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Show BINGHAM JUNCTION COMMERCIAL CLUB Midvale minded owes much to the 37 organize Robert W. Sloan of Salt Lake of Commercial a progressive and strong enough to build three miles of sidewalk, "enough to cover the whole town," and it would furnish 'employment for many citizens. Members were so elated with their plans for incorporation of the town, a motion was made that the next "meeting be abandoned would- have who met Oct. 6,1908 in Woodman Hall to the Bingham Junction Commercial Club. men City explained the objects helped them organize. Club and meet Nov. 23 in the Electric Theatre." Mr. the owner, put aside his public perfor Howard E. Phelps was elected President. Other officers and committee members were: J. A. Alcorn, Clifford and that Goff, William Waters, Robert D. Rhodes, Thomas Vissing, William Hogenson, R. L. Booth, W. A. Mar shall, Joseph B. Wright, C. R. Peterson, John Pehrson, J. E. Robertson, R. E. Duglas, William Aylett, W. W. Fitzgerald, John Dunn, R. H. McDonald. Established committees were Ways and Means; Sanitation, Education, Public Entertainment, Fire and Water. They wanted a Poll Ta collected and spent on roads here. By November the secretary reported they had collected $330 and had paid out 50 cents. The club con cluded some meetings with a banquet at the Palace for this. That evening the minutes were read, interesting moving picture was exhibited, Thomas funds, piano solo by Mr. spoke on Our Schools Cameron, W. E. Rydolch held the audience spellbound for an hour with an address on the Duties of Citizenship, and an illustrated song was furnished by the theatre we Clyde Larson, mance "an Smith ... with words on the screen." The above information was from the complete minutes of William S. Hogenson, Secy. The various committees worked hard to better the community and Cafe. enlarge club membership for greater strength and sup port and for their admission dues with which they finan ced their undertakings and paid rent on a hall for meetings. They petitioned for a streetcar franchise, set boundary lines for the town and announced a contest for the name of the community. Suggested names were: Hyrum (after Hyrum Goff), Midland, Athens, Wasatch, Key town River Vale, Trail City and Arcadia were , some of the two hundred names submitted. The com mittee selected the following as the best seven to vote on: Cutler, Elwood, Arnold, Midvale, Rhoades, 'Faft and Lincoln. "Their being one Lincoln in Utah, this name was declared ineligible." Walter Cooper, Z. A. Colclaugh, James Dahl and Richard Douglas were "Pa" Phelp's (€enter) Bingham Junction baseball team, ca. tellers. Midvale received 45 votes, Arnold 10, Cutler 3, Elwood 9, Taft 4, Jordan 1 and Rhoades O. A motion to make the name, Midvale, unanimous carried as re 1908. courtesy Gene Phelps corded April 13, 1909 by secretary William Waters. Alcorn, chairman of the incorporation commit tee, with_ 11 members took a petition signed by 159 names of property owners to the County Com J. A. The club decided to support John of Education. Their first project town. The West Dunn for the Board was to incorporate missioners the Jordan, was the junction for the railroads Bingham. The committee's report of possible revenue for an incorporated community was listed in their report: Junction because it between Alta and The Committee said the cost of cement sidewalk would cost laying a town sixfoot $3740 per mile and asked, "how many miles has the commissioners built last 5 us to be acted upon. Some names were challenged and Mr. Booth returned to get the tax receipts from the names in question. A new Sanitary Commission was appointed. At first the Bingham Junction Commercial Club met weekly, but after incorporating the community, changing the name and getting many civic projects un derway, they voted to meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month. The club name was changed to the Midvale Commercial Club and January 11, 1910, R. L. Booth was elected president. They sponsored mass meetings to help establish a volunteer fire department. By then the Midvale City Council had been formed and took over some of the community projects the had been called the Western Jordan, East Jordan and was then called Bingham area in the years?" They noted if the money were kept in instead of going to the county in one year they 15 |
