, 1923-03-29

60. o'.i Whlcn the North n
south railroad might come to Raw
ms on its way to Craig. Colorado.
composed h body of a letter sent
e. Ex-Governor c. N. Haskell last
saturday afternoon.
me message sets forth the ad-
'an'aees which would come to the
ne" ROAD, should its builders decide
70 cross the Union Pacific Railroad
d, ms point and is signed by The
r.a"'h3 Beard of Trade, The Raw
ms fIo,ary Club and the Rawlins
Lions Club.
The letter sent to Governor Has
kell reads as follows:
Mr.. C..E
Mr.. c. N. Haskell,
BAT Madison Ave,
New York City.
My Dear Sir:
IL has come to our attention
through many sources that Won are
contemplating the construction Of a
railroad from Miles CITY. Moptana
a point on the Northern Pacific
through Sheridan to a point some
place at or neal Casper, Wyoming,
thereby i~ntersecting at least four
transcontinental lines.
1t occurs to us that II will he to
your very great advantage to on
slider the extension of such a road
south to the Union Pacific and then
extend same into the coal fields of
! southern Carbon county and northern
Colorado.
In building your road south from
casper it means the logical route
would be through Sand Creek. into
the Mahoney Dome district, south to
n point some five miles east of Raw
III and from there into Rawlins
paralleling the Union Pacific. From
Rawlins you would build in a south-
western direction to the Snake river
country and to the coal fields of
northern Colorado. For a suitable
outlet for your road you could then
run a short distance south and in
tersect the d. & II. G. or you could
adopt n general route contemplated
by the Moffat road into Salt Lake
50 that you would. in that manner
onnect with the ID. e II. G.. on the
south and with the Northern Pacific
on the north, thus intersecting seven
trahscontfnental roads. all of which
roads would be in the market for
coal. with the single exception of
the Union Pacific.
we can only compare the construc-
tion OF such a road to the "master
KEY held by Henry Ford In his road
south from Detroit to Kentucky, In
MS case no has manufacturing at
one END or the road and coal nj The
otner end. and with business mnn-
asemenf thge can be only one an
swer to the future OF the road-suc-
cess.
In reference to the building of .
o south from Casper to the d. &
X. g. In Colorado will state tbn,
mere Is almost a water grade from
casper to Rawllns: especially after
leaving Sand Creek there would he
no grade whatever during the on
TIRE route until Rawlins was reached
from Rawllns south there would be-
no grade OF any consequence until
YOU reach the anthracite fields of
Colorado, with the exception Of n
small pull in the vicinity OF sulphur
twenty miles south west of Rnwllns
where n grade OF possibly in r
would be encountered, In favor OF
the haul.
IL n been rumored that in tho
event your association should build
south from Casper. that YOU would
70 via Lost Soldier oil fields south
west 10 Wamsutter. Wyoming. from
there south to the coal fields Of,
colorado. You viii find. upon a sur
vey OF the W. routes. that tho one
We have herein mentioned has many
ndvnnfhges over the latter. for the
reason that there would be no re-.
from Lost Soldier until Won
reached The Snake River valley. a dis
tnneo or ono hundred miles. You
would also hnvo n heavier Grade
leaving Lost Soldier southwest than
o would have nt Sulphur on tho
route herein mentioned. Tho limo
would also bo longer. md personally
there arc no advantages in favor
OF That route which we cnnnot point
out on the route above mentioned
REQUIRES: Leaving Casper. for
tho first fifty miles you go through
an agricultural and livestock couu-t
try. with cattle predominating on the
Swoetwatcr. thereafter You atriko
the oil folds Of Ferris, Mahoney
Dome and Lost Soldier. II the Sand
Creek route south TO RawlinA ia
adopted. the road will pass through
the hoart OF Mahonay Dome which
has the largest ras territory in
There In developed at
this time in IN. neighborhood Of
100000. 600 feet OF gas. TO tho east
and west Of this point there IL oil
with a possible daily pro-
In the Ferris and Custer
fields ~ 1900 barrels per day. and in
the Lost Soldier fields Of $1,000
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