Show decided steps taken to tap the uintah basin 1 I C C ASKED FOH FOR OP convenience AND NECESSITY TO BUILD bine LINE WHICH wibb WILL SHORTEN DISTANCE BETWEEN LAKE DENVER MILES from an article in tuesdays salt lake tribune following regarding the construction of a rail road to the uintah basin one of the most important steps i in the industrial Indu growth grouth ot of utah vas v as taken yesterday in the annual meeting at salt lake of the lake denver railroad company and its holding compary compa a oy the utah colorado industrial corporation when a resolution was passed authorizing the application to the interstate commerce commission cn for a certificate of convenience and fealty for construction of a railroad from provo to connect with the denver salt lake railroad moffat line at craig colo the granting graut lne of the application would mean the construction of a railroad from craig colo through the uintah basin to provo thus opening up a region in northeastern utah unusually rich in resources with the cons construction traction of the proposed line and the completion of the moffat road through the moffat tunnel the distance frem from denver to salt bilake will bo be cut from miles by the denver rio grande orande western route to 67 miles the denver salt lake west ern railway recently incorporated in Cou tinged on page 5 column ono decided stop cakon to tap ahe ui antab banin Co from page 1 looming filed an application with the interstate commerce commission la in december 1924 tor for building a cutoff between on the moffat f at road and dottero on tho the D IL II 11 G W while the construction lot thie this cutoff would shorten the proad present on the D II 11 Q W from salt bake lake to denver by miles said julian M bamberger bomberger vice president 0 of the salt lake denver railroad company yet it would not in any way serve the uintah 1 nor tend to develop that wonderful vast empire lying la in northeastern utah if the interstate commerce commission grants the application aad and the cutoff la IN built there will not be sufficient business to warrant the construction of the road through the uintah basin dasin should hould fay brable action he be taken on the application lor for tho the road through the basin construction would be started in time for completing the work when tho the bof fat jamee james peak tunnel Is finished the latter Is one third completed and it Is estimated it willa take until late in 1926 or early in 1927 to ito finish the other two thirds I 1 t the public utilities commission of utah granted a certificate of convenience and necessity to the salt lake denver deaver railroad la in 1920 but owing to the stringent money market nothing was done at that time to finance tho the building of the road it was said mr bamberger eald said he believed funds would be available soon after the interstate commerce commission acts on the application |