Show Plans of Southern Pacific fi t and Burlington Progressing I No new developments have been made public in the program said to tobe tobe tobe be under consideration by the Southern Southern Southern South South- ern Pacific and the Burlington for forthe forthe the Joint use of the Moffat road and its proposed to Salt Lake City but there are indications that the plans are progressing The Burlington is d determined to secure a direct outlet to the western westell coast ast and the Southern Pacific I puder pu- pu nd n- n d der r ne essly of forming a n new w aUf alli alliance ance whereby it can can have connection with the east having been deprived of its Its' former outlet through th the tho decision decision decision de de- of the United States Supreme court court divorcing the tho Southern Pacific Pacific Paci Paci- fic from rom the Union Pacific The Central Centra Pacific line Une of ot the latter latter latter lat lat- ter system from San Francisco t tp tl Ogden has been has been robbed of oC he the greater great great- er part of its former earnings as the Union Pacific no v no delivers all of its California traffic haOle to th the Los Angeles Salt Lake Lake San Pedro route while the Denver el Rio Grande Western and the Western West iVest- ern Pacific railroads are working In closest accord Hence it has haJ absolutely necessary fo for th the I fb ern Pacific to find a anew new new eastern eastern connection co and according to reliable reliable relia relia- ble rep reports the tho mutual Inter interests Of ol that road rond and the Burlington n have resulted in the mak making ng or or of aa an n agreement agree agree- agreement I ment wherebY whereby both wily wih use use the Moffat Moffat l fat road between Salt Lake and Denver Denver Den Den- ver after building t the e road through the tho Uintah hsin i to Craig 1 How important the results of this arrangement will be to to the drained by the Yampa river In Northwestern Colorado and Southern Wyoming is commented tip as fOllows follows fol lot lows in last weeks week's issue of the Snake River Sentinel published at Baggs There Is a very persistent rumor afloat that a large railroad company company company com com- pany has secured the rIghts wa and hod of the tho proposed Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger Bam- Bam berger road from Lake to Craig Craft and l Moffat lat latter lat ter place to Denver And the rumor rumor rumor ru ru- mor intimates that the company In question is the South Southern rn Pacific If this proves to be true true and and due to the big fight on between the S S. S 1 p and the th the U U. U P. P there Is Is' Is very very g good good od- od reason to believe that there Is Js more I Ito to It it than just rumor rumor rumor-It rumor It it Is d decided decidedly decided decided- i ly Iy possible that the the Union will lose the opportunity of develop develoP- ing Northwestern Colorado and the Snake river valley vaHey In In view V o of t the ti fact that it Is obstructing the building buildIng buildIng build- build Ing of f the Wa Wamsutter sutter bra branch h p promoted promoted pro pro- o by the Yampa Valley Valley Development Development Develop Develop- ment r The big financiers in this corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion having fully determined the gr great at opportunities es that this great undeveloped ioP d empl empire e offers otters to men of capital enough to un unlock ock Its bus lous riches hes and having 1 gone to the extent they have hav tl the e past summer in trying to open up this ihl country when just as their efforts were re about td be crowned with success lound found their way being blocked by the Union whose sanction Uhe of-Uhe f the project project project pro pro- was was necessary necessary for cess Thus they very naturally began lookIng looking looking look look- ing about for another way out out n and ana HI there is very very good reason to believe that the south Southern rn Pacific offers that 1 way The local promoters of the Yampa Valley Valley Development corporation In Carbon and Moffat counties counti s are working night and day in an effort to put their project across and are arc u not going to stop until their ambition ambition ambition ambi ambi- tion Is They know th that t this i country has to have a rail ral outlet u l o. o t If it Is to fo p ogress s and a r road ad to p the coast through Routt and Modal Moffat co counties counties and Salt li Lake ke City and east eastbY by way of oC Denver under control of the great Southern system will will will-be bei an ideal situation Lets Let's all nl hope that this rumor bears fruit r J 1 o C. o P iN-P |