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Show SA SAYS YS RAilROAD RAilROADI RAilROADWlllE RAILROADI I WlllE WILL ! BE BUllTj BUILT BUILTPROPOSED I PROPOSED LINE FROM DEN DEN- DENvER DENVER DENVER - VER BY 'VA VA ' WAY Y OF MOAB MOABTO MOABTO TO COAST NOT JUST JUSTA JUSTA A DREAM . The proposal of the Denver Denvcr P9.c1hc P9c1hc Pacific PacificRailroad P9.c1hcRailroad PicificRailroad . Railroad company to build an electri electri- electrified electrified electrified - fied railroad from Denver down the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado river rlver aver and thence to San SanPedro SanPedro SanPedro Pedro harbor at Los Angeles is a Dona Bona Donafide Bonafide oonafide fide proposition and its lts promoters are areprepared areprepared areprepared prepared to go ahead with construc construc- construction construction construction - tion whenever the necessary neressary franchise franchiseis is given glven by the Interstate Commerce CommerceCOI1lIIllSSlon CommerceCommission CommerceCommission COI1lIIllSSlon Commission , according nccording 10 to Colman Cren- Cren Crenshaw Crenshaw Cren-shaw Cren shaw - - shaw of Salt Lake City , , president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the company , , who was in Moab Mon Mon- Monday Mon- Mon Monday Monday - - day evening evenmg Mr Crenshavy Crensha\v Crensha v Crenshaw \ was here hereto hereto hereto to circulate petitions for signatures ignatures of oflocal oflocal oflocal local citizens asking for a hearing be- be before before be before - fore the I C C on the questlOn question questlOnSimilar questionSimilar questionSimilar Similar petitions petltIons are being bemg clrculated circulated circulatedin clrculatedin in all telritory teuitory territory through which the theproposed theproposed theproposed proposed road would pass , and these theseWlIl thesewill thesewill WlIl will be submitted to the commission at atonce atonce atonce once , asking for an immediate hearingat hearmgat hearmg hearing at Los AngelesThe AngelesThe Angeles The petitions being bemg circulated read readas readas readas as follows "Know Know " all aU men by these thesepresent thesepresent thesepresent present That ' \ we se e , the undersigned undersignedbona , bona fide citizens cltlzens of the United states Statesdo , do hereby request the Interstate Com Com- Con- Con Commerce Conmerce Commerce - merce Commission CommlSSlon of the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States to grant to the Denver Paclflc Pacific PaclflcRaIlroad PacificRailroad PacificRailroad RaIlroad company a franchi franchl < : e to build builda a line Ime of railroad rallroad from Denver , Colo Colo- Colorado Colorado Colorado - rado , , along the Colorado river Ilver mto into mtoSan intoSan intoSan San Pedro harbor , California CaI1fornia We Wefeel Wefeel Wefeel feel that this road is lS a great public publicnecessary publicnecessary publicnecessary necessary , , and will W111 do much to open openup openup openup up new agricultural lands " "The The " proposed riilroad r'tUroad rtUroad railroad ' " Mr Cren- Cren Crenshaw Crenshaw Cren-shaw Cren shaw - - shaw said sald . , , "is is "lS lS " a necessity necesslty for economiC economiCreasons economicreasons economicreasons reasons In the first place , , it w1l1 will w1l1shorten willshorten willshorten shorten the rail rall distance from Denver Denverto Denverto Denverto to the coast by 800 miles mlles Secondly , itwill it itWlll itwill Wlll will not pass through territory served servedby servedby servedby by any competing road , and thud , the thegreat thegreat thegreat great development m the Colorado ColoradorIver Coloradoriver Coloradoriver rIver basin thatill that will \\ill ill sill ' \ result from the theb.uldlng thebanding thebonding b.uldlng buldlng banding . of Hoover dam makes- makes makesthisrailroad . - tlu"i tlui this tlu"irmlroad thisrailroad thisrailroad " rmlroad railroad an actual need The Denver DenverPacIfic DenverPacific DenverPacific PacIfic railroad propo proposal al is not a adream adream adream dream , it is a bona fide proposition propositionand , and its promoters aie ale are earnestly trying tryingto tryingto tryingto I to get the project under v . way say ay Fur Fur- Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore - thermore , the building buildmg of this raUload raihoad railioadat raihoadat I at this thlS time would be a great boon to tothe tothe tothe the west and would prove a gieat glent great fac- fac factor factor fac factor - tor in restoring restormg normal business con- con conditlons conditions con conditions - ditions ditlons ' Mr Crenthaw Crenchaw Crenshaw : left Tuesday morning morningfor morningfor morningfor for Kanab Utah , , and northern Ari- Ari Arizona Arizona Ari Arizona - zona points where he will cIrculate cIrculatefurthel circulatefurther circulatefurthel furthel further petitions petltions |