Show liag the etow ruge denter A report come a from afie we t end of the colorado midland that surveyors are at work laying out a proposed new fine the bagu ache range or the main range west of leadville the midland now classes th range by means of the flagerman flag erTan tunnel in the ano WY range seventeen miles west at at altitude of ftc the tunnel is approached by a marvelous piece of engineering including inc luling the midland loop sn 14 beveral winding tracks one above tile on the mountain side a many hundreds of fact lake 4 u aels the haggeman Hag teman tunnel ia nearly half a mile long and is through the apex continental divide and the water w ch flows from it flows both into the atlantic and paufilo oceans the heavy grades on this line the pro position of finding another line below the hagerman tunnel aud last winter a scheme was discussed which proposed ruining a new tue net some the man tunnel beginning at the ilia tion bush on the slope and out near lock ivanhoe Iva nhue on sucho tunnel would be abbout three bailes long but it would adt or twelve wiles of the road and the loop and heavy grades where the track d around the tain the building of such a tunnel would be a gigantic enterprise enter but it would appear from the report that 6 vey cirs are orthe ground tn calr the bl idland company which has ia the past shown reach emrage and enter arne is seriously seri thinking af mak ing the proposed cut off |