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Show ! THE UINTA BASIN POSSIBILITIES ' i Tho Salt Lako Commercial club started some- m " thing when it Invaded the Uinta basin two weeks M I ago. If nothing else comes of that trip, the M ' basin territory has been given the greatest amount B of the ibest publicity it has received since the m throwing open of the great reservation. But B there are greater possibilities which may be H I brought forth as a result of the sociability run. H Why should it be an impractical thing for H Salt Lake to build and own the railroad which H must in the near future be constructed to tap H one of the wealthiest portions, of this state? H Times were far different when Cincinnati built H the Cincinnati Southern railroad from the Queen H City to Chattanooga, a distance less than two H hundred and fifty miles. Railroad building de- H manded more energy, enterprise and effort then H than now. There were fewer dollars and fewer H men, but such obstacles did not deter the big H men of Cincinnati. They simply served to spur H 'them on to greater effort. Hj Cincinnati was in somewhat a similar condi- Hj tion then as Salt Lake is today. Her business H) men felt that their trade territory was being cur- Ht tailed by the upgrowth of other distributing H points. Cincinnati's outlet seemed to be to a H great extent to the south, but the transportation H problem was the bugaboo and 'the existing rail- H roads companies did not seem overly anxious to H lay the steel to develop the southern section. H Then it was that the citizens of Cincinnati bonded their city for an amount sufficient to con- H - struot the road south of Chattanooga. A wonder- Hr ful section of country was opened up. Coal, tim- H ber, livestock and agricultural products began jH in a continuous stream to flow into Cincinnati and M , Cincinnati products returned. m Today that road is a part of the Queen and M Crescent route connecting Cincinnati and New M Orleans. It is under lease to the Queen and H . Crescent route, which in turn is under lease as a H1 part of the Southern Railway system. The ef- H fort of these big men of Cincinnati is being shown H, daJly.J.njJiaJLcJUyJnthaL.'tbe-less--than-two-hun- - H dred and fifty miles of track is bringing into the H I city's coffers annually the sum of $1,250,000. This M is a big answer to why the tax rate in Cincinnati H ', is so low. ! f But the country that the Cincinnati Southern opened had nothing like the possibilities in re- t sources that the Uhita basin has. The coal H ' fields which that road tapped could be hidden in M the Uinta fields. The same is true of the timber. !t So far as agriculture is concerned there is no H , comparison and beside these are the rich mineral :' doposits of the Uinta to be reckoned with. fl There are enough men in Salt Lake who have H sufficient capital to build this road. But the ques- HL tion is will they see the light or will they rest 1 on their oars until the orange has been sucked H:Y by others who already are stretching forth their Hji ' greedy, hands to grasp the ripest fruit remaining HiT unplucked. in the entire west? Will it be the same Hj! story of stumbling over the gold at their feet in H the effort to get the glittering "fool's gold" just Hi1 H beyond? Will thoy continue to sleep while tho stranger breaks through and garners the harvest? How long how much longer will it bo before tho realization comes that this city's swaddling clothes have been laid aside and .the overgrown village has been swallowed up in a city filled with real live men forced to do their duty by the coursing of red blood through their veins? It is time to move or be checkmated. |