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Show ELECTRIC LINE HELPING CITY Six years ago the Ojfden. l-ogan and Idaho Railway wms completed from gden. Utah to Preston. Idaho, with 95 miles of main line and 52 miles of brunch lines, including the Plain Otty, Huntsvillo: Pleasant View and Qulnney branches. On January 1st. 1918, the name of the road wag changed chang-ed to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad company which was deemed more appropriate. ap-propriate. Six passenger trains arc operated dally on this line between i'don and Htintsvillc. and between g-len g-len and Plain City. Twelve passenger passen-ger trains are operated dally between I Ogden and Preston, all trains making : direct connection at Ogden with the Bambarger Electric railroad to and from Salt Lake City. The main llneJ I Of the road runs north from gden through Utah Hot Bprlnga, a famoui bathing resort. Brighaht, tha county jseut of Box Elder county Dewey, YVr-llsvllle. Hyrum. Eogan, the county s'-at of Cache county, nnd the homo ,of the Utah Agricultural college; Bmithflald', Richmond and Intarmad-'iato Intarmad-'iato points; terminating at Preston. ;the county seat of Franklin county. Idaho. There are eighteen agency stations and many non-agency flag stations which gives paaaangw service to the communities through Box El-(der El-(der county und Cache Valley praetl-Ically praetl-Ically every two hours in either directum direc-tum During the summer months, a twen-t twen-t -minute car service is operated be-jtweon be-jtweon Ogden and Pine View through beautiful Ogden catiyon and during 'the year just paaaed several thousand 'tourists from the east who were en-! en-! route to Yellowstone park stopped off, 'at Ogden to make the side trip into tho canyon and partake of the famous! trout and chicken dinner at the Her-' milage bote! Th. I'tah-ldaho Central Cen-tral It. R. has through freight rates with all lines and operates through package cars daily between Salt 1-ake City and lirighiini. Logan and Preston, giving next morning delivery on freight from Salt Lake and gden to ail points in Cache Vnlley. The ilnv aervea four suar fnotorles, seven canning factories, two condensed condens-ed iollk factorlea :m1 many minor industries. in-dustries. The general volume of bug llness originating on this .-oad consists of peaches, plums, prunes, apples, potatoes, po-tatoes, vegetables, grain, canned goods. sui?:ir heel, sugar and livestock. M.in--eurlouds of coal and coke are handled over this tine, originating at tbe I t n and Wyoming coal mines for Indus trial and domestic use. During tho present year the company purchased one hundred new gondola steel drop-bottom drop-bottom coal cars which have been placed in service with the Utah and Wyoming coal mines and at the present pres-ent time maintain a total 'if 212 Freight and paosenger equipment ars with seven electric freight locomotives. Interchange freleht connections with oibep railroads are maintained at Og-den Og-den with the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Oregon Short Line. Express nervicc is maintaim d by the American Railway K press company, who ope' ate with apeotal messenger tervlce. Th-Utah-Idaho Ontral shops are main-.t.iine.i main-.t.iine.i at 1 s;ten and glvo employmen' to approximately so men a smsH shop is also located at Preston. Con-aldemble Con-aldemble maintenance work has been taken cur of this year, fifty thou?--I ! 1 ; , I uiid' r tho rails, and much balla-stlng hai been done. The personnel of th of-ficla of-ficla staff Is as follows: M S Browning, president. .1 M Bcclea, fir-t i a president loseph Scowcroft. second vice president; Ro -nl Eccleu, secretary and treasurer; J-H. J-H. DeVine, general counsel; W. A VI hltney, general manager. P. H. Mli!-cahy. Mli!-cahy. assistant general manager an i auditor; P. P. Harding, traffic man- lager: M. Errett. chief engineer; AV. Sha"er. electrical engineer an 'auperlntendent rolling stock. |