Show fight starts for rail route into uintah basin THREE RAILROAD FILE RESPONSES TO applications FOR ROUTE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS ADVANCED K BY EACH TO SHOW REASON FOR BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY may 13 opening guns in the controversy over the building ot of the railroad into the uintah basin have been fired in the filing of responses with the interstate ter state commerce commission by the denver rio grande western and the salt lake denver railroads to the respective applications ot of the railroads to build the railroad to tap the rich northeastern utah basin copies of 0 the r responses were received yesterday by the public utilities commission ot of utah the response of 0 the salt lake denver railroad to the application of 0 the denver salt lake western railroad for permission to build the dotsero dottero cutoff has also been received by the state commission the denver rio grande western seeks a certificate ot of public convenience and necessity tor for the building ot of a branch line of miles from soldier summit to vernal the salt lake denver railroad proposes to build a through 0 line from provo to craig colo to o connect at craig with the denver salt lake moffat railroad objections of the salt lake denver railroad company as made in the response by julian al damberger bamberger vice president are that the tha D h R G AV W will 1 in the opinion of the he respondent find it practically impossible to finance and construct its proposed line and that construction of the salt lake denver railroad will better serve the public interest new through route the response in support of the salt lake denver line points out that the proposed line will put denver on the main line of a new transcontinental route provide a western outlet tor for the rock island lines atchison topeka kantat fe and burlington systems which railroads have no lines west of denver afford a new eastern connection for the great salt lako basin in addition to the present union pacific system and denver rio grande western and afford a western outlet for the denver salt lake moffat road in addition construction construct io n of the proposed line by the bamberger and salt lake interests would develop additional tonnage for the moffat road so as to rehabilitate that line and to warrant it in using the james peake moffat Alof fat tunnel thus accomplishing shing the objects of the original construction of the moffat road and the purposes for which the moffat tunnel district was created the response sets out that the D R G W line would result in granting a monopoly to the denver rio grande western railroad to all of western colorado and eastern utah and that the line would make it tor for any railroad to construct a line into the uintah basin on the other hand the response continues the construe construction tion of respondents spon dents railroad in connection with the moffat road will provide a new independent railroad between denver and the great salt lake basin with main line service through the uintah basin as compared with the branch line service of the D R G W line object to dottero dotsero Dot sero similar objections and reasons reason are set out in opposition to the building of the dotsero dottero cutoff by the denver salt lake western railroad in the response of the salt lake denver deaver railroad company the response of the denver rio grande western railroad company in support of its application to build the soldier summit vernal line and in opposition to the salt lake laka denver line points out that the union pacific ana the denver deliver rio grande western now adequately and fully handle through traffic and provide the transportation needs of the territory points out that present or future business would not justify the construction st tiou of 0 such a railroad as applicant salt lako lake dener company proposes the denver rio grande western sets out that the salt lake the denver rio grande western response points out that it has been respondents belief that construction st of its line would result in n development of the uintah basin and in course of time the business served by tho the line would justify such construction in regard to the salt lake denver proposed line the D R G W answer denver line would be a competing line between denver and provo and competitive with the union pacific and all other carriers extending to the pacific coast As a result the proposed construction of the salt lake denver would have a direct and very serious effect upon the traffic and income ot of tho the respondent spon dent and its ability to serve the public the denver life ilio grande western requests a consolidated hearing en cn its own application and tho the denver salt lako lake western company tribune |