Show RAILROAD FOR UINTAH BASIN In a n recent issue the Wall Street Journal gives prominence to the possibility of ot a railroad penetrating ing log the Uintah basin which that paper pa pa- paper per describes as one of ot the larget largest areas in the United States with with- without without out a railroad The Journal says Denver and Salt Lake Moffat railroad has under consideration plans for building a telephone and telegraph line from its western terminus at Craig Colo Cob to Vernal Utah Construction probably will not begin before spring The project project project is looked upon as a step to to- towards towards wards the development ot of traffic In n the Uintah country in anticIpation anticipation tion ion of extension of ot the tho railroad should conditions within the next year or two Justify it Consider Considerable Considerable able traffic from front this territory now goes to the Denver Denyer and Salt Lake Two truck lines between Craig and Vernal are ar operated by b independent ent cot concerns with which the rail rail- railroad railroad railroad road bas has friendly relations One of these operating seven trucks ban han handles lies dies gilsonite exclusively In one direction with wool and other prod prod- products products for return loads The other concern concern operating three trucks handles petroleum and petroleum products from Craig into the theer Ver er Vernal ernal I nal territory and honey alfalfa and miscellaneous products on the east east- eastbound bound trips Passengers are ac ac- accommodated though there are no bus us lines Moffat tunnel west of ot Den Denver probably will wUl be ready for forse use se by December 1 The biggest engineering problems encountered appear to have been solved and and work vork now consists of mopping up placing lacing steel and concrete in last stretches and laying laing rails install install- installIng Ing lag ventilating machinery and final routine work There is a lull in inthe inthe Inthe the talk of building the Dotsero cut cut- cutoff cuto off olt o between the Denver Denyer and Salt Lake and Denver 2 tl Rio Grande Western Vestern railroads and the impression impression sion slon is growing that the companies have hava been unable to get together Renewal of ot activities by hy the Salt Lake and Denver Denier Den er Bamberger In- In interests interests in Utah looking towards the building of a connection to the Denver and Salt Lake at Craig and of activities of the latter laller company In going after ater traffic in the Uintah basin indicates that west of ot Craig may take precedence over the cutoff project All Utah is eager to have the Uintah basin opened up by rail transportation and with two to or three rival companies looking lookin In that direction the tho building of a railroad into that region should not be much longer delayed |