The daily sentinel., 1905-11-01
ss s @ r s e a nss % ss circulation
THE UINTAH RAILROAD.

some highly Interesting facts ra
sardlng the Uintah railroad. the fine
uotel AT the little town of Dragon and
conditions existing on the reserya
tloh and the prospects of the var
Ious towns are given in the following
afuele from the Salt Lake Herald
deputy United States Marshal How
aIu .. rage and United States Dis
rtlct Attorney Joseph Lippmann. who
country, in eastern Utah. tell inter
esting stories about what is going on
IN that part of the world.
These men are enthusiastic in tbai,.
description of the Ulntah railroad
lhey claim that it is the greatest
scenic line in the world, barring none
ana the engineering feats worked ont
are marvels. The line is but fftv-hve
miles from Mack to Dragon. and sixrv
miles additional have been survey
ca from Dragon to Vernal This will
De built next year. The road at
Atchee about twenty miles out from
Mack, rises for five miles TO BaX-
Ter pass on seven and uue-haIf
per cent grade. the greatest in the
world. The curvatures are &C de
srees' making il possible to run but
one passenger coach. From BaXter's $
pass TO Dragon the descent is on a six
per cent grade. The scenery on every
foot of the road is magnificent. II
is not advertised because the com
panN has all that II can handle in its
present business. Preference is given
TO The gilsonite, asphalt and other
products handled by the Barber As
phalt company that owns the road
one thing that impressed the Salt
Lake visitors in Nernal was the mag
nifcent apples. The market there
is glutted with beauties with
out spot or wormhole to be found in
a wagonload. These cannot be shin
ped out because the freight rate to
Mack on the Rio Grande is $3.50 per
hundred weight. Last year many of
them were fed to the hogs.
Al Dragon new hotel was open
ed Friday night, 1t has a front
ange of 40 feet; il has fifty rooms.
all of the modern conveniences. and
was furnished by John Wanamaker
OF Philadelphia in old fashioned fur
niture of the mission style and rugs
such as are rarely found in the west.
From Dragon to Nernal there is
a stage road of sixty miles that has
cost $4,000. II is not surpassed by
any mountain road in the country
Not even pebble is to be found up
on II. Two automobiles were used
over the road but the dust rendered
them useless. Two larger ones are
being made in Buffalo and will be
put on as soon as completed.
In Vernal there is little ready
and the saloons have most of
that. There are seven saloons in the
place. They have to pay $50 per
month license, and this with the Ii
cense charged merchants, pays all the
expenses of the city government The
mayor and councilmen receive no pay
for their services. In this little town
fine asphalt sidewalks are found and
the streets are paved with asphalt
II was learned there that the Uin-
tah reservation had been thrown open
on Thursday to mineral locations. and
many gilsonite, coal. gold. silver and
copper locations have already been
made These will be recorded in
vernal and Heber City
Captain Hall is looking after the
rights of the Indians. lie has filed
on water for irrigation with the state
engineer, and a great irrigation sys-
tenn Is now in process of construc-
lion by the general government for
the benefit of the Indians. Captain
Hall is busy night and day. He has
large luIte VI men AZ Wul "A ou NhS
system and he is determin
I'd that evry right of the Indians will
be preserved. Much of the land re
served for the Indians is thought to
be the best land for the production
IF sugar beets.
The whole country is handicapped .
for lack of water. Dragon gets its
water supply over the railroad II
Is piped from the springs at BaXter's
pass to a great tank at the railroad 4
From there It is hauled over the road
10 Dragon. a distance of eight miles. .
Robert Forester, a government eN-
pert, has been investigating the sub .
.ect of artesian wells for Dragon. and .
i is thought likely that these can be T.
secured.
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