Show railroad would tap very rich denland empire chamber of commerce and railroad Eail road xen men work harmoniously to secure results uy NATHANIEL JACKSON commendable indeed is the united of the governing board of the chamber of commerce and lne ane salt lake and denver lall road la in endeavoring to preserve rights to 10 tile the use ct cf the tunnel so anat when the time becomes tune an ail effective and profitable may be constructed cie uintah basin politics and otner absorbing inci temporarily have lu in a raea me suie at least ILO ularm ose lose some acme months ago tin all an no was mads made that the dot sero bero cutoff would be constructed this cutoff of only about forty five ibe ies probably will be built but it if it is railroad believe that it will have an Insi plent influence on any immediate realization cl cf the road through the binia c dasin casi it is known that for many wed the go governors vernorn f ct f the chawner of c commerce and officials of the salt lake S reaver denver railroad have been doing s irr rn highly diplo diplomatic matia and constrictive thinking ong on how best i 3 ivelow ii iii eje eie t I 1 lu connecting leni with salt sait lne li L i e by buil drap a railroad throng i 1 III i bs uintah basin conceded tr tc lie ie vie the most prom illig empire anju an achere here bere in the modern w st analysts who make a study ol of the th benefit of tax returns coming aiom new railroad lines including members of the state board of equalization recently have halve pointed out advantages to the uintah basin counties f from rom a transcontinental line passing through them the ulous would be the making of uintah and duchesne counties and would aid very mate the other basin basia mountain countries immediately west of them and through which the railroad would traverse on its way to salt lake in the event that the dotsero dottero cutoff cut off oft la Is constructed between ore and dottero dotsero Dot spro sero colo all the taxes will bp be drawn down by colorado and in the minds of home bome very competent engineers it will be years before any thought will be given to a railroad through the uintah basin but it if the basta basin road is constructed before the dotsero dottero cutoff cut off oft and impetus to the development of the basin will cause it to soar upward as one ot of thi the most promising empires the west over ever has offered to seekers ot of opportunity As against the rehabilitating profit which colorado Co lorido would derive from rom the forty two miles of the dotsero dottero cutoff there would be miles ot of tax profit from the railroad line through the uintah basin it Is loughey estimated by the state board of equalization that and duchesne counties would derive approximately a each or a year cich lu in ten years from the abad a oad through the uintah basin and tie t ie mothr countries lying west about an equal amount alt all inemer this estimate Is made oil track oracle miles rolling stock and stationary equipment after the deduction of the states portion and the part of the tax that goes 0 schools just imagine what in ten years would mean to each of the two major counties in the uintah basin not to speak of the huge development which would come to the basin with growing enterprises other than railroads think of the influence the development of the area between denver and salt lake would have on their respective growth without any railroad whatsoever the uintah basin now nov has the reputation of being the heaviest populated and busiest in the united states considering distance which it is from railroads and highways leading into the basin are as yet considered very inefficient to even slow moving traffic the committee to work with the salt lake and denver railroad selected by the governing board of the chamber of commerce consists of church P castle J C deal and J S taylor all known as men to get things done the thing most sought after in making selections tor for the promotion and realization of modern american business and with them will work senator A B irvine shrewd attorney julian isi bamberger Bambers Br son of the late governor simon bamberger invigorating brain of the salt lake and denver railroad and W S mccarthy trat stands the intricate side of railroad strategy as aa well as any man in the west as the committee tor for tile the salt lake and denver railroad among other things this joint committee will ask governor dern to send an able representative to a hearing scheduled to take place bo tore fore the colorado public utilities commission next tuesday when ohp alk moffat line will ask aek permission to tc build the dotsero dottero cutoff it is IP known that many farsighted men in colorado aro are somewhat opposed to the building of the dotsero dottero cutoff before the construction of the through the uintah basta basin to salt lake city they contend that the influence ot of E railroad between denver and salt lake jake through the productive uintah basin will be similarly effective to the area lying between kansas city and st louis and which alonie may be realized through the basin the I 1 citizen salt lake city |