The Glenwood post., 1911-08-19

| when the Moffat road is blocked with
snow.
Until the tunnel is built the Moffat
road cannot be considered an open road
throughout the year.
And another thing,-if the manage
ment of the Moffat road should be so
unwise as to build that cutoff the peo-
pie will beat that tunnel bill which will
be submitted to them in 1912. Denver
alone, will defeat the bill if it appears
the Moffat road is not to be built to
Salt Lake City.
While it is true the present manage
ment of the Moffat road claims that
they are Indifferent to that question, t
is safe to say that no one connected
with the Moffat road is going to do
anything to turn away from that road
the $4,000,0O0 which the people are
asked to vote to build the tunnel In
other words, it is against all human
nature to believe any person now lives
who would turn down an offer of $4,
100000 to construct tunnel which
must be constructed to make the ex-
tension of the Moffat road a railroad
or paying Investment -=-.
I Even when the tunnel is constructed
they must have traffic arrangement
with the Rio Grande before they can
do business-and this they cannot get.
1t is probably true a shipper can
route his freight as he pleases, but it
would be a difficult thing to make a
railroad company receive freight to be
diverted from their line to another
line to be carried to destination which
the first carrier reached.
The interstate commerce commission
refused to interfere when it was sought
to make a shipment of cattle from
Utah point over the Rio Grande and
turn the shipment over to the Midland
at this point. The Rio Grande refused
to accept the cattle and said, eff you
want to ship over tie Midland you can
drive to Grand Junction. The matter
was taken up with the interstate com
merce commission, informally, and with
the result, they refused to interfere.
Now suppose shipper wanted to
ship a consignment from Glenwood TO
and thence over the Moffat road to
Denver. Under the law, he can route
his freight, but the Rio Grande refuses
to receive the freight or turn that ship
tment over to competing line to be
Icarriei to its destination.
| Now, what is the shipper to dot Can
The sue for damages? Is he damaged
If it can be shown that the Rio Grande
lean carry that freight to the same des
Etination as the Moffat road and at the
same pricef Now if you cannot compel
another road to divert it's traffic to au-
other road, what would the Moffat road
get if they built that cutoff? Nothing,
except what the Rio Grande choose 10
give, except, as l have said above, the
in which event, the situation would b.
!, lentirely different.
Let me summarize:
4 1st. The Moffat road cannot build
the cutoff.
End. The Rio Grande will not build
: the cutoff.
3rd. The building of the cutoff now
would defeat the tunnel bill
4th. Without the tunnel and traf-
) &c arrangement with the Rio Grand-,
, the cutoff would be a useless expendi-
} turs Of money.
5th. The Rio Grande does not have
to exchange business with the Moffat
road when it can carry traffic to the
, same destination.
! 9Th. The Rio Grande is not likely to
buy the Moffat road or make traffic ar.
} fangements with the Moffat road when
it would lessen the income of the Rio
: Grsnde.
7th. II the Monat people could build
the euto&, IL could use the same amount
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