Salt Lake & Alta Railroad (1913-1917)

General Notes:

1. Salt Lake & Alta no. 1 had 10x12" cylinders and 29-1/2" wheels, and was shipped from the Lima factory on November 8, 1913.
2. Salt Lake & Alta no. 1 was purchased from Lima Locomotive Works on a lease-to-own agreement signed on November 8, 1913. Payment on the lease was to be in the form of 12 bi-monthly payments of $500, at 6% interest. The first payment was due on May 8, 1914, and the last was due on April 8, 1915. None of the payments were made, and on April 19, 1915 the lease was extended for a year. No payments were made in the subsequent period, and on April 6, 1916, the lease was extended for another year. On July 31, 1917, Lima published a public notice in the local Salt Lake Tribune newspaper that on August 10, 1917, the 42-ton Shay locomotive was to be sold at auction to recover the amount owed to Lima. (Salt Lake County Recorder, Leins and Leases, Book 2Z, pages 190-192; Book 2Q, pages 578-579; Book 3B, pages 578-579; Salt Lake Tribune, July 31, 1917)
3. Salt Lake & Alta no. 1 was sold to Winton Lumber Company, Bovill, Idaho, before February 1920 when it was shown in Lima records as being converted to burn oil; sold in February 1922 to Deer Park Lumber Company, Deer Park, Washington; sold in February 1930 to Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation no. 4, Rock Island, Washington; sold to Washington Electric Company (same location); sold in July 1938 to Star Machinery Company (dealer), Seattle, Washington; sold in April 1939 to Jose Soriano & Company, Manila, Philippines. (More information at ShayLocomotives.com)