Show power enough for electric line 23 with every condition in the sevier country favorable for lipid development and the feasibility of construct inga line from the present terminus of alie rio grande to panguitch on a water grade not to exceed 1 per c nt will not long delay the building of a railroad into the prosperous territory according to supervisor arnn 0 snow of alie sevier national forest mr snow who mikes his headquarters at panguitch is now engaged in annal detail work at the fourth district headquarters in this city the road as proposed by the government official could follow the sevier river the entire distance from to panguitch and not only is railroad building entirely feasible but various resources of timber ores and and livestock products would bo made immediately available for shipment it would seem that railroad communication could not bo much longer denied to this rich section of utah A prominent engineer of the state has decair ed that horsepower could bo generated by the available water power sites on the western division of the sevier at a very nominal cost in addition are circleville Cir cleville and kingston canyons with equivalent possibilities of hydro electric development these arc right along the lino from to panguitch and would be of the utmost value in alie ideation of 4 road if desired tharo is now A movement to extend the road from salt lake to fiovo on to nephi and through the gunnison canavon into the and sevier villers the possibilities of een enting electric power cheaply malonff the right of way of such a route in circleville Cir cleville and kingston would fit m admirably with such i plin mr snow took ch irge ortho leyier forest five 3 ears igo it hiving been created beird previous to that date during these five years the amount of timber bold annually has doubled tho number of forest homesteads have mcrea bed from four to forty two and the number of special have doubled thirteen sawmills are now running on the more than twice the number of five veirs ago and of these oliree ire equipped with shingle mills and six with ire two lumber yards in paro and two in panguitch which sell forcht timber exclusively and it is estimated eliat not to exceed 5 per cent of the lumber now ud in alio territory naturally rally anbu tiry to the sevier is imported of this 5 per cent probably 90 per cent is flooring and other hardwood lumber thit cannot be produced locally moat of the shingles are manufactured from the butt cutt of medium and mature yellow pine tries but a considerable number hive been sawed as an experiment from which is very plentiful on ghisi forist fori st and winch on ic count ati lack of transportation fiah has as yet no birket other than na farm timbers and fencing the aspen wood ia soft and pulpy and doi not alik it also turna li water but is easily broken in handling tribune |