
1887)
11 June 1887
Thomas S. Wigglesworth is the chief engineer of Utah Midland survey parties. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 11 June
1887)
15 July 1887
"Montana Matters." From the Butte InterMountain of the 12th, it is
learned that Richard P. Morgan and party of four assistants have been in Butte
and the area "for several days past,… to make a critical examination of
the Utah & Northern. In pursuit of this object he has been looking over the
roadbed, rolling stock, and in fact examining all departments of the
above-named road and the Montana Union. His investigation did not extend north
of Stuart, because his car was narrow gauge. He made, however, a close
examination of the Anaconda branch and the yard and high line,… Last evening
he went south bound for Denver, where he will make a report to the Railway
Commission in a few days."
(Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 15 July 1887)
20 July 1887
Article on Pacific Railway Commission hearings and interviews, held today at
the Walker House; John Sharp and many others. (Pitchard, Deseret Evening News, 20 July 1887)(Coverage
continues on 21 July 1887)
21 July 1887
Coverage of the Pacific Railway Commission hearings held in Salt Lake City.
Additional coverage on the following day, 22 July. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Herald, 21 July 1887)
22 July 1887
Surveyors of the Utah Midland Railway are at work in Strawberry Valley. (Pitchard, Deseret Evening News, 22 July
1887)
17 November 1887
The Denver News of 10 November noted the incorporation of the Durango, Cortez
and Salt Lake Railway Company. (Pitchard, Deseret Evening News, 17 November 1887)
6 June 1890
Item on the Utah, Nevada & California Railroad. (Pitchard, The Home Sentinel,
Manti, 6 June 1890)
2 July 1893
The Board of Equalization yesterday finished up its statements of railroad
assessments for the year 1893. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 2 July 1893)
7 September 1899
Proposal afoot to build a two-foot gauge line to the Deep Creek mines area; the
article notes various of the Maine lines as being successful railroads of that
small gauge. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily
Tribune, 7 September 1899)
15 December 1899
On page 7 of this paper is a summary of the decision of Judge Hallett in the
suit of Detroit Photographic vs. Thayer and Merchant's Publishing Co.; the
judge's decision is that photographs of natural scenery cannot be copyrighted!,
because it is "not an original conception of the artist. It is merely a
skilful manipulation of the camera." He says that no photo of an animate
or inanimate object can be copyrighted, unless there is something strikingly
different and original in the treatment of the picture. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 15 December 1899)
18 March 1900
Pullman has bought the S.P. interest in the sleepers, and will buy the U. P.
interest as well. (Pitchard, Salt Lake
Daily Tribune, 18 March 1900)
28 October 1900
"That Tramway Deal," in regard to the Ogden gravel tram-railroad,
which has been idle and in storage for years. Stored at Farr West were the
cars, rail and the engine. It was sold recently at auction to the Utah
Construction Co. for $1,900.00 entire.
(Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 28 October 1900)
