| Show FIGURES GIVEN AS TO ehret PROPOSED TUNNELS latest reports as to tho the feasibility of tho the three great railroad tunnel proposed irl a colorado state stat that moffat tunnel will bo be located at the head of south boulder 60 21 miles we west s t of denver r and one half mile from the present sent line of at tho moffat Tail railroad road at each portal tho tunnel will be 2500 feet lower than the present line of the denver salt lake rike r ike railroad over corona pass it will decrease present railroad distances 23 3 10 miles and eliminate all grades more than 2 per cent the monarch tunnel site is 1291 fet lower than the present railroad crossing of the denver dener rio grande railroad over marshall arshall il pass i the san juan tunnell chumbres Cum bros bres pass site will be feet lower than the present railroad crossing of the denver rio grande railroad oven Cun Cu bres pass aboe the proposed tunnel it will decrease present rail road distance miles 1 detailed estimates of saving in op titration ti on present business to the salt lake railroad com to the denver RIO grande railroad company when connections are made demonstrate that the saving saying to these railroad companies from the use of the tunnels without making any est estimate imato upon or including tl e cost of snow blockades will bo be in excess of per year a sum slim more than sufficient to pay interest into rost at 5 per cent and create a sinking fund of 2 per cent per year upon the cost of the three proposed tunnels the report of the engineer made after careful investigation states positively that the three tunnels can be built within the estimate of cost given by him at present prices for labor and material cost estimates ot of the three tunnels and equipped are moffat tunnel monarch tunnel 17 and the san juan tunnel 60 |
