The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-09-07
SEEKING AN OUTLET.
Colorado Midland Officials Admit Desire to
Build to Connection With Utah
Railway Near Price.


When a. y. Carlton. president OF
the Colorado Midland railway. was In
this city a few weeks ago he went d.
rectiy on 60 Salt Lake city. where an
important conference was held with
his business associates. The results
" this conference were not made pub
lie until n day or no ago. when spen-
Ger Penrose Of Colorado Springs gave
out the following Interview.
The construction 81 y railroad into
the Uiatnh Basin In Eastern Utah.
connecting with the Utah Coal Route
utah railway and the Uintah rail-
road and their amaigamation with the
Colorado Midland. thus giving tho
Colorado Midland direct route
through to Salt Lake city aud tap
ping virgin territory 81 great prom
Use. arc projects now being given scri-
Gus consideration by Colorado Springs
financicrs who purchased the Mid
land n few months ago. A y. Carlton
81 the Midland. Charles NJ. MacNcili,
heavily interested IN the railroad. aud
II. G. Jackling. managing director OF
the Utah Copper company. held n ser
les Of conferences recently In Salt
Lake city with prominent railroad
mon there on this question when the
results of expert examination were
turned over 20 them"
According 10 Spencer Penrose the
proposition IL not only practical and
feasible but probablc--but u may be
two or three years before u can he
done. The cost Of building the con.
Meeting links would be In the neigh
borhood 81 three million dollars. he
a..
Grand Junction and itu owners also
control the electric line extending
down the Grand Valley 90 Fruita. II
IL proposed Co extend this line about
twenty miles further 90 Mack. which
Il the terminus OF the Uintah system.
The Uintah railroad " anxious Z" Join
the Midland IN any nChcmr uf this
kind.
''The Uintah nasin. which such a
road would tap, u ono 81 the richest
In the West" PenroHc stated. Tie 10
thoroughly familiar with this tcrri-
tory. as he formerly spent much time
In Utah on copper business There
are twenty thousand people In that
basin who have no railroad outlet.
Land with water rights there can he
bought for twenty dollars an acre and
u grows magnificent crops" he said.
while the proposed railroad viii be u
little longer than the present Denver
and rio 0randc lines. the grade IL said
Co be much easier and the consequent
road expense aud rolling stock eS-
penHe much icaa
Investigations made by railroad
and commercial experts who have
placed important facts and figures Ia
the hands Of the copper magnatcs.
tend % show that. while the extension
of a heavy electric line into the TIN.
tab BASIN. with Price or Helper and
Grand Junction aa outward points. the
basin will command new attention
both az Denver and Salt Lake city,
MacNeili and JackilnE have made a
study OF the project 10 the extent that
plans for the construction of the Tin
tab road are under consideration. An.
other group of plans covering the
the same project are In the hands of
President Carlton 81 the Colorado
Midland. II II said that with suitable
outlets the road viii prove highly
profitable.
Experts on railroad revenue have
advanced tho opinion that the Utah
railway should pay big returns from
the start. because OF the unprccedont-
ed demand Tor coal In turn, II h
declared that under Utah Copper
company Influence. the Colorado Mid
land viii turn into a paying railroad
with a feeder extending up into the
uintah Basin froTh the Colorado side.
II II held that Tor several years the
tonnage into the uintah iiasin. both
from Colorado and Utah. will result
In exceptionally heavy revenues, not
Co speak of products which win be-
shipped out of the Basin