Show Does Price Want Us To Have A Railroad Railroad- j. j i f J Last week we we printed printed d alt ail an article tak taken fr from n th the Price Pric N News Advocate ws in regard to toa a rai railroad road through the Uintah basin In its efforts to Keep peep a railroad from entering tho basin ban the N News Newa- I I Advocate has has pu pubU published hed d as as fac facts facts' s' s statements tha Lire misleading in fegard Ie fe- fe regard re- re gard to of the basin It t also speaks spooks of oC their future production production c tion aI and d lends leads tho the rc reader Ier to believe believEs that the U Uintah basin hasin has already J JI rea reached l d its peak in in tonnage md I I e and I tha- tha this l tonnage lD gO not being sufficient t to I keep a a railroad r i r oad busy busy y for more than thana II a week during the year car is nOt nor noci i demand a road I We Ve are are publishing this week tw two replies to the tho a above mentioned a 1 ai- ai debt One by II B. B Stone secretary I Myton Ito Commercial club and theother the 1110 other by Judge L L. L A. A Hollenbeck or of I which Duchesne which is a copy or a lett letter r I sent by Judge Hollenbeck to th th-s h I News The h articles follow By H. H B. B Stone l J I should like to call attention to a afew I few points point in Jn the article published last week in your paper The article to which I refer is the one quoted fro fi the Price News Advocate I I 1 believe that the humor of this article was entirely and was due to the fact that that the writer did not have the information that he I should have haye had I IVe I'Ve I We Ve appreciate the fact that our friends in Price have been ha handling 1 a large part of the business o of the basin A railroad through the basin 11 would mean that this business could be he handled In the basin Since this tins I business only amounts amounts' to jo some I h i n trains tI-ains a a. year ea h in in iri the amount of business done in jn Price would hardly be he noticed It ItI Itis r I is ov dent then that it it is not for this reason that they do not wish ish us lo to f have hae a railroad Regardless of ot whether the roar roa comes through the Ui Uintah tah basin or not Price e would still have hayo a l road oad T They le need a road there and should have it by all means Possibly i if H the road co could ld only be he in one place Sit It would be he better to have haye it in Price The basin averaging we will wiIl r pay Cay miles from a railroad is shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping 13 trains a year r r. r It i is very ery dou doubtful tul if the products of the e r district strict would amount to anywhere j I near this amount if it was nets ary for them to ship their produce lOti I miles by uY truck or team I Coal is this the principal oo oi that district This s coal coals costa p t a 1 us about a ton tOll h here re in the tile basin a hl If the railroad here hero aud and they thew had to ship the coal here hereto to load ItIs it Js Is doubtful if there wO L bo IJ a very ver heavy demand for it at at t 15 ton t t. t I o o. o b. b It i Is e especially lly doubtful Wl when we consider er tho the vast coal deposits of the basin that would t then b bo bu opened up Another Alloth r item mentioned was Price river liver project This is really a abig abig big Dig thing al although hough sonic some some of or Lis us S Jl byre rc in the u basin sIn are apt to compare it It to some of the tho man many projects projects here here that are 1110 so much l larger lot loi only do uv Wi have haye several projects that are larger largel but we also have some being contemplated con con- that are so very much larger that the e project big asit as asit asit it Is s seems very small in compari compard- son Surely the basin road would not hurt this his p of oC theirs Even if rf the basin road meant the withdrawal of the lice railroad from Price surely the project could go on and be a success The rho basin projects have been successful and they ar aras are areas areas as far or further farther Irons from a railroad a now than the Price project would 1111 bc lit If It the tho basin road were the tho only roan in eastern Utah If Price has ha enough business business' to keep leep a railroad they have havo nothing to worry orry about except tho time loss of f tho b business which according r to tu their figures is a mere trifle Now ow let us look to what the tho h basin has to to gain Jain Also to what tho the basin has to off or a railroad j jIn i In the first Placid cJ it Is g not fair tail to lo consider what is being shipped without without without with with- out considering considering what might IJ be shipped The long haul to the railroad railroad rail rail- road has limited the tho basin to those products products' having large value in to It small small b bulk Evidently our friends friendsOn s. s On Last Page j i B By L L. A. A lt v Your attitude attitude on the railroad question for the Uintah basin creates cre i ates an ali mi unfavorable impression ia lt I the basin asin Ym You r refer to to auth authorities that allege llego that outside or of our our mineral output railroad C cars would carry carrr all oLtha basin product for the years year I suspect that that- if this responsible a authority Y were wei-e P pitt witness stand rte ne J would shrink to the vanishing point before r a gross os examination I 5 i But i in a all railroad projects projects-as as a arule 1 rule th there re are S 'S Some I l lean an y years years rs before before be- be J- J d I fore the theat fat at years years years' That w wag wad so sto at at L. L Price cc A J. railroad would gre greatly develop develop de de- de i the Uintah country This This- t should not be a matter of jealousy for Price The business men of Du Duchesne chesne very ery rec recently made an ap a ap- ap p. p V A proving stand for the Dotsero cutoff cut cut- cutOff o Off if H the D. D R. R G G. W W. would build from Soldier Summit to Vernal Weare Wo We are not fighting Price We Ve are fighting to develop evel p the Uintah ba basin m. m We rant antto to see sec Price and Carbon county develop even eve even l though Carbon cou county nt has refused to help to develop devel- devel op the road over the hill which is used sed to pour the wealth of the bas basin I into the coffers of Price There are vast Irrigation n projects in Duchesne and Uintah counties that would woud Int- Int immediately immediately im im- mediately take on life lie if it a railroad would begin to build and even now these the e counties are forging ahead with great vigor We Vo do not I object to the Dotsero cut off cut if it the theD D D. D C R. R G. G W. W will gelid build Into th the Dasin basin Da- Da asin a- a sin as its president lately offers to todo todo todo do and when that or some other road comes here you will discover j that the responsible parties that say sar wo can wo wo can ship out ont only ony carloads car car- carloads car car- loads will be he pointed over over to the left and told tol to Go way back there and anti sit down And with hopes and belief belief belier be be- be- be lief lier that Price will still prosper let lether lether lether her know too that she cannot stop the Hood flood of destiny and that the inn tiJI tah tali country will grow mighty might nc not t at ai atthe atthe the expense of or Price but with Price ha hand in hand hand hand-a a mighty powerful I eastern Utah J o 0 D I I I I From rom Page One ne DOES W WANT ANT U Lb US I TO HA HAVE VIA V A in Price have havo forgotten the theman man many products of or the basin that ar are here herc hero and ready but cannot be shipper shipped a hundred miles by truck truel and still shoW v a profit There are a certain number of of- miles s of railroad in the tho United States Some of or this was built built Into i country that was shipping 13 trains a year or more ore and and some of it was wa built into country countr that was shipping less than this amount In fact some of oC it was built into country that hat hal not shipped any i I believe that If our friends in Price will lookup look lookup lookup up these figures they will wUl find finch very very interesting They will probably come to the following conclusions First a n country is dependent ofa OH of OHa a railroad for its development the same as the railroad is on the country for its support ir It the Price district lead had to wait until they reached their present t ou output be before foro tho the railroad would come conic time the railroad would woul probably never get I there This applies to practically every ery location in the countr country Second the railroad is not looking looking looking look look- ing at the tho present products of a aI country as much as they the are looking look look- ing big at the potential products In III other words it is not what arc you shipping now but what could yonI you yon ship If transportation were available If the basin were not shipping n L pound a year ear it would still be c a ferI fertil fertil fer- fer I til field for a railroad If It the ba basin I did not have havo a single acre under Ir Irrigation Irrigation irrigation Ir- Ir it would still be a goat I place for or a railroad to come Vh Why Because just as soon soot as the roa road came there would bo be e shipments made and received and there wont be land put under er irrigation 1 tie tw He I nu number of or acres under cultivation and nd the the shipments is nov n now ow made made- are arc ar j merely merel Indications of ot what can be e I with favorable ion Hon The Pine t thud third conclusion comes leS i it not t tonlY o only from fa a study of Otil tile the ra I building of of oC tho past past- nut jut from roni tIle the I development of the entire country COUntr It t Is no community ever grows brows to o the tha best advantage tage by ly delaying ho tho growth of its neighbor Our Ouro o v n n growth and prosperity Is dependent de- de I pendent on that ot of oC V our neighbor The Immense development of the basin ba ba- b bain I sin in th that t will foll follow nv the pIe comi coming coining g of I rails ails will the tho Price di district more nore than they nty evide realize a ar at I this his time It will not only benefit he time Price district but hut the entire 1 1 state talc and adjoining states tates as as well |