Show BRANCH LIl E LINE TO CONNECT WITH TIlE THE UNION PACIFIC To obtain another railroad outlet for the Immense resources of at Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western Colorado Is the Important subject that was represented to the people of Steamboat Springs last night by M M. T T. Streeter of the Axial Basin Development company at a special meeting of the commercial club and interested citizens says the Steamboat Pilot It is a vital subject promising the quickest relief and is receiving the enthusiastic support of of Moffat M off at and andRio andRio andRio Rio Blanco counties Colorado and Carbon county Wyoming Mr Streeter presented the matter clearly and concisely His company has lias entered into a contract with the I J. J V V. Stryker Construction company I for the building of a branch line Une from Craig to the coal property ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 28 miles This much is settled and does not enter into the subject The other project is to extend the road from Axial to Meeker which has been placed before the people of Rio Blanco county for their action What interests the Moffat road Continued on Last Page BRANCH LINE From Page One te territory Is the plan to build from Craig to Wamsutter Wy Wyo approximately approximately m miles and thus secure a another er outlet for our coal and other p products The The cost cost of the proposed n new ew construction will be bo approximately approximately A letter from Mr Stryker says that of this his amount has been raised and that it if f these counties will subscribe for tor preferred 8 per cent stock lock of the railroad company he is ready to put up a bond of half halt a millon millon mill mill- I Ion on dollars that the work will wUl bedone be bedone bedone done and trains running in less loss than two years The branch to Wamsutter would be on a 1 per percent cent cent grade and would enable the coal mines of this section to greatly increase their output Craig and Meeker have promised their share The men behind the proposition want to know if t Routt county will aid In the big G tion It Is believed the coal companies companies companies com com- would be glad to aid very largely Many 1 questions were asked of Mr Streeter all of which he answered in n a way to make the the proposition perfectly plain It would seem that as a business proposition the Moffat road territory should interest itself in the project It was decided unanimously that a committee should be appointed to go thoroughly into the matter and this committee has been named as fOllows follows fol tot lows F. F A. A A Metcalf J J. J K Bozard Charles S S. S Stone C. C M M. Dinius and andt andA A A. H. H Poppen |