Show THE EDITORIALS THE RAILROAD CONTROVERSY I By L. L A. A HOLLENBECK ECK Last Thursday and l Friday Mr Dair Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis ir the examiner for tor or the I. I C. C C. C held helda a meeting in Salt SnIt Lake City Citro After Arter having had a n previous meeting in Denver Den Ien ver involving the project of Denver the Uintah Basin League and Commercial Com Coin mercial Club of Salt Lake Inke and nid the Utah Public Utilities Commission against t the proposed purchase by u uy the D. D R. R G. G W. W railroad of a control con coi- of ot the so called Moffat with Its leas lease of the MOffat tunnel for l 60 50 years with an option for tor 49 y years ars more The D. D R. R O G. G W. W desires to purchase the control of the Moffat road and runs it trains over the Moffat Moffat fat line Une and through the tunnel l on the Mn Cat cars and equipment so that they will c come me under the terms of the I lease without any increase of the rents for the use of tl the e tunnel and amI claim that the traffic will not stand any increased rent for th tb the tunnel which if It allowed will destroy the value of two thirds of Qt the tIle cost of or the tunnel and the the- bonding district will lose probably ten million dollars This Is a cl clever er scheme to gobble up UI the tunnel at about one third of Its cost I 1 Also if it the D. D II R. G. G W. W.- gets control control control con con- It will make the off cut and t that at means g good bye b t to the road nd uie uit Ulman for LiL 11 U. long time to come The I. I C. C C C. C has lately made an alignment of the of the lie c country y and placed them into groups for the purpose of having only onh- onha a few systems to do the busness business business busi bus ness ness of the country The Missouri Pacific the D. D II U. U G. G W. W the Western West- West em ern rn Pacific and the Denver and Salt SnIt Lake which last named road Is popularly lady called the Moffat road rand have he been n placed In one alignment l The le I. I C. C C. C commissioner seems to say that all the testimony proposed ed as to the needs and the resources of the Uintah Basin have nothing to do with whether ther or not the D. D R. R G. G W. W shall be permitted permit permit- ted to purchase the control of the Moffat fat tat road From the alignment made b by the I. I C. C C. C it naturally the control lI in lii the D. D It G. G W W. and its other owners and they al already hI- hI ll- ll ready have a line to the coast coaRt when the le off cut is Is' Is Isma ma made which will be a snort snore cut from irom heaver Denver an anti and 1 they will ha have no further need of ot a ibm lino through the Basin L I i. i |