The daily sentinel., 1910-03-02

to Green river Those OF the Senti-
mel readers who are acquainted with
the country know Just exactly what
l am talking about. The much talked
of connection from Kremlin to Dot
sero would not do the Grand valley
much good. From Rife to Meeker
and. from Meeker to the Bear river
there may be road built some day,
but 1t would not materially help the
Grand valley. There is no other pass
than the one I'm telling you about.
If you leave Grand Junction for the
Book cliffs and beyond, you strike
the head of Roam creek, and that
country Is simply fierce. There is
already wagon road from the lower
Grand valley over to Douglas creek
and down to Rangely. The plain
facts in the matter are: BETWEEN
GRAND JUNCTION AND THE MOF-
FAT ROAD THERE is ONLY ONE
SET OF HILLS AND THERE is
ONLY ONE RIVER TO CROSS, and
that Is the White river. The wagon
bridge little below Rangely is not
near as large as our bridge across
the Gunnison. From the bridge to
the X ranch It Is about IL or 90
miles.
It seems to me that the Chamber
OF Commerce could best take up this
matter and secure data and all other
necessary information in regards to
this missing link, and, in the course
OF time, lay 1t before the right mep
with capital, or at least could brip q
1t up properly before the people,
Just think of it! from FruiU. over
the desert, up Salt creek tnot tho
Salt wash) and up the left-k.and fork
which Is known as Trau canon. to
the foot of the hills it is oaiy 35
miles. Il stopped over nigh, at two
different times with one Of the stock
men up there. and he calls It "a miles
to Fruita.) The right-band fork is
known as Hay canon. So, all the
way from Fruita to the foot of the
divide 1t Is An easy country, The
washes can be easily trestled: tim
bers for trestles are up in the hills
plenty of them.
In the first 35 miles out from Dem
yer on the Mofsat road there were ~
tunnels to build, all through granite
iho Whole stretch from Grand juno
tlon to the Moffat road along the
route | have mentioned cannot show
up one single boulder even of any of
the hard formation
Anyone Who knows the country
KNOWS taat, below Fruita and north
nt Iona, the Grand valley is the
Niaest' four years ago you could see
aothlpg but desert down bere; now
the whole country is dotted with
claim shanties. The large coal de-
Dosits on Salt creek and all around
IN these lower hills are waiting for
the railroad. When the High Line
canal gets through there will be a |
demand for another large sugar fac
-ory-that's a sure thing. And some |
lay. sooner or later, some enterpris- !
ng fellow will see about the dam |
ute down on the Grand river below |
Iona, where water power can be |
iad to generate electricity to light
lp all the lower country and to fur
iish power for the mines II seems
o me that 1t would be no bad plan
Il all for the present company per-
ting (at least, getting ready to op-
rate between Grand Junction and
'ruita) to look up the country from
'ruita to the pass.
When the Moffat road gets built
8 far as the Blue mountains, then a
tring of freight teams could be start
d (for oats are cheap and hay is
lso plentiful on the White river)
nd connect with the line to bring
reight into the lower valley cheaper
nan it can now.
Over at Rangely are the oil wells.
nd little way further down are
he big American Company's gilsonite
lines. The whole stretch Of country
etween Grand Junction and theI
Ioffat road Is A No. territory to