Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Mendon Station Papers
UUS_COLL MSS 60
22 boxes and 16 books
12.5 linear feet
1916-1936
This collection contains the papers of the UIC Mendon Railroad Station and spans the period of 1916 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.
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Initial Citation: Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Mendon Station Papers USU_COLL MSS 60, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 60, USUSCA.
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 rail line was abandoned and scrapped.
The Mendon, 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 papers of the UIC Mendon Railroad Station and spans the period of 1916 to 1936. This collection consists of twenty-two boxes and sixteen oversized ledgers of material in the form of station correspondence, monthly reports, financial summary reports, various receipts, waybills, shipping orders, passenger transit tickets sales, a train schedule for 1918, and other similar papers.
The material in this has been organized chronologically and topically.
In addition to this collection USU Special Collections & Archives houses two other UIC collections: The Wellsville Station PapersCOLL MSS 61 and The Providence Station PapersCOLL MSS 163 .
Mendon (Utah)--History
Railroads
Railroads--Utah
Correspondence
Freight Bill/Delivery Receipt/Memorandums
Freight Bill/Delivery Receipt/Memorandum for Cash Book Entry
1918-1919
1
(Records point of origin and destination for cargo; consignee; shipper; route of shipment; amount and description of cargo; weight and rates.)
Freight .Bill/Delivery Receipt/Memorandum for Cash Book Entry
1920-1921
2
Freight Bill/Delivery Receipt/Memorandum for Cash Book Entry
1922-1929
3
Freight Bill/Delivery Receipt/Memorandum for Cash Book Entry
1930-1935
4
Daily Reports of Baggage and Local Checks on Hand
Daily Reports of Baggage and Local Checks on Hand
1918-1924
5
(Records train identification; baggage received, delivered, and on hand; destination; kind of checks.)
Daily Car Reports/Reports of Freight Cars Received and Forwarded
1925-1927
5
(Records train identification; date received; car numbers and whether loaded or empty; demurrage rates; detention report; destination.)
Reports of Cars Set Out Picked Up and On Hand
1933-1935
5
(Records initials, number and kind of cars; whether loaded or empty; consignor and consignee.)
Communications from the Office of the Superintendent, Railway Express Agency, Inc., Utah-Idaho Division.
Bulletins
1930-1933
6
Circulars
1930-1933
6
General Correspondence
1918-1929 (incomplete)
6
Freight Waybills
Freight Waybills
1920-1933
7
(Records cargo origin and destination; shipper; consignee; weight and rates.)
Less Than Car Load Freight Waybills
1922-1927
8
Livestock Freight Waybills
1925-1933
8
Livestock Contracts
1919-1933
8
(Forms to be used in place of Uniform Bill of Lading for shipment of livestock and wild animals.)
Shipping Orders
Shipping Orders
1918-1923
9
(Records destination; cargo; weight; consignee; consignor.)
Shipping Orders
1924-1933
10
Daily Station Reports
1918
(Letterpress books recording daily abstracts of local waybills received; daily balance sheets; cash remittance records and descriptions of drafts, bank checks, vouchers, etc.; daily reports of freight cars received and forwarded; cars detained; cash papers remitted)
Volume 1
1918 March - 1918 May
11
Volume 2
1918 May - 1918 July
11
Volume 3
1918 July - 1918 September
11
Volume 4
1918 September - 1918 November
11
Volume 5
1919 May - 1919 July
12
Volume 6
1921 March - 1921 April
12
Volume 7
1921 May - 1921 July
12
Volume 8
1921 July - 1921 October
13
Volume 9
1921 October - 1921 December
13
Volume 10
1922 January - 1922 April
13
Volume 11
1922 April - 1922 August
13
Volume 12
1922 September - 1922 December
14
Volume 13
1923 January - 1923 April
14
Volume 14
1923 May - 1923 August
14
Volume 15
1923 December - 1924 April
15
Volume 16
April 1924 - August 1924
15
Volume 17
August 1924 - November 1924
15
Volume 18
1925 October - 1926 January
16
Volume 19
1926 December - 1927 April
16
Volume 20
1929 February - 1929 May
16
Volume 21
1929 January - 1929 September
17
Volume 22
1929 September - 1931 February
17
Volume 23
1931 October - 1933 March
17
Demurrage Reports: Weekly
(Records the detention of freight cars beyond the time allowed for loading and unloading and the payment made for the detention.)
Volume 1
1920 July - 1924 May
18
Volume 2
1927 October - 1929 June
17
Volume 3 Station Record Book
1923 - 1929
17
Volume 4 Report of Cars Released
1931 - 1935
17
Volume 5 Short or Bad Order Reports
1921
17
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
(Records freight and passenger traffic; cargo; weight increases and decreases; rate increases and decreases; carloads received and forwarded.)
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1927
19
1
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1928
19
2
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1931
19
3
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1932
19
4
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1933
19
5
Comparative Statement of Business Handled
1934
19
6
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1929
20
1
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1930
20
2
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1931
20
3
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1932
20
4
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1933
20
5
Summary of Reports Sent to District Accounting Bureau
1934
21
1
Train Schedule
Schedule of Cache Valley Routes and Timetable
1918 June 24
22
***This item is currently on loan to the Utah Historical Society for the Museum of Utah and is unavailable to researchers. Loan date: 5/1/25 to 4/30/27***
Oversize Record Books
Receipts and Payment Record
1916 July - 1918 November
23
1
Receipts and Payment Record
1920 July - 1921 October
23
2
Receipts and Payment Record
1921 November - 1922 October
23
3
Receipts and Payment Record
1922 November - 1923 November
23
4
Receipts and Payment Record
1923 December - 1925 April
23
5
Record of Freight Bills Issued
1916 September - 1921 February
23
6
Record of Freight Bills Issued
1921 March - 1924 April
23
7
Record of Freight Bills Issued
1928 November - 1931 January
23
8
Station Cash Book
1930 July - 1936 April
23
9
Station's Monthly Reports
1917 March - 1920 May
24
10
Station's Monthly Reports
1920 June - 1923 December
24
11
Station's Monthly Reports
1924 January - 1928 June
24
12
Station's Monthly Reports
1928 July - 1933 May
25
13
Ticket Sales
1931-1933
25
14
Ticket Sales
undated
25
15
Ticket Sales
undated
25
16