Show oua a ou 4 d 3 IiiI I q iiI e 1 c t M n e Ira t endo n D r d Salt d I tIIE 1 v tf r 1 i 1 Siena 1 PARR a ti k p 5 Y r x r ry y O Q 9 P A Greed Junction q to do r t J tL i iL L T YE W a f 7 Y TUNNEL r P MILES 6 T DUG K p pe T e t o JAMES dAMES peAK I e To e f M r s. s t x By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN UK LIE State Stale ol ul will drive a n six mile tunnel T through James P Peak ak 13 feet on the Coni Con Con- i mental Divide of or the Colorado Buckles for Cor the Mortal tt Road The Mur Mu- f r tat fut tunnel will cost neatly nearly seven million dollars i three und rind one one one half lf Millions millions mil Mil- lions for boring and three and lind one half millions for Cur complete transportation equipment The n work t will Ill begin this tall tull and Its completion is set WI for 19 1925 n By the construction ol of the Mullah l tunnel Colorado expect S s to bring about the following results Give n a new transcontinental trunk line to the nation at nt once shorter und stud wore more scenic than nn any other oIlier Develop elop the Colorado western slope of 01 the un un undiscovered country of vast ast potential riches Increase the states state's population and put Denver Er on nn the tile railroad tap map and make U Ul l It II n It city of rU people lIple For a 11 generation Colorado has beer been talking of tunneling James Peak O Denver Denver Den Den- Der D- D ver er erot ot voted ten years ago ngo to extend It its credit I for financing the Mount tunnel Inn iut the courts declared U the thc constitutionality of the plan Ill Tills Tills- time the state of Colorado has passed Paned on an act ace under which the h benefited most h by the tunnel constitute a o buntline district Indicated on un limp h liy by shaded ded portion and raise mise the funds IJ by sale of bonds hands The Tile pi ogress of the Mortal Moffat I tunnel lit I II el elwill will be watched with sentimental In lo Iciest crest by hundreds of thousands of people In e cr every rook nook and cranny of lr the lime United States As tourists the lave IIII made anode a n trip on un the Moffat road from Denver Denn r over the Continental Divide IJ have hwe played cI In III the snow snort In Ira J July at nt Corona feet where the tilt road rond breaks all nil world altitude records have haye exclaimed over o the nil ma mt majestic jestic scenery and have marveled atthe nt at the rearing flaring and ami skill of the men mer who f found the way and bored the runnels tunnels anti taint laid the rail rails 1 I Nut Not a few fete 0 of them will thrill at nt tI tin time thought that at ot last the vision Ision o of Id Di avid I Is to lie be real reul b tied el I. I I For or r Ui this this- D Denver r III pioneer nil eel m miner 1 and railroad builder dreamed a o dream nm that was a 0 prophetic vision Ilon Denver cl l Is s the gateway to two thirty nit fount lIal parks n and d monuments Tame Nine rOil ds enter It lt Nevertheless Ne It 11 ItI Itis I II I is nut not strictly speaking on un the railroad rail road mop map i I I. or 1 the city rises the Col 0 nilo Continental Divide which w rh slays say S 'S Sto to the railroads Come not lint go rosy ai-rosy go around I And I t o railroads railroad have ha pone gone around r hl wide wille detours to the north and south Routh on un their way to the time Pacific Thus the then have lm left lert Denver in n R amid 1111 1111 have pushed fill far from roan the western slope of ot the Continental Im III m It- It Itha III ha Colorado and amI Utah Utah-a Utah a region I than nil all New Nee 1 England und and 0 of tat fabulous t pot potential 11 riches lies Mi Mm flat ITal dim red time the terrors tenors nt the Con Con- r u n I I II I s lUG 1110 TUNNELS 1 I i ML ui I II I Simplon 1 ls I Sl bt rd Switzerland Italy Ita Italy 17 0 02 1 Swiss Alp Alps 00 1 Sit Jet C Cent Ceule Prance Italy bO MO 1 I Arb rr OV Go I II I lUcken Switzerland tS 63 I Austria 03 63 3 I Bunco Italy Maly Ii 62 az I Teada T Italy 50 La 1 1 Ar Argentina 00 SU 1 I CItti tJ i 48 I U Divide n lie organized the tilt North orth Western Pacific which the tile people promptly named time the Mortal l Road Roud H He started hl his rood road straight west over oter time the Continental Divide Ide for Cur Salt Sail Lake Luke City The engineers went into time the held December 31 ll 02 and stu stayed ed ou time till job three straight hl years winter wHIter und and They limey Y climbed on slope slope- where a misstep meant death Tin TIIt bun hung from ropes ICS in deep p gorges lS l'S it in It snowshoes sno und timid skits they traveled among time the peaks of time the divide dl itte tau tsu above timber In Arctic line n. tunes Hires But they found a 11 U tot tOI tor- tor tunas and amid It though ll it wu was was- tai waslo loii lo ii o first class railroad Into Inlo tits this work Mortal l poured III Ills his personal f fortune of many maul millions Tar rust co i t ol of wu was alts since n would wo have Im nothing but u IJ gauge broad gaage standard railroad tor transcontinental traffic The lime grading tunnel work ulnae on omi I tit the tarsi first 1 fifty miles flutes out oui of Denver 1 rust cost on nn nn ami 11 overage a mile mill and time tilt iy ty- ty five fhe miles Mlles from tt the point where tIE the road load begin to climb the foothills foothill to tc time the site Rite of the till proposed tunnel rust loRI a l mile tulle These hest fi figures figures- UIt Include only time the tunnel work and and not nol the cost cast of ties tiN rails mils time tilE of hl laying the truck track tind 11 the lures tures for stations water tank UHf zinc equipment Oll One II ly mih tulle mile actually cost o oG G Ou On time the II 77 miles tulles from froze Denver to Arrowhead which is over the Continental I vale I In II It In Middle Park Puk there UI arc foul roii ll tunnels t In Oll out stretch streIch of eh eleven miles t there hEl are t twenty nine I ski solid anIte 2 I IThe The Time cost of operation over the JIll divide In winter n n was as also appalling So Mortal ml II I to tel pore borE J James omes real und and dm dodge dge 1 time h snowdrifts fib of timber line 1100 00 feet h bj by through the living granite Then came nine the that of M offal hl his enormous rc resources our s 's ed rJ n rl failed him film Ills name vi U I aunt to 10 roads Finally 1111 he Ill died died wll with h his Ills road rond only Comple completed lJ to 31 tulles miles from flom Deaver cr lie HE m of tte Ile company IUt tins ins chunked the name of If time tilE road lo In thea the Denver Den Sail Sall Lake hut hul It t will lf nl- nl I a J ways 11 be Ih the Moffat road to the people Governor Slump has appointed u II I tunnel commission loll of five flue members to 10 fer serve ser until A August gust SI n succeeding will lie hp elected It II a has L acs organized with William P. P Robinson ou of Denver as us president and MaJ L. L D. D Blauvelt us as chief elJ engi l- l neer The Mortal tunnel will cut Uw the highest highest highest high high- est attitude altitude of the M lInt road roud front from feet down to U f feet et elevation of the time east eust portal is feet teet and amid of the west portal feet It will eliminate snow sheds und reduce reduce re re- duce dUct Its maximum 4 9 per Iel cent cult grades to 2 per pel cent cellI grades lId 1 Its maximum 16 dl degrees rel's curve cur nt ut Yu C Doodle La Luke Lake I to tn cm 10 deg degrees tees Th The construction of or JEM mites miles over comparatively level country v. from Craig will wilt curry carry the Moffat l rand tHad to tn Suit Salt Luke Lake und and shorten time the f Nt railroad distance b by 73 ml Its By Uy Bythe Bythe the construction of u a off cut of forty- forty one me tulles mlle from Orestod on the line Iliad to Ut Dotsero ou on time II Denver the Itlo Grande U W estern time the distance t from frum Den beaver to Springs would II Im lift reduced red front from rom H i miles antes to rm mites miles The Time tunnel will probably JI be tit li-J li ret feet high und l 10 IG fuel feet w wile wide lI One Oue JUt tr track lek will iii he be laid Electric powei Wel v ili lie he used Automobile will vIII be lit d dOll oil on lint hat curs time tunnel muy muyu u also o curr curry across ucros time tilt Construction will probably beILa at lit each calli end ut time tilt tune and amI apai u a pai parallel cr 01 ui auxiliary tunnel will trill be lit bulli This would wilier venter compressed ally and ventilation e C mid allow H several several sev sev- Veru V- V eru eral I pangs gangs to II work cork at ut once grace From frum f GOO to Um 1000 lOIl men will be lit- ed Colorado I is III over I time tilt fact fuci tuna trial time the MoRal Ionar tunnel llIe I will h bring hunig lIl closer time tile quad slopes of time tilt state now nett practically IH separated II by the Continental Divide I Last when the tilt Mortal l matt was waltz snowed d there was is Ilam buttel eJ of mf the northwestern part Jart of time tile stati maid and volunteer Barkers orter en turned out nut to dip out OUI the tilt II Hue II C the western in III Colorado und and Utah I Is u a lund humid of 01 riches riches- aI according to toM toa M Ii C survey of mf I the he immure II I It b h by Prof Kussel D D. p Oeo-p IIII I state saute geologist of ot Colorado Accord Hip to hl leis his report oil all shale deposits underlie a 11 territory of square mile III In northwestern h estera ern Colorado mm mid amid mm northeastern north orth- eastern Utah alone beetles u coul caul both loth bituminous und n aggregating fir OK tons There tP are mE also t deposits of it un all luau nn- tore lure In addition to clu clay and impel ores hold Iron 1111 gypsum graphite loud lead men nry iu y marble marille salt scoria Ia sliver er state slate sulphur tungsten mend zinc There II Is ulso any amount 1 of water t er power Porter lo er So Su l Springs hits hilS already had u by thousands thou sands alls from all tilE the region regind round about Denver er plans plant to a u state cele- cele 1 rail on when r work orb begins lu iii 1 the fall |