Show FIGHT STARTS ON HAH UINTAH BASIN LINE fluce nail Railroad o ll Com Companies anies File lIe Rc- sp to Application for roy t Various Arguments Advanced Advanced Ad Ad- 1 ed by l Each ach Opening guns In the tIme controversy over ovel the building of or time Ule railroad in into into in- in to the time Uintah basin basill have been heen fired in the filing of or responses responses' with the interstate State commerce commission by bythe bythe bythe the Denver Rio Grande Western Vestern and the Salt Lake Denver Demel railroads railroads rail ran roads to the respective applications of the railroads ds to build th the tife railroad to tap the rich northeastern Utan basin The response of the Salt alt Lake 8 Denver railroad to tIme the application of the Denver enver Salt Lake West Western rn railroad for permission to build the Dotsero off cut has also been received ed ell by ny the public utilities commis sion I The Denver Rio Grande Western West West- t ern era seeks a certificate of public con convenience con con- amid and necessity for the buildIng build build- lug Ing of or a 3 branch hin line of mites miles from froni Soldier Summit to Vernal The Salt Lake Denver Denv r railroad proposes proposes pro pro- poses to tp build a through Jine from Provo to Craig Colo to connect at Craig with the Denver Salt L Lake iw Moffat railroad I Objections of of time ItIle Salt Lake Denver Railroad company as m made de dein in the response by Julian M. M Bam Barn Bamberger berger herger vice president ar are that the the- theD D D. R R. G. G W. W will in the opinion of ot time the respondent find it practically impossible to finance and construct Its proposed ed line flue and that that construction con of the time Salt Lake Denver er railroad will better serve the public terest interest i in II Route Through The response In SUl support of the Salt Lake Denver line points Joints out that the proposed line will put lUt Den Denver D ii- ii ver vcr on time the m main maimi in line of or a new trans trails transcontinental transcontinental continental continent route provide a n western outlet for the Rock flock Island lines hues Atchison Topeka Santa Fe anti ana Burlington s systems stems which railroads have no lines west vest of D Denver nver afford for tar the a. a i new eastern connection Lit Great Salt Lake basin in lit addition to tho present Union Pacific system and ana Denver Rio Uio Grande Graude Western and afford ifford a we western outlet for the Dearer Denver Den Den- ver cr Salt Lake C Moffat at road In iii addition construction of of the Uio IH line ilium by the time Bamberger and Salt SaIl Lake interests would develop tonnage for tile thic oad so ns s to r rehabilitate b te that line linc and to warrant it ia In using time tile James Peak Peal Moffat tunnel tius ius accomplishing the he objects of or tIme the Ol OJ construction of the time road and amid the time purpose s 3 for Cor which the J Moffat tunnel district was created o j Time The response sets out onto that th t O Jf would result lt in R. R G G. G W. W lino ino granting a monopoly rn li poly to pl tji Jie v Denver Denver Rio Ufo Grande Granda Western raJ roud to 10 all of ot western C ii lal eastern eastern- line Utah and amid that the lake lakeit it e tot for o any rail railroad railroad road roal to construct a a. a line Huc Into th time the or basin i rf On ll the other hand it pie Pl J. J response d cont i. i tc l time the colia t af ot iY tf n railroad ln with the tl the Moffat road r Wili U l d a aneW ne neW independent t between Denver and tJ the r Great Salt Lake Lne b baOn biOn ba- ba On Il Last page Last Page v From Page One FIGHT STARTS ON OX SIX BASIN LINE I sin with main line service through the Uintah basin as comp compared re l with the branch line service of the tLe D D. fr R R. R G. G W. W line Similar object objections ons and reasons are set out in opposition to the of the Dotsero off cut-off by the tIne Demer DenYer Salt SaIl Lake Western rail railroad rood in th the response of the Salt Lake D Denver n er Railroad company The response of or the Denver 8 R Rio Grande Western Yes Railroad company in Iii support of its application to build buill the Soldier Vernal Summit-Vernal has Una and air andin in opposition to the Salt Lake 4 I Denver line points out that time the Vv Un ion Pacific and the Denver R Rio Ria I Grande Western now adequate j jand and fully handle through traffic an aD provide the transportation needs o of tine the territory The Tine Denver Rio Grande We Wet Wt out that it h em ern response points been respondents respondent's belief that construction con of its line Wot would ld r result suH n ia development of the U lasa tj and in course courso of or time the busin business business' Would justify sn SUI served by the tine line lino construction In regard to the Salt it tt tte line Lake Denver proposed c CM CI Ib points U. U R. R 0 C. V. W answer business present or future futuro construction of or s such sucha not justify the Ithe L Lilt k Salt w a railroad as s applicant Denver company proposes W Wem Wes The rite Denver Rio Grande JJ MM Lake em ern sets out omit that the Sat Salt Denver line would be a l Provo PrOTO 3 D line between Denver and antI Union PM competitive with the tho and all other carriers carriers extend extending BO BOthe U Uthe f the Pacific coast toast As a n result proposed con construction on of of l e ai a. a U Lake Lako Denver would nave lave thO t mo effect upon and very serious fic fie and income of or the respond and its ability to serve the W Wera Grande GrandO The Denver Rio bean consolidated ern era requests a the P If and amid on its own application ver vcr Salt Lake West Vest Western ern |