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Show M Old Utah Central Commerce co CN a X v lit! To Clearfield x i l By MARGE SILVESTER 3? Review Correspondent The roar of the CLEARFIELD engines and the shrill whistle to announce the coming of the train down the track has been an ever x present part of life along the Wasatch, as in many other areas of Utah. As an incentive to bring the railroad through the West, the U.S. Government gave every other section of land that paralleled the tracks to the railroad companies. Each section contained 640 acres. The Utah Central came through Clearfield in 1869. The' tracks ran, along what is now Highway 91, going through what is now Clearfield State Bank, immediately west of the highway and over to Layton. The stop in what is now Clearfield was known as Syracuse Junction. at 15 'm 1q Because of increasing freight - I ' , and passenger traffic, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad extended its lines through Clearfield in 1883. The Bamberger Electric came through in 1905 and the station was located at the top of 450 South Street. It was after much con- troversy that it was finally agreed to locate it there. In order to do so the street had to be opened and a group of men got together and decided to do it. The Bamberger was a major means of transportation for students going to Davis High School in Kaysville. Prior to that time the ; only means of transportation was a horse and buggy or on horseback, while those close enough could walk. The Bamberger made possible daily service to Ogden and Salt Lake. The station was not only a place to wait for the train, it was sometimes a gathering place. In 1905 Ianthus Barlow remembered a station agent who was quite a singer. The station was located at Doxey Lane and the young people of the town would gather there and have a songfest and would sometimes meet after church meeting.in the evening. , Among them were Ethel Sessions, Maggie Reed, Olivia Reed, Is- - '"iM-- 1. &; Susan and Lillian Guthrie, Gladys and Sarah Hanks, Nancy and Jenny Barlow, George Heed, Orvil Sessions, Will Sessions, Jess Draper, Diamond Layton, David Layton, Archie and Godfrey Hamblin, Charles Steed, Loy and Alvin Wood and Jenny Flitton. Boxing matches were also held and it was agreed that George Reed was considered the best. In 1910 the single track that ran along Highway 91 and met with the Layton tracks at the Layton Depot on Gentile Street was moved to the present site west of Main Street and double tracks laid. The work was backbreaking and the old tracks were dug up with pick, shovel and crowbar. During the Depression, though there were few jobs to be had, few could stand the grind, even though the wages were 38 cents an hour for an eight hour day. In those days there was no such thing as refrigeration. The only ' - EMERY WILCOX's sons Dean (left) and Hal, stand on wagon in early 1940's. (Photo courtesy at Naval Supply Depot Eloise Wilcox.) The New r STOVE Now a Stove Utah Gan Be Proud To Call Their Own Staling At: R V ANTI- - FREEZE 1 means of keeping perishables cool was with ice. Emery Wilcox remembers shipping fruit and vegetables to the East. He loaded six boxcars, 660 baskets to a car and was paid only for the first.Though packed with ice, the fruit would not keep and had to be dumped WITH THIS AD ' When the Naval Supply Depot was constructed, Emery Wilcox and his sons would pick up express packages at the railroad depot, load them on wagons and take ' them to the Naval Supply Depot, and return with express packages to be loaded on the train. ' For about a year he worked as an inspector for the railroad trap cars. Goods that were loaded and sent to Ogden for redistribution were sometimes lost or stolen. Wilcox would inspect the car, seal it and deliver the bills to the agent. He said that after he took the job, nothing more was lost. After WW II, the Navy Base started to phase out and was later sold to a San Francisco businessman, who in Wilcoxs words bought it for a . song. 105 SOUTH STATE CLEARFIELD I 776-167- 5 M FREEZER SPECIALS!! 5 9 cu. It. Froton Food Storage Copocity toxturod ' Stool Door Durable Porcoloin ' on Stool Interior Llnor. Adjuttoblo Tomporoluro . Control Koy-EjoLock to holp proven! unwanted . opening COUPON "7 - 15.2 eu. It. Froton Food Storage Copocity 2 Slido Store Boxkotx Dotrost Dran T oxturod. : Stool Ud Power Intorruptlon Light Model EHH1S0F BEAUTY FOR $434 V GUYS AND GALS o . $424 Model EEV163C Any: Service CALL ; 825-968- 2 For .A , W ith Coupon 520 NO. MAIN CLEARFIELD, 773-483- 6 . ppt. 600DSEPT.23-0CT.2n- d t tei4iitt'ttei e . e t 04 . e t, SERVICE CENTER t i t |