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Show I PROSPECTS FOR MOFFAT. Where It Is Located and Hew It Is Espocted to Develop. I Special to Tho Trlbuno. i FORT DUCHESN'E. Utah, Jan. 21. In an lntorrtow with Mr. Donaldson, ol the firm ! of Nichols & Donaldson. i?nlch conducts a ' general merchandise burlness on tho gilaon-Jte gilaon-Jte strip, your correspondent cot corao In- formation concerning tho proponed new towTi of Moffat, which la being surveyed sur-veyed and plnttcd on tho strip, about ono and ono-Uolf mllos east ot thlo place, Mr. Don- nlJsoa's statement follov.-s. "Tho town la being promoted br tho Moffat Mof-fat Townslto and Irrigation company. of . which II P. Myton of Salt Lak 1b presldent. ' Moffat In the namo of tho town. Tho town-i town-i tlto Is located on tho gllsontte strip which ! was purchased by tho Government from tho Indians como years ngo and opened for entry on account of tho rich deposits of cllsonlto which It contalnH. This otrlp Is about six miles In extent north nnd south and two mllos i ent nnd wont Patents have been obtained t i for n considerables part of this land and elshly acres havo boon deeded to tho town- , site company. Patents will bo riven to nil pnrchasors of lots. Tho allotment of lands to the Indians will not affect this proporty, r' as It Is In no senso a part of tho rexerva- tlon. . i 'This townslto lays ono nnd one-half miles east of Port Duchesno and throo-fourths of i a mile v.-cst of the St. Louis Gllsonlto com-t com-t pony's famous strip mine It la ninoty-soven I ! miles northeast of Prlco and twenty-flvo miles lij xrtet of Vernal vHTto "Tho Uinta Railway company has a lino try In operation between Mack, on tho Rio Grande 7' Wcstom railway, and tho SU Louis Gllson-r5 Gllson-r5 It company's Black Dragon mine, near Whlto river, u dlstanco of elxty mllos It Is ex-m ex-m rctcd this road will bo extended next ram-!? ram-!? mer to tho Gllponlto mlno on tho utrlp, a dlstanco of sixty-five miles. Srf "Provision has been mado In this townslto 1 for a right-of-way for this rood, and also for I a depot site. Tho wagon road from Moffat I to Black Dragon, tho Uinta Hallway com-I com-I pony's present terminus, 19 a very good ono, . following tho Uinta, Duchesno and Whlto rivers for tho enllro distance. "Two surveys ot tho Moffat railway pass r.enr the townslto ono six mllen north, tho other flvo mlle-i south. It Is directly on tho M Price-Vernal stace road. Fortv acres hnvo already been plnttcd and articles of Incor-i Incor-i porstlon havo been filed with tho Secretary of State Lota will be offered for salo within the next few days A preliminary eurvey for ', a cnnal nnd reservoir has been made, with r Mtlsfactory results. An application for tho establishment of a precinct und school district dis-trict has been mado to tho county authorities. authori-ties. "Efforta aro bcliu? made to havo a Land ; office established nt Moffat for tho convenience of the iwttlers who enter lands on tho Uinta reservation, soon to bo opened for settlement settle-ment "If water can bo satisfactorily arranged for thcro socms to bo no reason why this town may not prosper. This valley Is ono of great promise. Persons who knew all this 'Western country beforo It whs settled and Improved, and who aow soo this valloy, t gay It Is tho best In all this section of tho f Wtst, and prophesy for It wonderful things. It will certainly bo ca.pablo of supporting Mveral cood towns. If thq Moffat railway coracR this way. It will most certainly follow the Duchesno river through tho r6sorvatlon. This will lrava tho town of Moffat some flvo miles off tho lino. But tho Moffat road has not como yet, and, while wo hopo and bo-llcvo bo-llcvo It will ultimately bn built. It In certain cer-tain tho Uinta railway will como right to tho town very soon, becauoo It Is being built , to transport gllsonlto, and tho largest pro-. pro-. 1 dnclng mine In tho wholo field Is hero. So. whllo wo aro waiting for tho Moffat road, a good, thriving town will most likely dovelop rlcht In our midst." |