Show A RAILROAD FOR THE GREAT AH BASIN many articles in the past have been printed minted in this paper and others regarding the moffat road dotsero dottero cutoff etc and here recently considerable talk about some possible effort to solve our railroad problem ourselves the old timers of the basin have read these articles for the past twenty five to thirty years vean only to have their hopes shattered from time to time until now they take but little stock in anything that is said or done we do not believe there is any hopes of bette bettering our transportation facilities unless we forget outside help bell and let get after the matter in earnest ourselves A few years aso ago the people of colorado voted the moffat tunnel issue with the understanding understand inz that moffatt ats bream would be realized and a road through the tri tunnel anel to the meat great salt late lake valley would be built then up jumped the devil from froin the dark blue sea the denver rio grande railroad interests and proposed the building of the dotsero dottero cutoff cut off shattering shatter inz the hopes and ambitions of thirty thousand people in the great uintah basin country as well as 15 per cent of those residing in colorado who voted the bond issue to build the tunnel now the things are becoming serious because we of the basin realize that if ithe he interstate commerce commission grants the D R Q G permission to build the dotsero dottero cutoff cut off and allow them to complete the pur dur fase of the interest of the denver salt lake road without any proviso the basin will do well as congressman Cota gressman don B colton puts it to get railroad af a into the basin in the next generation by B V all means lets have haie a few biz big mass meetings Rs throughout the uintah basin why not ask our legisla anre to inset 0 bill provid providing inz that such a road if completed I 1 by 1935 or 37 be exempt from taxation for this length of time come on basin people lets not sleep on the job with senator smoot congressmen colton and kins to give us their support in thi smatter send some kind of 8 a message to the interstate commerce commission a asking them to consider our pleadings for relief without with our local state officers also financial heads of sat salt lake every retail store in the lUin taJi basin should ask those with whom they buy their goods to help in some way if this is done doile we are sure the 1 I 0 C will help us ut let us ask you basin citizen if some one would come up to yon and slap you in the face would you stand for it without a fight I 1 think not bonow so now that we know the D R 0 railroad is taking a crack at us are you going to stand by like a whipped pup PuD or are you goinz going to fight back we still believe there is enough of the w western estern frontiers blood through our veins to cause us to fight for our rights so get busy bust |