Show I 1 RAILROAD FOR THE BASI N the union pacific has been bontem plating a railroad in the basin for years the union unroll pacific railroad is again contemplating Z the con st ruction of a line to reach the rich resources of northwestern colorado ard and northeastern utah according to reports from salt lake city it has long been known that the union pacific has been determined that no other road should build into the uintah basin and monopolize the large amount of traffic which will come with the development of that territory and it is claimed I 1 that the management of that railroad believes that the time has now come when it is necessary s ar V to act ic in order to beat the mo moffat at road aaa into the basin the story of the utah capitol is that the union pacific proposes to build an extension of the laramie hahns peak pacific which it controls across the range from the northwestern comer of north park to routt county and the enormous deposits of coal in this portion of colorado r do ahnee west through moffat county to the uintah basin and ad from there on through to park clity biz utah where it will connect witha with a direct union pacific line to salt lake A dispatch from the latter atler point regarding this matter published last week in the vernal utah express is as follows the union pacific railroad company hns two corps of engi 01 running aline hroch h L the uintah bas basin n from i point oi t on the main line in on ing to park city accord in ins to authentic reports received inthis in this city and utah is finally coni eted by rail with salt lake ard and other railroad points t nw tricht malit it will be bya by a railroad built by that company the information which comes from froni confidential sources is to the effect that the engineers have been at work for some months flos sard ara a in STANDARD jan 5 according Accord Ac cordin inz to the report the survey is being made from albany aher railroad entering north park crosses the north platte ivr near the colorado wyoming Wy orning line through the northwestern corner of jackson county colorado the rich agricultural oil and coal lands of and moffat counties through th agricultural coal oil and hydrocarbon sections of uintah county utah and to park city a distance of approximately mils officials of th oregon short line admit that such a project may be considered probable adding that only a fw months ago a special union pacific engineer was in salt lake on his way to the basin to investigate tah feasibility and advisability of constructing a line from some wyoming point touching the rich uintah basin and connecting with the present park city terminal of the pacific it has long been the impression of local railroad people that the union pacific is interests in the uintah basin country but that the company had not yet considered it time to construct a line ahr and probably did rot pot intend to do so until it became absolutely nassary in order to prevent another company from penetrating the basin recent agitation concerning the erb in terses and the denar salt lake railroad d are thought to have excited the union pacific to a realization of the fact that the uintah basin section with all its agricultural and mineral wealth c hoing indeed upon eagerly by different fin financial financil ancl al interests and and to be e sure of the action lon as a feeder for its main line preparatory steps mastbe must be made immediately I 1 because of the financial depression in all big business circles and especially in the railroad business it is considers consi derd extremely doubtful that the union pacific contemplates any immediate con construction st ruction along the line now said to be under survey th company however i 0 be detel determined mined to have that territory and to do so will construct a line into it as soon as there seems danger that a competitive peti tive company may be seriously contemplating such an enterprise |