Show A BIG combination and knight to join forces in building Rait Rall roid through tigh utah rhe conference held in provo Is david 11 II moffat rt al the hend of t to I 1 moffat road to join forces with J jisse isse knight in buil building dint a railroad into I 1 silt tit lake ile he and knight in c ut at provo last saturday slid and the announcement has been made that a combination may be entered into between those two men and their associates which will have millions of dollars behind it the people of the west have great confidence in the integrity and ability of both moffat and knight two of the famous financial giants of this intermountain inter mountain country and the announcement no that they are likely to join forces in railroad work from here to salt lake will ill be received with a great deal of pleasure uncle jesse knight has long contemplated the construction of a road from provo to vernal via strawberry valley about one month ago mr knight Knigh tand and party made a tour through provo valley up daniels creek and into the strawberry valley to current creek where he it is claimed owns extensive coal properties the object of the trip wits waa to ascertain if there is 13 a feasible route for a railroad when he returned to provo he made the statement that all indications pointed to the existence of vast bodies of coal in the boua country try he visited currant creek is located on the western portion of the uintah reservation about miles from vernal and it is said that knight owns acres of coal lands along that stream and red creek in an interview mr david il moffat announced that the building of his road will continue westward just as rapidly as possible and that there shall be no f urther further delays lie ile and his party have been inspecting the proposed route of the road near heber for the past few days I 1 llie he following dispatch from provo was sent out september ath david 11 II moffat the denver railroad builder and party are out atieh can point today this is to be the Bi st nelter aelter site but just what mr moffatt ats awit may mean is not known at this time the visitors will meet with jesse jcsse in city beening and hold a conference uncertain on certain railroad matters which have come up within the last few weeks mr air knight has been talking of building a railroad between vernal and provo through a district still unscratched but known to be teeming with agricultural and coal opportune opportunities mr knights proposition reached the ears of the denver magnate and it is more than probable that an agreement may be reached which will include the knight road in the moffat project it is thought this scheme is satisfactory to both men accompanying mr moffat who is ia traveling in a private car are president W G evans of the denver city tramway company and a leading financier of the west F B gibson vice president of the international trust company of cf which mr moffat is 13 president if A sumner chief engineer farmr for mr moffat W A deuel general manager and S M sperry a director of the road Aft after erthe the conference in this city the moffat at party will go on up to heber whence they will go overland over a portion of the western end of the moffat route mr moffat sas sacs his road is to be built without delay it will cut miles off all present railroad distances between denver and salt lake and in opening up entirely new country including the routt county coal fields and the rich agricultural and mineral territory along the proposed line will mean much for this state in an item regarding mr moffatt ats visit to salt lake the tribune of september ath said among other thing the road now one of the party said is 13 operating west from denver for a distance of miles and is fully graded for a considerable dist distance vice further this way the road when finished will go through a country match matchless levi in scenic grandeur and limitless in natural resources no other road can ever be built that will approach itin ib shortness of distance bet between vien denver and salt lake owing to the mountainous lay of the country over which it passe the building of it as aa an expensive proposition but in the opinion of men competent to judge the load will bo be a money meney maker from the start mr moffat gives assurance that shall be no f urther further delay in its conati uc tion the work henceforth is to be pushed to completion with all possible haste the work of driving a tunnel through the backbone of the for the main level roadbed will be continued and kept going constantly until completed when the tunnel is 13 finished however for tram train service it will not interfere with the road already built over the mountains which makes this part of the line the grandest roost most picturesque and highest piece of railroad on the north american continent it will ever stand a monument to the scientific skill of the railroad engineering in this country bays the salt lake herald dinits in its mention of the visitors yesterday they held a conference with frank knox president of the national bank of the republic here it is understood that institution will handle the financial end endom of the work w ork of but building ld the road in this state no money stringency in the east or wall street will hamper the building of the moffat road into salt lake declared president moffat at the knutsford yesterday we will rush the work with all possible speed until trains are running into your city As we go to press the news comes from provo that the conference between moffat and knight resulted in an agreement by which aich a joint road is to be built through utah probably to the state line east of vernal participating in the conference with the colorado magnates were uncle jesse knight senator reed smoot W L mangum R E allen alien and others the utah company is to be composed of senator smoot mr knight and other utah capitalists ita lists just what loute is to be adopted is not known there are two advantageous lines off offered ered one through provo canyon and the other through hobble creek canyon to the east cast of Spring springville ville the impression is that the second mentioned will be finally chosen |