Show Ll LESTER LISTER STEn D. D FREED AT DE DENVER Elt IX IN I I INTEREST OF OP 1101 MOFFAT FAT TUNNEL I The pledge of ot the the Utah backers of oC the Salt Lake Denver railroad I Ito to do all in their power to bring I about an early realization of the plan for the completion of the so-called so Moffat road from rom Denver Denyer to Salt Lake was carried to the special session session session ses ses- sion of oC the Colorado legislature which met April 13 18 by Lester D. D Freed a director of the Utah organ organ- This decision was reached at a meeting of the Salt Lake Denver railroad Mr Freed carries the message message message mes mes- sage of the Utah Interests also to a special civic committee appointed by Governor Oliver Shoup and Mayor Dewey C. C Bailey of Denver to labor for the construction of the road The call for the special session ot of the Colorado legislature sets forth one of its purposes to enact a law providing for the construction of tunnels through mountain ranges forthe for forthe forthe the purpose of aiding transportation transportation transportation tion and communication a and to facilitate facilitate facilitate facil facil- commercial intercourse within the state Construction of oC the tunnel under James Peak as Is contemplated would greatly facilitate the e extension ten exten tension ten ten- sion of the line from Craig Colo COlD to Provo as contemplate by the Salt Lake Denver company nv The I tunnel would eliminate the conti continental divide and would make possible pos pos- possible sible the operation of ot the line from I Denver to Craig twelve months of at I i the year Completion of the and the tunnel would not only open up UJ the vast resources of the Uintah basin bisin bi- bi sin but would shorten toe the av between Denver and Salt Lake Lako b by br sixt sixty miles I A At the meeting of oC the Salt alt Like Lake Denver Demer company Mr Fre Freed d WES was w s instructed to offer every possible as assIstance assistance as- as assistance to the Colorado interests in forwarding the movement Mr Ir h reed will carry assurances that the Utah backers of the enterprise headed by former Governor Simon Bamberger erger will construct the link to Salt Sal Lake from Craig If It Colorado interests I provide for the tunnel n- n I |