Show RAILROAD CREEPS WESTWARD BY MANY WILL 1 FORM LINK UINTAH IN AH AHI I BASIN U. U P. P LINE I There is a railroad in Wyoming it t. t years rears ago started building out t toward the Elk and Bear Bearer Bearr er r countries in Northwestern Colo- Colo J lo which it is thought b by y many manyi i t i d eventually serve as a connect- connect tink t link in the Union Pacific system a line from Salt Lake City to its In fl line in W Wyoming The road is is' is isI tn I. I cally aUy ally known as the Laramie thus Ih s Peak Pacific ast Sl winter when the three chief of the Oregon Short Line Orem system and the Salt Lake to te were through here it was in indi in- in di r. r ted ted by several of the party that b if Ip as s 's highly possible tl that at the road i ted from Provo would c connect the he Laramie road in Routt cou coun- coun of the Moffat road I coun-I I r lie e following taken tak n from the theD Ott tt County Count Sentinel would indi- indi D that the Laramie Hahns Peak I Il is still active in its pushing l I westward As a a. matter of or fact I Ithe the the continental divide now sep- sep s 3 the present terminus of the from from the heavy mineral depos depos- r id coal fields of Routt county steamboat paper has this to saye say saye e e Wyoming road road 11 F. F Argo who moved from Steam- Steam Springs Springs to Laramie Wyo last lastU U ier ier ler to devote his entire attento atten- atten LY t to o his duties as chi chief f engineer e e Colorado Wyoming V ming East- East formerly the Laramie s. s s Peak fe arrived in boat oat Springs Wednesday even- even laving laying come here to secure adal adal ad- ad tal al al data to lay before beCore the east- east who are the funds with which tend end rend the road into the Routt rl lyl s coal fields While here Mr will twill also attend to c closing osing up of his personal affairs in this I w which he had to leave when lg g to Laramie l fie le e as reticent as the ordinary ry tad id ad official Mr Argo admitted lans ans ns are far advanced for builds builds' build- build e s' s proposed extension which h cross dross the continental divide I North Gate and Pearl on the park hark line of the road and come Elk lk lk river and thence follow the theaT a a. a aT at least to Hayden FromI From I tie lie Ie where the C. C W. W E. E con- con II wi th the main aln line of the Una Un- Un a the distance would be tiles to Glen iten Eden tio o the mouth of Elk river and files iles to Hayden The Conti- Conti 5 divide is crossed at an alti- alti yell ell below feet and theline the line across the mountains J vi he on the south slopes es where comparatively little trouble e would be experienced from snow There would I be he only one tunnel about feet Ceet long on the entire line Une Mr l Argo stated as did President J. J J M. M Herbert of the road when here last summer that the necessary funds about needed for Cor construction and for equipment are I available and will be released justas just justas as soon as the men inter interested ested are convinced that the line would prove profitable Mr Argo has spent practically the entire winter win winter win win- 1 ter in collecting data to convince them of this fact of r which there is no doubt in the minds of those W who lO lOare are familiar with Routt county and its wonderful wealth of undeveloped loped resources In Denver this week it was learned learned learned learn learn- ed that the Denver Laramie Northwestern Northwestern North North- western which now operates between between I Denver and Greeley and whose line is projected into the coal iron and copper fields of Wyoming Is considering considering consider consider- ing the matter of building to connect with the Colorado Wyoming Eastern Eastern Eastern East East- ern thus furnishing the latter road an outlet to Denver which will beno be beno beno no longer than the ro route te followed bythe by bythe bythe the Moffat 1 road and which could be l kept open at all seasons of the year no matter how severe the winters I The Denver men interested in the Laramie road expressed confidence confidence that both lines of new road would soon oon be built and that Routt county county county coun coun- ty would within a year ear or two thus gain Jain the advantage of having a sec second second sec sec-I ond and railroad I Ithe i With the melting of oC the snows snows' inthe in inthe inthe the Uintah basin surveys of proposed railroad U lines es there will be completed and decision will then be announced concerning whether or not the Union Pacific or the the Salt Lake Route R e will IlI construct a ro road d into that h t part of th the state Judge R. R S S. S Lovett chairman of the board of directors of oC the UnIon Unit Un Un- i t i I ion Pacific system made madea a a. a statement ement to this effect last ni night ht while in Salt Lake en route to New York after several weeks on the Pacific coast Mr Lovett continued to Ogden last night and left there for the east this this this' I morning I Those in Purt Party J J fUdge Judge dge Lovett was accompanied on the trip fr l by Mrs Lovett Averill Harriman Har- Har Harriman Harriman riman son of the late E. E H. H Harriman Harriman Harri- Harri man and a member of the present I Harri-I board of directors of the company and H. H C. C Nutt general manager of I Ithe I the Salt Lake Route R ute Mr Nutt will return today to Los Angeles We Ve are in the railroad business said Mr Lovett and if the surveys In iu the Uintah basin which we shall have ha ve completed as soon as the weather er permits show that the road is needed and that it will be profitable we will likely decide to construct it It is probable that the Salt SaIt Lake Route will be found to be h the line best suited to construct the Uintah basin branch Deseret Deseret News |