| Show railroad lail road to cross the basin 1 I 12 to informs ed d ln in denver two great coups are planning an in e 1 ol orado chere has been discussion F ti dt the morgan HUI hill syn ave ve the burlington new ral al combination a direct 10 lo tie he pacific coast by boring 11 e tunnel and linking the de denver er rio grande 1 the western pacific rall ekht at lake thus affording a lylse which by use of the fr would bould be the short trans luji route the announcement ree ot of the purpose ot of the rockefell i lt cf greater in strength than combination to in western erff colorado by the a mlle line between and aid gallup N mex alex id d afford an outlet tor for een los angeles and r a colorado comes the cihat that this same group has ir irk vast coal interests in aj lR rutt counties connection preparations ly vilder way it Is said for wate construction of a d ass iea connection between an in routt and moffat coun galt ii lake where the ithe coal fc 4 products of the western be turned over to the los salt lake rail railroad tor for the haul to southern california the new route it Is understood will cross the yampa river near Alay maybell bell and will go north through lay giving it a route to the union pacific shorter than by way of craig the present terminus of 0 the denver salt lake railroad evidence ot of the purpose 0 of the morgan hill syndicate to obtain a western outlet to the coast from denver is contained in information received in denver to the effect that factual actual field work has begun in preparation for or boring a tunnel through hie he continental divide under jones pass betwee empire and Ta Taberna bernash ah for several weeks it is said surveying parties have been going quietly over the ground in clear creek and gilpin counties seeking etching a satisfactory way to approach the eastern portal of the tunnel without traversing clear creek canyon the proposed new line begins at utah junction following the present line of the moffat road to coal creek thence diverging diNer ging by one of two proposed routes to empire through the projected empire tunnel the line would again connect at Yd Ta bernash with the road whose tracks would be used to some convenient point tor for connection with the denver danver rio grande the proposed new route would shorten the distance to salt lake miles mile and make the combined system the shortest transcontinental line |
