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Show April 2002 Energy 51A Railway hauls coal from mines: (Continued from page 28A) would give D&RG trackage rights on the line from Thistle to Provo. The agreement was signed Nov 1, 1913. Construction ofthe line from Mohrlandto Utah Railway junction and the Martin yard started in October 1912 and was completed Oct 31 1914. The piqject inducted Gordon freek bridge and the Black line. Once Utah Railways main line was operational, D&RG rfnrtoH wiTYnfng rniraii IWwght in November 1914. D&RG later discontinued the practice and Utah Railway purchased equipment for an inAipwiAmt liiw Hawk-Mohria- nd RumwigBr atry mijiiAiH tfw junction, Martin, Spring Canyon, Midcat, Gordon Creek, Hedy; Wattis, Hiawatha and Mitm nins included Black Hawk, Mohriand, east hJ Beifliw. HiwmBm On Dec. 28, 1917, the United States president exerted federal control ofall railroads under the Watt WarlemefgBagc The UL govenmaenttolinqpMied control an June 30, 1918. In 1921, Utah Railway purchased the industrial spur operated by Wattis CoaL The com pany bought out Utah Terminal Railroad in the Spring Canyon aream 1923. The companys last acquisition involved the 1926 take over of the National Coal Railway in Consumers. y From 1913 to 1927, Utah concentrated on several The company Rail-wa- built bunkhouses for railroad woken, constructed a depot at Hiawatha, renovated three fire damaged engine houses, installed a phone line akmg with a water tank and repaired tracks. In the 1930s; Utah Railway experienced slowing economic conditions, with load mines coal camps being abandoned mri the (heat Depression. The negative impacts resulted in retirement of the StandardviDe and Jex sidings in 1941-4- 2 , Panther and Kfogapurs in 193839. The company discontinued the National line in 1945 play-ingou- t, hy and trains have not traveled along trade in Spring Canyon since the late 1960s. Utah Railway continues to transport approximately 65 percent of the coal produced by local mining operations on a daily basis. And the fossil fiiel represents 99 percent ofthe company's haulage. Buildin Immigrants labored on coal mining crews, railroad gangs During the earty 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad decided to establish a transpor- tation route from the Colorado city to the Salt Lake Valley The railroad company's efforts turned to be an impetus in the discovery of the vast coal resources in Carbon County Coal mining activities rapidly became the major catalyst for economic development in the Castle Valley area, Companies built and ran coal camps, importing southern and eastern European as well as Japa-o- ut nese and Chinese laborers to work in the mines and provide manpower for railroad gangs. Countys Riture ECDG ingUtah All are future for ouiSimmi ENVIRONMENTAL jearjui aiwd oasis cocKunr |