Show UNION PACIFIC HEADING THIS WAY may tap the uintah basin and pro vide another outlet to the east it haj alhaj aha been the claim that tile the union pim pacific would mould bo be the first railroad to tap tho the uintah and give us an outlet to tho the maikels at omaha and chicago for our stock it looks now as aa though this opinion Is IB not lot far off as the contract has haa been let for lillei of road bed from sulter to cral which Is less than 10 miles bioni vernal the object objective lve point la Is not made clear at this time but it Is a well uell known fact by leading leaching ruen men who are in a poil position tion to know that for many keais the union pacific has been trying to regain tho the traffic of this section oi 01 country countr the denser demer republican has this tc sa of the new line the contract conti act for building from wamsutter Wain sutter to craig which it wain main line alno of the union pacific west of Che cheyenne enne to craig in routt county 40 miles west of EReam steamboat boat springs the present terminus of the moffat load has been let et to W C kilpatrick brother union pacific contractors of onealia the 10 kilpatrick patrick contract which in eludes the giadina of tho the proposes line alno involves about the ex act amount not having been giver out tho the agreement specifies that the work mork shall bo be done during the pros surn mei and itis not improbable that attains will ly lo running over the new nea line by the end of 1909 the entrance of the union pacific nto into the routt count coal fields la Is equalled equal led in importance by the through facilities the new link will mill offer when it Is extended to connect with the moffat road at steamboat or when the latter builds west most to meet it that one or the other or both of these projects will mill be con summated Bum sum mated and probably ery soon eoon admits of no doubt taij will mean ft a shorter line fro from denaer demer to salt lake than any now bow in use cutting the union pacifica present mileage between the two points via Che ienn by about 20 ailed pending the of the union pacific with the moffat toad road the former mill ft have an am outlet to it main line for tho the tremendous tonnage to bo be derived bioni the pst vast resources of routt tho proposed una equal in fit importance any stretch of road of equal length that has been constructed in colorado in wany many years the grade Is comparatively easy riot not exceeding one cule and one half per cent at any point there havo have been tor for days 40 cars of steel at wamsutter sutter and ties aro are in readiness between wamsutter sutter and tam ilav line lins se several eral of the largest contractors in the country competed with klapat rick rich bros for the building of the sutter craig line including W C coo co represented by 0 L W dittmer of PAi picolo Pic eblo blo who has recently become a heavy holder of jenver enver realty |