Show dottero dotsero k cutoff cut off would stop rom railroad through the basin commercial clubs and all basin organizations should protest to washington at once CONGRESS S S IIAN N L IN DON B COLTON IN INTERVIEW GIVES interesting FACTS RE GARDING NEED FOR ACTION last friday congressman don B colton passed through roosevelt on his way to his home in vernal where he will spend the summer mrs colton and the children will not come until after the april conference in a short interview mr colton spoke ot of the work done in the congress just closed and especially of 0 the economy and reduction of 0 taxes which are now an accomplished accomplish ea tact fact in the national government it is his opinion that it if the state and county governments will follow the same plan much relief from the burden of high taxes will tie be accomplished in the next few years mr colton was much concerned over the building of the salt lake and denver railroad through the uintah basin that the progress of this inland country could be more rapid mr air coltons collons Col tons committee work in washington brought him in touch with the granting of the proposed dotsero dottero cutoff a certificate of convenience and necessity having been beeg asked by the bond holders of the moffat tunnel for the granting of the cutoff this would shorten the distance to denver on oa the rio grande railroad miles by the building of 41 miles of road but would not in any way adit add any new territory to the road and would retard the development of the uintah basin tor for a great number of years at least there would be no inducement to building a railroad through the basin should the cutoff be granted to the rio grande people mr colton is of the opinion that every commercial club in the aln tah basin should get active at once and send in petitions to the interior department at washington vigorously protesting the granting ol of the dotsero dottero cutoff to the rio grands grande road while mr colton does not uphold the dilatory tactics of ex governor simon bamberger Bam bergier who iwho tor or a number of 0 years has held the franchise from the utah public utilities commission tor for the denver and salt lake road through the basin he does feel that under the new company formed to io build this road with fred berger a capitalist of denver as president of the new corporation action will be taken at once and the road constructed by the time the moffat tunnel is completed just as they have promised they would do however mr colton gave assurance that they would not undertake to build the road it 1 the dotsero dottero cutoff was granted mr colton says that a railroad through the uintah basin which would give an outlet to the products raised and manufactured here would cause the government lo fo immediately med mediately fately take up the development ot of the dead mans bench beach and the castle peak irrigation projects and which would give employment to thousands ot of people for a number ot of years as well as homes tor for many other thousands the cost of either project Is now prohibitive said mr air colton because of 0 the lack ot of transportation por tation ot of material this would be overcome just as soon as a railroad was constructed mr colton feels the uintah states is certainly facing an era of prosperity in the business world and it is his desire the great inland empire share la in it by a railroad being built to help in the development and that it Is up to us that we do all in our tower to help to get it |