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A Baggage Claim Ticket, No. A 40138 issued by the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway in 1918. This ticket is for a passenger traveling from Deweyville, Utah to Providence, Utah. The reverse side of the ticket explains how to use the ticket for stations…
This collection of letters contains correspondence between Geo. Champ and Royal Eccles concerning the topic of stock conversion from O.L.I. to U.I.C. stocks. The first letter in the collection, dated September 3, 1919, is a follow-up reminder from…
A letter from Royal Eccles to Geo. Champ, dated September 18, 1919, with Champ's new stock certificate following the conversion of stocks from the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company.
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…
Royal Eccles wrote this letter on May 18, 1920 to all stockholders of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company regarding the annual meeting of stockholders in discussing the affairs of the company. Part of this meeting was to discuss the sale of the…
This "Weekly Comparative Statement of L.C.L. Door to Door Freight" from the Wellsville Station shows the L.C.L. freight handled by the station from July 21, 1935 to July 31, 1925. The pre-filled areas of the form indicate railroads that commonly…
A later record of freight bills collected at the Wellsville Station throughout September, 1933. The consignees of this particular record represent a variety of individuals and businesses, demonstrating the many different types of freight that the…
This document is a record of freight bills collected at the Wellsville Station throughout July, 1933. Each freight bill was tracked according to cost, the railcar and number in which the freight had traveled, the location of origin for the shipment,…
An entry from a Station Cash Book from the Wellsville U.I.C. Station. This entry, from January 1932, is a record of all of the cash transactions carried out within the month at the Wellsville Station. This is another form to be filled out by station…
A pamphlet outlining the timetable of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Corporation as of April 20, 1942. This timetable includes the train schedule as well as the scheduled bus service that was provided by the railroad since the mid 1920s. The…
A Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company timetable from June 24, 1918. This timetable displays the schedule of each of the trains traveling the route of the U.I.C. lines. It also provides information about connections from Ogden to Salt Lake City via…
The U.I.C. worked with a number of railroads to provide better service for their customers and expand that service to areas outside of Utah. This telegram, sent on July 29th, 1929, is evidence of the relationship of the U.I.C. with major railways…
This map was created by the Bamberger Electric Company and is an updated version of the 1916 map included earlier. It depicts the lines of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad, the Bamberger Electric Railroad, and the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad with their…
One of the few handwritten documents in the station records, this note from July 13, 1925 written by J. H. Schwaneveldt describes the inspection and shipment of cattle via the U.I.C. Schwaneveldt was a brand inspector for Cache County and notes that…
One of the few handwritten documents in the station records, this note from August 23, 1924 written by J. H. Schwaneveldt describes the inspection and shipment of cattle via the U.I.C. Schwaneveldt was a brand inspector for Cache County and notes…
In addition to arrest warrants, robberies, and hold-ups, U.I.C. station agents also had to be aware of counterfeit money notes that were circulating at the time. This circular from November 17, 1930 notifies the agents of a new counterfeit $5 United…
P.H. Mulcahy, president of the U.I.C. at the time, sent this letter and the attached circular to all U.I.C. station agents on November 27, 1931. He, and the circular, encouraged all employees to utilize the railroad for personal holiday shipments via…
During the winter months, the U.I.C. stations were warned about increases in robberies and hold-ups that would result in revenue losses among the company. This September, 1931 circular instructs station employees to follow specific instructions…
This circular is another example of the variety of issues faced by railroad employees. Sent by Chief Special Agent W.C. Rutherford in 1931, this circular informs all railroad employees of a fugitive named Robert Paul Evans who has a warrant for his…
One of the many tasks of railroad workers was to ensure the proper packaging of freight for shipment to long distance destinations. This railroad circular titled "Handling Tropical Fish" provides instruction to employees on the proper shipping and…
This railroad circular, also from R.A. Cox, discusses the handling of corpses into Mexico and a new quarantine of agricultural products authorized by the Mexican government. Sent on May 15, 1931, it addresses another unique situation that railroad…
Another circular that was received by U.I.C. stations referenced loss and damage claims that were filed across the Utah-Idaho Division of railways. This circular, titled "Loss and Damage Bulletin No. 2" and sent from R.A. Cox on March 6, 1931,…
One of the many tasks of railroad workers was to ensure the proper packaging of freight for shipment to long distance destinations. This railroad circular titled "Handling Baby Chicks" provides instruction to employees on the proper shipping and…
This is an example of the records that U.I.C. station agents were required to document daily. The book contains information regarding ticket sales and baggage receipts at the Mendon Station. The front cover explains the instructions agents needed to…
This is an additional example of the records that U.I.C. station agents were required to document daily. The book contains information regarding ticket sales and baggage receipts at the Mendon Station. The front cover explains the instructions agents…
First Security Bank of Utah to U.I.C. Bondholders, Foreclosure and Repayment of Mortgage Bonds, 1948
By April 6, 1948, Quinney had successfully sold the real estate and property of the U.I.C. to accumulate the funds necessary to pay off the company's debts and refund the cost of stocks and bonds held by individuals such as Frederick Champ. This…
On July 18, 1947, S.J. Quinney sent the following letter to announce the auctioning of all U.I.C. property throughout the counties of Utah and Idaho in which it had operated. Quinney had been appointed as receiver for the U.I.C. by the U.S. District…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Champ sent in this bond certificate with his December 10 letter to the U.I.C. Bondholder Protective Committee for conversion to the new company's stocks. The certificate is listed under his wife's name, Elizabeth S. Champ.
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.
In 1940, the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company was purchased and reincorporated as the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Corporation. As a result of the reincorporation, bondholders received a portion of their bond deposits and were also able to convert…
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.
On June 7, 1944 Donald Marcellus wrote this letter to R.E. Titus, Vice President of both the Ogden Transit Company and the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. Though this letter is specifically addressing the Ogden Transit Company, it is beneficial to view…
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…
This letter from May 26, 1944 is the letter prompting Frederick Champ to begin reaching out to George Eccles about the United States Chamber of Commerce memberships for several Utah companies. Donald Marcellus, the Director of Field Activities for…
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…
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…
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.…
This letter documents A.P. Bigelow's report to Frederick Champ, April 6, 1928, outlining the discussions of the 1928 U.I.C. stockholder meeting. The report indicates that the old Board of Directors were reelected and Bigelow specifically states that,…
A.P. Bigelow wrote a second time to Frederick Champ, dated May 15, 1923, reporting the business discussed at the 1923 U.I.C. stockholder meeting. The meeting consisted of a review of the financial statement of the U.I.C. and the reelection of the…
A.P. Bigelow responded to Frederick Champ, dated May 9, 1922, reporting the results of the U.I.C. stockholder meeting held May 1, 1922. Bigelow reports that there was an election for the Board of Directors with only one change to the Board.
A.P. Bigelow replied to Champ on April 19, 1922. Bigelow agreed to serve as proxy and vote for Champ's stock in the stockholder meeting that would soon be held by the U.I.C.
Frederick P. Champ contacted A.P. Bigelow on April 18, 1922 regarding a stockholder meeting for the U.I.C. These meetings were held in Ogden, Utah at the company's headquarters. Champ was a citizen of Logan and often sent his proxy card to Bigelow in…
This map displays the interurban lines and their connections in Utah in 1916. The initials of the creators, J.R. and H.C.E., are located at the bottom left. The map shows the new ability of citizens of Utah to travel to areas throughout the state by…
A newspaper article titled "Bridge Going Nowhere" by an unknown author, taken from the Herald Journal on June 1, 1961. This article references the large steel bridge on the East Quinney Branch route of the former U.I.C. and discusses the short…
An annual U.I.C. Railroad pass issued for Mrs. T.H. Perleywits and her two daughters for use across the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad route in 1930. The pass indicates that it may not be used for the bus lines that the U.I.C. operated at the time.