Show Uinta Railway Tunnel i S Survey about b out Finished n 0 h e d Engineers Engineers' ce s now Estimating Cost of Bore Which 1 ack h will viII Ap Approximate s e feet I news news comes from Dragon that the survey for fot the tunnel I of the Uintah Vintah rail way through the Book C Cliff ff m mountains near Baxter pass has been practically practically ally co completed and tl that at are ates re now beitl on the cost of removing dirt and rock Ac According to unofficial information information mation the tunnel will be feet lon long and work will be begin gin ginear ear early y next spring In fn fact f Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain n Cooley general manager of f the Uinta railway stated l last st fall to a representative e of the Record that work will vill surely ur ly begin berrin on this tunnel at that time It is said that a large contract has hns lately be been u let for broad gan gauge e ties and that indications indications indications indi indi- point to an ana active ti e summer sum sum- mer menu in Uinta railway extension Railroad rumors are ore flying filing thi thick k and fast in ill nl all parts o othe of the country Column upon column column col col- would be required to print print all the news now going the rounds ds One report h has s it tha that 1 the D D. R. R G. G will build buil the Dots Dotsero ro cut o off cut and that the Moffat road will come no further further fur fur- ther west at this time than Steamboat s. Springs Tho Those who believe the report to the effect M Moffat ff t people e only rec recently recently re re- re- re 1 c succeeded ed in r raising fo for the the completion of th the road to Salt Lake will wil put but ut little faith in iii a a. a report a.-report report of that kind The building o othe of th the Dotsero off cut seems to be bea ben a n necessity The distance from the Moffat l about twenty miles miles' east of Steamboat hoat to the pointon point on the D D. R. R G. G is iy forty miles The he traffic o on this latter road out of Denver is very heavy anc anchas and has he been n for years ears There is hardly a day that all passenger er trains are not late Freight is all the time congested The use of the Moffat trucks out of oJ Denver and back on the D. D R R. R G. G tracks at Dotsero would greatly rel relieve e the situation an and l it wo would ld shorten the distance dis dis- dis- dis tance Therefore if the off cut is built there ther is no reason e to believe believe be be- lieve liens that it would stop slop work on to Salt Lake is circulated circulated Whenever er a n report dated that the Dotsero c off cut off t-off is isto isto s to he be built another report starts to the effect that the Moffat will not come any any further r this way The talk Y no now is that op op- op operations orations on the Moffat will be suspended as far far as fiS Utah is concerned d and ld that the Uinta C will build build into th this s part of the state and on to Salt Lake It I might be the intention of the i Uinta to build but that need not J interfere w with li the Moffat This country is rich enu enough h hand and bi big enough far more than one oue road and aud c certainly there f will be more than one road I r II Bib Bg Truck Track Arrives In Myton t n. n I The big Mack rack auto truc truck k which cnn carne came e puffing into Myton last Tuesday loo looked ed m more r like a railroad coach than a anything that hat e ever er struck this part of the country Jt lt is a sixty h. h p p. p machine with a five ton capacity y It is forty feet in in length and five feet wide vide One On and one-half one tons of material was aboard to tobe tobe be used in repairing the roads and arid building bridges es It was was was' necessary t to construct four br bridges between Price cc and the Gristle Castle Peak mines The machine machine machine ma ma- chine w was was s purchased by the Gilsonite comp company r ny at a cost of If the roads to Price can be bo put a condition that will wiIl justify the us use of these trucks for hauling freight the Gilsonite people say they will put a number into commission They promise to bring freight into Ny ton for 1 fifty cents per hundred The present freight rate from Price to Ny n n is 12 i per perr hundred If the roads are put into condition the Price Price- Vernal mail and express ser eer- service vic vice e will df thang idt to auto uto Fred Carstarphen mann manager er of th the Gilsonite company v U came in on the auto truck Mr Carstarphen Carstarphen Car Car- is of the opinion that it will cost to put the roads in such shape that the auto tr trucks ck can b be successfully i ru run n. n Between Price and Dud Soldier canyon six culverts are needed In the canyon it will be necessary sn san san- santo to wid widen n sand and remove remove re re- re- re move wove rocks In the Ninemile there ar are are many rocks to be re re- moved Nutter's ditch should be famed In Ga Gate e canyon curves curves cUr should be lengthened and rocks removed Two bridges es are ne needed The road rond at this PO point should really he taken out of the bed of the canyon though it would cost much more Between en lyton l and the Wells culverts and drainage rain e are needed Th The road at Coal creek should be e shifted in 3 southerly direction and join the Wellington Welling Welling- J ton toh tO 1 road two miles from Wel- Wel ington lington n. n The c question of road im- im pre will come came up aga again in n the spring spring- been b een en appointed b by the thc sta state e road oad commission to visit the Reservation and mid i investigate l Jf the ro roads ds ar are one put in condition ou there is little doubt but nit that the auto truck s service san eau be made a a success The machine nachine can cn be adjusted ted so as aso asto to o 0 travel ten m miles les per hour or half one mile per hour |