| Show bamberger makes application for permit to build SIDLES S or OF ROAD THROUGH UINTAH BASIN WILL OPEN RICH TERRITORY connecting CRAIG AND PROVO that the matter ot of extending the moffat railroad westward from craig its present terminus to provo utah is fast coming to a head is suggested by the fact that application was made for authority to construct and operate it an umpire empire telegram from the united press says washington march 25 the salt lake denver railroad applied to the interstate commerce commission today for authority to construct and operate a new line from provo utah to craig colorado a distance ot of miles the application states that the proposed line will provide a standard guage road tor for the uintah basin which comprises acres of land having enormous deposits ot of coal iron gilsonite oil stale shale and other valuable products no estimate of 0 cost ot of construction ot of the tha proposed line is given in the application word from salt lake last week was to the effect that ex governor bamberger was ready to shoot just as soon as sati fled that that proposed dotsero dottero cutoff would not be built the damberger bamberger project has been under consideration for three years all surveys have been made and some actual construction in utah was done last year to avoid forfeit ing the franchise in that state that application has been made interstate ter state commerce commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity indicates that the moffat extension which will place craig on a through transcontinental line is just about a sure thing craig empire |
