Newspaper Items
Echo & Park City Railway
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19 January 1881
Articles of Incorporation filed yesterday for the Echo & Park City Railway
Company; capital stock is $500,000 in 5,000 shares. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Tribune, 19 January 1881)
3 December 1881
Echo & Park City to put up a new depot in Park this winter. (Pitchard, Park Mining Record, Park City, 3 December 1881)
22 April 1882
Timetable No. 4, effective 22 April 1882, on the Echo & Park City RR. (Pitchard, Ogden Herald, 22 April 1882)
29 November 1884
"And now it transpires that W. B. Doddridge has resigned as a
superintendent of the U. P. Mr. Doddridge ought to have resigned when he
planted a building in the sagebrush a mile and a half from town, and undertook
to palm it off on the people of this city as the Park City depot." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 29 November 1884)
29 August 1885
UP to build a descent depot at the foot of Main Street, Park City. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 29 August
1885)
13 March 1886
"We never hear anything more of the new passenger depot building that was
to have been built this winter at the foot of Main Street." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 13 March
1886)
10 July 1886
"The New Depot" of the Union Pacific at the foot of Main Street, upon
which work will commence Monday; "the old freight depot" will be
moved up to the new site, and "a fine front, 27 x 34 feet in size,"
will be added onto it. (Pitchard, Park
Record, Park City, 10 July 1886)
27 July 1886
"Local Briefs" "The Park City depot, which has for so long been
a source of inconvenience to the residents of that place, has been removed up
town. It is a change that will be appreciated by the travelling public." (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily Herald, 27 July
1886)
31 July 1886
"The old freight depot has been moved up to the bottom of main street, and
work on the depot buildings is progressing favorably." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 31 July
1886)
1 August 1886
"Park City Letter" of 30 July 1886 says that the freight building of
the Echo & Park City line has been moved up to town, as also the agent's
office. (Pitchard, Salt Lake Daily
Tribune, 1 August 1886)
28 August 1886
"The framework of the roof and the finishing lumber have arrived and are
being put up at the new depot of the U. P." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 28 August 1886)
23 October 1886
"On the numerous buildings in course of erection in the Park rapid headway
is being made. The Ontario company's new shops,… Ed Kimball's boarding
house…, and already trains are running up to the elegant new passenger and
freight depot of the Union Pacific." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 23 October 1886)
30 October 1886
"The New Depot." "After four months work the finishing touches
are being put on the elegant new depot of the Union Pacific railway at the foot
of Main street. Trains pull up now to the platform, and all the conveniences of
a model, thoroughly equipped depot are at hand and utilized. The building is
one of the finest in the Park, the design is modern and tasteful, and brilliant
paint adorns it on all sides. The story and a half, four-gabled front is 27 x
34 feet in size, and is used for freight and ticket offices, baggage and
waiting roams, warehouses, etc. The freight house, like the rest of the
building, is large, roomy and substantial. A large platform encircles the
building, and ample roam is given freight teams to load and unload. Agent
Nichols and family occupy the convenient quarters upstairs. The telegraph and
other necessaries and conveniences are located in the building." "The
U. P.'s new depot, which has cost about $5,000, is a credit to the Park and at
the same time reflects the business enterprise and justice of the railroad
toward the public." Item continues in that vein. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 30 October 1886)
20 November 1886
"The new U. P. depot has been photographed and several of the fine
pictures are to be seen in many haunts of the railroad companies." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 20 November 1886)
1 January 1887
"Chronological summary of 1886" "October 25th - The new
passenger and freight depot of the Echo & Park City railway opened to the
public." (Pitchard, Park Record,
Park City, 1 January 1887)
19 February 1887
"This afternoon the big rotary snow plow pulled up to the depot. The snow
is cut and thrown several feet from either side of the track by the new
apparatus which works like a charm." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 19 February 1887)
18 June 1887
Depot at Wasatch, in Echo Canyon, burned Tuesday, 14th. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 18 June 1887)
9 July 1887
The depot building at Wanship has been removed to Wasatch, at which latter
point the agent is a chap named Brigham Bowman. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 9 July 1887)
30 July 1887
There is a new combine car on the E&PC freight run. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 30 July 1887)
17 November 1887
The Union Pacific is laying a standard gauge track to the Home Coal Company's
mines, east of Coalville. (Pitchard, Salt
Lake Daily Herald, 17 November 1887)
3 December 1887
"Local Railway Notes." "Third Rail at Coalville." "The
Union Pacific is laying a third rail at Coalville, from the yards to the Home
Coal Mines, a distance of two and one-fourth miles. In the past two or three
years, narrow gauge cars have been used to bring coal down to the yards, from
which it had to be shoveled into broad-gauge cars to send away. With the third
rail down, a heavy narrow-gauge engine will take the broad gauge cars up over
the steep grade and heavy curves, and save the expense and loss in shoveling
coal as in the past." Item continues, talks about the coal situation, not
the third rail. (Pitchard, Salt Lake
Daily Tribune, 3 December 1887)
3 December 1887
"The wide gauge track from Coalville up to the Home Coal Company's mines
will be completed by New Year's and transferring will then be a thing of the
past." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park
City, 3 December 1887)
22 September 1888
"The rumor that the Grass Creek coal mines are to be re-opened to supply
the Central Pacific demand is now confirmed, and soon the branch track will be
relaid and active work pushed at the mines." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 22 September 1888)
12 April 1890
On Friday, 11th, baggage car on the E. & P. C. burned to the floor, at Park
City; "the old combination-smoker-baggage and express car." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 12 April
1890)
20 September 1890
A passenger coach and an express car both burned at Park City at about 1 a.m.
on the morning of Wednesday, 17 September. Both cars were a total loss, with
the fire likely having been a lamp that was left burning in the coach. The cars
were parked in E. & P. C.'s switch yard about a mile below town, near the
wye and near the Mackintosh sampler, T. Schenck's house and Rasband's slaughter
house. "A box car had to be used to make up the train Wednesday morning."
(Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 20 September 1890)
11 October 1890
No. 1011 is regular U. P. engine on Park City run. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 11 October 1890)
21 February 1891
"The crossing of the Utah Central and the Union Pacific railroads below
town has been taken up by the latter company. It was considered . unsafe and as
it was not being used by the U. C. it was thought best to remove it until
spring. As soon as active construction begins on the little road in the spring
the crossing will again be replaced." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 21 February 1891)
4 October 1891
The report of the Territorial Statistician, for 1890, shows there to be a
branch line of railroad, from Coalville to Coal Mines, 2.51 miles long, with
.96 mile of side tracks. (Pitchard, Salt
Lake Daily Tribune, 4 October 1891)
26 October 1895
"A railroad is being built from Coalville to the Grass Creek coal mines.
It will be standard gauge and six miles long and connect with the Union
Pacific." (Pitchard, Park Record,
Park City, 26 October 1895)
28 October 1899
Union Pacific engine 1273 is in the shops for repairs, and 955 takes her place
on the Park City run. (Pitchard, Park
Record, Park City, 28 October 1899)
27 January 1900
Deed filed at Coalville last Saturday, by the U. P.'s attorney. It bears the
date of 30 December 1899 and conveys the entire property of the Echo & Park
City Railway Company to the Union Pacific, in consideration of the canceling of
$480,000 in E&PC mortgage bonds. (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 27 January 1900)
23 November 1901
"The Union Pacific depot and freight house has been treated to a coat of
red, red paint, and looks like a new building. Real passenger service may be
one of the possibilities over this branch." (Pitchard, Park Record, Park City, 23 November 1901)
