Show EXTENSION OF OF MOFFAT ROAD salt lake people were very much interested in a dispatch from denver a few days ago which contained the information that the control in tie denver salt lake railroad has passed into the hands of denver capitalists who were going to push the road into salt lake city at the earliest possible moment this road commonly known as the moffat road has been in course of construction for a number of years and has been beset with obstacles and difficulties that have greatly interfered with its construction and completion it has been extended however as far as craig colorado miles from denver and is now within easy reaching distance from salt lake city from craig to the colorado utah line the distance is about eighty miles connections will probably be established in utah at at colton on the main line of the denver rio grande miles from the border line or at provo in utah valley which place is reached by the salt lake route and the D R G miles from the line dividing utah from colorado as the crow flies on the moffat road route the completion of the moffat road into salt lake city will mean much for the material interest of both city and state and give another outlet to the east the road penetrates virgin territory in colorado and will open up a large scope of country in utah that is now practically inaccessible and woefully lacking in transportation in colorado Coloia do the line traverses a region that is teeming with mineral and agricultural resources while the country to ibe be opened up in utah abounds in immense deposits of hydrocarbons copper gold and other minerals and is exceedingly attractive because of its agricultural possibilities crossing the he L line into utah the road will pass through the great uinta basin and strawberry valley giving access to a section that even now is very largely in the public eye and which will spring into wonderful prominence and popularity once a way is provided for economical and easy access such as the completion 1 of the moffat road would provide the denver syndicate which now controls the denver salt lake road is headed by lawrence C phipps henry M porter gerald hughes and charles boetticher the past few weeks salt lake through its commercial club and other similar organizations has been making a special c lal effort to secure and retain the trade of the uinta basin region and now that the outlook is bright for the che early completion of the moffat road no greater good could b be e obtained through these mediums than an united effort to extend all possible aid and encouragement to the denver salt lake railroad company |