, 1922-03-02
BOOSTER TRIP
DELEGATION FROM RAWLINS BOARD OF
TRADE Held INTERESTING Meet.
ing WITH MEMBERS CRAIG
commercial CLUB

On Saturday morning last a dele
cation comprising F. w. Rendle, II.
E. Dunlap. r. II. Alcorn. f. ]. Keefe,
w. w. Daley. H. J. Rogner. H. Lar
sen and Gus Fleischli left by auto
mobile for Craig for the purpose of
discussing with the members of the
Commercial Club of hal city the
question of securing a connection
with the Union Pacific railroad at
this point.
The trip to Baggs was made in
record time via Wamsutter. AT
Baggs, however, it was necessary to
ave the automobiles and go by
sleight for a distance Of % miles,
where the delegation again trans
ferred to cars. The delegation
reached Craig about six O'Clock Sat
urday evening. where they were met
by Mayor Harry w. Hansen. a former
Rawlins boy. and by the officers of
the Craig Commercial Club.
The Rawlins delegation received
an exceptionally cordial reception
from the Craig people and everything
was done to make the visit enjoyable
from every standpoint.
On Sunday morning the Rawlins
delegation was shown over the city.
The Rawlins men were much i'm
pressed with Craig, especially with
the wonderful court house mi with
the excellent school buildings. At
II o'clock Sunday morning a meeting
was held at the Masonic Temple at
which every member Of the Rawlins
delegation was present as well as a
great many members of the Craig
Commercial Club.
q Wy pnrI1n nraci1nnf nf fhn
Rawlins Board Of Trade, explained
iins men as being to became better
acquainted and the endeavor to work
out some plan which might insure a
railroad from Rawlins to the Craig
section.
Senator w. w. Daley of Rawlins
the views of the Rawlins
Board of Trade on the matter of Sc
a railroad and brought out
many of the difficulties that will
have to be overcome Senator Daley
also stated that as far as Rawlins
was concerned it was not an affair of
ours whether the Moffat tunnel was
constructed or not but that the bust
ness men Of this city believed that
even though the Moffat tunnel was
constructed it would not overcome
the difficulties and that the only
practical solution of the transporting
problems OF the Snake River section
and OF northern Colorado would be
a branch to the Union Pacific.
The matter was discussed by the
other members Of the Rawlins dele
CATION as we'll az by a great many
members OF the Craig Commercial
Club. 1t was finally decided that an
immediate effort should be made to
secure information as to the present
tonnage available along the route of
the proposed railroad as we'll as the
probable amount Of tonnage that
can be developed.
Az soon as this data has been col
Iected a strong delegation will be Sc
lected to present the matter to Of
ficials OF the Union Pacific in an en-
deavor to induce that railroad to con-
struct the line. II this means to &C.
cure a railroad fails then other ways
will be taken up.
The delegation left Craig Monday
morning for home. but owing to deep
SHOWS Baggs was not reached until
Monday evening. At Baggs the dele
ration secured their cars and on
Tuesday morning started for Wam-
suffer. 1t took all day to go from
Bags to .Wamsutter owing to deep
snow and the necessity for several
members Of the delegation who were