The Meeker herald., 1890-03-15
A GREAT REGION.
The Country Laying Midway
Between Denver and
Salt Lake City
Aua the JkI.h Field is Oa-r. Iistiroad.
..Asv,eui'urai and rss'ur. s.ands,
ssphaiIuI,,, Coal aud on.

In reading papers published In differ
portions OF our great Stats and adjacen,
neiglibors-utah and Wyoming. all set
ting forth the boundless resources OF
their own particular locality il seems
To us there Is an immense interior
region living between Denver and Salt
Lake City that is being strangely neg
lec,ed; a region, too, with natural re-
sources and geographical situation that
should he attracting wide spread notice,
especially In this era OF railroad build
ing. or the resources and advantages
possessed by the White River Valley
TuE HERALD has often spoke. and rs Il
consequence Neeker and Rio Bianco
county ARE attracting merl,ed attention,
but OF the country 10 the east Of us aud
the vast territory to the west Of us little
has been said. and 10 this grca; region
We now especially call attention.
II certainly seems very strange that
with the vim and push Of our people
and railroads looking for new territory
To open up that this region is not cS-
plorcd, and especially ~ considering
Its lying on almost direct lina from
Denver Ia Salt Lake City-a line. too,
that would not only place these two cities
from 10 Ia 10 miles nearer each other,
In natural resources as any region with.
In the border, Of Colorado or Utah. and
also n linc tia, would offer such slight
obstacles TO building when compared
with other lines that have penetrated
or crossed the Rocky mountains. From
the headwa;cis Of Yampa river down
thu, stream 10 Hayden; ihrn cross the
low divide hy way II Yellow Jacket
pass onto Whit. river. thence down
White into Utah; passing through the
Ashley Valley In Utah. crossing through
the uin;ah reservation; up tho Du.
chcsnc; through Strawberry Valley.
aud on Ia Salt Lake City.
\ road could bc built. as outlined
above. that. aluos, the entire distance.
would huy. water gfaic aud three
four,hs Of the distance would i,c In the
best agricultural AMI stnck-faising dis
,tic,s In Colorado OF Utah.
On the iatnp, 4, would tap I'm.
mcnsc veins OF coal. both bi,uminous
~u1 s,.ss,s~a,.s. -ss.. ss.. s%tts. Nss-..--
inous In endless quantities; also. gas,
oil and asphal,nm In both the lower
White river aud uiniah regions.
The local traffic from such road
would bc surprising. coming fsom u
region so comparatively unknown and
50 undc,eiop-d. The stock shipments
would bc large, and the shipments Of
merchandise would IL heavy, rs the
people living In NIL this vast area hay.
10 draw much Of their n.ccSsafi.s from
the outside; the coal shipments would
begin rs soon MS u road YVES built,
especially from the anthracite deposits.
The asplial,um would create an i'm.
mensc traffic rs they are said 10 hc tile
mos, extensive yet known. Besides. IN
the Ashley country are two Indian
agencies and government post tia,
would all contribute TO supper, u rail.
road.
With this amour, %. local traffic Ia
begin with the future OF such road
could scarcely he conceived. At pres
en-, 1t would pass through a country
that for resources. along the entire line,
could not b. oquallcd by any other
line crossing tho Rockies, and
being shorter and more direct
when once completed, would take
more Of the transcontincntal pas.
scngcr traffic than all the other roads
combined. A number of flpurishiug
towns line the route mentioned. chief
among which are Mccker and Steam.
boat Springs. and would add much t.
the local business already enumerated.
Tie possibilities ~ such route are
beyond calculation aud we believe it is
only u question of a very short time til
such road is built. The facts rs sc,
forth above are absolute, simple and
true. all of which can be verified by in
vesligation.