Show i l I i t j By L. L A. A Hollenbeck While attending the legislature in Denver Denver h In iii March writer sat In th thee the parlor pa l r of or the time Drexel hotel discussing Dave Moffat and amid Io fat Railroad and the proprietor said saidI that it was easy to get acquainted and ancl with Moffat as he walked up down down the walk on the opposite side sido pf the street 3 or 4 times a day da but butt but buthe he was in New York at that time and would be e hone home soon Well Voll Wellin Vollin they brought him home him home hom in a few days they by the moneyed in ina a casket killed ni men nien n who who o owned d comp competing tirig railroads Moffat at different times had the money y prom promised sed to build the Moffat road from New N w York an London Paris The Hague Hl ue and an Berlin and amid even eten then the big railroads blocked dl died d the t le game and and nd Dave pave Moffat l broken broken hearted and find the greatest friend this west ever had bad in M Y recent history r f of doing Well V ell Denver has a way ay 0 things in spite of its many conflicting conflicting ting Ung interests They controlled the legislature and passed the th Moffat tunnel law and it was knocked kno ked out by the supreme court comit as I tu onal Then they tried to t amend the constitution so that the state could build the tunnel They were beaten at the polls Then they made madea a law to organize a district to vote bonds for the tunnel That passed amendment and hs as as a a constitutional went ent through the the courts and finally several counties were authorized to to and did did- form a district to issue bonds to build the tunnel t and the I same is ms now n nearing ari g completion ata ata at ata a cost of ab about ut ten million dollars The hope of Denver Demer and the district dis- dis district district dis dis- and the time peo people le west through this great basin was was' that the road would extend through the time basin west to Salt Lake or Provo but it seems that we have an interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission that has power to say whether or not a competing competing compel com com- pel ng road will be he allowed to build And from present indications It IL would seem that the Dotsero off cut will be made and the the rod through throng the basin forgotten for awhile at Pot I least That is is it has that appearance appear appear- alp appear appearance arbut ar- ar ance but after time the tunnel is Completed completed completed com com- there may something els else happen that will change the situa situa- tion tiomi That however ho is mere conjecture conjecture coni con con- jecture at this time The Time big railroad railroad railroad rail rail- i road companies have the appearance r of oC using the tho inter z inter ate commerce commission to forward ud their own purposes O Of course there is no corruption cor cor- corruption corruption cor- cor in this it is merely a power that is lodged into a 1 to prevent ambitious men from Investing in investing In- In vesting their money where they want to invest It and taking the time chances That power is used used with the effect to block the progress of this great time Uie brothel brother of or the basin basi I and is is' the big state public c utilities commission It Itis Itis is well to disc discuss SS this occasionally Lost Lest we forget |