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Railroads of Utah, Corporation Information, Part 6

From the records of the State of Utah

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Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad

Organized: September 11, 1872

Filed: September 12, 1872

Utah index number: 4284

Dissolved:

Capital stock: 6,000,000 (60,000 @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, own and operate a railroad commencing at a point at or near Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Territory of Utah, thence in a southerly direction through the Counties of Salt Lake, Utah, and Juab, thence through Salt Creek Canyon into the San Pete Valley to the coal lands along said Valley, to a point at or near the town of Kanti in San Pete County, thence in a southerly direction to the coal lands in Castle Valley, to a point at or near the town of Salina, in the County of Sevier, a distance of about 170 miles

Incorporators and directors:

I. Wentz Wilson	SLC	300	President
M. B. Valentine	New York City	300
M. B. Dodge	New York City	300
W. C. Hendril	SLC	300
Wells Spicer	SLC	80	Treasurer
George Field	SLC	80
John Tierman	SLC	90
J. A. Williamson	Des Moines	90	Vice President
Theodore Haswell	SLC	80	Secretary
( unreadable )	SLC	80

See also: Reeder, page 414, which shows a similar but different proposed route.

Branch of the Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad

Organized: September 10, 1872

Filed: September 12, 1872

Utah index number: 4285

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,500,000

Number of shares: 15,000 @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, own and operate a railroad commencing at a point on the Utah Southern Railroad at or near the town of Springville, in the County of Utah, Territory of Utah, thence in a southerly direction through Spanish Fork Canyon, thence across Thistle Valley into San Pete Valley, to intersect at some point in said Valley with the Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad in the County of San Pete, a distance of about 95 miles

Incorporators and directors:

I. Wentz Wilson	SLC	150	President
M. B. Valentine	New York City	150
M. B. Dodge	New York City	150
W. C. Hendril	SLC	150
Wells Spicer	SLC	50	Treasurer
George Field	SLC	60
John Tierman	SLC	60
J. A. Williamson	Des Moines	60	Vice President
Theodore Haswell	SLC	60	Secretary
( unreadable )	SLC	60

See also: Reeder, page 414, which shows a similar but different group of directors.

Salt Lake City Union Depot & Railroad Co.

Organized: May 18, 1907

Filed:

May 29, 1907 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
May 29, 1907 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 6383

Dissolved: December 31, 1978 (from Articles of Merger between SLCUD&RR and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, located in file 15038, D&RGW's file)

Capital stock: $200,000 (2,000 @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and to own, maintain, operate and otherwise enjoy a line or lines of railway,...and all such buildings and structures,... including particularly a union, or other, passenger depot and railway office building in Salt Lake City,...

Incorporators and directors:

Edward T. Jeffery	New York City	1	President
Edward T. Jeffery, as trustee		1,991
Charles H. Schlacks	Denver	1	Vice President
Franklin W. K. Cutcheon	Oyster Bay, New York	1
Joel F. Vaile	Denver	1
Jesse White	New York City	1
Samuel C. Katthews	New York City	1
Waldemar Van Cott	SLC	1
T. J. Wyche	SLC	1
Ernest A. Greenwood	SLC	1	Secretary

Remarks:

Joseuh W. Gilluly shown as Treasurer

Amended January 7, 1925, to change the number of directors

Amended March 22, 1944, to increase capital stock to $800,000 (8,000 @ $100.00; 6,000 shares preferred, 2,000 shares common), to allow issue of preferred stock in the amount of $600 ,000

Reference notes:

Information found in file #15038 for Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad:

Articles of Merger between Salt Lake Union Depot and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

Salt Lake Eastern Railway

Organized: May 21, 1883

Filed: May 21, 1883 - with Auditor of Public Accounts

Utah index number: 4317

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $480,000 (4,800 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, own, acquire, equip and operate by steam power, a railroad from a point at or near the City of Salt Lake, in Salt Lake County, to some point on the Utah Eastern Railway in Parley's Park in Summit County, by the most practicable route, a distance of about 30 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William S. McCornick	SLC	50
James A. Cunningham	SLC	10
John A. Grossbeck	SLC	50
Simon Bamberger	SLC	50
William S. Goodbe	SLC	10

Additional shareholders:

Jacob Bamberger	SLC	50
George Cullens	SLC	10
George Gass	SLC	10
Henry Dinwoodey	SLC	30
Henry Higgins	SLC	10

See also: Reeder, page 415

Salt Lake, Fillmore & Kanosh Railroad

Organized: 1918

Filed:

Route:

(unknown)

Remarks:

No other information available.

Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway

Organized: 1916

Filed:

Route:

Salt Lake City to Great Salt Lake

Remarks:

Organized in 1891 as Saltair Railway; name change in 1892 to Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway; name change in 1916 to Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway.

Salt Lake, Hailey & Puget Sound Railroad

Organized: May 5, 1891

Filed:

May 6, 1891 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
March 21, 1892 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: 1075 (also 4344, which is the original signed copy)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $3,750,000 (37,500 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

The railroad to be built by this corporation will begin at a point in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at or near Roper Street, or other desirable point, thence by the most feasible route in a westerly direction to Utah City, Salt Lake County, thence westerly passing Black Rock Garfield Beach and Lake Point, to a point east of or near to Grantsville, Tooele County, thence around the north and east end of the Grantsville Mountains into Scull (sic) Valley, thence across Scull Valley and through the pass between the Lakeside and Cedar Mountains, thence across the desert by way of the most direct route, to Lucin Station, on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, thence northerly by way of the most feasible route to the boundary of the Territory and the Idaho state boundary, a distance of about 150 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William Burke	SLC	10
J. R. Nichols	SLC	10
Edmund Wilkes	SLC	10
Frank H. Dyer	SLC	10
John R. Middlemiss	SLC	10

Additional shareholders:

W. C. Van Home	SLC	10
C. C. Clements	SLC	10
J. W. Dawson	SLC	10
W. H. Jennings	SLC	10
W. S. McCornick	SLC	10
Middlemiss & Company, as trustees		1,400

Salt Lake, Jordan & Bingham Railway

Organized: August 11, 1879

Filed: September 12, 1879

Utah index number: 4306

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $350,000 (3,500 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, operate and maintain a railway from Salt Lake City, in Salt Lake County, southerly to or near a point where the furnace and reduction works of the Societe des Minus d'Argent et Fondries de Bingham (Society of Silver Mines and Foundries of Bingham) are situated, near what is called West Jordan Settlement and from thence across the Jordan Valley and to and up the Main Bingham Canyon to a point near the head of said Canyon, and with branches from thence up the forks of said Canyon and to the mines operated by said Societe des Minus d'Argent et Fondries de Bingham and to other mines in said Canyon and its forks, a distance of about 40 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Liberty E. Holden	SLC	196
Erwin Davis	Stanford, Conn.	196
Joab Lawrence	SLC	1
Charles W. Bennett	SLC	1
Thomas R. Jones	SLC	1

Remarks:

Erwin Davis is shown as also being associated with Hampton Gold & Silver Mining Co.

Liberty E. Holden was Albert F. "Bert" Holden's father; the younger Holden organized the United States Mining Company in March 1899 to operate the Old Jordan Mine in Bingham Canyon, and is shown in July 1899 as the managing director of the United States Mining Company, as well as the Centennial-Eureka mine in Tintic. The United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company was organized in 1906 to acquire the United States Mining Company, operating in Bingham, Tintic and California and to acquire other mining interests in Mexico and Nevada. The Company's first managing director Albert F. Holden.

In December 1880, Liberty F. Holden was one of the organizers (along with Union Pacific interests) of Utah Southern & Castle Valley Railway, an unbuilt projected railroad that was to build from Juab Station on the Utah Southern, south and east to the mouth of Salina Canyon, then by one route east through Salina Canyon (80 miles), and by another route south to Marysvale, Utah (40 miles).

Salt Lake Light & Traction Co.

Organized: August 6, 1914

Filed:

August 8, 1914 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
August 8, 1914 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 10792 (located in file 10845, for Utah Light & Traction Co.)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To manufacture, produce and develop light, power and heat by electricity, gas, steam and any and all means, and to sell and dispose of same

To buy, lease, build, own, operate,...street and suburban railroads,...

Incorporators and directors:

O. J. Salisbury	SLC	1	President
S. A. Whitney	SLC	1	Treasurer
C. W. Johnson	SLC	1	Vice President
A. H. Parsons	SLC	1	Secretary
A. H. Parsons, as trustee		995
J. B. Walker	SLC	1

Reference notes:

Consolidated with Utah Light & Railway Co. to form Utah Light & Traction Co., September 8, 1914

Salt Lake, Nevada & California Railway

Organized: January 11, 1889

Filed: January 11, 1889 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: 510

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $5,700,000 (57,000 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

To begin at a point in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, east of the track of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, by the most feasible route in a southwesterly direction, passing Black Rock, Garfield Beach and Lake Point, to a point near Grantsville, thence north of west to a point near Salt Springs, thence southwesterly to a point near Deep Creek, Tooele County, a distance of about 150 miles

Incorporators and directors:

James F. Fulton	SLC	1,426
Theodore Brough	SLC	15
Thomas W. Bates	SLC	15	President
Frank H. Nelden	SLC	15
Robert Gardiner	SLC	15

Additional shareholders:

R. A. McCornick	SLC	10
H. C. McDonough	SLC	1	Secretary
F. W. Montgomery	SLC	1
S. T. Thompson	SLC	1
George W. Ellison	SLC	1

Salt Lake Rapid Transit Co.

Organized: January 14, 1890

Filed: February 24, 1890

Utah index number: 4333

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $500,000 (5,000 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

For the constructing, maintaining and operating of a single or double track railroad for the transportation of passengers over the streets, roads and other rights-of-way in Salt Lake City and vicinity and all in Salt Lake County, Territory of Utah, using steam, electricity, cable or other motor power

Route:

On Fourth South Street in Salt Lake City, from the Military Reservation to the Jordan River

On Seventh South Street from the Military Reservation to the Jordan River

From the south limits of said City by the most convenient route to Beck's Hot Springs and on such other streets, roads and other rights-of-way in Salt Lake City and vicinity, the entire length being about 30 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Lewis S. Hills	SLC	29
John S. Cameron	Omaha	119
James T. Little	SLC	30	Treasurer
William H. H. Spafford	SLC	20
John Sharp Jr.	SLC	30

Additional shareholders:

C. B. Jack	SLC	10
P. L. Williams	SLC	30
A. H. Cannon	SLC	30
J. F. Jack	SLC	1
John H. Rumel Jr.	SLC	1

Reference notes:

Part of the consolidation which formed the Consolidated Railway & Power Co., August 9, 1901

Gained control of Popperton Place & Fort Douglas in about 1893 (information from Utah Power & Light files)

Salt Lake, Sevier Valley & Pioche Railroad

Organized: May 2, 1872

Filed: May 3, 1872 - with Auditor of Public Accounts

Utah index number: 4349

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $6,000,000 (60,000 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

To be constructed from Salt Lake City, by way of Lake Point and Stockton, and into and through the Valley of the Sevier River, to a point on the western boundary of the Territory of Utah near the 38th Parallel North Latitude, running through Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Juab, Millard, Beaver and Iron Counties, a total length of about 300 miles

Incorporators and directors:

H. S. Jacobs	Mauch Chuck, Pa.	586
John Leisenring	Mauch Chuck, Pa.	586
William Lilley	Mauch Chuck, Pa.	586
John Thomas	SLC	586	Treasurer
Joab Lawrence	SLC	10
John Rowberry	Tooele	10
James Campbell	Ogden	10
H. R. Durkee	SLC	10
P. Edward Conner	SLC	10
Jeter Clinton	SLC	10
Thomas P. Akers	SLC	10

Additional shareholders:

A. W. Leisenring	Mauch Chuck, Pa.	586
E. M. Barnum	SLC	10
E. H. Lurker	SLC	10
John L. Lynch	SLC	10

Reference notes:

The 20 miles of uncompleted grade of this company was purchased in August 1874 by the Utah Western Railway (first, #4296, incorporated on June 15, 1874)

No mention of the line being narrow gauge.

See also: Reeder, page 417

Salt Lake Southern Railway

Organized: 1904

Filed:

Route:

(unknown)

Remarks:

Name change in 1904 from Salt Lake & Suburban Railway.

Salt Lake Terminal Company

Organized: November 29, 1913

Filed:

November 29, 1913 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
December 1, 1913 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 10380

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

To construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, maintain, own and operate a line or lines of railroad,...and all such buildings or other structures,...including particularly a union or other passenger and freight depot or depots and railroad office building in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

Route:

Shall extend from a point where the passenger depot of said corporation may be established in the City of Salt Lake, to a convenient point or points within or on the extreme boundaries of Salt Lake City, to connect with any line or lines of railroad company or companies which may desire to make use of said depot or other terminal facilities afforded by said corporation, the length not to exceed 20 miles

Incorporators and directors:

F. M. Orem	SLC	748	Secretary, Treasurer
Julian Bamberger	SLC	748	President
J. B. Bean	SLC	1
Henry I. Moore	SLC	1
J. H. DeVine	Ogden	1	Vice President
W. R. Armstrong	SLC	1

Salt Lake Valley Railway

Organized: February 6, 1900

Filed:

February 6, 1900 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
February 6, 1900 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 2810

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $32,000 (320 @ $100.00)

Route:

From Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, thence northerly through Davis County, thence northerly through Weber County, to the City of Ogden, a distance of about 32 miles

Incorporators and Directors:

Arthur Kennedy	South Bend, Ind.	285
Charles A. Quigley	SLC	32
Thad W. Naylor	SLC	1
William P. Hemphill	SLC	1
Frank L. Beatie	SLC	1

Reference Notes:

Quigley was shown as Vice President (information from Utah Power & Light files)

The following comes from the Minutes of Bountiful City Council (research completed on September 9, 1980):

May 23, 1900 -- Salt Lake Valley Railroad applied for a franchise from Bountiful City. (page 84)

May 29, 1900 -- City council granted franchise to Salt Lake Valley Railroad. (page 85, 86)

June 6, 1900 -- The ordinance granting the franchise was read and approved. (page 86)

July 25, 1900 -- The Salt Lake Valley Railroad accepted the franchise, via a letter to the city council. (page 87, 88)

Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railroad

Organized: April 23, 1890

Filed: April 24, 1890 - with Auditor of Public Accounts

Utah index number: 4336 (also in file for Index 420, which is a different corporation)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $4,000,000 (40,000 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

From a point in the City of Salt Lake, in the County of Salt Lake, in the Territory of Utah, and thence through the Counties of Salt Lake, Davis and Weber, to a point in the City of Ogden, in said County of Weber, and also beginning at a point on the said railroad, near Uintah, in said County of Weber, and running thence in a general easterly direction through the Counties of Weber, Morgan and Rich, to a point on the boundary line between said Territory of Utah and the Territory of Wyoming, in Township 10 North, Range 8 East, a total length of about 113 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Charles K. Bannister	Ogden	1,121
Abbot R. Heywood	Ogden	1
Alexander H. Swan	Ogden	1
Oscar E. Hill	Ogden	1
William V. Helfuch	Ogden	1

Additional shareholders:

Edward W. Exum	Ogden	1
Ferdinand W. Lefrentz	Ogden	1
Adolphus Eingens	Ogden	1
Sidney Stevens	Ogden	1
( unreadable )	Ogden	1

Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railway

Organized: June 28, 1887

Filed: June 29, 1887

Utah index number: 420 (also 4323)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $2,500,000 (25,000 @$100.00)

Purpose:

For the constructing, owning, maintaining and operating of a railroad in Utah Territory from a point within the City of Salt Lake, County of Salt Lake, thence northerly through said County and the Counties of Davis and Weber to a point within the City of Ogden, in said County of Weber, thence easterly and northeasterly through said County of Weber and the County of Rich to a point on the boundary line between the Territories of Utah and Wyoming, at or in the vicinity of the mouth of Twin Creeks, a distance of about 120 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William W. Bishop	San Francisco	10
O. J. Hollister	SLC	10
P. H. Emerson	Ogden	10
E. A. Littlefield	Ogden	10
James D. Negus	SLC	1,110

Additional shareholders:

J. S. Houtz	Ogden	10
Fredrick Barnes	Ogden	10
H. D. Lewis	Ogden	10
Clarence A. Blanchard	New York City	10
Donald M. Lean	SLC	10

San Juan Railroad

Organized: 1887

Filed:

Route:

(unknown)

Remarks:

No other information available.

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad

Organized: 1901

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.

San Pete Valley Railway

Organized: June 29, 1874

Filed:

Capital stock: $1,000,000.00

Route:

From the town of Nephi, through Salt Creek Canyon, to the town of Manti, and the names of the counties into and through which it is intended to pass are Juab and San Pete counties in the Territory of Utah - a distance of about 50 miles.

Directors:

G. W. Clark
James A. Williamson
John M. Moore
C. C. Clements
John T. Lynch
C. C. Perkins

Remarks:

To D&RG in 1908.

Source: Reeder, page 418

Sevier Railway

Organized: May 5, 1891

Filed:

May 6, 1891 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
May 7, 1891 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: 904 (also 4355)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $8,000,000 (80,000 shares @ $100.00 (48,000 common, 32,000 preferred)

Purpose:

Formed to acquire franchises for, and to locate and construct, and acquire, lease or purchase or in any lawful manner and to own, maintain and operate the lines of railroad described

Route:

A line of railroad commencing at Manti in the County of San Pete, at the termination of the Rio Grande Western Railway, and thence running in a general southwesterly course down the San Pete Valley and into and up the Sevier Valley to or near to Salina in the County of Sevier, thence continuing in a general southwesterly direction in or near the Valley of the Sevier River and by the route found most practicable by survey, through Sevier County, and thence southerly in said Valley to or near to Marysvale in the County of Piute, thence continuing in a general southerly direction in Piute County in and near the Valley of the Sevier River and by the route found most practicable by survey, to Circle Valley in said County of Piute, thence continuing southwesterly in Sevier Valley and over Fremont Pass and to and into Parowan Valley and southerly to or near to the town of Parowan in said Valley in Iron County

Also a spur or branch of about five miles from or near Salina, southeasterly to the gypsum beds

Also a spur or branch from near the line between Sevier and Piute Counties for about 25 miles westerly to the Clear Creek mines

Also spurs or branches from at or near Marysvale to the mines in that vicinity, not to exceed 20 miles in length

A branch line connecting with the mainline at or near Salina and running in a general southeasterly course up and through Salina Canyon to the county line of Emery County, thence in a general northeasterly direction by the route most practicable through Castle Valley and to a connection with the Rio Grande Western Railway, at the most practicable point, between Price and Green River Stations, a distance of about 120 miles

Incorporators and directors:

David C. Dodge	Denver	1
David C. Dodge, as trustee		3,200
Arthur E. Welby	SLC	1
William F. Colton	SLC	1
George Goss	SLC	1
Robert Harkness	SLC	1

Additional shareholders:

Thuron Giddis	SLC	1
P. V. Finnely	SLC	1
Thomas Marionneaux	SLC	1
Ernest A. Greenwood	SLC	1
Charles W. Bennett	SLC	1

Remarks:

Amended September 5, 1908, to accept provisions of the Utah State Constitution

Filed September 8, 1908

Sevier Valley Railway

Organized: December 6, 1880

Filed:

December 7, 1880 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
December 8, 1880 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: (15038, file for D&RGW of 1921)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $10,000,000.00

Number of shares:

Purpose:

To construct, equip, own and operate by steam power, a railroad from a point at or near the City of Ogden, in Weber County, to a point at or near Salina, in Sevier County, and thence in a general southwardly direction to the north boundary line of the Territory of Arizona, and from at or near Salina, eastwardly to the western boundary line of the State of Colorado, by way of Salt Lake City, Provo, Nephi and Salt Creek Canyon, a total distance of about 600 miles.

Directors:

Micajah T. Burgess
George A. Lowe
John T. Lynch
A. S. Patterson
Charles W. Bennett

Sources: Reeder, page 418; Utah State incorporation file 15038 for D&RGW in 1921.

Southern Utah Railroad

Organized: August 30, 1907

Filed:

August 31, 1907 - with Salt Lake County Clerk
August 31, 1907 - with Secretary of State

Utah index number: 6549

Dissolved:

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

Route:

Northeast from Miller Creek, located at about the center of Section 29 of Township 15 South, Range 8 East, to a point on the right of way of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, about four miles north of the town of Price, a distance of about 20 miles

Also if necessary, to purchase ... any line or lines of railroad connecting with or intersecting said line

Incorporators and directors:

A. A. Sweet	SLC	98	President
H. L. Thomas	SLC	2	Vice President
G. S. Payne	SLC	2	Secretary, Treasurer
N. P. Browne	SLC	2
W. H. Sweet	SLC	96

Remarks:

H. D. Niles' name is crossed out and replaced by that of N. P. Browne

Amended August 24, 1911 to pledge its credit to or loan money to the Consolidated Fuel Company (a corporation of the State of Utah)

Filed: August 24, 1911

Reference Note:

Hiawatha is in Miller Creek Canyon

Southeastern Railroad Company of Utah

Organized: November 25, 1872

Filed: December 5, 1872

Utah index number: 4288

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $2,000,000 (20,000 shares @ $100.00)

Purpose:

For the constructing, owning and maintaining of a railroad from a point at or near Springville, in Utah County, to a point on the Sevier River, in Sevier County, a distance of about 100 miles

Incorporators and directors:

William Jennings	SLC	100
W. H. Hooper	SLC	100
H. S. Eldredge	SLC	100
Theo F. Tracey	SLC	50
H. B. Clawson	SLC	50
J. T. Little	SLC	50
A. O. Smoot	Provo	100
Myron Tanner	Provo	50
Orawell Simons	Payson	50
Joseph S. Tanner	Payson	50
William Duglap	Payson	50
Albert K. Thurber	Spanish Fork	25
William Bringhurst	Springville	75
L. S. Wood	Springville	50
L. S. Mills	SLC	50
Frank Fuller	SLC	50

See also: Reeder, page 419, which shows a slightly different group of directors.

Summit County Railroad

Organized: November 24, 1871

Filed: November 29, 1871

Utah index number: 4307

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $660,000 (6,600 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

To be constructed, operated and maintained from Echo Station, via Grass Creek, Coalville, Unionville and Wanship, through Silver Creek Canyon to the Uinta Mining District in Summit County, a distance of about 26 miles

Incorporators and directors:

Joseph A. Young	SLC	250
William W. Cluff	Coalville	50
George Crismon	SLC	25
F. A. Mitchell	SLC	25
LeGrand Young	SLC	5

Additional shareholders:

S. B. Young	SLC	3
( ) Prieson	SLC	2
Charles Richins	Coalville	10
S. J. Jonasson	SLC	2
H. G. Park	SLC	5
B. G. Young	SLC	4

Remarks:

Amended April 28, 1880 to extend route to include Park City in the Uintah Mining District and to include a branch from the mainline from or near the mouth of Grass Creek Canyon, thence up said Canyon to the upper discovered coal bed, a distance of about seven miles, and a total distance of about 34 miles

John Sharp shown as President

Shareholders shown as:

George Crismon

Alma Eldredge

John Boyden

Charles Crismon

Oscar Young

Union Pacific Railroad

LeGrand Young

Representing 3/4 of total shareholders

Filed: June 22, 1880

See also: Reeder, page 419

Summit County Railway & Transportation Co.

(later Wyoming, Salt Lake & California Railway)

Organized: October 17, 1888

Filed: October 17, 1888 - with Secretary of Territory

Utah index number: 491 (also 4329, which is empty with note to see #491)

Dissolved:

Capital stock: $1,000,000 (10,000 shares @ $100.00)

Route:

To begin at a point in the City of Coalville, Summit County, west of the present line of the Union Pacific Railway and running in the most feasible and practical route northeasterly up Chalk Creek to the southwest corner of Wyoming Territory, a distance of about 25 miles

Also a first divergence commencing at a point about six miles from Coalville on the mainline and running up the South Fork of Chalk Creek in a southeasterly direction for a distance of about six miles

Also a second divergence from the mainline about 10 miles from Coalville and running in a northerly direction for a distance of about 10 miles up the stream, a branch of Chalk Creek

Also a third divergence from the mainline at a point about 14 miles from Coalville and running about five miles in a southerly direction up the creek to a point near Thomas Welch's Sawmill

A total length, including all three divergences, of about 46 miles, all in Summit County

Incorporators and directors:

Ben Wood	SLC	10
James E. Fulton	SLC	365
L. C. Karrick	SLC	1
Morgan L. Sproat	SLC	10
Chester Howe	SLC	1	Vice President

Additional shareholders:

Louis Seckels	SLC	10
Nathan Sears	SLC	1
J. C. Bowring	SLC	1
Theodore Brough	SLC	1	Secretary
Robert Gardiner	SLC	50
Alonzo G. Bast	SLC	10

Remarks:

Amended December 2;, 1888:

To change name to Wyoming, Salt Lake & California Railway

To increase capital stock to $4,000,000 (40,000 shares @ $100.00)

To change route:

From some feasible point in Salt Lake City, by the most feasible route to and through the Wasatch Mountains by way of Emigration Canyon, to the City of Coalville, the former terminus of the Summit County Railway & Transportation Co., thence by the established line of said Company to the line dividing the Territories of Utah and Wyoming, a distance of about 86 miles

Directors shown as:

Ben Wood

Chester Howe

James E. Fulton, President

L. C. Karrick

Thomas W. Bates

Robert Gardiner

Theodore Brough, Secretary

9,986 shares represented

Filed:

March 23, 1889 - with Auditor of Public Accounts
March 25, 1889 - with Secretary of Territory

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