Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 1 | New Rail Line to Denver Now Seems Assured

NEW RAIL LINE TO DENVER NOW ' SEEMSASSURED Colorado Governor to Sign Measure When Court Approves Ap-proves Constitutionality of ; Law Giving State Aid CONSTRUCTION WORK EXPECTFAgY AG. 1 Utah ' Capitalists J Backing Connection by Way of Uinta Basin Points Enthusiastic En-thusiastic Over "Prospects Spaclal Diapatch DENVER, Colo, May 1 Tha Mof-j fnt tunnel bill wa. passed by tha ape- ' rial eeeslrm of tha Colorado assembly ftaturdav. immediately before adlourn- I ment. It had previously been passed I by the Colorado senate. I The governor will submit the meas- ' tire to the supreme court for an I opinion as to Its constitutionality L this week. The opinion la expected to be rendered within two weeks, and If It Is held that .the men sure U constitutional con-stitutional the governor will lrn H pd It will become law Immediately. Actual work on the construction f the tunnel Is expected to begin by August 1. The bill a passed by the Colorado .legislature calls for the raising of everal million dollar for the con-tmctloh con-tmctloh of a tunnel through the continental divide on the Denver A fait IrAke railroad. Connection with the Tenver A Fait Take railroad will be made by the flalt Laka & Denver railroad and thus a line running from Provo, Spring-vIUsj Spring-vIUsj and other points In TTtah to s Tin-Hit in Colorado nmj k Cf alg, Colo., v wlll be consummated. lineal capitalists who are bMnd the floeal project were enthusiastic on the lmtcTne when they were advised Ipf the Colorado legislature's action. They felt that It would tend to bring ;Cfalt Lke and Tenver much closer rnd to open up th wonderful riches cf the Vinta basin. I-eater D. Freed of th local com- (pany recently went to Denver and urged that Colorado and Utah should how a united front for mutual development de-velopment by. tha passing of the bill.