Show REQUEST FILED fILD CRAIG N CRAIG I BASIN RAILROAD I Bamberger Interests Petition Petition Peti Peti- tion I. I C. C C. C for Right to Construct Miles of Line in Two States States States' S WASIlI WASHINGTON March 25 An 25 An S to build application for authority miles mIes of new railroad running from Provo Utah to Craig Colo Cob filed with the Interstate COS commerce com com- was commission today by the merce irce I S Salt Lake Denver Railroad com corn pany corporation holds a permit The state commission of Utah the P-om P miles of the theline build allowing it to tine line in that state No Ko estimates of I construction con con- given g The new were costs to toi would be Intended distance between Salt SaltS Salt'S the i borten to io afi af- af and Denver nd nd o ale ake City S transportation facilities to i i ord 1 5 I S area In Colorado and 1 Cinta Vinta basin Si S I C Utah nah tab Julian M. M I. I Bamberger vice Ice president S of the Salt Lake Denver dent theS the commenting upon railroad laBroad in application Wednesday refused to S estimate on the cot cost cf cr the theline theline theline Rive give he an announce when construction line or S would commence STRIKES MANY TOWNS makes make known The application the proposed line Une will begin that easterly 0 thence near Uinta county in S Wasatch county th thence Colorado line nce Utah to the and Blanco county Rio S across Moffat county to Craig Colo Cob The through or would pass railroad S. S to the cities of or Springville S. S close Roosevelt Fort Duchesne Myton Duchesne Duchene and Randlett Utah The proposed railroad according S to Mr Ir Barber er will not only tap S and develop the territory paralleling parallel parallel- maintain It Its will in its line but it ing through freight tonnage service er that hat is brought by into Denver via the rail rail- Burlington Quincy Chicago agricultural road He lIe said that products coal Iron gilsonite oil the theS shale hale and oil would comprise shipments on the new line main S S The application for a certificate certifIcateS and necessity was wasS S of ot convenience S made the application states to toS stop the grant of a certificate to toS S the Denver Salt Lake Western S line running from i for a S Orestod to Dotsero Colo Cole and which would Interfere with the construction I tion of a line through the UInta I basin S AIMS IMS OUTLINED I IThe The applicants applicant's four aims In constructing constructing con con- the line are listed as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows 1 1 Making a through line of railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road between Provo prove Utah andS and Denver Colo Cole by connecting with S the Denver Salt Lake at Craig 2 2 Placing Denver on the main route Kne lne of a transcontinental Z 3 Providing a line of railroad from Provo to Denver miles mUes milesS S. S shorter than the present route of S the Denver Demer Rio Grande Western 4 Bringing standard gauge raIlroad railroad railroad rail rail- road transportation to the Uinta basin which comprises p acres of tillable land and enormous resources of coal Iron gilsonite oil shale and other valuable products The company hopes to finance I the proposed road by means of underwriting underwriting underwriting un un- un- un bonds together with th the the- the the-j sale of stock In the company the I application says It also says the applicant has no connection I any other railroad corporation S The officers of or the company are I Simon Bamberger president Alex Berger vic president JUli Julian n M. M Bamberger vice president John C. C S Howard vice president E. E E. E E. E JenkIns Jenkins Jenkins Jen Jen- kins vice president W. W W W. Armstrong Armstrong Arm Ann strong treasurer and H. H I. I PriceS Price S secretary |