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Show II FREDERICK BID 1 PROPOSED HUD Slill Enthusiastic Over-Route 1 t From Salt Lake to Colo- . : WRITES TO 'VERNAL MAN ! Assures Uintah Basin People ' That Project Still Is Much 'Thai interest in the proposed railroad Ibie from Salt 1-ake City to the Colorado line, through Uintah basin, is still very much alive, Is Indicated by a letter wrlt-tin wrlt-tin recently by Frederick Brind of this Hf) city to M. Tyzack of Vernal. Mr. Brind, ---W as is well known, Is heart and soul in IK ' the project and has spent much valuable B time in its behalf. His letter to Mr. R Tyzaclc, which will be read with Intereat I here, follows: j Sir. H. Tyzaclc, Vernal, Utah: L Dear Sir You may probably ro- I - member that I wan out in your coun- B try last August and September look- f. ing over the Industrial and physical possibllltlen for the construction of I a. line to conjoin with the "so-called" ' Moffat road from Denver at or aboiit I , the state line. I at that time was k . Indorsed by (as I am today) the coy- ernor and others of our lending1 Utah j citizens in the movement. I T understand that some of the pa- l' pers through the Uintah basin have I. accredited tha Salt Lake bunch with IHnrcreaiiea uib oan aum.ii v.ii having cold feet, and that they have dropped the project. To you," sir, I will say this: The movement Is very much alive, the embers aro jiot even smoldering. In my efforts I have met with every species of opposition, both from certain quarters in Denver and also at home, but I am firmer in the saddle in this enterprise today by far than when I passed through your country, and if you choose to write to Governor Spry for your own satisfaction you can, I think, easily verify my statement. Jt must, how- evor, be borne In mind . that the project is a very great one for even capitalists to undertake: how much greater, then. s it for a man who has f,jt put his whole asset, in the shape of f about $2000, his entire time, his soul, 4 so to speak, and given up his official a berth with the state in order that he & may- the more thorbughly and - un- . swcrvlngly push that which he pledged the people here to success-ff success-ff fully cam- through? I A I am at this time completing a map (' which will thoroughly explain and ,i show up all the industrial features of the Uintah basin, and !n the inter- i est of your own hearth and home I ask your assistance in furnishing me 1 with such Information as you nave at your command, as this matter will be carefully examined into, both in I the eastern states and abroad, In verification of my report, now nearly complete. 1 In your cas,e, sir, I would ask that 1 you courteously furnish me with a I a comprehensive sketch of the location j and amount of land, marking area, under the Ashley Valley Irrigation company, and any other Information you see fit. in order that I may place same on my map and review It in my report at the earliest possible mo- menu Awaiting your courtesy, I re- main, very trulv yours, FREDERICK BRIND. |