| Show I I I I IThe THE MOFFAT ROAD OAn The fact that work on the Moffat tunnel through the continental divide about fifty r miles mIles' west of Denver I is now in progress is a n matter of ot great moment t to the people people people peo peo- of Salt Lake Lale and Utah lr Tho The tunnel will require no nearly years to complete and will be one mw of the longest in the world ld Its tp tp to total tal length being 32 feet or n feet more than six miles It will with It ita lb connections shorten tho the distance stance between Denver and Salt Lake by five fifty-five miles and open up upa a large area area of good agricultural land now many miles from rom a a rail- rail road load A feature of the construction is tl that nt intermediate headin headings s are to tobe tobe tobe be driven drive from tram a pilot tunnel or parallel heading which may subsequently subsequently h be used sed as an aqueduct T The le t tunnel is being built by public f funds I raised by taxation of a tunnel Improvement Improvement improvement Im Im- im- im provement district created by law for fol that purpose No grade in IIi the tun tunnel el nor on its approaches will exceed exceed exceed ex ex- ex- ex 2 per cent and the maximum elevation at the highest point will willbe willbe willbe be feet as compared with more than feet on a neighboring neighboring neigh neigh- b boring railway line over the divide Before the tunnel Is completed tor former er Governor Bamberger and his associates will have a road rond Into the Uintah basin to make connections connections connections with the line fro from n Denver aril and increased business for this metropolis lis will result The Moffat l road has been a long time getting properly properly properly prop prop- erly started but its it's on the way at last Salt Salt Lake Tribune |
