The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16
Western VIII Enter Uintah By Way
Of Park City.
PROVO ROUTE ABANDONED
BILL PREPARED FOR NTRoDUc-
TON IN LEGISLATURE.
Will Cover All Points of Law-De-
tails of the Route Most Feasible
New Position For English-Two
Roads to Seven Devils-Work
About to Commence.

From pending negotiations, it is evil
dent that the Rio Grandc Western con-
templates building its projected line
from the Park City branch to the Uin-
tab indian reservation in preference. to
the line through Provo canyon. The
company's attorneys are now drafting
q document TO be presented to the leg
islature and which viii grant the rail-
road company free right Of wayr over all
state lands through which the extern
sion may pass, and which viii cover all
points of law regarding the same. More
than this, il IS said, the company IS
preparing TO file with the secretary of
state, maps and plats of the ground
covered by the proposed extension, thus
taking the final step, and complying
with the last measure provided by law
before actual work shall commence.
The Rio Grande Western has for
long time had in view a road into Vim
tab county and has. during the past
few years, covered, by surveys and in
corporations, every means of lnSresS
into the bountiful land. OF these, there
are three. First. the route through
Provo canyon and east from Park City;
zsecond. from Cotton 10 Nernal, and,
third, from Park City direct TO the state
line near White river The first men
toned route was surveyed before the
Western came into possession of the
Utah Central, and at that time was
considered the more feasible Of any
The right of way has since BEEN and
is now III litigation. To build through
Provo canyon would be Of no particular
advantage to the Western, since It has
acquired the Utah Central, a line al
ready terminating at the point for
which the Provo line was intended. 1t
would mean, too, an outlay OF thous-
ands Of dollars, and this, no road viii
undertake where no benefit is to be de-
rived. There IS every reason 10 be-
lieve, therefore, that the proposed Provo
route viii be abandoned, and that the
Park City extension viii be made. This,
it is said, VIII not affect the Cotton
line, which viii be built when circum-
stances justify it, in addition to the
other. Each would penetrate rich re-
gIon of itself and the two branches
would find a convenient junction at
same point on the DUchesne river.
The Park City survey was made by
the Rio Grande people about a year
ago. The route, as proposed, 5 from q
point one and one-haf miles this side
of Park City. between the camp and
Snyderville. It follows for few miles
the John W. Young survey Of eight
years ago, and part Of the track that
was laid by him at that time. the
IoGl" continues SOUTHWARK diollS IIoNo
river ana the west fork Of the Duchesne !
river to Fort Duchesne. The survey
penetr3tes the Gilsonite land a few
miles from White river. aGd crosses the |
state line ON the north side of this |
stream. Il is Undoubtedly the most |
feasible route, though a few miles long |
er thar that from Cotton.
The people OF eastern Utah need not /
be sur9ris.l within the next two years, /
to hear OF 'DuChesne Junction. for in |
stance: ..chanse cars for Nernal'