Show grand junellen nellon Ju would tap basin ampire auh A farsi class ail KO road rand grand junction dally daily news up the great cintala basin country to its natural supply ariu ana dis clia point urana junction was the a sou lor the lua calling to iu aether of the loamber ot in 10 special bession last night grana junction is uio the natural outlet lor all this ihla vast country covering quintan and grand counties in eastern utan lor this city it id thu the nearest town OL 01 an any y lor the people ul of abt vast mining oil stock una ana farming territory to come lor ahr ir supplies 1 11 II denby a well known oil shale mining man luan has been spending the past couple of days in grand junction talking with various business ne 88 men relative to promoting a vio position to build a road into that country to draw the trade this way to lo the natural point lie ile found a great deal of encouragement iid ve vinced evinced a desire to uee see the project carrid through til rough As outlined to the chamber ot of commerce last night mr denby sorted by a rough apap that lie he had drawn approximately how the road would run which was along the same suggestion as he had previously made ti it ilie daily news when he called upon us yesterday ahe idea of mr air denby to la to follow the midland trail to a point about one and one halt half mile ellei i over the colorado line into utah thence lie he proposed road would leave the midland trail and go in a northerly course to the ranch of tom larsen about 10 miles distant there is a good road this far from there to the summit of book cliffs a distance of about 21 miles the road would have to be constructed as aa now there is nothing more than a trail this road he estimates would cost about a mile to finish to the summit of the book cliffs alom there a road runs straight to ouray and vernal a distance of about 60 50 miles to the latter place this road was built years ago by a mining company and has since been maintained by the stockmen stoc kmen it la Is a good auto road and it Is a gradual decline to white river where there Is a good cable bridge and to vernal the country gradually rises again the uintah basin Is a wonderfully rich basin and the home of many prosperous people on the rim of lie he basin lie the shale hills where there la Is an inexhaustible deposit of oll oil baring shale that will become a cast mining center in the near future already three i 1 educing oil wells are found in the uintah basin and the utah oil shale company which la is a company to the american amerlan amerian an asphalt company is now erecting in oil refinery ret luery there mr air deuby denby told the chamber of commerce that the people ol of vernal anil and the other ib towns in the indah basin were of at one mind in regard to connecting up that country esith etli a good road to grand junction and they would operate cooperate co in any measure looking toward that end ilo ile said that the government mail service had been taken away from watson and was now being transported by government trucks from helper to vernal but they were un uble to handle the mails and parcel post poat tor lor several months during the winter ahe conditions are aright lul ul and something should be done to relieve them air denby stated the distance to vernal from grand junction Is but nilles miles over a road that can be operated all year as the hook book cliffs are a low divide as against the road from price to vernal miles which cannot be operated tor for about three months during the winter with any degree of certainty various expressions were made all favorable to the opening of this road and it was believed grand junction should take the initiative in the matter C D smith of the C D smith co wholesale druggists of this city who has made several trips into that country said the people were alive to the importance of an opening out this way vay you people do not realize the extent of that country he said eald you could set the entire grand valley down in the uintah basin and it would not be noticed any more than it if you unloaded all the people of colorado in the city of chicago in one night the chicagoans would not notice the difference it Is a wonderfully rich country and a country that has immense possibilities tor for the future it if grand junction merchants could be brought to realize the possibilities tor for business development there they would be enthusiastic over the plans to build a road to the top of the book cliffs the purpose of the chamber isto get some experienced road men and send bend them over the proposed route as soon as the spring opens and make an estimate of the cost of building the road after which plans will be laid to actually raise the money to construct the road making a good start upon it this year and possibly completing it president vincent thought this was one of the largest tasks that the hamber should engage itself upon for the next year or more |