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Show OLD FREDS PAY TRIBUTE . TOJfFAT Salt LaXe City BanKers and Railroad Men Say West Will Miss Him. Tbe Midden drstk of David H. Mof (it in New York lut Saturday mor-ing mor-ing it iBeerely reunited amotif bank img and railroad aiea ia tkit city, aome of whoa aara kaowa tk lata banker aad railroad man for over a quarter of a ceatury. Tbe general opinioa ia preaaed that aot only has Denver aat Colorado let a friend, but that Utah aad the entire went i aiao bereft of a airon- friend, la apeaking of the death of Mr. Moffat thin morning William H. Bancroft vice president aad general manager of tha Oregon bhort Lin., aaid: "I hare been personally acquainted with D. H. Moffat for nearly thirty veara. Ha was a big, broad-minded nan, oae who has doae mack for Dearer, Dea-rer, Colorado, aad tha west ia general He was always at the front of anything any-thing that be" was interested in. His death will be a diitinet loss to the wvvr j ,. . ' Krnnk Knox, president of th National Na-tional Bank of tbe Republic, aaid: "I have been acquainted with Mr. Moffat for over twenty years. Ha was one of tha biggest men tbat the went has had. For many, many years he baa been at the very front of tbe mea who wera advancing aad developing the great west. Ha was one of tnoe big, broadminded mea who was always al-ways seeking to advance tbe Interests of that section of the country ia whirb he lived, and thia applies not alone to Denver and Colorado, but to a large part of the west. "For many years I hare considered him. one of my closest business friends. As a banker' he had but few equals. He was one of tbe founders of tbe First National bank of Denver and was with that institution ontil today it ia tha most powerful bank in the intermouataia country and oae of the strongest ia tho eoiintrr, having deposits de-posits of nearly t4-'0,000,000. During tha financial tronble of a few years ago Mr. Moffat did muck to aave many business firms of Denver and other Colorado cities from going to the wall by advancing hia owa persoaal money to keep them on their feet. Loan to Utah, Too, "The death of Mr. Moffat Is a distinct dis-tinct Ioks to Utah aa well as to Colorado. Col-orado. For a number of year I have been associated with him as a bondholder bond-holder and' stockholder in the Denver, Northwestern t Pacific, the Moffat road. I know that it was the great amhitioa of his life to see this road built through to this city before he died, but it seems tbat it was not to he. I sincerelv regret the death of David H. Moffat. When asked what influence the death of Mr. Moffat .would have on tha completion com-pletion of the road which he had planned to this city, Mr. Knox said that it waa a little too early to give aa opiaioa. He iBtimated, however, that there waa bo reason to think that the road would aot be built. W. 8. MeCorniek, president of Me Coruirk Co., bankers, was another close personal fneud of Mr. Moffat, having been acquainted with him- for over twenty rears. ben seen this morning, Mr. MeCorniek aaid: Jadgad Man, Not Securities. - "The death of Mr. Moffat is a dis tinrt loss to Utah aad Colorado, as well as to tha entire west. He was a wonderful man-, one of those who, as a banker, trusted mora in hia personal impressions of a mas than ia the aa-enritiee aa-enritiee which be had to offer, aad it ia aaid that be seldom waa mistakea ia bis judgment. Ua waa a big, broad-minded broad-minded man, one that believed absolutely abso-lutely ia tha section of the eonntry in which ba lived aad in ita future. No better proof of thia need be asked thaa bis undertaking to bnild a short line railroad from DeaVer te thia city. Planned to Opea Empire. "He waa orar SO Tears of age at the time he aBaouncea hia plana.. He bad money ia plenty for bia own waata. ao that it cannot be charged tbat it waa with aa idea of nuking more money. Tba great object ef Mr. Moffat' ia commencing the work of building this road, a work which 1 believe be would bare completed bad be lived a few years more, waa to opea np a large part of tbe states of TJtab and Colorado aad to develop thesa. Few mea ia tha building ef tha western empire has showa more faith persist aacy thaa has Mr. Moffat." Charles 8. Burtoa, cashier of the State Bank of Utah, aaid: "While I waa aot personally acquainted with the lata D. H. Moffat, his death ess sot help but ba a lost both to Colorado aad Utah. It ia certain cer-tain r to ba regretted that ha eould aot have tived to have aeea tha completion com-pletion of the abort line railroad which he fathered from Denver to thia city." rroaa giiirnag aaaa. Colonel I. A. Benton, general agent passenger department af tha Dearer A Bio Orande, aaid: "Mr. Moffat waa a bve, eaerjretie, enterprising man. Ho baa doae much to upbuild Colorado and tba country adjacent to it." 8. V. Derrah, assistant gsaeral freight agent of tha Dcavar 4 Bio (irande, said: "Mr. Moffat waa property regarded aa oae- of tbe big. strong mea of the intermouataia country. He was aaa of Denver 'a for. moat citizens, if aot the foremost citiaea of thst eity. His death is a loss that will ba felt ia two statee at least, Colorado aad I'tab." - |