Show looks like road foad to Tite reservation although local officials of the denver kio rio grando grande railroad profess to know nothing of thu th d reported plans of the system to build a bra branch linn line into the uinta basin to connect will with their main line near colton or soldier summit J G gwyn chief engineer elneer en of the denver rio grande is at the head bead of a party of surveyors now in the uinta bisin basin b running lines saya says tuesdays herald rep alican mr air gwyn was in myton my ton last week bu but t declined while there to make known the plans chiq is the second visit of mr gwyn to the lintl basin country within three months the first trip having been made in company with E L brown vice president and general manager and A B apperson veneral superintendent of utah lines at thai time the impression was conveyed generally that the deliver rio grande grandq was looking for a route into the heart of the basin it is the report in myton and du chestie that the denver rio grande engineers have run a line from soldier summit through to the district and that a grade not exceeding 2 per cent has been found while the were in the basin some weeks ago the party of denver rio grande officials made a careful investigation of the country and gathered considerable statistical data which would be of value in the matter of railroad financing and construction t on they declined to discuss their mission however but the appearance 0 of f chief engineer gwyn and WE hi en ginders with stav surveying eying equipment has again given rise to hope that the line long looked for into this country is to be built several months ago it was announced that the program of B F bush president of the lines for 1916 1910 contemplated the building of a number of feeder lines as he declared the system could not longer be operated with a fair return on the investment without additional branch lines it is known that a line into the uintah basin country was one of the branches in his contemplated pro grain for the building of the system at the time this announcement was made it also was announced that there were some directors of the system who were opposed to further extension work under present conditions and this opposition was holding bolding up the proposed program the belief now exists in railroad i circles that this obstacle h is tg been removed and the party at pre entin invading the uinta basin is only a foi e runner of a formal announcement that the denver rio grande will construct this line recently jesse I 1 elarson El tU armon president of the utah timber company installed a portable sawmill in timber canyon nea soldier summit on the line of the proposed route into the uintah basin and began turning out r arvad ties mr harmon has declined to tor make known for ahat at company the ties are being cut but did make it known that the material would not be shipped out as it was for use near the camp A second sawmill is now under construction within a short distance from the original camp and will be set to ark shortly cutt cutting inic railroad ties |