Show WYOMING TOWNS TOPS IN RIVALRY FOR LINE tINE Rock Springs and Rawlins I Boost for Advantage Along Proposed Route Republican Special Service Rock Springs Spring Wyo yo April 2 7 There Is a prospect of or a Il Iler er very se severe fight between the business m men n and commercial bodies of or Rock flock Springs and anti Rawlins nUns over tho the proposed ext extension n of tho the Union Pacific from tram It Its main line lineIn lineIn lineIn In Wyoming down Into Routt county count Last st fall taU Union Pacific surveyor sur spent several sc months surveying a ll line lino from W Wyo o through Baggs Boggs Wyo o down Fortification crp creek k to toCral Cral Craig Colorado lo which would tap th rich Yampa Tampa coal coal fields and hold for forthe tho the Union Pacific the tho enormous shipments ship shit- ments of or cattle from Routt which are aro commencing to be diverted to the Moffat road The Rawlins busIness bus bus- mess Iness men naturally are arc very verv anxious to havo have the branch leave leave- the tho main line lino at Wamsutter as this station Is onla only a a. short short Ills distance anco west from Rawlins Rowlin Now the tho Rock flock Springs s people ha how have entered the field and are arc using their Influence to have havo the branch constructed con con- from Bitter Creek V Wyo yo down toward Lay y Colo Cob Tho The argument uso used Is Ie that t. t this will tap a wider area o of coal lands Including the enormous do cle- cle posits around La Lay and with tho the com corn o of or tho MoUnt Moffat road to that section see sec tion wol would give e the Union Pacific a off cut Into Denver over tho the road which would enable the Union Pacific to send all of or Its through pa passenger pas pas- sen cr service which now goes via Denver Den and Cheyenne over th the cutoff cutoff cut cut- off oct at a n great saving of or time to the travelers The Tho grade Krade from Bitter Ditter Creek Creck down downto to Routt county Is 1 very ery cas easy and Rock flock RockSprings Springs 3 people who have brought this matter to Lo the tho attention of ot General Gonora Manager Iana cr Nobler Mohler say that he ho has ha s at- at assured as- as I aured them that the new line will b be be- Investigated In at once I I |