Show I 1 1 h TE li 1 lo 10 vernal idys yS 1 l baill buill fl jisuo 1 ne V ii crisai to wa ne mi ii jl heads of denver and salt lake railroad meet here to discuss R R tonnage on sunday night vernal as in evaded by the heads of the denver salt lake railroad Kall road company more generally gere rally known as the moffat roid they slipped into own from rom craig colo without any one being aware of it the party consi ted of IN R freeman it of the road ger aid bighea general counsel tom Tre venon craig tr transfer esfer Sto storage rag co cc J J stanton owner stanton transportation co cc As tar far aa as the AL storing storms would these gentle den men yent went to different paita of at the basin na do tar far as myton meeting leading business men in each place dud discussing with them po do sible tonnage of the basin datin which would go to a railroad in tile the event of or one being cons tons in on with a ri t resen dative of this paper on their abrial both ben gen lemen declared they were hero ni tely 11 on a pleas pleasure pre trip as they desired to see and learn as much aa ds po possible seible about the basin 11 r freeman had not been here alne 1889 and judge hughes bald thie this was his first trip As goon soon as their arrival wua known knon n tte the officers of the llona lions club got busy and secured their promise to meet and hear a report on the ton nage of the products originating in 10 the basin in lit order that they might avail themselves of this information in the event of seriously consider ing an extension of choir line from claig this was very agreeable to our visitors and at 9 a clock cloak tuesday night a committee of james jgmes 11 II nallis J 11 pt lift ledl ashton L 11 allun E Pete raon and george W cahoon met them at tho thu commercial hotel and i welt et into antol a meeting lasting until midnight A detailed report prepared depend for the lion lions club showing the dependable tonnage of the products of the basin was then read followed by a lengthy discussion all 4 the close of which both air arl inan and judge hughes expressed them elves as much enters inters d in lit the dc at of at the basin closer connection with craig the improvement of a good highway from virn to craff the building of a two wo lin line copper telegraph and telephone line between both places and the ity of the extension of the denver fait salt lake railroad in III the near 1 future which they stated could be built lit 1 eight eighteen ten months the roadbed of which bich would cost possibly 45 to build exclusive of steel while the railroad officials would not commit themselves with regard to an tx cx bension of their line into the basin yet the impression created was that it the report ui 1 I tonnage was anywhere near depend able aa was no doubt as to the coming of a railroad the building of a two copper wire vire telegraph and telephone line into the basin and the grading of at an all alt year round road from vernal to craig with ith an up to date bus service was practically assured by president freeman |