Show DENVER V WANTS ANTS BASIN BUSINESS Denver is Anxious for fol Uintah Basin n Business but Shows Little Inter Inter- est cst in Railroad Railroad Oil Oil Companies Corn Com J. J 7 panics Looking This Way n By H H. H B D. D Stone While in do Denver I found considerable considerable consid consid- er erable interest erest jn In in the h basin but nc as much as-much much int interest rest in the railroad as asI asI I had hoped Denver seems anxious for our business but seems to reel fee that the railroad will come in due course without the necessity of any particular effort I got gol this idea of the feeling from my talks with the secretary and traffic man of the Chamber of Commerce t the time officers of the Iho Denver Jobbers Jobber's and time the editor of The Denver Jobbe Jobber and various business men They seem well pl pleased ased with wilh the large percentage of ot the basin business that mat matis thatis is now coming to Denver and want to toso toso toso so treat us that they Uley will twill get an eve even 1 larger share of our business as nc We develop our country In my talks I took the stand that if it Denver really wanted our business business business busi busi- busi- busi ness there was one way that thai they could be sure of getting the bust busi- and the good will of ot the basin and that was to get us a railroad This would get them a large share of ot the business and would develop the country so that there would be more and more business for them I also tried to point out that railroads dont don't Build themselves lh The c country to be served must show a chance for tor profit and then this has to be ad ad- ad Denver put over the Moffat Moffat fat rat tunnel and the same spirit would I build a railroad into the basin Jt It would show a real profit to the road and would bring Denver a large volume of business Tb They y seemed to to feel Ceel that this was a reasonable view but how they will act on it remains to he be seen The basin is really very ery fortunate in its ils location being right between Salt alt Lake and Denver two of the Ute large marketing centers of the west It seems that the competition between between between be be- tween these centers ifor for the business of the basin would get us a railroad Probably one of oC the reasons that Denver is getting as much business as she is is because they are buildIng build- build Ing ng the tunnel which will be he a big item in getting gelling us its a railroad Another Another Another An An- other item js is the service given ghen Possibly Possibly Pos Pos- sibly this tIlls is because they know that they are competing with Salt Lake which is closer Salt Lake on the time theother theother other hand sOl sometimes appears appears appears' to feel reel that because they are re closer the they will get the business regardless of the time service given n or time tIle Inter Interest t. t shown in the basin It seems to me nie that thai if it Salt Lake had shown the In Interest interest interest in- in terest in the basin and spent the money in reaching eastward for tor trade that Denver Denyer has spent in reaching reaching reach reach- ing westward we e would have rails and Salt Lake would have our busi busI- ness Everything else being equa Salt Lake should get the basin business business business busi busi- ness but bul the tIle city that gets us a railroad railroad rail rait- road and doubles the value of or every acre of land in the basin can cat de depend depend depend de- de pend on a large share of or the time busi busi- ness Salt Lake LaJe knows the needs or orth orthe orthe th the basin but the Denver business businessmen me men are interested antI and more and more of them will come to the Ule basin to study it I suggested the dates of oC time the U. 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C as a good time lime for Cor them to LO o come commie out aJ and amid get acquainted with tho the country countr Unfortunately Denver is holding their annual Market et Week I dm luring during ing the same week Weel i The rhe he Denver jobbers art ar sending delegations to lo different parts of ot the country countr s served b by Denver Demer and they assured me that thata a delegation would come and look over the time basin as soon as It could cOll 1 be arranged Business seems to no DO good in Den Den Den- ver There is some unemployment but this is always always always' the case in most any community Building is 15 particularly particularly active both in business and residence property Den Denver has accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- a lot in iii the way of good roads in tho the last year It seems that the more good roa roads s there are the better business is ana and the more roads can be built and amid improved Devner is beginning to look Into the time possibilities of oil here In tho the basin although there is real ex excil excitement ex- ex cil as yet The larger Jarger co companies com coin panics that are re interested out lucre here are very quiet as to ther their pans flails Denver Demer is busy and growing and it il is due clue to lo the time citizens olti and business businessmen men making up their minds that the they are going to have a real city No o basin town may ever be the size of or Denver but hut the time same principles all apply ply here and we wo can accomplish as ris much In l proportion If we will throw away wa our hammer an get a horn |