Show uintah basin citizens get rail hear hearing mg i 1 I C 0 defers action on D E P Q G W to acquire moffat line control district seeks assurance that plans for railroad win will not be axt ed no action on the petition of the denver rio grande railroad to acquire the De dehaver raver salt lake L ake moffat road and build the desero cutoff will be taken by the interstate commerce commission until uintah basin residents have been heard ori oi the question according to a letter received monday from senator reed smoot by coraee W sheley federal court water commissioner for the uintah basin mr air sheley Is one of the leaders in the movement which has as its objective the construction of a railroad from fram salt lake through the uintah basin to connect with the denver salt lake at craig C colo aio oio the uintah basin residents feel that i if the D R G W s plans go through it will forever bar the construction st of the proposed propose uintah basin line mr sheley and his bis associates explain that they are not inot protesting against the dotsero dottero cutoff in and of f itself but they want the assurance that plans tor for a uintah basin line will not be thwarted in his letter senator smoot explains that it will be arranged to have an interstate commerce commissioner hear the case at salt lake at a date to be dei determined later he promised to keep mr sheley fully informed on the matter legislator proposes ae tax exemption idea R representative B L dart lot myton attempted to obtain a five year tax exemption for any railroad that enters the uintah basin he brought the subject up in the form of au amendment to the classification bill which was on its way to passage in the house dart showed that a railroad would have to build from to miles and he saw in tax exemption wa au encouragement coura gement to that building representative redd of san juan county opposed it aa the ground it was establishing a dangerous precedent by giving a bonus which might be claimed by other industries the house shared redis view of it and defeated the dart amend another angle to tho the question will appear tuesday when senator ray E Dill dillemans mans memorial to t the he interstate commerce CO comes bip up ou cra the senate calendar for disposal senator dillman s idea is that the federal body should go 90 slow in the proposal to sell the moffat tunnel and denver salt lake railroad to the denver rio graude western railroad state senate passes dillman M memorial emo the utah state senate was lu ira a passing mood tuesday and one of the results is that for the first time this season reason a senate measure tuesday might flight was awaiting the signa ure 0 of the govermor govera or the measure for which the skids were greased was the dillman memorial to the interstate commerce commission asking that the application of the denver rio grande western to purchase the denver salt lake wad aud the moffat tunnel should be studied in the light of evidence la in other iother cases before the com com ails slon senator biliman showed the senators the importance of the memorial and the idea bahir behind ld it he pointed particularly to the great potential resources of the uintah basin and the danger that these would be placed on a branch line not with salt lake but with denver he pictures a railway from craig ang colo to ouray utah and showed what the result would be gilsonite he be costs 1060 10 ga a ton to haul to the railroad with the result th that a t its use Is barred for some same purposes I 1 or which it could be used if it were more cheaply hauled the senators showed cot considerable asid erable interest in the resources rems arces of the uintah basin and the bill was sent on its way to the house by una vote and under suspension of rules it soon came back with the th house hous approval and later in tho the jay day the engrossed copy was sivard la in each house |