Show n. n FIGURES FURE S SNOB SHOW MAGNITUDE OF S MOffAT TUNNEL JOB I Tho The Engineers Engineer's n Bulletin gives the tho round figures of the tIre Moffat lof fat Cat at tu tunnel nel 1 f Excavation on cubic s y yards or about pounds of f. f rock equaling 1600 freight freigh iiams trams trains of Or Orto 40 to cars ars each Cac l. l Dynamite pounds q st Dt Drill h cs s miles s s. s I Drill s st eol el I S 'S O oo pounds S. S J I Electric A po er OWal 2 t V. H. H I c 1 i s i. i fc wf r. r 1 Timber l 10 l 00 V 0 O 1 F. F U Ii M Sr T. T UI to to o over i 2000 J iii ile or of 1 12 2 plank A 11 1 f t Length r Length 61 mile h- h S SJ J of oC apex 10 1240 0 fool foot feet the e cst of oC th 1 ConOll Continental di divide Cost Cost 12 12 Vj million n nd dollars d dollars I. I lyrist Tunnel funnel Improvement lt di dis- dis 90 O square miles Above o is presented a graphic al al- al of or th the Moffat I tunnel OI on January 1 as a's prepared by C. C A. A Detts of of the thc tunnel j- j sioe Rapid progress has been made since that time anc and HUCL the pearl he c in ings s o of the thc water tunnel now no l are arc approximately ap- ap ap al- proximately only SOO feet r ct apart When 1 E l they most meet meat in February l it t twill will vill lie he an important event o It vili not lot be the completion ti of oC the tho job hut mt will wilI be he notice to the world that the he thc work is approaching COi completion It t grill ili Hi greatly g relieve reliC congestion ton of oC f facilitate II ale drainage e and mid ril air circulation and atul speed up the work work- of or enlarging the main mahi bore The tunnel triune is meeting in n Denver this we week k and Its members members mem- mem bers ers are pleased with the lie showing made nade rhe They now now believe hello that the yat water vater r tunnel will wn be he holed through in n less than 30 10 days clays and that the completed tunnel will be turned ned over ver o to to tJ the c Denver Salt SaH Lake LaJe rail rail- oad July 1 I 1927 I 7 tind tra trains ns will be lie mining through the gr great at bore JOre that that I pIerces the back backbone ono of or the thc continent On January arr 1 1 12 days ag ago the of- of 1 Iclal liCal fi figures of the en engineers engineer show showed ed cil he hc t water 97 07 tunnel per er rent cent completed the main hl hearings I hlL 91 por edit cent completed and th the I 1 full size r railroad t tunnel nue 73 9 1 per par cent coin 0 J announcements a are arc l lent to to du thrill the o. o I. I of or Cola Colo- i 11 do the tilt west st for fot the they 11 mean meant t 1927 9 7 will see eo eo the bc or of t he ltd fulfillment of the dreams Ire of r rI s. s It means means' notch much fo for nelT r I and ind will twill int that city t e eventually on out ona outa a i a tl p railroad railroad- It 1 It Il means much t for r Cobra Colorado d o pl u uninterrupted L t traffic rai for 01 her tg In products t shortening the distance and time timeto to H to thet capital c city ity t and also g gives gives y s. s promise of a westward westward extension of the Moffat railroad f J It t wili jn attract L ion to tin the es of oC this section of the state and will give hc an tut Impetus to h industry in every cry line s It will wille give e assurance that Colorado is no iii no lou longer er to tobe be f front from r rest t of or the the tho sta state that lint our e trial coal ll nil oil Jl mineral 11 eral elal and agil- agil cultural l C 1 11 will be ho developed to th the fullest fullest c cTT ni that the towns I will grow grott n mid and d the tho country develop Jo to n ii It 1 rem relt dl degree 1 If lC tho Iho tunnel i Is completed in July certain it will wUl bo ho o on as ab now note semis seems L nH a although h It ft vas was hoped in ill tin the to it in iu a i n much lle unto Dim rock condi conditions f- f in ill t the lie entire JI tro West est half haIC nf tho of-tho tunnel i caused d tho thi The date data lal set for fill coll until l under the t l l' l rn-cl rn l wis H 46 months this rJ Th e l' l contract was nut wit signed Ho l' l a 19 T J I. I l I 2 n i r r the Ow Ja for fir fIr completion is i J 1 lJ of or this I It Ii wih bo lt thrift toj ilp t Th The tu to op irato train h tilt mile hy by elf Jias haR boon been by hy the HIP leri- leri n- n Vr ur S Suit Sult t la LaBo c il J 1 ou gh the tuut will hb Hl rt by regular u t but lM i r j jwill will will l 1 be e H a. ay r ur fv 1 that Tattoo-that that wilt will k ej s' s tiR out of flit nUJ tunnel TU A 8 tyso t tm I will Jw Da h tho tho same a as s- s lurid Tw by tho J U Ia J. J t In the mij liu h J iu iii tb tI l H j nil iii tu ha has bemi berm lun d de ld-d ld upon ripen not un I by tiO at tiK I feasible but hut entirely siti I and com come from Crom a n. study or the Gen eCH naught tunnel made by engineers and on reports of officials j by he Canadian Pacific railroad The rhe construction ti n or or r a 1 thc thc- extension of oC the Denver Denver Salt SaU Laky om Craig westward into the the Vilt Vil- Vil t tz tah n basin still till is a pending J question company Fn Future ur e events ts will m it Is said determine if if this 1 linis cr or r is not to bo ho bail hl built How liow- v jit it is expected that 1 t fn e made but nL A iii 1927 Steamboat Pilot I tr tC 4 |