Show fO SAYS UINTAH T AH BASIN ROAD IS DEMANDED DEM t a Irn so Wealth of Uintah h Sity Makes Road a X Hopes to Get Permit Money for the construction of pf air th the Salt Lake raKe Denver railroad rail rail- road westward from Craig to provide tho l Moffat road direct f connection connection with Provo Is avail avail- lie le as soon as as' as the f interstate Jc c commission grants permission cr tho building of oC the line Une This Tills was declara tion Ion 0 of Julian M. M r.- r. Bamberger fee ce president of C the line rc rc- rc while on his way ay back to toi Salt Lake from a trip to Denver Danger D ner where he is said to have been in hi conference with Hale b president of the Burlington r I Julian Ju fan M U. who vho has for foi several years been In active control of of the interests developed eloped by hy his fus father father tather Simon Bamberger was in Denver Denver recently and while there gave reporter of oC the Denver Post a acry fiery cry li interesting interview inter Mr Bamberger Bamber Bamber- r- r ger says ays his interests have not given tip up the idea of oC building a railroad I from from Salt Lake to Craig Colo and It making Faking it a through line The rhe in interview in- in as given to the Post follows 11 I I am here to continue my efforts efforts' oward ward i placing lacing Denver at the cross- cross oads of a transcontinental railroad nid nd ithe the present north and south lines It bat at connect the Gulf GuU of Mexico anc ane pie lite he northern arteries he said vita F. 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J Lisman railroad uty ty banker of oC New ew York he has hast t. t 1 t completed an exhaustive sur- sur I ey l of ot the resources of oC th the territory Sat at at would be traversed by the new I I from Salt SaU Lake to the resent sent terminus of or the Moffat rail rail- i I ad d at Craig rr Bamberger l made ade a thorough of at the Moffat 1 tunnel ana anc s highly pleased ased with ever every phase the he work He says sars it is one of oC the standing anding engineering feats teats of b e century and that the district Is rte he congratulated for the fore fore- ht energy and stamina displayed Its construction Uintah basin continues j Bamberger Banberger contains Fes es eSt all an under Irrigation canals canal i I ich h Is just as fertile as any of the C ous northern Colorado lands lanas m in rd m county or to the theof Th lh of at Denver In addition to that gated ted area there are are ast vast tracts t Jean can can bo be reached b by Irrigation or 01 orr r rated ted for dr dry land farming Other resources comprise the known H-known l coal fields tho the tho gilsonite found round no nowhere e else I In the Id ld 1 1 with a pre present output of oC 34 l ons oils j yearly early which would be lately tripled If It the railroad t built vast p phosphate measures fining this valuable fertilizer int in inIch t t 1 rich rich Ich quality that It ft can can bo be p ac on the tho land 1 r unlimited for of at superior clay proS pro- pro S and probably the greatest ath of at h rich oil shale fields which ho he mined in lu the Ul basin earn cam am shovels els with no obstacle and more ant ad advantage advantage- ge gethan than thanS an anywhere else In the I t the tho present time due io to lack other than thau the their r. r ir truck the only export exportable ble u of this great empire Is cont con- con t entirely to wog hUaI- hUaI f d i turkeys honey anc and a G ge se of Tu Thole are arc theS the he S hugs that are ar ei t enough d the motor truck GO CO to f mS j es-j reach r h railed lal p l' l I prad r 1 t to i r ia i I fruit tre of r rand and d the t-be th r prof pro pro- 1 f Mr tin ctrl 1 for r g.- g. ha d t I t 11 t i b. b f ha I j Ilm o 91 lt t d mm m- m i k kP f P m 0 I 11 th I I or f 3 tr 1 0 t 11 r l w tu n U C t t J r lit tt o ci J 0 dI I rr lit Ii i s sJ Q II J d. d see carried through S 53 His dream was wasa a railroad r from om Den Denver Dener er to Salt Lake directly through the the mountains giving your th 3 greatest strategic ad advantage tage possible ble me at tho the crossroads on a trans trans' on- on n. n I line Une The first gr great at link in this gigantic gigan igan- tic enterprise iso was built hy by l y Mr Moffat Met fat himself in the railroad from rom Denver to Craig Th The second is isnow now nearing completion in tile Mot lot fat fat tunnel which will open the the eJ way through the mountains mountains' Li l west from Denver Th The tb third d' d dw w ue a e trying try ing ilg to aC achieve li Yc in the o co construction construction str if tf the Bamberger railroad between Craig and Salt SaU Lake through the Uintah basin a region of oC of Incalculable ble richness both In agricultural pos pas possibilities s and in n natural tp al deposits t of of i minerals Our application for permission ion to build this railroad is now before the Interstate tate commerce commence com commissIon commis commis- sion son An adverse recommendation has been made to the commission by one O of its exal examiners iners and our 1 present efforts are to overcome that o obstacle neu neutralizing its effect by furnishing answers t to o the objections that have hate been raised and to secure the approval of oC the commission for lae laie enterprise It IL is Impossible now to go west est from Denver er even as far as the tho Colorado state line lime without travel travel- travelIng Ing either miles north dr lOt lOtt mU mils s. s south and that co condition will not be improved by the completion of the Moffat 1 tunnel unless a connection connection connection tion to Salt Lake Lale is effected With the completion of oC the tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel Denver's ers door will be opened to toan toan an enormous empire of or incalculable wealth and Denver should take tale every ery advantage that comes to her hand handIn In n the development of Colorado and Northeastern Utah It is true that the construction of the Bamberger Banberger railroad will be of ot great advantage also to Salt Lake Lale but Denver will profit equally as aswell aswell well 1 if not liot better The outstanding profits to cometo come cometo to both cities will w be he from the development development de de- of at the natural resources In ill the areas to be traversed tra by bj this railroad and the releasing of ot the great freight tonnages now i bottled up by br lac lack of or transportation is really of or much greater reater financial importance im Im- to u us locally y than th the r rath rather rather rath- rath th er er empty glory of oC being on a a transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental railroad At At pres present nt the S n no trade trad t ter r- r to the east east of Salt L Lake ke In Inthis n this great area and no to trade territory territory terri terri- t tory r at all to the west of t Denver Demel The prop proposed se r railroad nr would l develop devel devel de develop would op Ol enough to make great commercial cities so of both r f T TIn In no con conceivable way can the 1 latent tent resources of this region reach a t. t marl market ct without the construction of oC a 1 railroad through ugh the territory It It motor trucks co could ld solve the 1 problem lem hem the de del development would be under unde underway a way bray now no and the fact that it Is not I Ia rove s proves the railroad Ito to to be the the- only possible way lay of oC opening up the tho coun coun- tf try From Prom this rather than from the the transcontinental features s Js is I Denver's ers n profit to to be bc derived o i Wc are arc are vcr very hopeful o of getting an au interstate commerce con commission mission I certificate to build the line and It If i 1 it ii is granted so that we wc can build I there will be enough nough territory developed de de- de I profit earned and enough glory achieved to saU satisfy h both our cities l We Re of ot Salt Lake solicit the co operation of Denver in an enterprise enterprise enter enter- nier- nier prise that will yield great profit to both The Moffat tunnel is a a stupendous bus ous ui undertaking and Denver r is to tobe tobe tobe be con congratulated for the foresight energy and stamina that have been displayed In its construction |