Show TUNNEL TUNNEL- BUILDS TOWN TOP Project Has Already Trebled Population of Montrose At the present rate ate of or progress esq according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to L. L W. W McConnell engineer in charge the Gunnison tunnel el will be b completed on schedule time April 1908 When hen completed the t tunnel will willbe willbe be feet long bug an and of or this thiN amount Just 1 feet have ha been finished All Allbut Allbut but feet t of this wor work has been done dono since May 1905 at which time the firm that lint had been awarded the contract In the previous F brual February gave up the work orl and It has been carried car cr- ned ried on since b by the government under p the thc supervision of or Mr Ir McConnell l A vory good record In construction made during the thc ending Au Aug 1 1 Men Memi were working In three headings and In all al 1 71 i feet Ceet of o tunnel nere r completed Th The Jest record was made In the thc month or of 1900 1906 when 18 1821 1 feet were vere n. n The Thc o of the tunnel are 11 1 by 1 12 feet it i will have a n carrying capacity of ot 1300 see sec ec- ec ond feet and the waters passing pasing through ugh the tunnel will wi reclaim I 4 acres neres of land More than maii men are arc employed on the tile project at time the present time lIme working three shifts of eight hours each Two model camps are maintained one at the east and andone andone andone one at tho the west portal of oC the camp where the wives and children of or the themen themen men employed make male their thel homes and where the lie advantages of or the public schools ore are enjoyed by the children Since 1893 when the thc Gunnison tunnel tunnel tun tun- nd nel was first decided upon th the town of or Montrose has tripled in population an anti and Mr 1 McConnell says that buildings costing costin at least a quarter of ot a million milon have been erected during that time The town Is prosperous the lie farmers farmer in the ti-me valley roun round about are prosplr- prosplr ous and ancI Montrose l bids fair fall to b be Oil oin- of oC the thriving cities of oC western Colo Cob rado redo Mr McConnell returned to Montrose Montrose Montrose Mont Mont- rose Friday night |