Show GRANGER ROAD building la in bear lalie lako valley talley A purchase or a lawsuit Law suit Snit by the special EDITOR HERALD for the last six six weeks about teams belong ing principally to patterson fife co and tho the corey brothers Br othera tos ether with their sub contractors gave abc been lying idle but today to day they are at work again and the hum hu in of indu industry try is heard along the line with t this his movement the grading of the road BEAU BEAR LAKE VALLEY emerging from the windings of the canon carion opposite paris and about ten miles north of the lake tho the line passes through preston and with a gentle curve northward north ward follows the course of the river passing to the left of montpelier at the distance of half a mile fife fc co have a contract of twenty miles extending from the mouth of bear river canon callon northward beyond georgetown where the road leaves leaves the valley the remaining fifteen miles to soda hue has been let to mr faust of corinne and mr jessup of cacho cache valley each of whom has a large force of teams it was once thought the road WOULD ENTER SODA BODA but it is now doubtful the engineers consider the route impracticable and it will likely pass down the river bottom at a distance of perhaps a mile from that place this road is of great importance to the people of bear lake valley isolated as they have been in in the past from railroad communication with other parta parts with ito its completion a ready and profitable MARKET will be opened for all surplus products either of grain or stock of which this valley yields an abundant and excellent supply an effort is being made to have the end of a pa passenger division located at montpelier and to this end a commit committie tte composed of prominent men of the valley ha has s been a appointed i t d c to negotiate with the R K company m pany and empowered to make certain overtures to them in consideration of such concession concession these those locations are made at certain distances tax DISTANCE TO montpelier is said to be a little to too short while that to soda is a little too long ion F whether or not they will succeed is all uncertainty from the first contractors contract ore have suffered delays occasioned partly through the lack of engineers but particularly by the arrangement through which a plot of the line run eve every a six x days muot be ent sent to omaha for acceptance by the chief engineer to effect this exchange requires twelve days and it ie is often a source of GREAT ANNOYANCE to all concerned however three fresh corps of surveyors are expected shortly and it is eaid said mr dillon himself will soon be along the line the track is laid twenty five fite miles from granger and now a waita waits the completion of about ten miles of unfinished grades of crismon A heilers Wei lere lers contract of hams Ham york sPork it waa was once believed that the road would bo be completed to soda this winter but it is now quite improbable ru bable snow falls earl early h here ere imn and the season is already far ar advanced some express the opinion that will extend NOT BEYOND SMITHS FORK and I understand the chief engineer said he would be fully satisfied if it reached this valle valley you are no boulli doubt already informed of the recent eastern visit of mr sir negus of tho the U W line on business connected with that road the ob object beet in in view view ia is evidently either Z the sale of the rights of the U IV fine to the U P or A compromise with that compa company ae as the local superintendent of the G road has lately received instructions to make an examination of the survey odthe of the other lineard line and report to headquarters when asked hia his opinion respecting the object of his investigation he lie answered that it meant either A PURCHASE OR A LAWSUIT whoever the winners may be they will obtain po possession session of a country containing conta containing inin an inexhaustible supply of coal for or miles on cither either side of the summit through which the tunnel will pus are rolling bill bills from whose barren sides project cliffs of white sand stone beneath which are innumerable droppings crop pings of the black diamond silent to tokens efens odthe of the untold wealth that lie beneath respectfully yours Z BEAR brar LAKE VALLEY aug 22 21 |