Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-04
VAST OUTLAY FOR
RAILROAD Tunnel
MOFFAT RAILROAD INTENDS To
PIERCE MOUNTAINS AT
COST OF $4,000, 900.

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vast financial and engineering enter
prise was brought to practical ma
turity yesterday. 1t has already
claimed and gained the support of
some of the leading men of Denver
and Colorado, and it is assured of the
financial support of every enterpris-
ing man in the state. Its conclusion
will revolutionize the passenger and
traffic systems of the western states.
1t will bring Denver within twelve
hours of Salt Lake City.
Behind this great undertaking is
already the influence, capital and
support of Thomas F. Walsh, c. B.
Kountze of the Colorado National
bank. Dennis Sullivan of the Denver
National bank, Dennis Sheedy, F. G.
Bonfils, j. w. Springer of the Con-
tinental Trust company, Charles
Boettcher, David Moffat, w. G. Evans
and other men of known stability and
large interests in the state.
1t will involve capital to the
amount of $5,00O,O00 and the pierre
ing of a tunnel five miles long that
will be a new railroad track and ir-
rigation highway through the Great
Divide of the Rockies. A large
amount of the stock necessary to the
financing of the enterprise has al
ready been underwritten and ar
rangements are being made for a
trust company to take up the bal
ance and offer it for public subscrip-
| ton.
Although the scheme is independ-
ent of the Moffat road as financial
corporation, its purpose is to carry
the tracks of that road through
James Peak instead of over the pass,
and thus both shorten the distance
and reduce the grade to such an ex-
tent that freight and traffic will be
carried through the tunnel between
Denver and Salt Lake City in twelve
hours.
The Moffat road as originally de-
signed, and as it has SO far been
built, although it will reduce the
distance by rail between Denver and
Salt Lake from 742 to 500 miles, had
yet the disadvantage of comparat-
lively long route over tremendous
grades, and the new undertaking has
been originated to do away with thai
single disadvantage. The purpose Of
the enterprise is to pierce great
tunnel, wide enough to carry q
| double line of railroad tracks and ir.
/ rigation waterways through that por.
| ton of James peak known as Coro
ma pass.
The mouth of this tunnel on the
Denver side will open some little dis
lance about Tolland and debouch or
the other side of the mountain il
Middle park. This tunnel will be five
miles long and it's estimated cost So,
100000. The new company subscrib
Ing the capital will be free from tn,
control and financially Independent
of the Denver, Northwestern & Pa
cific Railroad company, commonl.
known as the Moffat road, but tn,
100000 worth of stock represent
Ing the capital of this new TUNE
company will be bonded as frs
charge upon the Moffat road, whicl
is financially free from any incam
FRANCES.
With the financial backing an,
support of the new company alread,
secured, the enterprise is already al
assured success, and when this tun
nel is finished and the lioffat roa,
Suilt through to Salt Lake City, Den
yer will be the inevitable enterini
point of all trans-continental rail
road traffic. The railroads that nov
pass Denver 104 miles on one sid
and 1S1 miles on the other will
either have to converge into Denve
and obtain a right of way 'througl
the tunnel@o or lose out on the race t
the Pacific coast.
From Denver to Salt Lake Cit
over the Union Pacific tracks is no,
626 miles and che journey take
twenty-seven hours. Over the Den
yer and Rio Grande it is e26 mile
and the time occupied in travelling
twenty-five hours. The new tunne
will cut the distance for the Moffa
road to some $50 miles and the tim
to twelve hours, almost cutting tn
distance in two and reducing tn
journey by half
The great importance of this ur
dertaking cannot be fully appreciate
on a first consideration, and its il
fiuences on the fortunes and destine
of both Salt Lake City and Denve
will be tremendous and far reaching
And it is most significant thing tina
this great undertaking has brougf
together in a common interest me