Show DAVID H MOFFAT DEAD colorado capitalist and railroad builder Suc comba to attack of grippe now new york david H moffat banker er and railroad man of denver died here saturday from the after effects of grippe david H moffat was in his seven seventy second year at the time of death for many years he be had been recognized as colorados leading citizen him hid connection with the development ol of the state had gained for him the name a of empire builder perhaps hla his greatest recent work of development was the denver Nor northern pacific railroad known as the moffat road in honor of the builder this road ex tending from denver to salt lake through a rich but undeveloped section jot of northern and northwestern colorado was started in the year 1903 and has been completed beyond steamboat springs colo since traffic started over the line several years ago the road has been a money maker |