Show locks as though the burlington R R would use the moffat tunnel the moffat tunnel recently completed Is receiving the serious consid aeration of burlington railroad officials aho ho see in it en an opportunity to extend their service straight vest west from denver to california president ralph budd of the orest northern system which with the northern pacific jointly owns the burlington Sur lington announced in denver monday that he intends to allt i it the maffat tunnel bore friday I 1 naturally an enterprise as bis big ar a the moffat tunnel interests people who have a railroad like the burlington he said the most that can bw bu said now Is that the tunnel Is a tremendous improvement to colorado and affords a route that all men must watch very closely president freeman of the moffat road his hus invited me a number of times to visit the tunnel and I 1 plan to re turn here friday and accept his invitation asked concerning a report that arthur curtiss james of the burlington interests had acquired a stock control of the denver and rio orande grande western railroad mr budd said he had neier heard anything abbit it the western pacific and missouri pacific for several have hoe been joint owners of the D and R G C W i james who controls the western pacific Is known to fai favor or use of the tun I 1 nel net by y the D and R a 0 W EO so as to shorten its line and connect the bur 1 1 lington with the western pacific but the missouri pacific hai has been holding out against this it lt has been rumored that james recently acquired to 10 pr cent of the D and n 0 W stock from the ItUs missouri sour I 1 pacific this it if true would give him 60 per cent and control and insure an early arrangement for fur use of the tun nel net t Pr president eident budd came into denier en cn a special train with 0 her great nothern no thern and burlinson Bur linton and colorado and nd southern officials monday and after a brief stop here departed for the bouth via the 0 and S 8 on an in inspection spec tion trip indications are that travel trivel this summer will be heavy president budd said speaking Speak int for the burlington I 1 can say that there Is every reason to believe the tourist business will be as good as last summer we can tell pretty accurately from the early bookings what the business will be for the summer and bookings this sprine spring have haie ben very good that prible will be done to build up the moffat country and give better service to shippers was the premise made bv by W R freeman I 1 resident of the moffat road and a f r ltv of officials who visited craig I 1 friday eveylne saw the craig empire that the officials are not bontem pla to lower er freight rates or extension of the road to the west at the time tirre was the impression given by the visitors in the official party were frederick H prince sr of boston the largest individual stockholder of the railroad M fen frederick H prince jr baron deneson of paris a gut guert of princes president gerald hughes and lafayette hughus the cpr bearing the officials arrived in craig shortly after seven O 0 clock the members of the party did not leav av the car and talked to the only on craig citizen represents the E C johnson president nt freeman wired ahead to haie hae johnson visit the train and for over oser an hour the members c the varty questioned johnson in reg rd to prospective prospect he crop fields for the pre rit apar and for five years to iome about lie ll tock prospects oil stomp on sib i cities coal mines and various other sources ot of fregat traffic the officials intimated that they are willin ing to po go to considerable erable length to secure additional freight revenue i A promise was made of increased service for livestock shippers and it was intimated that a drive would be made to secure livestock shipments now going bv by way of rifle and wan warn on the basis of faster runs to the denver market just what significance the trip may have on the future plans of the railroad mr prince d d not divulge he lie declined to intimate what plans are being laid for the future and excused himself from any expression on that subject by stating that he was a guest of the railroad and preferred to leave all matters of bistrim busl nea policy to the officials in railroad circles it Is reported thab the big 1 men behind the moffat road w will ill be satisfied with nothing less than the construction of the line through to salt lake city and in a previous interview in denver mr prince that this enterprise will be the second chapter as Is he called it tn in the history of the moffat railroad however he set no date for the probable commencement of the work W it R Fre freeman erriAn ores president ident of the denver and salt lake company accompanied by frederick H prince enet capitalist ct of bos J aton ton and heavy heasy stockholder in the ome me company were in craig last friday evening on an inspection trip over oer the road says the craig sentinel they jere were accompanied by other officials of ana company and baron de nexon of paris parts a friend and guest of mr nir prince the party arrived in oral craig at p in by special train and left the same evening after a short visit isit to crates craigs downtown district although the trip was said sold to be simply an inspection trip there Is 1 a general feeling that there is or doing in railroad circles which has nit r jt yet reached a pont po nt of development where it can be broadcast and that the moffat railroad Is 13 the center about which some big business deal is 13 sing swing inc according to new reports the interstate ter state commerce commission is expected to approve the apoll cation of the denver and salt lake road to build the dotsero dottero cutoff cut off in n the near future this application seti sets forth that the construction of the line would start within ft a reasonable time after dup authority had been had the application for permission to construct the 43 42 mile cutoff cut off oft was filed by the denver and salt lake western railroad a wyoming corporation of which W R freeman Is president julian bamberger Bambe reer who has his plans for a road from craig to bait salt lake city Is wd to be investigating the aepli cation and Is said to be contemplating an objection to the approval of the ap catlon f |