Utah and Uintah Basin to Push Rail Link via Moffat Tunnel
The article discusses building a Moffat tunnel under James Peak to create a through line between Salt Lake City and Denver. It notes potential Uintah Basin railroad in Colorado, with a 2 percent grade and easier curves, shortening the Salt Lake to Denver route. It cautions that tunnel completion alone won’t guarantee the final connection and calls Utah interests to act.
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Moffat
James Peak
Colorado
Uintah Basin
Salt Lake
Denver
Utah
Denver & Rio Grande
Me Ag
Commission to Pick Chief Engineer For Big Moffat Tunnel
The tunnel commission will choose a chief engineer as it prepares to start construction. L D Blauvelt, state highway engineer, was hired but resigned months ago. If he wishes to stay, his resignation may not be accepted. otherwise a successor will be engaged immediately.
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Tunnel Commission
Moffat Tunnel
L. D. Blauvelt
Walla and Harrison Family Visit in Vernal
Mr and Mrs J B Walla of Salt Lake City arrived in Vernal Thursday noon and will visit with Mr and Mrs George H Harrison. Mr Walla and Mr Harrison are brother and sister.
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J. B. Walla
Salt Lake City
Vernal
George H. Harrison
Wall
Harrison
Is Your Subscription Paid Up to Date
Readers are reminded to check their subscription label for the three figure expiration date month day year. Examples explain June 22 1923 and arrears indicators. if overdue the publisher requests remittance and notes potential year updates after renewal.
Extra Copies Of Vernal Ex-Press Offered
The Vernal Commercial club distributes a 14 page issue of the Ex-Press with 12 pages of reading matter and 2 pages of colored supplement. Several hundred copies are available for advertising, and a limited number remain for friends to learn of the local prosperity in Vernal and Uintah Bastin. Best get your copy before they are gone.
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Ex- Press
Vernal Commercial Club
Vernal
Uintah Bastin
Great Celebration To Accompany The Start Of Work On Tunnel
The tunnel commission announced that boring the James Peak tunnel will begin this fall. A grand celebration was planned earlier for July 4 or August 1 Colorado Day, but work is expected to start by next fall with a new transportation route through the Continental Divide in three years.
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Hemisphere
Continental Divide
James Peak
Tunnel Commission
Colorado
Enginer J. C. Mulville Visits Vernal and Plans Fishing
Engineer J C Mulville of the Balt Lake and Denver road arrived in Vernal on Wednesday and spoke of the railroad’s progress while meeting locals. He and C J Neal headed to Brush Creek Thursday morning with camp gear for trout fishing and sightseeing in the Basin.
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J. C. Mulville
Balt Lake
Denver
Mr. Mulville
C. J. Neal
Brush Creek
Duchesne District Court Convened with Judge M L Ritchie
District court assembled at Duchesne on Tuesday June 19 with Judge M L Ritchie of the Third district presiding. He also led a court session that was closed in Vernal last week.
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Duchesne
M. L. Ritchie
Third District
Ritchie
Vernal
Flaming Gorge Power Project Cost Estimate
Utah Power & Light expects a cost between 16 million and 20 million dollars for the Flaming Gorge project once a formal license replaces the preliminary permit. The plan calls for a 216 foot high dam on Green River near Manila with a 25 foot diameter tunnel to yield a 416 foot head, with decisions pending surveys and detailed plans.
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Utah Power & Light Company
Flaming Gorge
Federal Power Commission
Green River
Reclamation Service
Bulla & Tunnel
Manila
Ralliaac Green
Tunnel Work To Start From Four Points
Work on the Moffat tunnel will begin from four locations at each end and from a parallel pilot tunnel seventy five feet away. The pilot will carry water after the main tunnel is finished. As construction progresses, entries will join the main bore and add more workers. The project could deliver several hundred thousand acre feet of water from the Western to the Eastern Slope via the Continental Divide, potentially augmenting Denver's supply and irrigating nearby lands lacking water.
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Moffat Tunnel
Continental Divide
Moffat Pilot Tunnel
Denver
Vernal Manila Road Feeder to Flaming Gorge
An economic push initiates completion of the Vernal Manilla road feeder to Flaming Gorge. Survey work by the Ashley National Forest near Uintah and Dagger counties reaches Little Brush Creek nine miles past the forest boundary. Construction crews under Supervisor Charles DeMoiny Jr move ahead funded by the forestry department. From Manila the road extends to Shean Creek near the forest boundary. Utah Power and Light builds a route toward Flaming Gorge with a planned hydroelectric plant of 125000 horsepower, linking a 40 mile stretch suited only for pack trains and heavy wagons until forest access improves.
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Forest Boundary
Sheep Creek
Utah Power and Light Company
Flaming Gorge
Gigantic Fire Works Display for Independence Day in Vernal
The Independence day celebration program in Vernal features steer roping bucking and goat roping contests each with a $100 purse. Best bucking horse prize is $25. Fireworks at the fair grounds start at 9 p.m. with a big burlesque parade at 10 a.m. and sports for children at 10:30 including greased pole and pig contests.
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the Express
Vernal
Akil
Fair Grounds
Uintah Basin
Utah
Vernal to Be Educational Center of Uintah Basin
Vernal, described as the educational hub of the Uintah Basin, is poised to grow with anticipated railroad development. The piece praises Vernal’s peaceful Ashley valley setting, historic Uintah academy heritage, and its future as the inland city and principal educational center amid population growth.
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Uintah Basin
Vernal
Utah
Ashley Valley
Uintah Academy
United States
Wintah Basin
Utah Power & Light to Build $10 Million Hydroelectric Plant
Salt Lake City June 18 Officials of the Utah Power and Light company announced plans for a major hydroelectric project costing about 10 million dollars and employing more than 1000 men over three years. The Flaming Gorge station on the Green River will generate 60 000 horsepower and transmit power to Utah and other areas. Operations await federal power commission approval as Colorado River compact ratification lags in one state, delaying the permit.
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Salt Lake City
West
Utah Power & Light Company
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Flaming Gorge
Green River
Utah
Utah-Wyoming Boundary Line
Ona
Colorado River Basin
Congress
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United
United States Supreme Court
Norton Montgomery
Suprema Court
Atlantic
Pacific
David Moffat
Supreme Court
Mary L. Milheim
Tunnel Improvement District
Colorado Supreme Court
Utah and
Big Moffat
Bank of Vernal
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