Show LETS LET'S BUILD OUR OWN RAILROAD OAD I Dear Editor I II I have read many articles in your valued paper at various times regarding regarding re re- re garding the Moffat road ronA Dotsero cut off etc tc and hear rec recently n ly considerable considerable considerable con con- talk about some possible effort to solve our railroad problem ourselves We Ve We timers old-timers have had our lOur hopes of at a railroad for many many years and unless we are sat Sait- satisfied with auto and truck transportation transportation tation for years to come I do not riot believe there is any h hope e of or bettering betterIng bettering better- better Ing our transportation unless unless unless un un- un- un less we forget outside help and get after the matter in earnest our our- selves I notice in ina a a recent rec nt cartoon in iu inthe inthe the Denver News showing the railroad rail rail- ro road interests as George Washington having havin cut down the cherry tree marked Dotsero cut We all believe believe believe be be- lieve that than George was a man of ot his word but while the people of ot the Colorado tunnel district voted for tor forthe forthe the Moffat tunnel bond bon d issue ue with witt th the understanding g that the completion completion completion comple comple- tion of the tunnel meant a line from Craig t w. w Salt Lake five Eighty-five per percent percent cent of the property In tine the bonded district is in and around Denver and fl fifteen teen percent In Grand Routt and Moffat co counties 00 and the eighty eighty- five live percent is apparently as well satisfied i with the substitution and the state inter commission commis commis- commission sion will probably probably- disregard any o obligations ob b- b to the fifteen percent and authorize the construction tot ot the CU cur which is of ot no possible benefit bene bone fit tit to Routt county coal operators as it stands to reason the Rio Grande will not permit the movement movement movement move move- ment of ot that coal to to- Utah and the I Pacific coast In competition with I their own coal The construction ef o f r a railroad from Craig to Salt Lake undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly would receive the financial sup sup- port of these coal Interests the Utah producers of ot asphalt gilsonite and other hydro carbons and the oil aU i Interests interests In in- tere ts of ot northeastern Utah and Moffat county the production from which latter laHer county has now reached reach reach- ed barrels per day Some of ot this oil production is ls now g going ing to toa toa a 0 refinery in Salt Lake City via the Moffat road to Denver Be Bet Beet l sugar interests have looked favorably upon this basin as a location for tor a a. sugar factory when railroad transportation tion is provided and it lit is quite likely likely likely like like- ly might assist in financing such a railroad By Dy all means let us have as propose prOpos 1 l mass meetings at various various various vari vari- ous points in the basin b ask our legislature legislature legislature leg leg- to 00 enact a bill providing that such a road if completed by a certain specified time be exempt from taxation taxation taxation taxa taxa- tion for a reasonable period of years If It necessary from a basin deCoo doon de de- Coo on OD local page i From Page One LETS LET'S BUILD OUR OWN RAILROAD district along lines similar similar simi simi- lar Jar to the Colorado Moffat tunnel tun-nel district make a v vigorous campaign to see what financial support we can secure se for fox an electrically operated line Una from the Salt Lake valley Talley to or a suitable point of o-f connection with th the Union Pacific th through Craig so as to nave Dave two WI easter caster outlets Of Ot course the approval of the interstate tate commerce commission would have to be obtained ob ab tamed but If U the they approve the application J cation of the Moffat Moad road In the matter matter matter mat mat- ter of the Dotsero off cut disregarding disregard disregard- ing any obligation n to build bunt the line Une from Craig to Salt Lake they can hardly deny the basin the privilege of ot looking after atter its ata ts' ts own interests The Phe outlook for tor any action on the part of ot the Bam Bamberger berger interests Is Isn n not at encouraging and one is reminded remind remind- ed of el someone's definition of a pro- pro motor as someone someone who has nothing nothIng nothing noth noth- ing and wants b to sell seU it It for tor something something some some- thing to someone SO who wants to buy something for nothIng Certainly if It they meant business they could get geta a hearing ng and decision from the in interstate interstate In in- commerce commission favorable favorable favor favor- able to the construction of ot their proposed proposed pro posed To road d' d provided they can show enow their ability to finance it Looking at the matter mutter from all aU angles therefore there there- therefore r fore re I believe the solution suggested suggest suggest- ed at above ove Is the only way we can hope to get results In any reasonable time Yours Youra truly R. R E. E MILLER t. t President ent Myton Commercial l Club |