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Show Depot once busy, exciting ... associated with railroad activity activ-ity in Springville. One of the first was W. H. Mitchell. There were also John Haymond and G. P. Thompson, the latter When the depot was a busy and exciting place for everyone, every-one, the city saw fit to pass an ordinance prohibiting loitering loit-ering by anyone under 21 years in or around the area and the marshall was said to keep a coming to Springville from the east so he could live out in the open. It was from him that M. W. Bird received instruction in-struction as a telegrapher and they worked for a while together to-gether at the depot for several years, until Mr. Thompson resigned re-signed in 1924. Mr. Bird was agent and telegrapher operator at the Springville station from 1909 to 1926. He had previously previ-ously worked at Spanish Fork, Bingham and Eureka. After Mr. Bird, came Claude Eggertsen, who was a station agent and telegrapher for some 35 years retiring when the Springville station closed. When the old depot is removed, re-moved, the site will undoubtedly undoubted-ly be a quiet place in contrast to the early operating days. Trains, however, will still stop, two each day, one going east land another west, on signal. close watchout for those who broke the law in this regard. At one time all trains passing pas-sing through, would stop in Springville and the railroad company had two operators and a full-time baggage man at one time. But, with the coming of what was called the Orem Railroad, which again picked up passengers on Main Street, up passengers on mam atreet, the days of the D&RG Railroad Rail-road station in Springville seemed numbered. And as passenger pas-senger cars and trucks came into use, the Orem cars were abandoned also. Several well-known citizens will always be remembered and |