Show May Boost Our Economy Two important local developments could com com- combine combino bino bine to to provide an economic boost of of great significance significance cance to the tho Uintah Basin First is tho announcement by Rare Gas Re- Re Resources sources Inc that it will wili build a 30 million gas che che- chemical mica mical and fertilizer complex at Crescent Junction in inGrand Grand Grund County This will i include clude a long milo long pipe pipe- pipeline line lino f from om Lisbon oi oil fields to the Book Cliffs I SECOND JS IS THE effort by Uintah Grand and Carbon county commissioners to combine their ef- ef efI efforts efforts I forts in building a road over the Book Cliffs and to request the assistance of the State Road Commission in the project When t this is road is completed it will be not only an important link for oil and gas gns field servicing servicing but butwill butwill will provide a south north route that will channel tourists into the area It will also Uintah County the chemical und and fertilizer complex With further construction of freeways and inter inter- interstate interstate state highways it is possible that tourist traffic on US 40 may drop off sharply and the south north then would become an important economic lifeline OIL AND GAS exploration in the Uintah Basin hn has boon been increasing during the past few months providing pro pro- viding a boost to related fields and improving the tho economy generally It is significant to note that nationwide the gas industry has been growing at ata a fabulous rate rato During the tho year four period ending in 1967 the tho gas utilities and pipeline companies are expected to add another 72 billion to their investment Gas is a versatile fuel It is a source of energy that heats cooks and cools and and makes a very real contribution to the high standards of this nation AND OF SPECIAL interest to Uintah County oil and gas industry pays a large percentage of the tho x bilL This i is ono one of the finest examples of American pr private vate enterprise in action |