, 1922-01-19
H SNAKE RIVER VALLEY AN EMPIRE
WITHIN ITSELF

WITHIN ITSELF
One of the richest districts in the World in the way of natural
eeS II By Is the s@ Southern t re 1%ptSe Of c saea and d! sw sstSs n ceunties
Wyoming suy o and and the major r+I parts is a of M ;o t,r Rou ut and ,S 5ae nH;,en
in width and 200 miles in length, containing over fourteen million
t dsre ms of 1s1d d. a tbe s wG2jSs Y hs2 u ycr with9 srt r ys4v G rih ia son, T {fr'
tihty and being settled tile i, up more rapidly the the past r few years sd ,; than
Of pure water are well distributed. The Surrounding foothills
afford good range for stock and the mountains arc covered with
Guiding anthracite and bituminous coal: Many farming settle;
numbering established to such an extent as to warrant transporta-
ton facilities for an immense tonnage: J..
territory and also true that settlement of this Empire was in a
In'ad "H of this r gt no d. A ai% a"tho ri 'a arree n now" that the road eaf
as built is a failurG and will soon be j Te: The n building a OF a
posed by the Denver papers is Impractical from a financial stand
point point m n unless Dsnv err is th Wi Hin nns 9o MIR DeTsr the he annstrnr2
ed. In the first place Denver boosters are hypnotized with pride.
city sty has ' been ii the - bug ,%t that at" did 1T the e business. ! Now low the Denver
papers are trying to whip Pueblo into support OF the proposed
e ffn nnat 5nroa swfn the f,a poverty OF that city and the impending 'S"sef
When the Denver financial institutions and business houses
question by a branch line that will enable it to handle all Of the
pd If a an" LESS fFsf FkE sfefHif t Rz aS ff tnan n ths Mo 5H tE road t could
ever hope to do, then this great Empire will prove of some direct
will pauperize Colorado taxpayers for several generations to come
in comparison and would open up no less than five million acres
e o9 6e ny td toans M6en p co%nis3sd. te And tBe that 'f Pacific Mef is vit toiS
interested in building up Denver, Just as is Rawhns and all OF
The curse of Denvers policy lies in the fact that in all prob;
ability the Union Pacific will never build this branch line until
Denver exhausts itself over the building of the Mofat tunnel. In
the meantime the country entitled to service is suffering as no
other section of the West. Farmers are having to curtail produc
ton and in some instances partly due to lack of transportation and
market are mortgaging their properties or selling out. Timber,
coal and other mineral operations have practically ceased. The
only way Denver may hope to prevent secession of at least the
trade from this rich territory is to shoot or give up the gun.
RawIns offers its best services in this matter for the good
of all concerned. We will ultimately secure the building of the
branch line whether the Mofat tunnel is built or not. And when
the branch is built it will secure 80 per cent of the tonnage because
of the shorter line, less grades and connection with the most
wonderful railroad in the United States-a road that serves the
East and serves the West and serves Denver too. Wake up Denver!
Wake up. before you have burned all your bridges.
The Snake River Sentinel sees no hope ahead through the
Moffat road, as indicated by the following article from that paper: