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Show TWO RAILROADS INSTEAOJF ONE I'N'IOX PACIFIC AND I. II. havi: i.vrnvnoxt. Pintail HnMn Itt-ldcnts Arc Hoping I'or Two Itnllronds Instcml of One. m-llcvc Thnt One Or the Other Will Nkiii Tnkf Definite Action As to Itiillitlug of the Miuli Ncctltil Line. Iteiddents of the Plntnh Itnsln nre hoping for two railroad Instead of one nnd those who nre watching the preparation of the Fnlon Pnclflc nnd the Denver nnd lllb Clrnnde bellevn that one or the other of the s)tem will tnke definite nctlonsoon In regard re-gard to the building of n rond Into the onslern part of the stnte For some time the fnlon Pacific )tem ha had n corps of surve)ors In tho t'lntah Itnsln nnd from the reports which have leen received It Is the Intention In-tention of the Fnlon Pacific to liulhl from Coalville Into the bnsln, If It does build. While the Denver nnd Itlo Clrnnde has not hnd nn) surve)ors In the field. It has cArefull) checked over the proposed pro-posed right of wny for the Denver nnd Halt Uike, nnd hns mndo nn Investlgn-tlon Investlgn-tlon uf the resources of the basin. Following the trip of B K Cnlvln, Vice president nnd general manager of the Oregon Hhort Line, Into the Ulntnh Itnsln n short lime ngo, A II. Appersoli, general superintendent of the Denver nnd Itlo tlrande, nnd K U Itrown, vice president In charge of operations, ntso made nn Inspection tour of the basin. Surveying Crew Work, While It wns stated nt the time of the visit of the Color. Pacific officials that the trip wns made nt the request of n number of residents of that section sec-tion of the state, jet soon afterwards the surveying crews begun more nttlvc work. Following the visit of Huper-Intendent Huper-Intendent Appersoli to the Plntnh country, n representative of the Denver Den-ver nnd Itlo Urnnde mndo n trip throgh thnt section making Inquiries us to whether the proper!) owners would give n free right of way nnd whether the towns would give free terminal sites, and ns to the nmounl of tnsh bonuses whhh would be glvtr to it railroad While both of the mnln railroad s) steins of Club nre figuring on the possibility of building Into the eastern IHirt of the stnle. there Is n third movement on foot to orgnnlte nn Independent In-dependent compan) nnd build tho line from Halt Uhe (Ml) with .Ion cupltnt. It Is figured by tlutse who nre working work-ing on the matter that with n million dollars In money the five millions necessary nec-essary to build tho lino could be easily raised. Ilitmht rgcr I)kiimm PIiiii, Hlmon HumbcrgiT, In discussing tho proltabllli) of Hie new company, stated sta-ted that tho money could bo raised In Hull Uke City without nn effort If the right men got behind Co prnpnsl-t prnpnsl-t l.i n He takes the position that those who nro behind the movement to give tho Pintail Itnsln n rnllrond should rail a meeting of tho financier of Hult t.ake City nnd takn up the matter mat-ter of giving suWrlptlnns to the company com-pany "While the two railroad systems uro Jockeying for nn ndvnntago In the Ulntnh Itnsln," says llambrrger, "the third company should bo formed to build the road. With n million dollars dol-lars In cash the company could mlmi the amount required nnd Bait Ijike City hns enough rich men to mlso tho million Tin re nre men who could give a hundred thousand dollars hero nnd there nre many men who could subscrllie five thousand. Tho beauty ubout ii railroad I that each eur Its truck Is down It becomes more vnlu-nble. vnlu-nble. With good mnnugement u road Into the Uintah llasln would be n paying pay-ing proposition from the start." |