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Show COLORADO TRI-TUNNEL PROJECT FAVORABLE SALT LAKE. Aug 28 Business men of Colorado are confident thai the state will vote for the $18,000,000 In bonds for the trl-tunnei project at ihe coming eleetlon, according to Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger, who returned yesterday yes-terday from Denver. The bonds are proposed to finance the boring of three tunnels through the Rocky mountains to open up eastern east-ern outlets to vast areas of land In western Colorado capable of producing Immense resources and wealth. Colorado Colo-rado business Interei8 have computed that more than 8.000.0O0 acres of public pub-lic lands, more than 11,000.000 acre of national forest, more than 3,000.-000,000 3,000.-000,000 feet of green timber and near I 2 .'.00.000.000 tons Of coal and vast and valuable oil and shale deposits jVlll be madi- available upon completion comple-tion of the tri-tunnel project. The most Important of the three tunnels for which stat- support is ask-d ask-d and that In which t'tah Is most directly di-rectly Interested. It was pointed out by Governor Bamberger, la the James peal: tunnel on the Moffat railroad. A vtHWmn: I'.-ioil by the Denver National Na-tional bank nayn that this will open up nine rich counties, containing 4,-1 12,SSJ acres of public lands. 3,704.-02J 3,704.-02J aer-s of national forest. 1,71.632.-I 1,71.632.-I 000 feet of timber and a vast tonn&gf of bituminous and anthraelte coal. |