| Show craig commercial club urges building of bamberger road the ilia craig 1 ct club thin this up ek pont a lone long coin inuit cut foil it to the Inter interstate Coni Conin torce urging fao favorable forn rable blo on to appet antion of tho 1119 bull enko donavor railroad company for or a ol 01 convenience and for tit lit ii of it lino from craig ao 10 to provo 1 1 ahr 1110 cibit tavern till thit which in is backed by b for nur nier governor simon a an ant other utah 1 over the fie pro pod soldier summit vernal vornal spur ot of the th denver ir antl ilio orando wo and the tile D tero cutoff oj 01 ho the acter denier salt sall lake western Ve torn A copy of f runt rent to the tile federal deral regulatory holy hody follow at a all of ot tho tile craig com inere Jul club of aloar t tilo rado it fleging hf tile chamber Cb aniber of commerce of buld said connaty con cont nty ity tho matter of the different foi tot corti of convenience conven lonco and nece being byln by aid suld club considered and nil till of tho moin bora of said club and avid atit board of trustees true tees being 1 ja familiar millar with tho the conditions existing la in tillo purt part of colorado and thu tho eluto of utah und anti bolin ving that strive commerce will dd do anti it Is their aim aint in tho the gi giantini of n certificate of necessity for tho the building of any atty in ili thia this part it if th alu country to consider tho the greatest rood to the largest territory an I 1 tha the greater number of people to bo be liene fitted thereby wo we hereby make tho fol lowing doclar alcons tia its to tho differ ont resources of 10 lo lie country thru which ench each of tho the applicants for the certificate will und the reni facts regarding tn nj tho territory anti service gervice necessary necess aey for the tile greatest good of tho country anil anti in lp that behalf A committee vas its Up appointed pointed by tho the president of the club nt at tho rei at of f its members and board ut trustees iruH leos to make thorough investigation as to the of each ench of sald advil for certificate und and to make and bend send to your honorable body a true truo statement regarding the tho stine s ino in that your committee hao has made thorough investigation und makes the following statement covering the al application of each railroad taking each application it in ite its numerical order finance docket no 45 this application as ais vv via arc art in formed aa as flied december 24 1924 and ie Is mado m ado by tho the denver salt lake western It hallway allwaY company requesting a certificate to build and operate a line of road from dotsero dottero Dot sero colo to orestos Ore atod colo a distance dia tanco of approximately 41 aniles and anti which would bo be a cutoff connecting tle present denver salt lake railroad with the tile denver deaver klo rio grande western rall rail crowt athus giving the denver aitto Gri grands lutle western a shorter line from the western slope of colorado to denver colo atals 41 nilles of railroad would run lla its entire length through the canon cation of the COIL comrado rildo aler begin nine ning ct at n knon as dot DOL aero sero and running 1 to another sidetrack known ari aa Oro Ore atod stud in other word it bould start from nowhere and end at nowhere and ifould not servo an herple pec pie along its line wo we are ulso also informed and be xi leve 4 q state the fact that a large interest in the th denver rio ilia ornde grande western railroad Is owned waned and to a certain extent and by contract under obligation by and to the missouri pacific rall railroad roud that all eastern Fa stern and western freight and passenger business of both these railroads are routed as far aa as pos sible via pueblo the junction point of the tuo railroads 11 and this cul cut off mould receive no eastern or esteria ca est torii erit freight or passengers till lul especially routed orr oer it hy the as tho pacific rull rail oad does not fenili deihr lilly ov r tile enikh of thu the denver und and luo arando western railroad lind and tile ho anjul it aul in order to connect with willi liu tile pacific oil eastern md pap ts would im hortyk and without ahsing of trallis ir or routed ta lit pueblo i 4 lo 10 than bor thil cutoff cut off oly via denier and anti then to tit pueblo letl blo from froll dwieer Du livor or it have I 1 to 0 bo bi riu routed td and shipped east from dun den or over another file of railroad that western ua torn freight atilt passe o 0 tigor 11 could be lie routed via vun hlo filo in lit tile manto n anti for thu ilm alm fro gilt would bo crotti the north ind north ont or over the union pacific or burlington and if 1 turned over t to file ho illo brando western ut at denver D e il v r I 1 there would bo no difference i rond road it loft left denver deliver ivor routed vl via lie the denser denier salt lake luke or Mol hl Tut road and the cutoff cut off wo we tire are also unable io learn of any contract for tho exchange of freight or passenger 1 case the cut cutoff off should be lie built be an of thu the railroads inter entsyh we further that in ili tho event of the building of this cutoff cut off oft that coutt and moffat counties count lea colorado who arc both within the tile district and isho ho stand financially behind ho lie tunnel entirely loso logo tile whole benefit hene tit that would naturally come conic to them thein from front ilio tile building of the tunnel and place both of aid sald counties conn whose whoso ii are greater than any like territory in the united statch states on a switch cr branch of tho tile denver deliver salt lake railroad rall rail roid IL civo tho the country undeveloped its s in fit its present state and all for tho want of and I lack ack of transportation and anti titU ing tk a thickly populated community well adored by railroads rall roade and a community that has from front the inception of the moffat or denver deliver salt lake railroad and tho the moffat tunnel have fought the building of anid rall railroad rond I 1 and the construction of tho tunnel and a community that Is not within the tunnel district and are in no ay obligated to pay tor for the same we further state tint tl at tho the only benefit to be by b the tile government or the people and especially tho people of the tunnel district which willell includes Den denver vr would bo be such freight and passenger u business na as would be presented by fly the denver tt 1110 1110 grande western rail railroad roud from front the west and tho the denser dener salt lake lale railroad from front the eust and a savins saving or about four hours in iri running run nini timo tinie on from front taw western elope slope of colorado being the grand junction district to denver deliver opening open up till no new territory aitor and serving no more people than Is at present baing lemed b hies railroads i without hie the building I 1 of said cutoff cut off and not lending endley endl ny in any auy to develop an ana new ne tor ter but solely fur for the purpose of adding to the rall railroad road facilities of served a country already adequately I 1 docket no 1 I tills this Is the application of the silt lake denver railroad Hall road cont pany tor for tho the building bul liling of approximately miles of railroad beginning at craig colo the present terminus illi of tho demer dener salt L ake railway rallay and extending to provo in the state of utah and there connecting bolth numerous lines of rall rail enyx running into all points on he the pacina cst and anti covering all in territory and also 1 short ning 1 the ho distance by railroad from front deriver to salt lake approximately miles and anti opening up a epiro with incao undeveloped re our crt thin any other ilku like terri ory it in the 1114 united statue orving 1 of hoople who hail last heretofore been und till still uru arit from tile 1110 to two hundred alln from rail a torr for rich with uni lur r coa coul I 1 oil farming lutock fruit rod lind ill till otiis resources found in III thu tile I 1 listed hanta 9 nil all of it coH tinto hae been und and tire dormant solely for tin tilt of gif rail transportation it country in lit which tile of alit hy united ht hajto afes own owns over fifty per of thu the lando lands within the drawing of tsuch a 11 railroad svening up tl largo territory for i ho illo t tf f farmers miner cris operators nil and and anti it country in which intro nud prosper dulom hulid build and flourish ulbert todo toda for ant of tran gatlon it Is 1 it largo 1 and non pro dultiz damte unto wull well watered und and country for tho tile settlement Hott lomont of man a country through which u rall railroad road can and anti would bo be hullt built if alile till honorable commission so with no curve than 10 degrees and no grades in excess of 2 por cent thur making it an econ rond road to operate and main tain and giving to tho the vast ro soure ON nn all outlet both enot and west and up it the opening of the country and the tile development of its vast remo ua oil would rivo give stich a railroad ton age in freight unequaled by any an like mali ago of any railroad west aest of tho tile river and add to I 1 the lie taxable property billions of dol dot aurs in wealth whereas roaH in tho the event even t i of tho withholding of the certify cato hy by your honorable body no now do could profitably bo be undertaken and tho the country 1 would llo dormant a as in the apalit I 1 and KB its inhabitants would bo be left without a market for its products I 1 as us it Is today without the freight charged being 1 greater than theo value of tho the products in this connection we desire to call your attention to the vast re of routt and unit moffat counties in colorado and tho the entire northeastern portion of tho the state of ot utah to bo be served by this contemplated tem plated railroad there Is moro coal of first class grado grade in moffat county colorado in sight than would furnish the tho world for the next years eara to come add to this the coal of routt county and eastern utah and there is more coal than would varnish tho world for the next one thousand year years some of this coal is developed in county colorado as will be seen at oak creek If flIner mount harris and other places along the line of the denver salt aalto rail road where here x towns and cities have briwn bri wn and anti thousands of people are and millions of dollars hae hato been invest eft and that with only the service of it railroad with one outlet to the east with its at denver colo in moffat count colorado there are veins of coal pr from the hills hill as large a as 72 feet in thickness and of the bluest quality this Is upon land i caned by b tho the of the united states and lying about 28 miles mile south of tho town of craig the I 1 present terminus of the tile denver 1 silt tit lake railroad and to reach 1 which a spur track could and would be laid and such spur would pass through a country rich in acal oil farming and stock raising with no grades or sharp curves to speak of no deep cuts and no tunnels and would pass by the entrance to the i coal mine of the ute coal company compa at mt streter where four miles or thereabouts of tunnel has been op plied in the coal vein 26 20 feet in but for want of transportation 1 lot lying idle would pass in iu iti othor other coal intges being orld ne an wagon blies and which the fuel for ho lie farmere farmers and own of crnic ouid mould pass through ho tie richest oil oll bearing country now kin mn in fit the state of colorado and which in its bellig slowly developed by lie ito different oil compa companile com panice would the cinalli lino line of the tile proposed allread within about six miles of lir ili hengely Hii neoly oil field now also being und and which la in ut at present i bo ut miles nil lea from tho the nearest aidle railroad would place the lik springe springs oil nold flold now being do de virtually upon the tile main lino line or r halh a roud road would give annu small town ton und anti conin juni IH ils mould open some sonie of acres of government I 1 ands to homesteader 1 tur inurn etc and give them a markot fi f r their products would facell into tho the delivery doll vory of tho tile united stilton muffs and give to a countr country no suffering for want of transportation a new now life no now people increased population furnish homes for and rivo give employment employ mont to andai of good citizens put thin countr and all country tributary thereto in lit touch with tho of tho ho whole world and everything nary to the well being of the hu mail raco race and anti give to tho the people of 10 lo tile united states one more line of transportation from count coast to coast shortening 11 the time necessary to traverse rn it about five hours and a line giving to the traveler one of the greatest urca and grandest bight sight seang routes utts in the tile world and i louto that fiat would he be fed by many lines of railroad both east and west reduce the tile freight rate both local alit and thru and anti a railroad which would bo ho bound to give large aa returns on the tile build 1 and maintenance capital invested and serve and assist more citi and anti open up tip more moro t territory than any tiny lino line of railroad th lt tt could b im built at this time in the united state finance docket dorke t no thin this Is the application of the dan denver denyer wo grande western railroad to build a line from soldier summit in the tile state of utah to the tovo town n of ot vernal a distance of approximately bridles which would bo be a branch line or feeder of tho the denver trio grando grande western it would borve 0 oab III the uintah valley in the state of utah jt would not shorten the haul either east aas or vest it would serve comparatively only a few people and open up only a small arna amount tint of new no territory it would leave the country from front cragg colo to vernal utah in exactly the same condition it la Is now and would mould completely stop further railroad development in this part of the country and if allowed to be constructed capital could not be raided raised to build a it road to cover the country between craig colo and anti vernal utah a it distance lle tance of about nilles and it would be 1 to any territory outside the immediate of the valloy valley in tile elate state of utah it would not rive give to tile people of the tho united states any tiny new now line of coant coast to coast transportation it would not connect an nil large aitho ci tho tile only being between soldier summit a roundhouse and anti a couple of maack dwelling delling tO 1 and 1 I vernal a it countr country toa con of about people it would bo be an ly dangerous uno to raid with KM iti short cirei and heavy grades it would not shorten any route to tt any place it truer sog a it country with mith no tt for over half ila it length and it would till 11 big question ae as to n he bethel or not it would mould pay to op 01 orate erate it tile product products of tho tile cun coun tr truer tru creed sed would mould have a market only in the east fast thus necessitating the rullo little haul west before starting on its journey east thus adding to instead of decreasing the frol glit rate and ll 11 would benefit no railroad except us it feeder of 0 the denver rio grande grando western Wea lern aud and it ie Is considered a doubtful benefit as the tile expense of building and unit operating auch a road to say nothing of the maintenance la Is almost no much as a the tile building and operating of the tho through line known kilo n all finance docket no it could borve serve only a email small territory and a small number of people again referring to finance dock et no 4 we wa wi call your attention to the fact that for years the elie grand J it n c t 11 I 1 0 ii glenwood springs section of the country was served by two |
