Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-27 | Page 2 | D. & S. L. Plans Wife Service to Uintah Basin

10 81 PlANS WIRE SERVICE TO JO UINTAH AH BASIN Rail Officials Pay Vernal Visit Road Extension Is' Is Hoped For the first and and important result of the visit sit of William H. H Freeman president t of ul the Denver Deler Del er Salt Lake d and R- R I Hughes chief counsel for the road to Verbal Verna last week is the nn an- an of co r connections between Denver nd the basin ot of Utah accOrding to an Associated AsSociated As- As Press dispatch received here from Denver Tuesday The rhe report follows The result Is that work will be started immediately on ft telegraph and telephone line between Crai Craig and Vernal to th be constructed by the Denver Salt Sait Lake railroad When this is completed the raIlroad will wUl maintain an agent and nd telegraph telegraph tele- tele graph operator at at- Vernal TraffIc from that pOint ovel the Moffat railroad has peen been increasing each year ear and this connection will make a a. still closer tie HOPE FOR EXTENSION There is a hope along the line that this hew development pr presages sages an extension of at the raIlroad from Denver to which is a country of marvelous resources but without raIlroad connection When Freeman nd Hughes were in the Uintah b bum business men ot of Vernal My Myton ton Duchesne and Roosevelt pr presented figures telling of the tonnage which would be available for any raIlroad which would enter enter this fruitful area It is estimated that Ute the Uintah basin alone would s supply sup sup- p ply cars of freight annually to a The Denver visitors announced themselves as amazed with they the present prosperity and future pos pos- of at northeastern Utah tt 1 each town they visited ere given access to banking records In order that they might knoW the tle condition ot of the basin PLAN TRANSPORTATION hile no definite announcement has p mape as to a t t th the west ri pans haye been put under way to to give the Uintah basin better transportation facilities until the railroad can be extend extended d. d The openIng ot of a Moffat road office in Vernal will enable the railroad to through ship ship- ments-bv ments truck to Craig and thence by rail to destination The rhe possibility of at a motor bus route connecting Craig and Vernal is aLso talked of as a of giving Utah passengers better service until until un- un til such time as the r reaches aches them Better highways between Craig and Vernal was the subject Of t nu numerous nu- nu conferences and It It- Itis ls is Understood understood un Un- the railroad Js is willing to help in a financial way to improve hi the Victory highway and keep it open throughout the year With the completion of the Mo l fat at tunnel it is necessary for tor th railroad to secure additional business busi- busi ness and it appears the officials have decided the best way Is' Is s- s to C reach out after the business of the Uintah basin at present by truck and possibly later wit with a railroad connection I