THE regular
southbound train from Ogden to Salt Lake City was ordered delayed for 7 minutes
at the Layton station on July 19, 1890, so that a newspaper reporter from the
Salt Lake Tribune could gather some news there.
“In that seven minutes the reporter learned that Layton was progressing slowly, but surely; that alfalfa was plenty in the town; that wheat was looking fine; that Ellis & Company were building a large three-story frame building, which will be a flour mill when completed; that the roller system will be inaugurated there and that it would be completed in about six weeks; that the Prohibitionists were scarce; and that Layton was a nice, ‘quiet,’ little town,” the Salt Lake Tribune of that date ion 1890 reported.
“In that seven minutes the reporter learned that Layton was progressing slowly, but surely; that alfalfa was plenty in the town; that wheat was looking fine; that Ellis & Company were building a large three-story frame building, which will be a flour mill when completed; that the roller system will be inaugurated there and that it would be completed in about six weeks; that the Prohibitionists were scarce; and that Layton was a nice, ‘quiet,’ little town,” the Salt Lake Tribune of that date ion 1890 reported.
The train
then departed Layton and reached Salt Lake two hours late, because an accident
in the Ogden area had delayed it was causing it to be sidetracked to Hooper.
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