Show ADI PROVES nOVES MOFFAT l TUNNEL TO BE DE NECESSITY The blockade of th the tho Denver Salt Lake railroad for half of tho the month th that of at January at a time when the on- on Ur tire country was experiencing a crisis because of a lack of fuel has hag clearly clearly clearly clear clear- ly proven the proposed Moffat road tunnel to be bo a national necessity says the Steamboat Sentinel If the Mo Cat road was now using v a t tunnel under under th the C Continental di divide dt- dt vide ride the coal fields of Routt county alone could furnish furnish ur an amount of ot fuel equal to all that will willbe willbe be saved by this this- drastic order for tor conservation From tho the plain standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of or business common sense the themen themen themen men who have controlled the tho destinies destinies destinies desti desti- nies of or this railroad should have built the tunnel themselves and had they done dona so their Investment would have bave p proven one of at the most profitable profit pronto able able ablo in the country instead ot hav ing always been It if losing proposition and now for the tho second time in the hads of receivers Official figures snow that during the tho past year in spite of ot all of ot Its many difficulties lU s. s both from snow blockades above the line of the tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel and from Cram continuous and con con- mismanagement the production tion of the Routt county mines by the Moffat road rond was 1 tons or an average of or 88 88 tone per month But even with te to tie limited equipment of this railroad railroad rail rail- I road there was handled during last Aug August st st. over tons of ot coal and this would have been greatly Increased Increased in increased In- In creased had there been sufficient rolling roll- roll ing- ing stock Ing stock to have nave taken care ot of the tho orders which t tl the e m mines nes had in hand And if it th they thy y had assurance e that it would be carried the operators coiled have secured orders for tor at least double the the then amount n t ih that was was produced Even Eve l at at the low ayera maintained maintain maintain- ed for l last st year over tons would would have gone out during the last blockade If is going to tOr operate the railroads and 1 if it It truly desires to put put an end to fuel r famines families in hi in the future it it Is 8 surely relf time time that the Moffat road rOId tun tunnel e should be 1 constructed be Then Theu with this this this' railroad railroad managed managed- in capable a manner Routt county Y ca can c contribute at leas least tons of ot the best bi bl bituminous bi- bi co coal r In the th United Unit State for tor its us s of oJ the nations nation's ati n Jn industries each month k- k T The Hot Io Sulphur Springs Times sums up up the the blo blockade blockade- kade situation as as follows The b tie tie up of the Moffat road again demonstrates the fact that the present lino line over OTer tho the range Is' Is entirely entirely en en- Irely h impractical tor u a winter taU rail road road The same same thing g has occurred year after year ever ever since the road oad was was' built lt En Enough ugh m money money ney lias has been boat spent and I lost st on account o n of pf th these so 1 to go a long Iong longway way way towards financing the building of the tho tunnel is If-is to be hoped the recognize t tho the thon necessity n of building the tunnel In ord order r to secure the vast amount of coal and and trial products o of t the v vast vast t empire of r north northwestern we tn Colorado o a o. o tapped by this d W With th the to great need storehouse t for r f od and o supplies r this great storehouse must be taken advantage of or and n c can n h be b built at a I slight t cost compared to the benefit bene t to b be d derived r fed il ED V t-t-t t t |