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Show now hems dismantled by local salvage crew Building to be down by March; history of busy activity recalled animals and trainloads of fruit and vegetables were loaded for transportation to distant places. plac-es. The old freight depot which has long since disappeared, was located north of the main depot. - T jlfpRTNGVfLLr , : . . ; I . ' - ;, H 1 V 'wcr'' t.m.,... ..-.. 1 ' -'- ' - . """ -.i " " , ...... .. ' . ..v : ' r v ' ' . . - -. - st . ' - t v-i , 'SSfc. ' . .. s ;i " '' , v- . ; ' 1 . " ' " ' ' r . - - ..- i-x - ' , i The last vestige of a passing era is disappearing in Springville Spring-ville with the razing of the D&RG Railroad Depot west of town on Second South St. Don Gubler of this city reported re-ported this week, that he made an offer to the railroad company com-pany for the 65 by 30 foot brick building and it was accepted ac-cepted by the company with the stipulation that the building build-ing be removed by March 15. Work has already begun on tearing down the structure which, according to Mr. Gubler, Gub-ler, would have stood at least a hundred years. He noted that the building contained the very best of materials together with workmanship seldom seen today. The building was erected at its present site shortly after the turn of the century (the exact date of erection could not be determined). Previously the trains had run through Main Street and stopped at a depot about where the library is now located. The old depot was operated by the railroad company until December 1960, when it was officially closed because of insufficient in-sufficient business to maintain its rnntimied operation. UNUSED SINCE DECEMBER, 1960, the old D&RGW Rail- torn down leaving a vacant spot where many people once road Depot west of town on Second South Street is being gathered to meet or bid farewell to friends going or coming. its continued operation. Meeting place Older citizens of Springville recall when the depot shortly after it was built, was one of the most popular meeting places in the city. When the old 6:30 p.m. train came from Salt Lake City, as many as 200 people were on hand nightly night-ly to meet it. It not only brought passengers from Salt Lake City and other points, but it hauled mail and other parcels, and it was a good place to talk over the events of the day and see who was coming to town or leaving. Likewise the 8:15 a.m. was also al-so one of the popular trains as it carried students to "college over in Provo", as well as other oth-er passengers. The old depot has witnessed crowds welcoming several presidents pres-idents of the United States on tours through the west. It has helped along with the band, to bid farewell and welcome home soldieres from the various wars. Its waiting rooms, if they could talk, might tell many heart-rendering stories of disappointments dis-appointments as well as many hannv events. It was quite a celebration in the early railroad booming days for young people to go to the depot to see the big trains in, puffing streams of black smoke and trailing strings of passenger or freight cars behind. The smoking engines en-gines have long been replaced by streamlined deisels. It was indeed a busy place when cars of cattle and other |