Show RESIDENT PLANS IMPROVED ROADS The following article has been received received re- re by the Record It is being print printed d upon its merits meri s and not ot on account of any my personal ideas en- en entertained n- n the pub publisher isher by I The Duchesne Record has ably impartially and cons presented presen resented resen- resen ted to the thc public and made it clear that the people of the Uintah Basin h have vc a n right and ar are justified investigating in ini Investigating i ra the exact exact intention of Governor Bamberger as to the early Construction of a railroad into the Basin Basin No one one can deny that it is manly mrilY a public concern and not a personal matter neither is it an af- af toward the Governor to ask him hinr nima a polite question It is simply a business measure on the part of the tile people through their medium The the Record to 0 want to know what they might expect The depressing e Meets effects of the series of ments which have followed in in the wake of broken promises of railroad c. c construction into the thc Basin during quarter a-quarter a of a century have natural natural- Iy had their effect upon the people I Amongst Amongst the assertions none eVermore ever evermore evermore more emphatic than those of our own Gov Governor and none none apparently m more re likely to so natural- natural Ty lc people pinned their faith on it As As' w the all remember Salt Lake papers c contained columns after columns on his hig great enterprise and everybody was w s jubilant especially the Basin people who so 50 manfully and contin continuously boo boosted ted and toiled toiled and fought the the e thousand and one obstacles incidental incidental in to new isolated sections iii ill the hope that some day day day-a n a day ma maj dawn when the iron horse come ome to unite this is isolated b but t prom promising promising ising section to Jo the balance o of the gate tate state Is 15 it any an wonder then ihen that th the people feel that they h have v the right to know from the Governor what hat might be exp expected so that the great work might be cheerfully continued continued con to build up P and magnificent agricultural section o othe of the state Furthermore would i ibe Ibe I t be any wonder in case there would be a complete abandonment of the proposed lir Jh c into into the Basin n if b. b r r rs s should be a wholesale conver conversion to tobe the be mental attitude of the thc rian Tian who wants to be shown and that hat his soliloquy would be ab about ut as is as follows It is not sufficient that a few fe thousand and dollars have been expended i in surveys or that the intention is E. E t to begin actual construction just justas justs as s soon as men and material can be bed had d at a ret reasonable price or that there are delays due to contending interests or that the Governor never started any thing which he did lid not noi complete or that weather conditions condition were the only hindrance at present that hat the projectors were amply able to finance the road No the Missourian Mis- Mis Missourian has been so often fooled that bat he has become a sceptic that for more tangible proofs than exists at present if he is to ipg ng then that the railroad enterprise enterprises jas s fallen by the thc wayside for the present present or for Jor an indefinite period git it is then up to the people to work workout out ut their own salvation just as as they have ave been doing every since the reservation for settle settlement preservation was opened up went ment ent in building roads and d ditches and aM nd making it otherwise habit habitable ble and d a good place to live Bye in I It would be a wholesome advice ito to dismiss railroad ad from their minds but to take immediate steps to ma make e ethe the necessary substitution To do doI I this some capital is needed There are men in the Basin with ample means weans There are those on the outside out out- ou outside side who arc are interested with sufficient ent nt business sense to promptly fall fallin falln In in n line with the proposed enterprise The federal government through the proper representation wo would ld no doubt open its heart and purse in assisting to facilitate transportation in and out of the thc square square n miles es r of the best agricultural al area of or the I state Why should it not It is already already al- al alv ready in the transportation business busin business and it would be to its own interest that hat the proposed measure be j Prom Prom- rom rom- carried into effect j There are 48 98 miles between n Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne e and Helper The building of ofa a hard sur surfaced aced cement road between the ic two points would incur expenses when Nhen in comparison with steel rails would be a mere trifle The enterprise enterprise en- en could be readily financed trough the operation co-operation c of the fed fed- jil j-jil government state and COl coun W. W dl 11 of of wilch are directly interested there here are 72 miles between My Myton ton nd md Price Two hard surfaced conCrete con- con crete rete highways in and out of the Basin open wint winter r and and summer about abo t. t conditions would bring ap ap- I railroad transportation md nd would be an investment which not possibly fail to yield the Returns commercially commercially- Sandy and Sand otherwise y The he ino moral moi-al' moi ral effect resulting from his move should especially be taken takei nto consideration Corporations ordinarily would enter the thc Basin with the he distinct understanding only that the altar of sacrifice he p people ople lay at rice ice anything and everything which heir greed may finny may relish Right Right of way really means that everything be place l at least at thelis the lis sal of the A sur A ur- ur ac aced r d cement highway well constructed con con- and kept clear winter rind and summer ummer would go far toward making makings a s railroad of minor importance and would furthermore tend to dethrone the he would be dictator in all local commercial affairs The abo above c suggestion by one who past has shared with for Cor a many y years the Basin in people th their ir joys and sorrows sorrow sor sor- and depressIng depress depress- rows row their exult exultations Ing ng mg reactions on the thc railroad question question ques- ques ques ques- tion would gladly join in the thc move of carrying i into effect the suggest dou doubt t those who t ion tion There are rc no would scoff at al the suggestion and Missourians Missourians- prefer refer not to join the thc at present who refuse to discharge from their minds the thc early coming of These however however however how how- railroad the the Bamberger ever arc are probably in the thc minority of the Record The polite query meaningless mean meaningless which met with the evasive ingless reply w would uld in the thc opinion attitude attitude at at- relaxed to a of the thc writer point th Governor towards the I tit ude of the project t which is connected with the them serious of R. R S. S Collett m mysterious Ys P pr previously ref to would at prese present pres pres- e ent t. t at least make further attempts headquarters headquarters' anything t to to- e elicit from construction definite as to railroad into the Basin utterly useless Albert Bjornson M. M D D. D Elsinore May 1 1020 1920 |