, 1922-01-12
Crying AK kpR RRlRRp,n
WHILE HELPING SHAME RIVER AND
SISTER STATE NEiGnBoRs, RAW.
Inns hay ALSO Hlf3o8E her Own
POSITION VERY MATERIALLY

With q coal mine every two or
three miles from Rawlins to Snake
River and from 1900 to 1000 car
loads of Goa going out over the
Union Pacific every day from these
mines and at least a dozen prosper
GUS towns of 1000 to 1900 popula-
ton resulting from this develop
ment is not impossible or improb-
able of accomplishment.
Pipe dream?
Listen!
According to the U. s. geological
survey and bulletin issued by the De-
partment, high grade coal measures
identical to Rock Springs coal under
lie hundreds of thousands of acres
along the present route of the stage
road between Rawlins and Baggs. a
.distrance of approximately fifty
miles.
Listen again!
A branch line out of Rawlins trav-
ersing the proposed route would pro-
Craig, Colo. and other Snake River
settlements. Enormous tonnage
both ways would add to the revenues
of such a line. Strange as It may
seem, elevations as given IN the U.
8. official may show quite a uniform
grade from Rawlins to Snake River
and with LESS GRADE per mile than
the main line has from Rock Springs
to the top Of the Continental divide.
In other words a branch line from
Rawlins to Craig approximately 80
miles In length could furnish MORE
original east bound tonnage than ia
now furnished along 119 miles of
main line trackage from Rock
SprinRe 70 Ra Wins. Such a branch
tine would not only develop the i'm
msnss Rock springs coal measures
extending IRON nsra to Snake River,
but 8lso provide an outlet for the
Anthracite coal bells just over the
Colorado state.ltne q few miles. Bet
:er tnAn ala this it would provide
t-Rss Dixon and other fertile Snake
river settlements a market for its
hay, grain, vegetables and livestock;
pass through probably the best tim
Der belt tributary to Rawlins on its
way to the Craig, Lay and Hayden
settlements which incidentally have
the reputation of being located in the
richest sixty by sixty square miles
to be found anywhere in the nation.
An immense area of farm land sur
rounding Craig is ribboned with
streams. flanked by rolling hills OF
pasture and timber lands all under
lied with bituminous or anthracite
coal; on three sides of which gold,
silver, iron and other minerals are
present in the adjacent mountains.
The possible tonnage from all this
territory is immense to say the least.4
The Moffat road into the Craig
settlements is only an aggravation
and Is soon to be junked. Denver
evidently has done everything in Its
power, even to the breaking of some
of its most wealthy citizens in at
tempting to keep the Moffat road on
the map without regard to cost of
operation. The time has arrived when
something has to be done to relieve
the rich territory what has been de-
veloped upon the promise held out
by the Moffat road project. The
Union Pacific 10 by reason of its To-
cation as to geography, topography
and need Of original tonnage from
this particular section Of It's line. the
only railroad that can possibly serve
the territory referred I'd and II goes
without saying that Rawlins will do
everything possible to bring about
the desired result. The building Of
the Snake River branch would re-
lease an immense coal tonnage from
Rock Springs for points throughout
the Northwest which Is probably its
best and most profitable territory.
with the building OF the Medicine
Bow-O'Fallons cut off and q down
hill pull from RAwlins to Omaha and
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