Overview of the Collection
UUS_COLL MSS 61
Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers
1920-1936
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company--Wellsville Station
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box and 17 books
9.5 linear feet
This collection contains the financial papers of Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station spanning the period from 1920 to 1936
Material in English
Processed in May of 2006
The material in this collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Richard Watkins in 1981.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Initial Citation:
Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers USU_COLL MSS 61,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 61,
USUSCA.
Biographical 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.
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.
Books are arranged chronologically.
In addition to this collection USU Special Collections & Archives houses two other UIC collections: The Mendon Station PapersCOLL MSS 60 and The Providence Station PapersCOLL MSS 163
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.)
Railroads
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company--Wellsville Station--History
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company--Wellsvile Station--Records and correspondence
Railroads--Utah
Wellsville (Utah)--History
Financial Papers
1920-1936
1
Daily Balance Sheets (loose)
1935 July
1
Domestic Money Order Receipts Monthly Comparative Statements Station Agent Correspondence
1920-1929
2
Competitive Business Reports Station Requisitions
1926-1929
3
Daily Car Reports
1928 February-April
Reports of Freight Cars Received and Forwarded
4
Daily Balance Sheets
1928 October - 1929 January
Reports of Waybills Received
5
Daily Balance Sheets
1930 June-August
Reports of Freight Cars Received and Forwarded
6
Daily Balance Sheets
1930 August-November
7
Daily Balance Sheets
1931 November-February
8
Daily Balance Sheets
1931 February-May
9
Daily Balance Sheets
1931 May-July
10
Daily Balance Sheets
1931 July-September
11
Daily Balance Sheets
1931 September-December
12
Daily Balance Sheets
1932 March-May
13
Daily Balance Sheets
1932 August-October
14
Daily Balance Sheets
1934 August-November
15
Daily Balance Sheets
1936 February-April
16
Station Cash Book
1931-1935
17
Record of Freight Bills Issued
1933-1936