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Show COLLECTING DATA AS TO SHIPMENTS Price Gitizcns Have Good Argument In Favor of the Price-Myton Rome-Figures Will Be Submitted To Commission. Citizens of Price hue been bmy for the ,wst MXcrnl ,,,. col. lecting data as to shipments of freight that have been go ng to the he year The fact, gathered resulted in the following representn-lions representn-lions being made by a committee acting for the citizens to the state road commission at Salt Like City: First It is the only road into the reservation country which can be traxeled all the year round. It has a roadbed most of the way of the best, and where the roadbed is not in good shape road material consisting of shale and other good road materials are easily accessible. The elevation Is two thousand feet lower than any other road into the Basin. For thirty-two years this road has been the main artery for moving mov-ing freight into and out of the Basin, for other roads are Impassable Im-passable the greater part of each year. The distance from Myton to Price over this route Is nbout the same as the distance dis-tance to Myton by way of the Willow Creek to Duchesne route. Second Along the course of the Price to Myton road is much cultivated land and many stockraiscrs who are nerved by it. These land owners and cattlemen arc very heavy taxpayers, tax-payers, and have practically maintained the road in the past at their own expense. Third The entire east side of Duchesne county and the west side of Uintah county, as well as a large percentage of Vernal and Ashley Valley, use the Price to Myton road. Fourth For your information we have compiled the following fol-lowing statistics concerning Incoming and outgoing freight that has gone over the Price to Myton route, notwithstanding the fact that there has been practically no work done on the Price to Myton road, while large amounts have been expended on the Helper to Duchesne route. From January 1st to May 1st of the present year the following fol-lowing amounts have bcun shipped into the reservation country coun-try by Price business houses direct over the Price to Myton route: Pounds. Denver and Rio Grande warehouse 1.5G9.5I0 Price Commission company 1,010,000 Smoot-Nixon Lumber company 110,208 Continental Oil comimny 27G.G00 Fanners Exchange and Implement company 180,000 Consolidated Wagon and Machine company 800,000 Studebaker Brothers company 7.'J,000 Price Co-Op M.000 McKune Forwarding company 205,000 Total 4,322,32.1 Twenty-one hundred nnd sixty-one tons or an average of more than nineteen tons per day. This does not represent shipments made by numerous small concerns or individuals. Fifth There is now in the warehouses at Price awaiting shipment, including that at the Denver nnd Rio Grande warehouse ware-house on which the weight is not given but on which the freight charges amount to over five thousand dollars and nine-tenths of which is billed for points in the Uintah Baslji over the Price to Myton road, the following freight: Pounds. .... . . tonnnn Smoot-Klxon wmioer company 'trX'nXX Price Co-Op C0.000 Consolidated Wagon antl Machine company 800,000 Fnrmcrs Exchange nnd Implement company 1832Xn Price Commission company nrnhn McKune Forwarding company .ii,uuu Sixth-Numerous large distributing firms are Bend ng to Price' for distribution in the Uintah Das n their products, for lie reason that the Price to Myton route furnishes the best route. These firms are John Scowcrof ,&. Sons of Ogdcn, Armour Packing company. Continentn Oil company, Zions cKrative Mercantile Institution, Kahn Brothers, Con-roliffiSd Con-roliffiSd Wagon and Machine company, Studebaker Brothers con pany and !Salt Lake Hardware company. S "venth-Thc following floor space In warehouses to take care of S storage of these products Is available ta M" j, Denver and Rio Grande warehouse 8.400 Price Commission company j1" Q Price Co-Op ' inVin McKune Forwarding company n'nnn FarmS Exchange and Implement company C'00Q . ... 38,400 Tl Jabovc figures represent freight that is going into the Uinta asin ami the facilities which Price has for the hnn- aVrrfuWhWfflw the figures that UiyZ IS S ymi by' ot hers you will see that Price is Khth-InSSlSrt of our contention you are advised that fltC fi tmtS "toddlt r freight at from twenty-four to mnkes it possiuic yv nciner would require n week or ten days. npiJmt ted 1 to state to you that tho county Ni!U of Son county arc willing to co-operate commissioners ofwjwn J faintaininB of this road. with you In the buJW'n W J 'J, to 8eIcct the Price to Myton We trust that you 1 wUl see m 1 thnf thIg rQute JSK&fc thC grCatC8t nUmbCr thC least cost. Respectfully submitted, C. R. MARCUSEN, Chairrmn. A. "BRYNER. E. C. LEE. A. W. McKlNNON. t G. A. WOOTTON. J. M. WHITMORE. |
