Show BIG FUTURE FOR FOB MOFFAT ROAD Great J Plat PIau East t and amI West Kest Transcontinental to In- In 4 elude etude Moffat Tunnel Developments are taking place placer r rapidly to prove the correctness otHie or ot orthe the Hie report published two weeks agoto agoto ago agoto to to the effect that Arthur Curtis J James mes now the most dominant figure fig fig- bre ure in the railway world of or Amen Ameri- Americ c ca a has completed plans for making I Itie tie tre Moffat road load an important unit in what hat is destined to become the greatest trans continental railroad The he he new hookup of r western railroads railroad Using the Moffat tunnel and and the J e Moffat road as connecting links to form this tremendously slY powerful system was forecasted forecasted fore fore- c sted Wednesday by the reorganization reorganization I tion tion of ot the directorate of the Western West Vesle e ern ern n Pacific railroad The combination which railroad md nd financial men envision as a re remit reI re- re I suIt mit of oC the reorganization would unite unite mile the Burlington Rock Island D D. 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W Moffat railroad Mis- Mis liss s Pacific and Western Vestern Pacific with th a backing of ot unlimited ces es The Moffat tunnel Is the time key hey to the he success of or the undertaking Under the plan believed to be contemplated the tho Burlington and Rock lock Island would obtain the out- out outlets lets Jets to the Pacific coast which they tuey hove ove long desired The Moffat tunnel tunnel tunel tun- tun nel el would become their short cut and nd prove tremendously advantageous advantage advantage- ous us to them and their allies in what hat might night develop into a great ive tive railroad contest for tor transContinental and west coast business The story goes back bacle to the recent purchase by Arthur Curtis James abig a v. abig big Jg New York financier of ot large blocks locks of oC Western Pacific stock making him the heaviest stockholder er r in the road The Rockefeller interests Interests In- In come next At the time reorganization meeting 0 orthe or the he Western Pacific in San l Francisco Wednesday six new directors were put jut on the board hoard of oC the road Their names lames are significant They are Hale Holden president of or the D Burlington 11 James ames E E. Gorman president of DC the Rock lock Island Arthur Curtis James Winthrop Aldrich law in o of John ohn D. D Rockefeller eteller Jr Thomas M. M Schumacher chairman of or the time executive exec exec- I 1 I e committee Western Vestern P Pacific and nd Rhodes Lyman vice president of oC f the the- Equitable Trust t c company I New few York Schumacher who is the time personal representative of oC Mr 11 1 James gave gave e e out iut the reason for the reorganize reorganize- t ton lon on according to the Associated I Press as follows The changes in the b board iud of di di- were made with th the desire desir e to o promote cooperation with the e s II pastern astern connections of the Western Vestern l Pacific and Denver Rio Grande and end nd to strengthen the position o otho of or f Uie tho Vest Western rn Pacific a and ll enable that tha t company to compete more more effective Jl R ly in California and other territory r served served b by the road r That hll brief r statement discloses th the e most ambitious and important rail rail- pad 1 development In recent years rears The Yc Western ern Pacific under control control con of oC James and the Rockefellers wants ants to compete compte l vigorously j in California and to the east eastward ard wit with h the Union Luton Pacific and Santa l Fe e. e I It t already already has a n close alliance with the time Denver Denver f Rio Grande Western anath ana and ft th the Missouri Pacific By Dy hookIng hook- hook Ing 11 t rg up Ull with the Burlington nn and l tile the Rock Island through the thelo Molt lo tunnel tun- tun nel the Pacific and Its Us allies would at once become a great re t. t transcontinental trans trans- c continental s system stem I The election of Iro-h Iro en ant and Gorman Gorman Gorman Gor Gor- man to places on the now rate tc shows how frost Velt mow r seriously IY th the West Western ern Wn rn Pacific intends to tD go at after r the business which those two ro roads ds can i feed teed it through the time tunnel 7 I f Construed Construction on of the tho Dotsero cuttI cut- cut tI rf to give the D D. 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W v access o lo the Moffat road and the UIO tunnel could uld be an Inu Immediate result but lic me c combination will will Trill not be time snUB satin rod l with the r e e o grades torn torn- n- n Jun b by the Ithe Rio Grande on Soldier o Summit and will Insist in upon pon cO completion of the Moffat rod reed rete ie ct n Craig and Salt Lake Cit City s 8 this will wilt provide a shorter route te And one ona over which transcontinental traffic trams can be be handled with no no gr grades des t exceeding 2 per per cent Not only would the prop proposed sea combination ci Clea eato e a great x at new cross country s system e but it would give ahe the Rocky Rock Mountain west new newa new a advantages advantages ad ad- vantages In transportation both east cast and west To the time va vast t wealth of or natural resources re ra- sources sources in Routt county the tho new combination Is of ot tr tremendous m t dous Importance importance Im im- hn- hn as as It It will provide pro direct for tor the great coal agrIcultural agricultural agri agrI- agricultural cultural and livestock toek interests of Northwestern Colorado to fa the markets marJ mar mar- J both east eat eastward Card and nd westward The plan as aa outlined would ful- ful till fin the destiny of or the Moffat Moffat- road perfectly and result in tremendous- tremendous development In the inland empire which b the time Moffat tunnel was designed design design- ed eel to promote Routt promote Routt County Sen Son tine tinel I. 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