Show S I I IS' IS PLEDGED f BY y l Al Mf F. F C. C Schramm Inaugurates Preliminary Plans Which Aim to Unlock Limi Limitless ess Resources of Vast Empire J R the first concrete step tep talen taken in Utah to open up the Uintah basin the sum sura of oE was last ni night ht pledged by Salt Lake and Utah business men toward a gigantic gig proposition to f tap tap the in inland inland in- in lan land empire and throw the resources of or u open to big bg scale devel el T f Preliminary plans for the building of a n railroad and the or organization of ofa a n several se million dollar doUar hol holding ing- ing company com corn pany to take up Ui and work the timber oil shale and coal lands lauds of the tile basin were outlined to the representative financial men of Salt Lake nn and ne neighboring cities at the tile Commercial club The meeting which was vas held In the gold old room at ut 8 p. p m. m was presided over o by I F. F C. C Schramm vice president of tho the Comm Commercial club acting actinS' as chairman in the tho ab absence of oC Lester D. D Freed president Governor Go Main lain Sp Speaker nl r Mr Ir Schramm Introduced Got Gov GOSI SImon SImon Si Simon SI- SI mon Damberger as tho the main speaker r rot of ot tho the evening and the man at whose Instance the tho assembly had been caU called d. d Governor Bamberger Damberger accompanied by other state officials official recently re returned returned returned re- re turned from an extensive visit to tho basin baBin where whore he lie made mado an investigation In a lion ion into the tho possibilities of or bringing the resources of ot the empire closer er to market by penetrating the tho basin ln by rail rali The trip was wal made after much emphasis 19 had hail been boon placed on the est b by The Herald for Cor a railroad Int into the district Governor Damberger outlined the result of or his Investigation He fic re reIterated reiterated re- re Iterated former statements he hamade ha ha- made in regard to tho the district I. I c. c that Its resources were almost limitless lImitless limit lImit- less the tho water supply abundant theland tho the tholand tholand land productive e the climate mild am and the only thin thing standing In the way saY t the basin being the tho richest section o ot of Utah was Wa the ho lack of or a i. i railroad hoosier Men hn Jr m Dt Following his address in which th the tho governor o advocated immediate action on his proposal that monc money he subscribed subscribed sub suh- scribed to resurvey the line of ot tho the proposed railroad the following agreement arcement was read renil and signed b by twenty nine of or tho the men present th the e to 10 th the Cite State of ot Cah of ut the d development Dt of or the mid nud knowing knut of or it IN natural rf nf U re Tc th the undersigned believe this the opportune time into for definite action netlon looking to the d development development develop develop- ment of thin creat grent Inland empire through the construction of a n roll rail ruml rond We therefore agree to Co Join Jola In Inthe Inthe the formation of n Uintah Im Improvement Im- Im Iro c provement ment corporation which ha hose have for lit It the construction of u a from sonic Home om point tributary to to 10 Salt alt oit Loke City and Ogden Into the fht linsin the acquiring of or railroad rights of n the Ch holding and end de developing de- de of coal gilsonite I Ite h oil nil nod and other mineral properties 1 the tbt ac acquiring nc- nc quiring nod holding of estate for townsIte rind agricultural l J th the She developing of timber tim tim- ber br r lands the holding and ond de developing de- de of other resources resource In the Cite niong the line of the proponed d railroad v e agree further that Clint the corporation cor eor- 01 shall b IK li-c organized organised for the She PurPose of doing nn any and ull nil the things herein In m mentioned and that Shot tb the Colion ellis ens n. n bAil nerve serve u UN ui-i n a committee t representing ii UK tit In the formation of such n a corporation cor lor t I r 1 f Lester Lenter U. U Freed t A. A IV tV Ivins J. J W. W V. V Clyde 11 U. r T. tre ter r II Smart I T. N Taylor Leroy Dixon DUon H. H I T. T Frank Krunk A. A Continued on Page Pago 2 |