A History of John W. Young's Utah Railroads, 1884-1894

The purpose of this paper is to recount how, under the entrepreneural guidance of John Willard Young, three narrow gauge, shortline railroads were established in and near Salt Lake City, Utah between 1884 and 1894. Once justification for these projects was ascertained, the problems created by local...

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Main Author:	Adkins, Marlowe C., Jr.
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Published:	DigitalCommons@USU 1978
Subjects:	history john young utah railroad 1884 1894 John W Young History
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spelling	ndltd-UTAHS-oai-digitalcommons.usu.edu-etd-44292019-10-13T05:57:55Z A History of John W. Young's Utah Railroads, 1884-1894 Adkins, Marlowe C., Jr. The purpose of this paper is to recount how, under the entrepreneural guidance of John Willard Young, three narrow gauge, shortline railroads were established in and near Salt Lake City, Utah between 1884 and 1894. Once justification for these projects was ascertained, the problems created by local and national politics, construction, and financing were met in a satisfactory manner. The results were two operating railroads and roadbed established for a third line. Operations continued under the control of John W. Young until the depression of 1893 when these railroads went into receivership. 1978-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3397 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4429&context=etd Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact Andrew Wesolek (andrew.wesolek@usu.edu). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations DigitalCommons@USU history john young utah railroad 1884 1894 John W Young History
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description	The purpose of this paper is to recount how, under the entrepreneural guidance of John Willard Young, three narrow gauge, shortline railroads were established in and near Salt Lake City, Utah between 1884 and 1894. Once justification for these projects was ascertained, the problems created by local and national politics, construction, and financing were met in a satisfactory manner. The results were two operating railroads and roadbed established for a third line. Operations continued under the control of John W. Young until the depression of 1893 when these railroads went into receivership.
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title	A History of John W. Young's Utah Railroads, 1884-1894
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A History of John W. Young's Utah Railroads, 1884-1894

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