| Show BASIN BOOSTER URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST CUTOFF CUT OFF R S collett pioneer business man and booster tor for the uintah basin was a business visitor in vernal on wednesday mr air collett just recently returned from an extended trip back east and reports ts business and industrial conditions as most promising mr collett spent some time in st louis visiting with friends ile he was in washington lashington tor for three weeks attending to business affair att airs s during his trip mr air colgett collett reports a long interview with united states senator lawrence C phipps of 0 colorado who Is ono one of 0 the bond holders ot of the moffat tunnel he reports mr air phipps as being very enthusiastic over the potential re sources ot of the uintah basin and of 0 being very anxious to see the consummation of our dream 0 of a railroad mr air collett also had the privilege of lengthy conferences with general freeman receiver ot of the moffat railroad and with mr berger a st louis capitalist who la Is actively interested in the extension of the railroad through the basin mr air collett feels eels atter after the assurance given him by these gentlemen that the opportune time for the building of 0 the basin railroad Is at hand but he admonishes us not to sit idly by and let rival interests defeat our prospects at the only time when they have shown evi evidence deBeE of materializing we cannot he said too greatly emphasize the necessity tor for concerted and vigorous action from rom every available source ot of power within our command to oppose the granting ot of a certificate ot of convenience and necessity for the construction ot of the dotsero dottero cutoff it we went want to insure the basin NOT having a railroad then meekly set act by and allow that certificate to be granted by the interstate commerce commission and we have shut tight the door to railroad construction in the uin tan tali basin mr collett returned to the ithe hill creek oil shale fields on thursday where he has a force ot of men doing development work venial express |
