Show BURLINGTON ROAD TO SY A BIG DEAL Moffat Will Become Link in Transcontinental Transcontinental Trans Trans- co continental t 1 c System ono one e Term Term- inns IS at Cl Chicago and th the theOther theOther Oakland Other Olur at r f foll following dispatch was re received ec e- e c d. d from fronT from ChIc Chicago go last Sunday Developments of the last few d dates X make it practically certain that the Denver Salt Lake railroad gen gene gen e known as as the Moffat road wf become a link In a tr transcontinental transcontinental system that that will put Denver on ona a a direct ct short line with one terminus fermI- fermI terminus nus at Chicago c-Chicago and and J the other at t Oakl Oakland nd The Burlington will be beth bethe bethe th the the m main ln factor in swinging the deal although it is IC p possible that the final arrangements will willI Include lude the Rock Rock Island nd The The pr project calls for construction construction construction con con- of a tunnel through the main range either under James peak as projected by the builders of the Denver Denyer Salt Lake or at ano another er point E Either ther will wUl mean a short line connecting the eastern with the western western portions of ot Colo- Colo Colorado Colorado Colo I rado rad and therefore a ne new transcontinental transcontinental railroad The purchase recently or of the t Denver Rio Grande railroad by bondholders also controlling the theW W Western tern Pacific was the first step in creating the new system Acquiring control of the Denver Salt Lake is the second step Construction of the tunnel and cutoff connecting the two railroads will mean the completion of ot the project ct While many obstacles remain to tobe tobe tobe be overcome legal and financial men high In the councils of ot western railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads here consider the progress made in recent days assurance that th the deal deal will go through They say that tha It may require a number of ot months of adjusting before actual construction can begin but those in ina ina I a position to know assert that only some unforeseen obstacle can prevent final carrying out ut of the the pian plan |