The daily sentinel., 1906-10-03
NEW ROAD
PROPOSED
TO SALT LAKE
Reports That Newly Incor-
porated ColOrad0-Utah 9
Southwestern Will Build
to Mormon City.

The following regarding a pro-
posed new railroad to Salt Lake City
is from Mondays Denver Post:
Should the Moffat road never be
built farther west than Routt coun.
ty, Colorado, as rumor has frequently
said, Denver will nevertheless have a
rev railroad to Salt Lake City. as
the Colorado-Utair & Southwestern
Railway company has just been ia
corporated for the purpose of build
ing a railroad from Grand county to
Salt Lake City. 1t will make con-
nections with the Moffat road in
Grand or Routt counties, and. if the
Moffat line ends in Routt county, will
give a connection, which will be in
the nature of an extension, to Salt
Lake City.
What powerful influence, If any.
there is behind the Colorado-Utah e.
Southwestern railway has not devel-
oped as yet. The incorporators are
all residents of Grand county, and the
capital stock is very nominal. being
only 100000. This. of course. may
be increased from time to time as
necessity demands.
The incorporators of the new com.
Eastom, Gustave Steffe, Moses II.
Fisher and Arthur C. Labric. The
incorporation = papers, which have
been filed with the secretay of the
state, say that the line of railway will
be built from the town of Eastom. in
Grand county, to Salt Lake City The
principal counties in which the COM
pany will operate are Grand, Clear
Creek and Wasatch, Uinta, Summit
and Salt Lake counties in Utah.
The exact route to be followed by
the railroad is not detailed in the
Incorporation papers. but it is evil
dent that it will pass through the
Uinta reservation, recently thrown
open to settlement in the western
section of Utah is destined to become
very productive in agriculture and
HORTICULTURE.
Some secrecy was observed in the
filing of the incorporation papers,
and although they were handed to
the secretary of state on Sept. %,
it was not known until today that the
filing was made. 1t is evident that
tho incorporators wanted to work
quietly for the present.
For some time it has been rumored
that the Moffat road would not be
built farther west than the Routt
county coal fields. When asked con
cerning the matter, OH. Moffat some
time ago said; I'VE will do as orig
inally planned"
Just what Mr.. Moffats original in
tentions were are not definitely
known, although he announced that
his line was destined to be built from
Denver to Salt Lake City.
The incorporation of the new com
pany in a measure seems to verify
the report that the Moffat road will
end in Routt county. as it is not prob
able that a new company would at
tempt to build west from Grand coun-
ty, to tap the territory the Moffat
road was projected through.
1t has been suggested that freq
uently antagonistic companies take
up valuable rights of way in the path
of new lines. in an endeavor to ham
per Them and that the new company
NAV have been formed by Hartman
or Gould. Again. 1t is said. the new
company may intend to take up
rights of way which will be needed
by the Moffat road, and which it will
have to purchase at exorbitant prices
The actual intention of the new com
pany is not apparent at present.