The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23

Special to The Tribune
KAMAS. May 22.-Practically ev-
cry farmer and business man in Rhodes
valley. generally known as Kamas
prairie, from Wanship on the north to
Woodland on the south, il eXerting him
self in the boost movement for a rail
road, which. when completed. Will open
the way to the world s markets for the
vast resources of approximately %
200 acres of the state S most fertile
land So intense is the enthusiasm
among The inhabitants of kamas prairie
over :hc cheerful outlook that even
among the school children the projected
railroad forms the chief topic of CON
versatIon.
A mass meeting was held at Kamas
Saturday night, at which the general
opinion of the assemblage was voiced
when one speaker declared that a rail.
road was wanted by the people or
Rhodes valley. that it was an absolute
necessity, and that the only possible
way 10 get railroad was for the peo-
pie themselves 10 build 1T. Before the
meeting was adjourned "A committee was
chosen TO 60 into the preliminary de-
tails of Incorporating "A company TO
build and equip tho road
NllIldW DdIleS, CdSuIcl VI tllc CIdtt
Bank of Kamas. who is the prime
mover in agitating the question of a
railroad. was made chairman OF the
committee. The other members of the
committee are President Hoyt of the
State Bank of kamas; Judge Stewart
Of Salt Lake City, Bishop Corbett and
Bishop Pack Of kamas prairie, Mr..
Walter. general manager of the Con
solidated Implement company of Kan
as; Mayor Mccormick of kamas and A.
w. Williams who is extensively en-
gagged in the lumber business in Rhodes
valley The committee expects TO have
the articles of Incorporation of the
railroad company ready TO file not later
than July !.
Harry Joseph Chief Engineer.
Harry Joseph of Salt Lake City, who
was called to attend the meeting, was
Immediately engaged as chief engineer
by Mr.. Barnes. with instructions to
make preliminary surveys and map ont
route for the proposed road Mr..
Joseph spent Sunday in going over the
ground from Wanship TO Woodland.
cit is practically certain that the
road will be built said Mr.. Joseph
Just prior to his departure for Salt
Lake. Every man, woman and child
along the contemplated route is bub
bling over with enthusiasm about 1t.
The road will connect with the Union
Pacific at Wanship, and Will extend to
Woodland, a distance Of about seven
teen miles. IN the southern end Of the
valley. 1t will pass through Rockport,
Peoa, Oakley, Marion, Kamas and
Francis.
"a comparatively small outlay OF
capital, considering the usual cost of
railroad building, should be required to
construct the road. The principal cost
will be the steel The timber can be
cut right on the ground, There will
be no deep cuts or fills along the entire
seventeen miles. Wansbip has an alti-
tude of $500 feet, Woodland $500 feet,
making an average grade of 80 feet TO
the mile, with very little curvature
''The people are going into this mat
ter with enthusiasm and business like
methods. Every farmer and business
man in the valley will be stakeholder
in the railroad company; their money
will build, equip and. in all probability
operate it 1T will be the people IS road
in every sense. And the determination
with which they are taking hold of
matters speaks well for the thrift and
enterprise of the citizens of Rhodes
valley.
At Work in Earnest.
" subcommittee have been appoint
ed; one to procure rights of way and
TO raise $4,000 among the farmers and