Show Will Continue Westward V. Weston an assistant to the Chief Engineer r r of the Moffat Moffat fat Road contributes an article to the August number of th the Bankers Banker's Magazine l on The Development Dc of ofA A New Western West Vest Vestern ern Territory rr r.r. The Ilie article reviews the history of the Moffat Moffat l fat Road Rond from its ince inception tion and deals dents tit nt length th with the ob obstacles obstacles ob- ob b- b which hire have been over r- r cOllie conie and portrays in glowing terms the new enl empire ire of wealth which the road will open up to d development In con concluding lud ng Mr l Weston Veston says BOYS The region frOth front the Green ri river t er to the low divide which has to be crossed before dropping dropping drop drop- pin ping down to Heber I in the Salt Lake Vall Valley y is ia s watered by bythe bythe bythe the Duchesne Strawberry and Uinta rivers rivets and their tributaries tributaries tribu tribu- fed from the snows of the Uinta Linta range on the north whose peaks te reach h ele elevations at of to feet above sea level le and th the average elevation ele ele- ele- ele of the valley alley being only I feet it is suitable for the i raising of all kinds of fruit vegetables cereals stock stock-rais ing ing- and keeping bee-keeping and is destined to be thickly p populated ed and very prosperous and in ill anticipation of the approach of the construction gangs gang's of the Rond Road is already rapidly settling up It is intended to continue construction westward at once onci on Meanwhile l the operated line to o Steamboat Springs is on a paying pay pay- ing basis and as the securities of the Denver Northwestern Pacific Railway are now in the hands of a powerful firm of eastern bankers they win will probably probably ably be negotiated at an early date and the line rapid rapidly y completed com come to Salt Lake City Citro |