Show y SALT LAKE TO TOr t. t DENVER 12 HOURS Gigantic Gi antic Plan to Cut Twine Tunnel Under James Peak in J r-i- r Colorado C 0 I ora d o. o FIVE MILES IN LENGTH Will Reduce the Distance 46 1 4 Miles Between the Two State Capitals I 4 Sept 23 A 3 A of vast financial and engineering enterpriser enterprise r f clint will i D Denver mcl Into Imo the tho front tont rank of American cities clUes was brought to to- practical yesterday It ha has lias already claimed and gained the I support of some lEome of the leading leading- men inca of ct Denver and Colorado and It Is assured assured as ns- of tho ho financial support of ofen every en ent t enterprising man in the state slate Its conclusion lon will bring to immediate k terms all the railroads that have ha for 01 forso to so o man many years cars denied to Denver its claims to be he made a new basing point pointon 1 on the transcontinental railroad R 1 I terns tenis and it will revolutionize re the passenger pas pas- i enger and traffic systems o of the I Western Vc tern states Mates It will bring brIn- Denver r r within twelve hours of or Salt Lake City CIl I und and convert it Into the inevitable Inc grouping point for all nil the railroads between he- he tween tho the Missouri river rl and nod the Pacific Pa- Pa coast I I Capital to 0 hive o c 11 l. t. t I Behind this great leat undertaking Is alread already already al- al ready read the tho Influence capital capita and sup sup-j sup sup- I port ort of Thomas F. F Walsh C. C B. B I r r Kountze of the tho the Colorado National I lID bank nl Dennis Sullivan an of the Denver er National bank hanl Dennis Dennl F F. G. G I J. J W. W Springer of or the Continental Con Con- 4 mental Trust t company Charles Charle Doettl t. t l dH oher r David ld Moffat W. W G. G J ans and I. I other men of stability and anil large Interests L In the state lat It will T r Involve capital to the amount of 5 1 6 i w and antI the piercing of a tunnel y 0 five he miles niiles long that will vill be bo a new nest t railroad track and Irrigation hf highway hwa r through ugh the th Great Divide hlo of tho the f A large amount of ot tho stock r. r 1 nece ca ary to tho ho financing of the lie en enterprise en- en eni i f has lias already been un underwritten rIt lel t ten and arlan arrangements ments ate arc being heIng made 4 J for a a. trust company compan to take talc up tho ho I It t L' L balance and offer oer it It for public sub sub- suh-I suh I s I Independent of Moffat Boat I r i Although h the scheme Is independent I of the Moffat road as a financial corporation corporation cor- cor v. v its purpose is to carr carry the thc tracks track of that road through James I park instead of over o the pass and thus both shorten the thc distance and reduce tho ho grade to such an nn extent that freight frel ht and traffic will be bo carried carrIed car car- ried ned through ove over the new tracks to tobe tobe tobe be built through the tunnel between Denver and Salt Lake City in twelve hour houn The rhe Moffat road as as originally designed and amI as It has so far been heen h built although it will reduce the tance b by rail rall between Denver and Salt Lake La from to miles ha ha c c fW al' al Jw long route over o tremendous t and the new undertaking has hns been originated originated or or- Ir I. I to tb do away with that sin single le I. I disadvantage d tI The purpose e of or the I enterprise I is to pierce a great reat tunnel wide enough to carry a double line of or tracks irrigation waterways waterways water water- of oC James ways was through that portion park known as Corona pass g. g Tunnel Five o Miles Lon Long The mouth of or this tunnel on the Denver Demer side will open some seine little distance above Tolland an and debauch on the other side of oC the mountain in I Middle lIddle Park Parl This tunnel will be five miles tiles long Ions and md its estimated cost 5 The rho new company compan Bub subscribing L In ing the capital for the thc enterprise will willbe be free from rom the control and financially financial financial- ly h Independent of the Denver Northwestern Northwestern North North- orth- orth western Pacific lc Railroad company compan commonly known as ns the Moffat road but the worth of stock representing representing rep rep- resenting the capital of ot this new tunnel tun tan l' l nel net company will be he bonded as a at t first char charge e upon the Moffat road which h I Is financially free from irom an any in in- I cumbrances The bonds are to beat bear f 0 r. j n per nor r c cent nl Interest guaranteed h by the l' l i Moffat l road anti and they will bo he redeem redeem- f pd od d b by the Moffat road at the end of or 1 I 10 lo years year When hen the tunnel Is IR completed comI com corn I the right of way for railroad tracks will be leased to the Moffat road at a rate sufficient to cover tho Interest InterN of C G per cent per annum on on the bonds bond and to create a n. f sinking fund l' l redeeming the capital stock of or ori i c the he company compan In ten years eurs Enterprise o A S Suc With th the financial backing and support support sup sup- port the new now company has Im already alread the tho enterprise is already alre an assured success and when this tunnel is la finished he l and the Moffat roa road built I. I through to Salt Lake City Denver er t be ho the thc Inevitable entering point of o all tran transcontinental railroad traffic The railroads that now pass Denver er 10 4 miles mile on one oneIdo side Ido and anti miles mites on the other will ill either cither have to con verge er e into Denver and nuel obtain a right of way through h the tunnel or lose outon outon out outon on the race roc to tho tim Pacific con coast t. t From Denver Den to Salt Lake Lale City over 1 tho the Union Pacific tracks Is Js now no noG G G miles and the journey takes tw sen nt en se hours 0 O er er the Denver Deliver tor Rio Bin Grande it l Is Ij 26 G miles nilles anti tho the time limo occupied In traveling Is Js twenty five hours The Jh new tunnel lInnel will vilI cut the tho distance for 01 forthe forthe the Moffat road to some ISO miles and the time to twelve twel hours almost cutting culling the distance In two and reducing fn log ing the Journey by hy half The r g-r great at Importance of this undertaking un un- un- un cannot he be full fully appreciated jn on n a a. first consideration and Its In Influence Influence In- In fluence on the fortunes and destinies if lie er Denver and anti Salt Lake will be he tre- tre rn n ous anti and far reaching And nd It is a most significant thing that lint this great gleat undertaking has haC brought ht together in a common Interest interest Inter inter- est Rt men m n of 0 varying interests int re ts who ha have hanot not Joined hands hand for Cor a n. single le purpose for COl many years ear This n now new w company should mean meun a 1 new new era for Denver and an Colorado not only bo- bo cause causo of the great reat prosperity and Importance imparlance Im Im- im- im parlance it will bring and give ghe to the ct city an and state stale hut but because of the new and larger spirit it proves to exist here her whon when an any great scheme for the benefit of or Denver Is promulgated And the operation co-operation of oC the gentlemen gen gen- tl men whose nam names s have been published published pub pub- in this statement is iR a 1 public guarantee that the scheme has IH been en most carefully considered con l before they associated with wilh It It Jr will rc re tUg fia it It t rend froni from n n. patriotic pa na- trIo tic and anti splendid d ensured erm Tag 1 into an undertaking undertaking- of as assure assured assured as- as sure financial n L and unlimited ed ell utility and anel It il will raise Denver er from the position of a n city that has flourished despite th the neglect of or tho railroads into a city of the first rank that will be he th the clearing house of or tho the transcontinental railroad systems of or America |