Show COI COLORADO on D DEVELOPMENT Of The fight in Colorado t get railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road development de overshadows allot all ot other her issues political or otherwise says the Steamboat To Toto Toto Toto to break through the mountain barriers barriers harriers bar har- with at least one direct transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- con continental U line to the Pacific coast Sf sra sta ales cs es and to connect eastern and CEn central Colorado with the southwestern south south- s western estern t stern part of the state are imperative to the I al at and industrial development of i the state tate On Un the Western Slope the situa- situa t ni a I is serious There are few lines crowing the mountains and it is imp Im- Im p r le to supplement these In Inan Inan inan an anway anay way tray through other means of I trai T 1 The he be transportation problem falls I n 11 i u rally into three parts the parts the them n m et ri by e. e t Becton the west middle-west I section and the southwest section T 1 The he I northwest section made up of Grand Grund Routt Moffat l and Rio Blanco counties and comprising an anarea anarea area are of ot square miles is served served served ed by the Moffat road with present terminal at Craig and by such facilities facil facil- it il ies as can be gotten on the north and the Denver R Rio Grande on 01 the south both too far away to be ue of any use in marketing any commodity commod commod- ity except livestock Building the Mo Moffat Hat tunnel through James peak would offer a great relief to the railroad con congestion congest ion in this section since a mere more cutoff cutoff cutoff cut cut- off from Dotsero on the Rio Grande to the Moffat line near Orestod would save the long haul over o Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- pass and the Royal Gorge Pueblo to Denver The rights of Pueblo could be protected if It Denver would cooperate oper co ate in building a tunnel under Marshall pass for a broad gauge line from Montrose to Salida and yin in extending ex- ex extending extending ex ex- tending the present broad road gauge line from Del Norte to Durango These three regions are rich In coal and mineral resources in water waterpower waterpower waterpower power in oil shale In timber umber The They have the finest uranium and vanadium mines in the world in Mont Montrose rose and San Miguel counties but cannot develop them because of lack of transportation Coal fields rival those of Pennsylvania in the northwest and southwest sections and nearly nearl all the great mining camps of the s state state-Silverton tate Silverton Rico ico Aspen Telluride Leadville are names to conjure with |