Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-04-08 | Page 2 | Railroad for Teton Valley

RAILROAD FOR TETON VALLEY SALT I.AKC, April 7 On the Mrength of auranccs from a cm-rntt'eo cm-rntt'eo representing various Interests In the Teton Valley dl.-lrht In Idaho lii a t a rleht of way woiitrj "oo lorth-coming. lorth-coming. General Manager W. II. lun-croft lun-croft of the Orcgnn Short Lino rall-iad rall-iad announced today that tho com-p.iuy com-p.iuy would build a line from Aathoti lo Driggs, the construction of wblen would lo benn on Juno 1. The prv Ied railroad will rover a stretch oi territory forty mllen I')n;. Tho prl-niary prl-niary object of the undertaking U io open up new flelda In the Tetoo Tal-ley, Tal-ley, which are reported to be rich In coal doipoKlta and oil. Heretofore extensive ex-tensive deTclopment woric nas been himpered by reason of (he lack of transportation facilities. The Teton railroad project also contemplates con-templates the construction of a brancn route to the coal proportion in the D'lKps district. In this section operations opera-tions have been wholly Independent upon wagon and team rraiisporta-tion.