Show I Moffat Tunnel Commission Organized The Tunnel commission recently recently recently re re- re- re appointed by Governor Shou of of Colorado met in Denver last S 8 Sat Saturday t- t and perfected an organization William P. P Robinson of Denver Is chairman of the board bURra Major L L. D. D Blauvelt former chief T r of the Moffat road and ana present state highway engineer is the tunnel engineer engineer en en- He will at once resign hs his position as state highway engineer Of all the tho men In the state Major Blauvelt It is po pointed out is best qualified to handle the construction of the tunnel As former chief engineer engineer engineer en en- of the Moffat road he Is thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- familiar with the country through which this road passes I Following his discharge from the army after the war he became the chief engineer of the state railroad commission As such he located the tunnel site north of James James' peak and made many of the surveys upon which the cost estimate of the tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel submitted to the special session of the ge general eral n assembly y is based I Major Blauvelt it is s pointed out is in a position to start work on the I preliminaries at once while another engineer would require several months to familiarize himself with the tunnel problem Governor Shoup said I believe the men whom I have selected to administer the affairs of the tunnel district are men who vho will discharge their duties with credit to themselves and to the district I t believe their success In private life warrants tho the belief bellet tb that t they will conduct the affairs of or orthe the tunnel district in a businesslike manner and at a minimum of cost The Tho next few weeks will wUl be spent pent In getting ready for the work of actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac construction Following the appointment of f the chief engineer the commission and engineer must organize a force of engineers ana ano clerks Next arrangements for the sale of of the tho tunnel bonds must be made With the bonds disposed of the actual work will start provided sufficient suf suf- sufficient protests against the are not lodged with the commission Under the terms of the tunnel district district district dis dis- dis- dis law protests by 51 61 per cent of the property owners in the tunnel district will block the construction of tho tunnel Sixty days are allowed allow allow- ed to fox tot the filing of such protests At the state house it Is estimated that by the time the sixty-day sixty period expires the b bonds will have been sold and the working staffs organized The first work confronting the commission is the construction of ot railroad approaches to to the tunnel portals for the easy handling of materials Next power plants must be constructed on both slopes of f the divide and bunk houses eating houses and the like constructed Considerable surveying must bedone bedone be done for this work Engineers fa familiar fa- fa millar with this sort of work say say that at least two if not three I months will be required for these i preliminaries In the meanwhile plans and specifications for the big core noro must be begotten begotten gotten otten ready and and then the tho commissIon commission commis commis- sion slon will have to decide whether the district Itself will drill through the divide or whether the actual drilling job is Is' Is Isto to be let to some contractor or contractors Engineers are arc re confident that all preliminaries can be disposed of before before before be be- fore October 1 and the actual drilling drill ing operations can be commenced not later than that day dar With bunk and eating houses to house the men and power plants in operation the work of drilling can be continued all winter no matter what tho the weather |