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Show Down Memory Lane BY JOHN J. CREEDON SOME OF OUR EARLY BUSINESSMEN 1 read in the paper last week of the death of Fred L. Metcalf in Ogden and it brought to mind name of many men who had much to do with the building of Bingham Canyon. Fred Metcalf belonged to that group of men who were prominent promin-ent in buine and civic affair, and who for the most part belonged belong-ed to the nme age group, coming to Bingham when it wa beginning to come into importance in the economy of the tate, and becoming becom-ing a part of the growing community. commu-nity. He wa Mr. "Soda Water Man" . to the young folk, and there are of the building. Downstair ha een a multitude of buainea enterprises tuch a drug store, bank, clothing (tore, shoe storees, pool hall and now used a chapel for Holy Rotary Church. Mr. Woodring also built housing unit in upper Main Street. How many remember the Wood-ring Wood-ring Terrace on west aide of upper Main) Dr. Straup and Dr. Inglesby were also builders of the community commu-nity and came to Bingham a young men and remained to become prominent prom-inent citizen. The Bingham Hospital Hos-pital and the Bingham Garage, were landmark reflecting their faith in the town. Jerome Bourgard wa another power in the town. He had one of the largest and most modern butcher butch-er shops in the state and maintained maintain-ed hi own daughter house. He built several homes, including the one he lived in and the largest apartment house in town, the Bourgard Bour-gard Apartments. few of the children chil-dren of Bingham in the early days, who didn't drink a bottle of Metcalf coda pop. In those day it wa a treat to get a bottle of pop. We didn't nave f e if r i K e r at or Guy Bolognese built several large commercial building in the uptown up-town area. Among them were the Palace Room, the J. C. Penney and Library building and the etore occupied by Skagga and later Adon-dakis. Adon-dakis. Charles E. Adderley wa another, anoth-er, with hi Bingham Merc "The Big Store", where you could purchase pur-chase anything from a safety pin to a keg of blasting powder. All of these men are gone. If alive today their age would range between 85 and 95. These were the men who believed in Bingham and built for the future. The places they built are for the most part gone too, "but we cannot forget what they meant to all of us. Mr. Creadon "locked with all kinds and flavor of drink. Now it i common for a youngster to have at least one bottle bot-tle a day. We were lucky to have it once a week. It was. fascinating to watch the operation at the soda water work at 339 Main. The building are (till there, but used for residences now. The machinery wa large and noisy, but the product wa good and tasty. We watched the bottles being washed and sterilized, then placed on the loading tray where the different flavor and the carbonated car-bonated water were mixed and then raoned and boxed for delivery. Mike Zampoa carried on the trade after Fred .moved away from Bingham and his product retained the same good flavor. However, the competition of the large bottling bot-tling firms in Salt Lake City, soon stifled out the little operator and Mike wa forced to close. These early business men were the real builder of Bingham. They , . came to the growing mining town and set up their business or trade and many of them built their own buildings. Bill Woodring was on of the early pioneer in the drug business, although he wa not the first druggist drug-gist in Bingham. He built the Woodring Building at 483 Main and it is one of the few buildings still (landing up town. The Woodring Building was used by many of the professional men of the town. Dr. Straup had his offices there for a time. Attorney D. W. George wa established in the Woodring Building and I had my first tooth pulled there by Dr. A. L. lnglesby. Later room and apartments took up the upper floor |