Show C I Governor Spry Will Lead bead I I It 1 t Movement For A Railroad Frederick Brind P Project Endorsed By Leading People William Spry G Governor of Utah stands ready to assist in any way po possible in the building of a n railroad from Salt Lake City to the state star st h line In a letter to the Record Tue Tuesday day morning morning morning morn morn- ing the chief executive writes as S follows 1 September 2 1911 Referring to your communication lation or ot last month regarding regard reg ing the railroad prospect in Uintah Basin I have only to say that while I am not looking for any official railroad and position position tion tiem I stand ready at any ally time to do everything within my power to assist in securing a railroad for your section of the state I 1 have already expressed myself publicly to the effect that all the Basin needs to insure a n magnificent development development develop develop- ment is a railroad and I believe that the time tune is not far distant when those who recognize a coming section will win push into the Uintah Basin With kind personal regards I am un Cordially yours WILLIAM I SPRY Regarding recent railroad developments the Herald Re e. e publican of Sunday has the following to say ay A new transcontinental railroad connecting at Denver with lines from frou the east enst and running through Salt Lake to the Pacific coast with the construction of that part of the road which shall run westward from the Colorado line liue is the plan that is maturing in the minds of a n number of Salt Lake capitalists A company made up of local capitalists headed by Governor Gover Gover- nor William Villiam Spry with European Europe n connections representing capital sufficient t to finance the thc enterprise will be incorporated in th the near future possibly future next week according to announcements announce announce- ments made last ni night ht I The Thc proposed railroad is to be he the western extension o of the Denver enver Northwestern Pacific railway known in Color Colorado do as aslie the lie Moffat l road This road which was wa to be he built into Salt Lake ake as the materialization of the pet dream of David DavidH H H. Moffat the thc lie Colorado millionaire who died recently has been completed d donly only to Steamboat Springs Rout county Colorado Denver interests now in possession of the Moffat l road ha have lave e entered into negotiations with a representative of the thc local ocal capitalists and it is proposed by them to complete the r Moffat road to the Utah line linc as soon as work is started from Snit Salt Lake on a line running from here to the state line to connect connect con con- with the Moffat r road there The completion of this line means the cutting of hundreds ds of f l miles lile off of th the railroad railroad j journey between Salt Sal Lake k and ald D Denver nver and nd when the line is continued westward will cut almost one day ay from the running schedule from coast to coast Until Until the corporation papers of the local company have been een filed the names of the men who have interested d themselves them- them selves elves in the project will not be g given gen en out Spry Governor Goer has admitted however that he is to be one of the company Encouragement Encouragement En- En has been given to th the project by the thu promise T Of f European investors iu that of foreign n money will he be bedded added to every ery raised in Salt LakeIt LakeIt LakeIt Lake It is estimated that from to will be bl required to build the line front from Salt Lake to the Colorado line One fifth of this at least will be raised in Salt alt Lake by the themen themen themen men interested hereIt here It is exp expected that work wok on what will be called the Salt Lake ake division of the thc proposed road will he be begun early in the spring pring The Thc construction between Salt Lake and the state line vill will he be conducted separately from the completion of the thc line in Colorado and when the lines are both completed and merged at it the state line they virtually will vill be two separate e railroads but nit according to the outline of the th plan accepted by both in- in interests there will be bc an affiliation if not a complete merger of f the thc two roads as soon won as traffic between Denver er and Salt Lake ake is opened Frederick K Brind formerly connected with th this th- state engineers engineer's engineers engineer's engineers engineer's en en- office but now representing nt the thc European in interests er and aud the local men who will undertake the proposition returned friday from an extended trip through ea eastern tern Utah Uintah basin asin and Wasatch county where he went to inspect th the proposed proposed pro pro- posed route of the road to the state line linc and estimate the probable pro- pro lable bable cost Mr lr Brind who first firs interested European capital in the proposition will make his formal report to the Governor Go earlin early earl earlyn in n the week Incorporation of the company will ill follow closely upon consideration of this report What the thc proposed route roufe from front Salt Lake will be Mr 1 Brind will not say definitely From other sources however it was learned that it is proposed to tap the Uintah basin running runn- runn ing in ng through Wasatch county touching Ny Myton ton at ot the county countyline lit line ine e and acid from t there along lon the Green river to the state line I |