Show PROPOSED ELECTRIC LINE TO THE ta 22 RES reservation t A T 10 indications ale ate that line will be built from colton to theodore route will go ta through 1 indian canyon A dispatch from theodore to tre tte salt lake tribune of tuesday glies this account of a proposed electric line from front colton to the uintah basin at a special meeting of the commercial club held last night sam II 11 N of minneapolis ou lined the plan for building an ele elee railroad from colton on oa th lie denver and rio grande rande Ct through ludian luthan canyon to The theodoia Theod cie und and then down the duchesne river to myton roosevelt the indian bench ani and possibly to vernal verna wood has already provided tor for the capital to construct the ater nater power plant thit that th it mill furnish the electric motive power for the railroad ind and has laid the project before a ili high 9 h official il of the denver and aitto grande who la Is inclined to favor the enterprise so far as his investigation has yet been made it Is proposed that the four commercial clubs of the uintah ba aln 1 at theodore myton roosevelt and vernal unite in urging the salt lake commercial club to operate cooperate co ac actively in working to bring abou the early building of the railroad I 1 denver deaver Is persistently endeavoring to capture the trade of the aln tah basin which la Is already increasing in volume and which na naturally belongs to salt lake city the building of the proposed electric line would not only insure salt lake city more than 90 per cent of the uintah basin a trade but the extent of that business would be trebled or quadrupled as soon as the enormous natural resources of the uintah country are provided transportation facilities to the outside world orld nood believe belleve 4 the denver and rio gran grade le could gather a s sufficient amount of ralli from sections on their main line lately replaced with hemler steel to build the nine ty miles of line required to reach fort duchesne and thinks the line would more than pay its way from front the day diy traffic via man opened since it would be the only road entering the uintah basin when the road builds I 1 its denver salt lake I 1 ake air line after reaching theobore The it will ill doubtless proceed on up the duchesne Duche anc riter and enter calt alt like lake city through Erril emigration gration canyon leaving tho the den ver and rio grand grande to extent ext nl its electric line vest from front theodore through the Straw strawberry berr river valley tapping the rich d deposits and red lied brtek coal f lei la to ift litber ber where it baa has alread built a branch from front pro ilsoo 1 both floth railroads would 0 uhl in boode opinion find their facilities fixed taxed to rc the immense agricultural livestock and mining productions duct ions lons of khia his basin hock rock 31 pope president of the commercial club leaves for salt lake city at once and anti will present the matter to the utah develop nent league |