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Railroads of Utah, Corporation Information, Part 3

From the records of the State of Utah

This page was last updated on July 23, 2016.

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Iron Mountain & Utah Valley Railroad

Organized: September 4, 1873

Filed: September 15, 1873

Utah index number: 4292

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $273,000

Number of shares:

Route:

From Iron City, Utah, in Iron County, to the southern end of the Utah Southern Railroad in Utah County, a distance of about 273 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Warren N. Dusenberry	Provo	150
William H. Dame	Parawon	100
Edward Dalton	Parawon	100
George A. Smith	SLC	100
Homer Duncan	Cedar City	250
A. J. Stewart	Provo	100
Silas S. Smith	Parawon	150
W. B. Pace	Provo	150
Ebenezer Hanks	Iron City	2
Vemstead Rencher	Grass Valley	200
A. J. Stewart Jr.	Provo	150

Additional shareholders:

Jesse N. Smith	Parawon	150	Treasurer
Chatman Duncan	Washington City	100
Louis Fisher	Iron City	100
William C. Mitchell	Parawon	100
Joseph Fish	Parawon	100
Samuel H. Rogers	Parawon	108
George Holyoak Jr.	Parawon	20
Louis Root	Cedar City	150
William M. West	Parawon	150
William Adams	Parawon	100
Samuel Leigh	Cedar City	100
L. W. Romney	Kannerech	100

See also: Reeder, page 408

Juab, San Pete & Sevier Railroad

Organized: October 3, 1872

Filed: October , 1872

Utah index number: 4286

Dissolved:

Capital stock: 2,100,000 (21,000 shares @ 100)

Purpose:

To build, own, operate, and maintain a narrow gauge railroad between Nephi in Juab County and Marysvale in Piute County and also branches to the coal beds

Route:

From Nephi, east along Salt Creek, then south through San Pete and Sevier Counties to Marysvale, a distance of about 120 miles, with a branch to the coal beds near Fairview, a distance of about 12 miles, and a branch to the coal beds near Wales, a distance of about six miles, and a branch to Bullion, in Piute County, a distance of about seven miles, the total length being about 140 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Brigham Young		77
Joseph A. Young	SLC	400
George Peacock	Manti	25
A. Milton Musser	SLC	10
Daniel H. Wells	SLC	10

Additional shareholders:

George A. Smith	SLC	10
George Q. Cannon	SLC	30
T. W. Ellerbeck	SLC	10
D. McKenzie	SLC	10
James Jack	SLC	10
Robert R. Anderson	SLC	10
H. B. Clawson	SLC	50
W. W. Riter	SLC	10
Orson Hyde	Spring City	5
A. J. Moffat	Manti	25
LeGrand Young	SLC	10

See also: Reeder, page 409

Kenilworth & Helper Railway

Organized: 1911

Filed:

Route:

Spring Glen, on D&RG, east to Kenilworth, all in Carbon County.

Remarks:

Owned by Independent Coal & Coke Co., the coal mining company that developed the Kenilworth mine; the line was completed in 1907; the railroad company was incorporated to operate the line; sold to D&RGW in 1926 and replaced by the D&RGW's Kenilworth Branch

(Read more about the Kenilworth & Helper Railway)

Lehi & Tintic Railroad

Organized: October 18, 1872

Filed: November 22, 1872

Utah index number: 4287

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100)

Purpose:

To construct a railroad from a point at or the city of Lehi to a point in the Tintic Valley in Juab or Tooele Counties, a distance of about 50 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William Jennings	SLC	25
H. B. Clawson	SLC	25
Frank Fuller	SLC	15
James S. Clark	New Orleans	50
Elias L. Beard	San Francisco	50
E. J. Palmer	San Francisco	50
A. 0. Smoot	Provo	15
H. S. Eldredge	SLC	20
W. H. Hooper	SLC	25
Addison L. Page	Pioche, Nevada	10
William Bringhurst	Springville	10

Additional shareholders:

Lewis S. Hills	SLC	15	Secretary
John V. Bofinger	St. Louis	50
John J. Anderson	New York City	50
John T. Caine	SLC	15
B. F. Knowlton	SLC	10
M. A. Baldwin	Troy, New York	10
O. Simons	Payson	10
Robert W. Burton	SLC	10
James T. Little	SLC	25
Thomas G. Webber	SLC	10

See also: Reeder, page 409

Little Cottonwood Railroad

Organized:

Filed: September 10, 1872

Utah index number: 4281

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100) (stock may be increased to $5,000,000)

Route:

From some point of intersection on the Utah Southern, or other railroad south of Salt Lake City and to run thence to Little Cotton wood Canon and up said canon as practicable - a distance of about 20 miles.

Incorporators:

I. Wentz Wilson	SLC	35
M. B. Valentine	NYC	35

Directors:

I. Wentz Wilson
J. A. Williamson
Wells Spicer
Theo Haswell
George Field
W. C. Hendrie

See also: Reeder, page 410

Little Cottonwood Transportation Company

Incorporated in Maine: August 8, 1916

Organized in Utah: November 3, 1916

Filed in Utah: November 15, 1916

Utah index number: 12256

Dissolved: November 9, 1974 (involuntary)

Capital stock: $300,000 (300,000 shares @ $1.00)

Purpose:

To acquire railroads in the State of Utah, also to mine, transport, and process minerals in the State of Utah

Incorporators and directors:

Albert F. Jones	Portland, Maine	2	President
A. B. Farnum	Portland, Maine	2	Treasurer
George S. Soule	Portland, Maine	2
J. P. O'Donnell	Portland, Maine	2
J. R. Griffin	Portland, Maine	2
(unsubscribed shares)		299,990

Remarks:

Agent in Utah: Shand Smith of Salt Lake City

Officers shown upon filing in Utah:

Ward E. Pearson shown as President

V. A. Van Valkenburg shown as Secretary

Logan Rapid Transit

Organized: December 30, 1909

Filed:

January 27, 1910 - in Cache County
January 29, 1910 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 13794

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $100,000 (10,000 shares @ $10)

Purpose:

To construct, etc., street railways within the city of Logan and in the future to expand throughout Cache County and into the State of Idaho

Incorporators and directors:

David Eccles	Ogden	500	President
David Eccles, as trustee		390
Robert Anderson	Logan	10	Vice President
Joseph Howell	Logan	10
A. E. Hatch	Logan	10
Dr. David C. Budge	Logan	10
Benjamin F. Riter	Logan	10
E. P. Bacon	Logan	10
John A. Widtsoe	Logan	10
George Thomas	Logan	10

Additional shareholders:

Joseph Quinney Jr.	Logan	10	Secretary
M. S. Browning	Ogden	10
Henry H. Rolapp	Ogden	10

Remarks:

The incorporators associated themselves for the purpose of owning, buying, operating, constructing, equipping and maintaining railroads and street car systems, both urban and interurban, within Utah and Idaho

Amended March 10, 1913 to increase capital stock to $500,000 (50,000 shares @ $10)

M. S. Eccles shown as President

Filed on March 18, 1913 in Cache County

Filed on March 24, 1913 with Secretary of State

Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad

Organized: 1916

Filed:

Route:

Salt Lake City to Los Angeles.

Remarks:

Organized in 1901 as San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad; completed in 1905; name changed in 1916 to Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad; controlled by UP in 1921; leased to UP in 1936; merged with UP in 1987.

Malad Valley Railroad

Organized: November 25, 1902

Filed: November 25, 1902

Utah index number: 4050

Dissolved: November 9, 1974 (involuntary)

Capital stock: $400,000 (4,000 @$100)

Route:

From a point of connection with the railroad of the Central Pacific Railroad at or near the town of Corinne, in Box Elder County, then northeast and north through the valley of the Bear River and Malad River to the northern boundary of the State of Utah, then north into Oneida County in the State of Idaho to Malad City, a distance of about 40 miles

Incorporators and directors:

W. H. Bancroft	SLC	1	President
W. H. Bancroft, as trustee		390
E. Be Calvin	SLC	1	Vice President
T. N. Schmacher	SLC	1
P. L. Williams	SLC	1
D. S. Spencer	SLC	1

Additional shareholders:

C. H. Jenkinson	SLC	1	Treasurer
G. K. Smith	SLC	1	Secretary
J. A. Reeves	SLC	1
C. J. NcNitt	SLC	1
F. H. Knickerbocker	SLC	1

Milford & Beaver Railroad

Organized: January 21, 1902

Filed:

January 29, 1902 - with Beaver County Clerk
January 30, 1902 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 3531

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $35,000 (350 shares @ $100)

Route:

From Milford, Utah, running southeast by most direct route for 13 miles to Minersville, then east across the Beaver River by most direct route for five miles to Minersville Reservoir, then northeast by most direct route for four miles to Adamsville, then east by most direct route for five miles to Greenville, then northeast and east by most direct route for four miles to Beaver, then east by most direct route for four miles to the east line of Section 20 of Township 29 South, Range 6 West, all in Beaver County, a total length of about 35 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Henry Altman	SLC	160	President, Treasurer
Arthur B. Lewis	Frisco, Utah	160	Vice President
Charles C. Goodwin	SLC	10
John W. Cristian	Beaver, Utah	10
Fredrick C. Loofbourow	SLC	10	Secretary

National Coal Railway

Organized: 1920

Filed:

Route:

In Gordon Creek Canyon in Carbon County.

Remarks:

Organized in 1909 as Helper Western Railway; reorganized in 1920 as National Coal Railway; completed in 1921; operated by Utah Railway; sold to Utah Railway in 1954.

Nevada-Utah Mines & Smelters Co.

Organized: 1905

Filed:

Route:

Remarks:

Operated a Shay locomotive.

New East Tintic Railway

Organized: May 20, 1896

Filed: May 22, 1896

Utah index number: 1439 (also 4368)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $50,000 (500 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, equip, maintain and operate a line of railroad from a connection with the lines of railway of the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway and the Rio Grande Western Railway, at Mammoth Station near Mammoth Mill at the mouth of Mammoth Hollow in the Tintic Mining District, Juab County, Utah, and running thence in a general easterly course up Mammoth Hollow by way of the Mammoth Mill and the Sioux Mill, the Mammoth Mine and the Ajax Mine, to the Sioux Mine, east of the head of said hollow, in the same mining district, and also a switch of spur therefrom to the Grand Central Mine on the southerly side of Eureka Peak, in the same mining district, a total length of about five miles

Incorporators and directors:

James A. Cunningham	SLC	494
James A. Cunningham Jr.	SLC	1
Frank B. Cook	SLC	1
Hyrum S. Young	SLC	1
William K. Bradley	SLC	1

Additional shareholders:

William Pisakel	SLC	1
W. C. Sharp	SLC	1

Reference notes:

Locomotives:

Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad

Organized: December 17, 1904

Filed:

December 19, 1904 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
December 19, 1904 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 4988

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $50,000 (500 shares @ $100)

Purpose:

To construct, purchase or lease ...a line of railway from the Town of Newhouse by what shall appear to be the most feasible and favorable route to a point in Copper Gulch, then northeast to Sevier Lake, a distance of about 20 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Samuel Newhouse	SLC	496
Lafayette Hanchett	SLC	1	President
Alfred J. Bettles	SLC	1	Secretary
Maurice N. Johnson	SLC	1	Vice President
Henry L. Irwin	SLC	1	Treasurer

Reference notes:

Shay locomotive (serial number 911) was purchased by Newhouse Mines & Smelters Co. on August 23, 1904 for use on Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad at Newhouse, Utah

Ogden & Cache Valley Railway

Organized: June 23, 1890

Filed:

June 24, 1890 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
June 24, 1890 - with Weber County Clerk

Utah index number: 714 (also 4339, which is the original signed document)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

From a point or points within the City of Ogden, east and north through Weber and Cache Counties to a point or points in the City of Logan, a distance of about 50 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William Binford	Ogden	83
John Hamer	Ogden	83
Daniel Hamer	Ogden	82
Myron Hume	Ogden	165
John Keck	Ogden	82

Additional shareholders:

Robert Marsh	Ogden	1
Eugene E. Holt	Ogden	1
A.Z. Washburn	Ogden	1
F. D. Higginbotham Jr.	Ogden	1
W. H. Spencer	Ogden	1

Reference notes:

Information from other articles of incorporation for other companies of the same time period show:

Daniel Hamer is the Probate Court Clerk of Weber County

F. D. Higginbotham Jr. is the Probate Court Deputy Clerk of Weber County

Ogden & Hot Springs Railroad

Organized: September 14, 1889

Filed: September 16, 1889

Utah index number: 624

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $200,000 (2,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

From a point at or near the northern end of Washington Ave. in the City of Ogden and at or near the northern corporate limits of said city, then north to Hot Springs, then southwest to a point in Township 7 North, Range 2 West, then southeast to a point at or near the corporate limits of the city of Ogden, a distance of about 15 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Will R. Swan	Ogden	60	Treasurer
Robert Robinson	Ogden	10	President
Morton F. Post	Ogden	10
James T. McIntosh	Ogden	10	Vice President
Frank A. Calkins	New York City	10

Additional shareholders:

Watson B. Farr	St. Louis	10
Ferdinand W. Lafrentz	Ogden	10	Secretary
Myron Hume	Ogden	10
Alexander H. Swan	Ogden	10
Horace K. Thurber	Ogden	10

Remarks:

These articles were typewritten showing the name as "Ogden Belt Railroad." The word "Belt" in the title is crossed out and the words "and Hot Springs" handwritten above it.

This corporation was consolidated four months later with Ogden & Hot Springs Health Resort Company, both corporations having been incorporated on the same date and having been owned and controlled by the same people, to form the Ogden & Hot Springs Railroad & Health Resort Company with a capital stock of $400,000 (4,000 shares @ $100). The consolidation was organized on November 30, 1889 and filed on January 22, 1890.

The Ogden & Hot Springs Health Resort Company was organized on September 14, 1889 and was filed on September 28, 1889 with the Probate Court and on October 28, 1889 with the Probate Court Clerk of Weber County and had a capital stock of $200,000 (2,000 shares @ $100).

Reference notes:

Will R. Swan and Robert Robinson are shown as the secretary and president, respectively, on the August 7, 1889 amendment of the Ogden City Railway.

Ogden & Lucin Railroad

Organized: June 26, 1900

Filed: June 26, 1900

Utah index number: 2928

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

From a point at or near Ogden in Weber County to a point at or near Lucin in Box Elder County

Incorporators and directors:

Robert C. Chambers	SLC	1,062	President
George M. Downey	SLC	1	Vice President
D. C. Adams	SLC	1
D. R. Gray	SLC	1
O. J. Salisbury	SLC	1
William E. Smedley	SLC	1
John W. Donnellan	SLC	1	Treasurer
Hoyt Sherman	SLC	1
George B. Brastow	SLC	1	Secretary

Ogden & Northwestern Railroad

Organized: October 3, 1903

Filed:

November 5, 1903 - with Weber County Clerk
November 9, 1903 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 4373

Dissolved: November 9, 1974 (involuntary) (Blue inactive card states "dissolved /11")

Capital stock: $200,000 (2,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

Between Ogden City and Brigham City, a distance of about 20 miles

Incorporators and directors:

David Eccles	Ogden	40
Thornas D. Dee	Ogden	50	President
Hiram H. Spencer	Ogden	50	Vice President
Robert S. Joyce	Ogden	5	Treasurer
Charles H. Kircher	Ogden	5	Secretary

Additional shareholders:

N. C. Flygare	Ogden	5
John W. F. Volker	Ogden	5
William. J. Shealy	Ogden	5
James Pingree	Ogden	20
William H. Eccles	Wascoe County, Oregon.	5
Edward M. Allison Jr.	SLC	10

Ogden & Syracuse Railway

Organized: January 1, 1887

Filed:

March 2, 1887 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
March 5, 1887 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: (found in Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway file, index 579)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: 200,000 (2,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

From Ogden City, southeast through ;Weber and Davis Counties to Syracuse on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Sections 7 and 18 of Township 4 North, Range 2 West, a distance of about 15 miles.

Incorporators and directors:

Charles F. Adams	Boston	1,980
Fredrick L. Ames	Boston	1
Elisha Atkins	Boston	1
D. C. Adams	SLC	1
S. R. Callaway	Omaha	1

Additional shareholders:

Ezra H. Baker	Boston	1
Frank Langford	SLC	1
William H. Murphy	SLC	1
Charles E. Ingalls	SLC	1
W. F. McMillan	SLC	1
F. F. Eccles	SLC	1
E. E. Holt	SLC	1
F. N. Shelton	SLC	1
M. P. Benton	SLC	1
P. L. Williams	SLC	1

Ogden & Wyoming Railway

Organized: February 7, 1882

Filed:

February 9, 1882 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
May 29, 1882 - with Secretary of Utah Territory

Utah index number: 412 (also 4314, which is the original document)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $2,000,000 (20,000 shares @ $100)

Route:

From Ogden, Weber County, to the Mammoth Coal Mines near the head of Ham's Fork of the Green River in Uintah County, Wyoming, a distance of about 100 miles

Incorporators and directors:

John S. Lewis	Ogden	100
Jesse M. Sangsdorf	Ogden	100
Warren G. Child	Ogden	100
William Van Dyke	Ogden	100
Robert J. Heill	Ogden	100
Fredrick A. Shields	Ogden	100
Joseph Clark	Ogden	100
Francis A. Hammond	Huntsville	100
Richard M. Dooley	Ogden	100

Additional shareholders:

William Beers	Ogden	100
S. P. Higbee	Ogden	100

Reference notes:

The Mammoth coal mines were located approximately 10 miles northeast of present-day Cokeville, Wyoming.

See also: Reeder, page 410

Ogden City Railway

Organized: August 21, 1883

Filed:

August 22, 1883 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
August 24, 1883 - with Secretary of Utah Territory

Utah index number: 4332

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $50,000 (1,000 $50.00)

Purpose:

To construct, maintain and operate a single or double track street railway in Ogden beginning at Union Depot then running east on 4th and 5th Streets to points at or near the eastern limits of Ogden City, also commencing at and intersecting with said line at rain and 5th Streets, then running north and south on Main Street to or near points of Ogden City limits, a total length of about five miles

Incorporators and directors:

L. W. Shurtliff	Ogden	50
C. F. Middleton	Ogden	40
N. C. Flygare	Ogden	50
W. G. Child	Ogden	100
William Driver	Ogden	100
Lorin Farr	Ogden	50
L. J. Herrick	Ogden	10
James Sharp	SLC	140
O. P. Arnold	SLC	140

Additional shareholders:

H. S. Young	Ogden	75	Treasurer
Sidney Stevens	Ogden	50
William W. Burton	0gden	10
Barnard White	Ogden	50

Remarks from information in file 4332 only:

Amended August 7, 1889 to increase capital stock to $150,000 (3,000 shares @ $50)

Reference notes:

Purchased a new Shay locomotive (serial number 295, built July 26, 1890) then sold it on January 5, 1891.

Above named Will R. Swan and Robert Robinson also shown as the Treasurer and President, respectively, of the Ogden & Hot Springs Railroad, incorporated September 16, 1889.

See also: Reeder, page 410, which shows an organization date of May 29, 1883.

Ogden City Street Railway

Organized: March 6, 1891

Filed:

April 2, 1891 - with Probate Court Clerk of Weber County
April 4, 1891 - with Secretary of Utah Territory

Utah index number: 879

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $250,000 (2,500 shares @ $100)

Purpose:

To own and operate a line or lines of street railway in the City of Ogden

Incorporators and directors:

L. R. Rhodes	Ogden	1
Charles H. Nicolet	Ogden	1
Hugh C. Gilbert	Ogden	1
Alfred Gregory	Kansas City, Missouri	1
Henry M. Beardsley	Kansas City, Missouri	2,496

Ogden Electric Railway

Organized: November 28, 1890

Filed:

December 2, 1890 - with Probate Court Clerk of Weber County
January 15, 1891 - with Secretary of Utah Territory

Utah index number: 830

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $200,000 (2,000 @ $100)

Purpose:

To build, construct, equip, maintain and operate a street railway along, upon and through the street and public thoroughfares of Ogden City and along, over and upon the public highways of Weber County.

Incorporators and directors:

H. H. Henderson	Ogden	750	President
J. Brinker	Ogden	250	Secretary
H. C. Bigelow	Ogden	250	Treasurer
A. S. Garretson	Sioux City, Iowa	500	1st Vice President
E. A. Reed	Ogden	250	2nd Vice President

Ogden, Lewiston & Northern Railroad

Organized: April 19, 1913

Filed: [no date]

Utah index number:

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $100,000 (1,000 @ $100)

Purpose:

To build a railroad from Ogden, Utah to Preston, Idaho, by way of Ogden Canyon, Ogden Valley, and Cache Valley (later amended to end at Alexander, Idaho, a station on the Oregon Short Line, six miles west of Soda Springs).

"The railroad to be owned, purchased, constructed, equipped, maintained and operated by this corporation at the present time shall extend from the City of Ogden, in Weber County, State of Utah, to the village of Preston, in Franklin County, State of Idaho, having a total length of approximately eighty (80) miles, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

"Beginning at a point in or near the said City of Ogden and thence in a northeasterly direction through Ogden Canyon in the said County of Weber and through or near the towns of Huntsville, Eden and Liberty in what is known as Ogden Valley, in said Weber County, thence in a northerly direction in the Counties of Weber and Box Elder to the southern boundary line of Cache County, thence in a northerly direction through said County of Cache, in the State of Utah, running between the towns of Avon, Paradise, Hyrum, Wellsville, Millville, Providence, Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield, Richmond and Lewiston to the southern boundary of the State of Idaho, thence in a northerly direction in Franklin County, in the State of Idaho, between the towns of Firview and Preston, to Preston, Idaho."

Incorporators and directors:

Fred W. Crockett	Logan, Utah	80	President
A.L. Hyer	Lewiston, Utah	80	Vice President
Morris J. Swinyard	Lewiston, Utah	80	Secretary-Treasurer
M. Pond	Lewiston, Utah	80
T.S. Karren	Lewiston, Utah	80
John Johnson	Millville, Utah	80
George S. Obray	Paradise, Utah	80

Additional Shareholders:

B. Pond	Lewiston, Utah	80
George E. Telford	Lewiston, Utah	80
Edwin Bodily, Sr.	Fairview, Idaho	80

Amended on June 24, 1913 to increase the capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000, and to change the intended termination point from Preston, Idaho, to Alexander in Bannock County, Idaho.

"The railroad to be owned, purchased, 'constructed, equipped, maintained, and operated by this corporation at the present time shall extend from the City of Ogden, in Weber County, State of Utah, to the town of Alexander, in Bannock County, State of Idaho, having a total length of approximately one hundred fifty (150) miles, including spur and side tracks, and being more particularly described as follows, to wit:

"Beginning at a point in or near the said City of Ogden, and thence in a northeasterly direction through Ogden Canyon in the said County of Weber, and through or near the towns of Huntsville, Eden and Liberty in what is known as Ogden Valley, in said Weber County, thence in a northerly direction in the Counties of Weber and Box Elder to the southern boundary line of Cache County; thence in a northerly direction through said County of Cache, in the State of Utah,trunning near or between the towns of Avon, Paradise, Hyrum, Wellsville, Millville, Providence, Logan, North Logan (formerly Greenville), Hyde Park, Smithfield, Richmond, and Lewiston to the southern boundary of the State of Idaho, thence in a northerly direction in the Counties of Franklin and Bannock, State of Idaho, near or between the towns of Fairview, Preston, Riverdale, Minkcreek, Cleveland, Perry, Lago, Thatcher, Niter and Grace, to Alexander in the State of Idaho, the course of the road through said Franklin and Bannock Counties following approximately the channel of Bear River through what is known as Gentile Valley."

(Information taken from photocopied Articles of Incorporation for Ogden, Lewiston & Northern Railroad Company, on file at Secretary of State, State of Utah, furnished by Thorton Waite.)

Additional notices of the planned construction come from Railway Age Gazette:

Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway

Organized: October 17, 1914

Filed:

Route:

Ogden to Preston, Idaho.

Remarks:

Organized as a consolidation of Ogden Rapid Transit and Logan Rapid Transit; completed new construction between Ogden and Logan; name change to Utah Idaho Central Railroad (first) in 1918.

Ogden Rapid Transit Company

Organized: May 16, 1900

Filed:

May 17, 1900 - with Weber County Clerk
May 21, 1900 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 13120

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $100,000 (1,000 @ $100)

Purpose:

To acquire, own, maintain, and operate a system of street railways and other transit in and upon the streets of Ogden and in other parts of Weber County outside of the Ogden city limits

Incorporators and directors:

David Eccles	Ogden	90
Thomas D. Dee	Ogden	25	President
Hiram H. Spencer	Ogden	20	Treasurer
Edward M. Allison Jr.	Ogden	5	Vice President
George H. Matson	Ogden	10	Secretary
N. C. Flygare	Ogden	5
J. W. F. Volker	Ogden	5

Additional shareholders:

Charles W. Nibley	Ogden	10
Charles H. Kircher	Ogden	10
Charles A. Henry	Ogden	5
William J. Shealy	Ogden	10
Robert S. Joyce	Ogden	5

Remarks:

Amended July 15, 1908 to increase capital stock to $5OO0OO (5,000 shares @ $100)

Amended December 7, 1910 to authorize corporation to extend its lines of railway into other counties and states to connect with other railway lines