Show MOFFAT TUNNEL HELD NATIONS NATION'S BIG ENTERPRISE That the Moffat tunnel under James Peak in the is the outstanding ot public enterprise not only of Colorado but of ot the nation as well Is the statement of Charles H. H Leckenby secretary of the Moffat Moffat Mot Mot- fat tunnel commission who arrived In ir Sunday In with Ith-Charie Ith Charles J. J. J Whee Wheeler er vice president lent dent of ot the commission and Erskine Erskine Erskine Ers- Ers kine R. R Myers attorney for the same body The three men came here to attend the te hearing which opened Monday in the F Federal deral building before In Interstate In- In Commerce Commissioner Henry C C. Hall on the petitions atthe of at the Sa Salt Lake and Denver Railroad company and the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad company for a permit to build a railroad into the Uinta basin S Mr Leckenby who Is editor of of- the Steamboat Springs Pilot Is also a former state auditor of Colorado He lIe ha has haa been an arder advocate of the Moffat tunnel for tor twenty-five twenty years ears and was was made secretary of the tunnel commission when It was organized Discussing the project he s said said- ld When completed the Moffat Olot- Olot fet fat bore will be the longest railroad railroad rail rall road tunnel on on the western hemisphere hemisphere hemis hemis- phere and the sixth longest In the world The railroad tunnels that will exceed the Moffat in length I are In the alps and the TyroL TyroL Ty- Ty roL They are the Simplon miles St. St Gothard miles 93 miles Mt Cenis Cents miles and the Arlberg 62 miles mUes The latter is only slightly longer than the Moffat survey which Is 61 miles The Tho longest railroad tunnel on I the American continent at present is the Rogers pass tunnel on oa the Canadian Pacific railway through the Selkirk range in British Col Col- It Is slightly more than five miles long The Tho longest tunnel In tho the United tates S-tates ates Is the Hoosac on tha the Boston and laine railroad It Itha ha has a length of ot four and three ter miles At the present rate of progress according to Mr Leckenby the M Moffat Moffat f fat tunnel should be completed be before before before be- be fore the winter of 27 1926 and elat Is the goal toward which the comI com com- and the contractors are I working S I |