Show MOFFAT EXTENSION THIS SIDE CRAIG nothing will bo be ione done until after tunnel bond election first of november W H paul general passenger and freight agent of the denver and salt lake railway company has written a letter to the vernal express in which he be states that he believes the moffat tunnel con tract which has haa been made public will be voted on about the first of november in a letter to mr paw paul a few days ago the vernal express inquired as to construction work on the moffat road this tilde aide of craig and here to la his reply 1 I have no advice regarding immediate extension of the line west of craig and doubt it if anything Is done in that direction unell after the tunnel vote track laying is now in pi pio 0 gress between steamboat and craig and it is expected it will be finished in a few weeks D kenihan of vernal is in le ie of a lottery letter from A 0 of lay colorado in which the writer says saye every thing looks good here as the railroad crews have gone west from maybell and that means that they are working or will be by the time you got get this cettei within 60 miles of vernal with the country they have ahead of them they all A I 1 I 1 soon skip over as they have the worst of the work done west of craig to the head of strawberry after they get down on the wolf creek side aide of tile the hill at elk springs and i that Is not difficult the flaco fiasco will tend to keel thein anay from any more neild ald goose chases fot foi some time the aboe cettei was several artys ays ago and it Is 1110 more re than likely that the surveyors are much nearer vernal now prom from the tone of the letter with reference to the meeker route there will be nothing doing denver in july baer walbridge and montgomery of meeker visited general man agai morse with a view to inducing his bis company to cou con stuer the feasibility of a survey through their town they gave mr morse to understand a one per cent grade could be b maintained he informed them that tf it such a grade could be made he would consider the matter in a favor favorable abit light it has been demonstrated that the grade is impossible the vote on the tunnel proposition would have been called some time ago except for the reason the tunnel commissioners thought it best to wait until the supreme court of colorado has passed upon the validity of the commission form of government for donver denver the court will convene some time this mouth month below is given the tunnel contract in brief f the moffat tunnel to is to be primarily used for or the conveyance of water and electricity for fol municipal purposes and secondarily for the use of the denver salt lake railroad in no event will the cites liability exceed for the of the tunnel ready tor for the installation of these utilities all excess Is in to be paid by the railroad company all railroads may use the tunnel and its approaches ou on payment of halt half the interest and a tax approaches pro aches to extend 30 miles ml lee east from eastern portal and 75 west from western portal cit city to letalu title to entire property pio perty until the railroad company has paid all the bonds issued by the city in aid of the enterprise bore will be not less than 16 feet wide and 21 feet high and all for electric of trains are to be built at tile the companas comp anys expense all mineral discoveries to belong to the city |