Show DENVER HAS EYES ON UINTAH BASIN Here tary of staw thinks queen city trying ting to extend influence at t denver has its ita business eye on the uintah basin and unless less salt halt lake is waty tills mist ast empire with its unlimited resources and in agricultural and other lines might be made tributary to the colorado capital this is the situation with reference to the great northeastern portion of utah as seen by david mattson Mat teon secretary of state who recently made a trip with A L over one of the proposed interstate highways between utah and colorado according to the secretary of state denver Is beginning to realize tile the necessity tor for securing agil cultural backing to rely upon when tile the support of the mines falls and realizing that the uintah country la Is a basin of unlimited possibilities in this respect ct it la Is taking steps t to 0 make its business and patronage into denner demer mr mattson declares that to prevent the colorado interests succeeding in their plans it will be feces to have a good highway through here into salt lake ind and that railway connection must be made with the country from salt lake and ogden the denver people are going to put that bond issue through I 1 believe he be says and the moffat road is going to be built into tho the uintah countey colt nt y if tills this is done and no ito steps step are taken by salt lake and other cities of utah to counteract the effect 0 we alu suddenly awake to discover that colorado aar hae taken aay from us the richest agricultural district of the state a veritable eri table empire that la Is capable of being and is being developed into a thriving and productive territory should the moffat road be put through and stop atop in the uintah country without making any connect connection loa on with salt lake and ogden the building of the road would start a new bra era of development and the road would carry all business away from utah into denver the insult continued on page 3 denver has eyes on uintah basin continued froni from page 1 ot such a situation la is plain enough it needs no pointing out mr mattson contends that railway connection between salt lake and ogden and the uintah basin bagin is of prinie prime importance ills his suggestion is that the easiest and most moat feasible means of getting the connection would be an extension of the union pacific flom Co alville via kamas across the divide and donn don the du cheele river to the eastern uintah country the secretary of state asserts this bould furnish a gatei gade tho the entire distance and while might It he be necessary essaiy to put a tunnel through the til divide ilde lie he believed an easy pabs Is available railroad ot of this sort mort according accord ine to mr mattson would open up country countr I 1 thoroughly the road would traverse a territory already thickly dotted with settlements and should be a paying proposition from rom tho the first then too this would make all that territory tributary to salt lake and ogden and even though denver got the moffat road into the territory utah would be able to hold hei own with colorado in the matter of business patronage and support utah would have the advantage for it would have it a water grade haul hau for everything while the colorado road would not enjoy such advantage it is also necessary that there be a highway through connecting with salt lake uld said the secretary of state this highway is just as essential as a railroad it should run from the colorado line erst of jenssen jenen through jensen vernal moffat foit duchesne ducheane roosevelt myton and theodore for the present the road should then run gouth southwestward westward and connect with the price load at colton coming into salt lake from there however the road ultimately should run westward from theodore and follow the Duch duchesne esue river through kamas and down into salt lake through parleys canyon thus providing a water grade for th interstate highway on both sides aides of the divide with an easy pass on oil the divide there must be three roads and in my opinion this is tho the route for the northern nor thein road through the uintah country the toad via colton is in good shape adape now and with th the exception of a few culverts cu lverts needed on that section between jensen and the utah colorado line there is little to be done to it to put it in pertecta shape |