Show BORE IN AMERICA moffat road ma ala build six alile I 1 lucinel under main range tile the construction of tile the longest tunnel in america boring six and a quarter miles straight through the mountain from I 1 tolland olland on the atlantic antle slope to idlewild Idle wild on the other side of tile the range at a cost of is 13 under consideration by the barlage management of tile the moffat road chis gigantic engineering feat will be undertaken to reduce the climb which tho the load makes from tolland to tho the site bite of the two mile tunnel originally contemplated at the foot level ahe I 1 he elevation of tolland is the proposed tunnel will enter the moun tain side two and a half miles milea beyond tolland near la dora at an elevation afan of an oven feet fLet thua thus saving a climb of feet oaf over r a 4 per cent grade and a distance of fourteen miles over tho the loute that tho track would could follow ifa if a two mile tunnel were built I 1 the lie decision to survey for this six mile tunnel was reached by the moffat officials after they had reached d the conclusion that tho the climb above tolland cintli posed an impracticable grade which must be eliminated for the construction of this enormous tunnel it will bo be necessary to blast through solid granite all the wa dav and chief horace A Suni sumner ncr of the hottat line estem ites that it will ill r quire require all of thice years to do the work and that the cost coat will not be less lesa than and may reach 1 KO moi mo 0 A special surveying party left denver last I 1 hurad ay iy lor I 1 celland to begin tile the surveys for this nitin ster tunnel it v ill alquire from lout loui lo 10 MX bik wc weeks clis to II 11 L 11 ire all tile data ot of iol aaion and at th ch tt it time the ligums figures and c will bo tat lai I 1 beluie the capitalists and it the plans all aie wil il commence in Novt november niber never ili tilt history ot of raili railroad oad build ing has such it a gigantic glade cutting tunnel been attempted chis I 1 ins tunnel will be mote than a mile below the summit lr tilt llie gibat divide above aboc it on which corona towers and in th chck feet that will bo be gained d by it avei the two mile tunnel lirot cl hundreds hun dieda eds of thousands collais will be saved in the annual ol 01 0 aerating el expenses abt s of tile the ro roid id w when lit n its through I 1 anti and pas business is opened with salt lake cit citi with the exception of alpine tunnell tun nela this proposed pio posed tunnel will nill be in ili tile the world but engineer Su puniner niner used to building a road straight up the mountain side ducs does not consider it anything unusual I 1 think no I 1 insurmountable table di ali CUI lies are in the way nay of this long tunnel buntic I 1 we should build it ili and so far its as I 1 know knon no unusual A aing problems will be met with mr air sum nr said the eastern mouth of the tunnel will be located near tile the point where tile the track now doubles back in the bouth boulden alley to begin tho the its ascent tiit of tho mountain its is two to and a half miles beyond tolland and 1 10 feet higher being just feet in ili such a tunnel no loco locomotive motie could oe lit ubald manager deuel electric power must be used for the tha smoke bioni locomotives would lua ever everybody body on tile the train even ill a VAO two mile milc |