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Show - Jwt U if IN IU -3 7( rtaijiij y h inCd rPt FOR SALE: One used train station, with memories You may not have noticed it, but there is a price tag hanging off the crumbling trim on the Union Pacific Depot building. One prospective buyer has just said "No thanks." But a couple of ,others are waiting in the wings. The sale of the building has been the topic of discussions as recently as last Friday. At that time a national restaurant chain decided, reluctantly, not to continue negotiations. According to Mike Doilney of Silver Mill of Park City, owner of the property, "The latest update is that it has not been sold." "We met with a group last Friday who was very interested but for the time being they have decided to back off. They felt that the expense of the restoration and turning it into a restaurant would not be profitable unless they could generate a volume of business equal to the Grub Steak's," he said. The prospective buyers represented a restaurant chain which recently opened a branch in Salt Lake City. Doilney said that at least two other parties have expressed an interest in-terest in the property. "I am anticipating an-ticipating that the building will change hands this winter," he said. The Victorian-style Depot building has graced the foot of Main Street since 1886. During the silver boom it was busy hub of activity for passengers traveling to and from Salt Lake City (the fare was $9) and for the Union Pacific coal cars. The Depot, which housed freight and ticket offices, baggage and waiting rooms, a warehouse and quarters for the station master, was an active ac-tive railroad station until 1976. Although the building is not formally for-mally protected as a historic landmark, land-mark, Doilney said, "I think that anybody we sold it to would keep the building." But the years are taking their toll on the historic building. And unless someone is willing to invest in its renovation, the Depot's days may be numbered. |