| Show urges co operation with utah to insure extension the sentinel is 13 in receipt of the following communication from a ai prominent bubines mn who la is in ti acquainted with northwest North wes tern colorado and hag has extensive ag ri cultural interests in routt county but ho la Is now temporarily located in the eastern portion of the state in a recent issue of the sentinel I 1 read ead the letter of the ulelah club of 0 vernal relative to the dottero cutoff and its effect upon Nor norths thes tern colorado and northeastern utah I 1 also note with a treat great deal of 0 interest that it la Is nen liken ot of utah who point out the fact that the peo pie of routt and moffat counties have mortgaged their ands and farms to secure relief from a situa that has existed tor for years only to find that the relict relief sought la is take I 1 away front rom them through the shortsightedness of our men in n char chars I 1 I 1 I 1 alne erel regret that we had to go to utah to get for 0 ir gal a iloa however ever such it 1 met the tile case but we can congratulate ourselves that me e have in itah who ar so willing and to operate ih us IN e ha hax silent et nt over 12 OPO to bull build a tunnel and I 1 think it would mould be money mone welt well spent to put up a few shousan thousand y more and get a man who Is big enough to take up oar baure take it to washington and there how to the interstate Com commerce merte commission that our country Is being held back and thousands of p ale are being deprived of transportation for no reason except that a tew few cal barons are mocking lAoc king the ext extension enslin of the moffat road from craig to salt lake I 1 nihad ve had denver to help us in our fight to get tin tunnel ball passed but it if we want to get the benefit of our investment we w must push the craig extension ourselves for den ver yet has no interest west of 0 denver it our tunnel commission comm leelon la is lot big enough to pdt the deal over there are plenty of men who mho are big enough lint but ou can t hunt bin blis game with a 22 calibre ride rifle and this la is the time when we must have a big bertha and furnish the powder to do the work I 1 regret that the mistake was made 0 f putting the selection of 0 the e 0 tunnel commission in the hands of the 9 governor vernor true he appointed the ame fame 11 to succeed itself which as evidence of his A judg ment governor adams s aiwas alwa been against the moffat tunnel time Is precious for it if the dot st u ro cutoff is put in without the craig salt lake extension routt and councle coun tle will receive a set eti et i back of at least 10 years of course it time Is nothing then it 11 is all right for some dav day the injustice of the thing Is going to be to 0 o plain that the thi extension will be forced but who wants to rait flit 10 year years 1 I for one do not I 1 truit trust that you will ause ue your good paper to point out these facts to the people of your vl 1 l vicinity and urge them to see what can be t done it if necessary let a get a man like jim reed hiram johnson or someone wap who Is big enough to cave av 0 our ur hides for or me e are surely being skin ned with the co operatic i of our rood good friend friends in tit utah we can make the demand demands for the criag salt lake efte extension T slon to great and the fight so to hot that me will ln in routt county sentinel |
