Show HEW OUILUm fAmRN UTH PRoposE 9AD PBOZ VERNAL TO RAWLINS The Old thilrad Grade CanEs Ut ized For F t MiesDagelou Condition Jf Prce Road Stucial to The Herald Price Utah Oct i6CaPtain Parker of the Seventh cavalry and until recently in command at Fort Du cently otc r cliesne looks with great favor upon clcme the proposition of the resIdents f the lley valley to send in supplies over the Union Paclc to Rawlns Wyo and thence haul by wagon down the Athley val to the towns and settle and Indian mdnt5 and to the fort agencies In cussing the mater with your representative the captain saId he had made a number of forced marches for several das along the route mentIoned id hail often won had not encouraged derd that the govdrnmelt the protosltiOn now on foot couraged propositon by the people at Veinal Not long ago some t1n however before the Union Pacific went Into the hands of a re Pacifc n grade was built down from Granget with the idea of laying rails a greater portion of the way if not Into porton Vernal The panic and the receivership f lloued and the company has never been in shape to complete the project The grade Is in good shape all the way for 50 miles and could be used for wagons the entire distance A ferryboat ferry-boat is now operated at the Green rivera river-a d by bridging i a most desirable outlet could be secured A few thousand thous-and dollarS wpuld make it all right for wagons and give a substantial structure struc-ture that Would meet all requirements for yeara to come One months freight ear consigned 11 Price would put the route in splendId shape and reotb forbustness re1b worst part of the present road from Price is at Soldier canyon where the g UrUfhI9 away from the pre cipitous hills and when these slides occur oc-cur the wagon road is taken along A slxmuleteu that came In a few days ago from ti fort for the paymaster went ovbri csbanlcmclt a1 lhl ws anarV escpe from loss of life on this trip A few days previous an Indian frelghteret trp over the bank at another point and lost evertnm nUt his life and bioniCs The wagon and a Iotof valuabli merhaalse was a cum J plete loss Summing it all up if the Vera pea phf put their deal through and change tlii course ot the vat traffic that has made Pricd the third station in the Prc matter of freight handled on the line or the Rio GrandO Western it can b laid nt the door or the road supervsr who seem to have Ite if any interest In the upbulding of the count There arc those who are that the RIo Grendc Western will never alow the scheme to gQ through but by the time they act the bus ss ny be entirely diver ed |