| Show UTAH SOUTHERN CONTRACT IS LET ET Work on New Railroad Starts Immediately in Carbon County OPENS NEW COAL FIELDS Line to Be Extended Through Emery County at Early Date One of or the thc first active steps in the thc development of or southern utah we wah wa taken Wednesday In the to letting of ot a n. contract to tho the Ely Construction company company com corn pany puny o of llIe for or tho the grading I of or several se miles for tho the Southern Utah Hallway com company pan Tho Thu contract was let by the Consolidated Fuel company compan which owns o the stock of or the newl newly 5 Incorporated railroad company and also the Miller l Creek coal mine at Miller Creek The Tho seven miles miles' stretch of ot grading runs rr from 1 l Miller 1 Cr Creek k northwest toward Price i where wIlLu new road will connect with the Rio Grande Grandc Tho The remainder of ot the distance distance dis dis- tance to Price 11 miles will be he added to the contract as 89 soon us as s the first work I Is completed Work ork on laying the mils rails and ties tics will start as soon as the roadbed Is prepared with the expectation of oC running rl trains th the entire distance by January 1 A. A A. A Sweet manager Cl of ot the I Consolidated Con n- n Fuel com company pan In speaking of the road to L 1 bo o 0 built hullt h by his compan company com corn pany pan said that the 1 IS mlle stretch was as the thc first link for a n. road rond that would open up the tho whole of Emer county He sold that that- as soon as th the tho first firM stretch was was completed the line lino would be continued southeast to le reach wh I tho the towns of ot Cleveland Emery and Castle Castlo Dale Co Cot t of or Construction For the construction of or the c- c Miller Creek road will he be needed going for tor The EI Ely Construction company compan will vill put men inca and 50 GO teams to work four fOUT days to start active yorkA york work A force torce of or 9 Is now no noat at work at the Miller Creek mine Retting getting the workings In shape for a 11 big biff output by bythe bythe bythe the first of It the 7 sear ear Mr Sweet ted stated that s. s dally tonnage of between and l. l tOO lOO fons would be bo maintained cd from Crom the mine mme He stated also lh that t II Iwas i was as tho policy of ot the Company ny to lo ilc- ilc elop the tho entire surrounding c country un in nn a lar largo large c pas and freight t raffle was expected From Emery Emer and southern Carbon c county reports of great eat enthusiasm ca a amon mong the ranchers and stock men o vor ver the prospect of ot a railroad in their c oc They say ay that long have t hey they awaited some means of or getting to o out ut the won wonderful resources with which tho district is stocked A large lars I of ot settlers is also expected to r resu It |
