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QUIGLEY, Charles A. (Dubuque, IA, June 6, 1862--Unknown). The son of John P. QUIGLEY and Margaret A. Quigley, was educated in the schools of Dubuque and came to Utah in 1893 to assume charge of the business in Utah and Idaho of the Studebaker Bros. Company, now the Studebaker Bros. Company of Utah.
Quigley actively expanded the Studebaker Bros. Company of Utah. Branches of the business he established included Utah-American Fork, Spanish Fork, St. George, Vernal, Bountiful, Brigham City, Coalville, Heber City, Junction City, Logan, Mt. Pleasant, Morgan, Murray, ephi, Fillmore, Ogden, Payson, Park City, Provo, Price, Richfield, Idaho-American Falls, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Mackay, Pocatello, and Rexburg.
In the headquarters at Salt Lake and in the larger branches the stocks carried included all classes of farm machinery, automobiles, farm wagons, electric trucks of all capacities, electric runabouts and phaetons, gasoline touring cars, harness, and all kinds of light and heavy vehicles, for speeding or hauling, including drays and furniture vans, and a great variety of smaller articles.
Quigley was a founding member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club and was instrumental in organizing the traffic bureau of the club. He was unanimously elected president of the bureau and in secured the services of traffic director of S. H. Babcock, for many years was the traffic manager of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad system.
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Sketches of the Inter-Mountain States 1847 - 1909 Utah Idaho Nevada: Salt Lake City: The Utah 1909, Online: http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ut/quigley-ca.htm