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Show Make mil id boat lb pub Sugar Company to Be Asked to Co operate, to Insure Sufficient Traffic branch, line from Kirkham to Sara toga fepr ngs and a connect ng boat line to serve the territory Iv ng along the western shores of Utah lake form one of the schemes being considered by local capita sts toward mprov ng trans-lortation trans-lortation facll ties lp Utah n 1916 Plans for the project are be ng pre pared by of f cials of tho Salt Lake & Utah ra lroad for presentat on to di rectors of the Utah Idaho Sugar com panv The ra lroad off c als assert that the nterurban company does not plan to make the mprovements itself put has hopes of nterest ng sugar compan offi c als to the extent that the ser ice will be establ Bhed during the coming year As yet t s declared the matter has not been formally la d before the sugar con panv officials Ross Beason, traff c manager of the bait Lake 1 Utah railroad has been cons der ng the proposed impro omenta for some t me ami during the week will f nish collecting data as to the traffic and resources of the territory on the west shores of the lake W th the data at hand f nal plans will be outlined for presentation to the sugar company The plan as tentatively outl ned in dudes the construction of a branch 1 ne connect ng with the alt Lake & Utah railroad at Kirkham and extending to Saratoga Springs a distance of abo t f e miles From there t s proposed to operate a 1 ne of packet boats han dling fre ght and passengers around the lake both the branch line and 'the boats te- be -operated by the railroad co npany Without the co operation of the sugar company tbe railroad officials belre e that tho revenue der ed would not pis t fy the expense of inaugurating the service If the sugar eompany w 11 take hold of the matter and induce the farm ers along the western shores of the lake to turn their attent on to beet c ltnre the tonnage derned n this manner the railroad off cials bel eve will make the project f eas ble |