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Show DllfiEOFTKE TUHHELSUmSEB Colorado Railroad Commission Commis-sion Proposes Three Opening's Open-ing's in Rockies. Development of Utah Resources Re-sources Involved in Completion Com-pletion of Projects. i ... r.i.i.1. 11.: iiHii 1 1 r j e ' 1 n of ' Bo : iimhimI ;j i-i.i i i ':', i ado u: e h.M, .mI r, :h- fl repmt "T Tin; Cu o- -u ii :!;. I;'-. Halt Lane e.;:erda .'. ' ti,.: ,-; i.-; t ! .JiHu'vi I'lMlt tunnel, C 1 . . . .ii'.r!i-hlr,)' t.:.: pr-s.-nl. rout.; ,.' r M'.nM rit;n.;:d Info the L'ln'ali i I '-i.t -I ... and cutting the '.lkI.-. to it !n;!tiiiii!ii of tw per (-lit ,! nil i ; h 1 1 -i hi re a ij .:t v i ir. ii m nj' ten n. rr..-,; T:ie : -f f m-! proposed tunm-l, ; -, li.t.;v. ",'ui;l be near Marshall : in eonii.-ct.bm wit.ii I'.il.'i pruj-'-'t It - p i . iM' J '. v.i'lcn Cm l.-riv-'f (i Bio mil- jailruad (ho:'.; to slundanl K.uige , nd l" i-'-Hn. -v. tin: rurv.it ure nl to film- I vM.- nl! .-,r;i.l"S i.vi-r u ni:i xlnniMi of I wo ,,.1 .nl. Tii..- third project. -1 f - ! ,' I'.m I'illllM'l i 1H II f Msiriii, Ut ( 'llllllU'fM I.m woui.l I - about. ;i mile lout',, with ,,n Mr v nut l n Mite w hero the tunnel ..ould l.r nut n mil'- Hl'il a quarter ; i. 'I'lii'.i would ri,ni-'i the Sun Juan ,,j m ii in southwestern H'olorado. nortb-e nortb-e t .si .-mi N fv ,1 ' i "'"1 out Virus I urn i tj,. wit ii Pueblo nihl I In- oal tnd north. ';lr 111' I'rpoft of til'1 Colorado COIU- ' 'If sioii rinii'lrirs It 'it-If largely to I'olo-,.idu I'olo-,.idu Ismu. It i. pointed i t tt tlmf Ctah U Interested In sill time, of these rroJ-.- ts. Th" .I.iiicm tunnel would open i.p the w a v for I'onn-M lion between Salt Lake ami 'l-rtivf-r hy whv of the rinluli oj.siu. This miKiit be done either hy cx-I.'IisIdii cx-I.'IisIdii westward of the lf nvT & Suit l.iiUr ruilroiiH, now lmllt to t'rnlir, i'"lo., n:- hy rniinti-t Ion iit t'niiK, or sotno more wrstoi-ly point with tli 'J.n A- Colorado I Hroini, now li-Mni proillut.-'l hy I"V- rnor 1 :;i iiil'"i';;rr. In rith.-r ''iisr thr dis-i.miv dis-i.miv h rail fiom Kali Lake to 1 )rnvT wtiiihl hr iniiti-rhtlly shuitfnr-,1 ami thr . "soui-i'.-s of a la rut-' nivn in i'tnh, ;is vet nnt-nu'lu-.l, would . ht: dry eloped rapidly. Would Shorten Distance. The (Vlni'ado roin iidssion point h out t'.mt l- siirli a tunnrl and the ronstrur-lion ronstrur-lion of h Uur fioni I lolsrro, on tlin Dcnvor A- l:i (hundr main line to On-stod, on Ii.iivn- Salt I.aUf, tin- di.-tane hrtwrrn luitsrro and lJonver hy the Moffat Mof-fat iMiid I .-nvrr A: Sail Jiflku) would , iu ITU mllrs. as against thr prrsfnt i h tl-j I'-m-rr Hit. Gramlr. Through I'r. Uht from Salt' .nk. would thus savo ahoul srvrnlLMMi hours into l'eiivei' at i ho U'Mi.'fa II v ai'.'ptrd ot'itnnmlfal rnle for r'rJi;hl transportation of ton miles an nuur. I Th, Marshall pass tuniuM would make nos.Mhle a some what shorter roil to than i he present one hetwoni Grand Junction and 1'uehlo. I'tah's intt-rest in the f'um-lu'i's f'um-lu'i's pass tunnel lies iu the devolopment of thr San Juan basin, shire a laro part of t.uit river. aftr rising in Colorado and .'w Mrxteii, flows tiirouih San Juan county, ft ah. The Colorado com mission Cms discusses the problem in part: "The heavy Krades an! throat elevations eleva-tions on all the linos in Colorado crossing cross-ing the eouf luental divide which tra- .'t-ses the erittral portion of the state Vn.in its northern to Its soitliern boundaries- -olstruet railroad opera tions by nu.kin.c the oprriition of the roads unusually unus-ually slow and expensive, so that traffic, where it has boon developed, naturally follows lines to the north and to the out h of Colorado, where the grades are easier, and much Colorado business t.s thus drfiecird from the established com-nu-ivial centers of the state. Tunnels Proposed. "The members of tile state railroad roauuissiun have rraehed the conclusion i ha t the urea tost improvement in con-dUlons con-dUlons would result from the buildin.tr, as sivn a.- possible, of three important railroad tunnels throimh Cue main rnne a! moderate elevations and at the following fol-lowing a valla tile sites whore the ramro is thin: t 'iu- 6.4 ml'es lonr front the -irainu-.ro basin of the Fhuto. to the rainaue basin of the Grand ri-ver, near . ho line of the Moffat road at James I'eak at an elevation of iHi'O feet; one sTx miles, 'one. from the drainage basin of the Arkansas to the riraiiMtre basin of the Gunnison river, near Marshall pass, at an elevation of about ?:) feet, and a shorter one roar C ombres pass, from the dmiiume ba-un of the Rio Grande to the dra inane lasin of tb,e San Juan -nor. It Uiese tunnels wore constructed C'.o grades on main lines of easi-and- ilroiids iu v "oiorado i now h.;x'inir i :;; imum s.;r-idos of from th.reo to four or rout. ocessi-oly expensive to oo- rafe rould soon be reduced ro a max-'r.:u; max-'r.:u; of two per cr-ut a moderate irra-diec irra-diec i 'ound in places upon most of the .eav tr:'. :fl.' tr;mscoctiuontal railroads t'uis con c t :y a ni th.c tunnel portals would bo leva fed in forested areas w here j ,!o ey tit -3rdi:::i ry sow condit ions would ucoi; to Ik conil;;Ged in the winfer time.' "The eo:iui'.i---:ioi has roach; d t-ie com- i . 'uh'ti th:;i C- cor.struetiO!- of these ; . hror main rsimv tunne'.s is for.si'oie: Ca; ihc ;-:'iu;;il exprini'lurc n.eoessar i cr and duvini, the construct :on wou.ld lie; a mo'icr.i;.' sam. r.d th;;: th.eir construe- j tier, ar.o usr o:1 terms iircviochnr rt-astm- j a '!e coir.pe:-.s;; t ion to the builders wo-.dd e c .m value to the ra ilroaus ; that w 'v'ouir.' appvoximat-"1!; four yers :: or wo:1!; upon c'r.o;:' is h; t:un to con- v.-:r;i. lornct or.os: that tl.-.hr con- i iiruCion would ouicV.y solve C:e irrcai-j i s: .u'.fi nu'iiics now o:r.baT'rassini; t!".e 1 -'.o:i''io transportation situation. and ' .;:vt Cv work of li'.'ivi-.'.cr thou: cm be: lone n."w at ;:o c''ess;'e cost."' i Immediate Huildin Desired. ..ouhl b i;;n a, ovco ar.d bo nrosf-".".:;eci 1 vigorous ;, nut:! t:ic tunn-as are .;:-. - , u'.oio I; is ar"-'d th.a: the state scotiid ' '.ulc-tako iht work. aT":-u' se,ur,:i' con- 1 .;v;s r'"o;u th.o va:. roads tor their use o:i 1 i -'res reason.: hi'" vcrnut;orat ive to iho ' i : : b i 1 - .'relit. It is r o i : : t ; out t h at 1 1 1 c ; .;u.; road.- a :'0vU e.i are a ; res-utt f n t .:e a :ids of rO'-oi'e-s. . iut ;h.:s i rot -t:t- . c ierod to be an a us' : v:u-" :n t.i' o".st. tcle. . :s urirer. sit t": ini.'ath 'w o: 1 Co"ora-lo ho '..x'cl to ci the irojoci of :hc noop'o of C:n- state c C the next scop- ; o :vi I and t i ; u h w oa It!; that w o " 1 d b omened no y t'uo dc veloiuneui of tti territories ser'e'l by these ttmm-"-; in. Colorado a ::d jays th.at i' ncthd b. a nood investinont '"or the stat- ! Ma.'or I.. G. l:'.a-',vei'. '.nsulti'i- en--I'h-.oer to- t . eo-u:;-issio:.. deals v::h hi a letter vhh-h is "::uV a pur; of the ort. He ; oia'.s out t "ut the preset -..m:uit r.ir.iie from I iVt to ... lay ed by .-.-.'naai,- .-i.ruiit:or.s, ar.d t .-.at . cades of rkre arul four pr" f':' frcc(Ur.".t. Conrerut in:r th.o Ja.rnes peak tunnrl, i"1 says: "The oonstrt:otion ..f th.is tunnel v.o-i!d i iunitmte all Cu- fot:r p-.r o-uit prades ; and Cue sixteen deizreo curves ":" Cie Mof- i :'.t road. It weuM s:-t'-'-' ."'00 fort of rise; and fa.l; siune "i-i tb'rcos of o:;rva u-e. ; and id portion o' C:- n.'id would bo near! ; i ':;hf rliT' . ' a -,.:.; ir.LT srvrre snow cor-.di- to:t and s.".orfa:::sr tNf line twor.ty-: twor.ty-: '-.r-r and iur- hah." c.tiles as compared the ! r-'s-: nt uerai i r.ir line i r-c ties of territory tcbutury to thr Moffat ! r-Ttd would he assutr i. ctrrattnc ! d:tio:ts for thr va i '.".. o. would he on a: that the railroad ..-: hi pay f.-.- :h.. pe j ci'U:t to cover i.-.t-rrst -' aries 0:1 :h- i cost of t onsirta :i "n auc. a r--s-.-r'."..- for I the retirement of b.oi.:- issu.od f -r Maior Ilat.velt ran. tho survv for the proposed potsero otitof: "a-.-i z ! w as demfust : ." ed. h" s,y''- a i-ttic- j one per cent audi tight elegies xhitun: |