The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-05

The state of Colorado takes the
three tunnel scheme seriously. having
voted fayorably 70 the issuance of
the bonds in Tuesdays election. There
will, then. he q five and one-half mile
tunnel under James Peak. on the Mof-
fat road. otherwise the Denver and
SAT- Lake road, thirty miles north
west of Denver; second tunnel un-
der The mountains at Monarch. south
wesi of Salida, which will cut out the
climb over Marshall Pass. and enable
the Denver and Rio Grande to change
the narrow gauge line To standard
width; the third tunnel under the
Cumbrcs divide. down on the fourth
division of the Rio Grande. which
will facilitate communication with
the Durango and Silverton region.
and enable travel TO continue all
winter AZ last accounts the vote. rs
counted. was l032G in favor of the
scheme To 1888 against, with favor.
able vote steadily increasing over the
opposition.
The amendment, on which the ref
errudum was taken, provides that the
credit of The state, to the extent OF
slsIju.uOO shall be- used to construct
The tunnels, and that the railroads
crossing the range in their vicinity
shall use and maintain the tunnels.
and shall pay for their use the inter.
est upon their cost NJ . per cent. and
an annual amount To create q sinking
fund which, at the expiration of fifty
\ ycHr,, will pay the entire cost of the
construction the tunnels.
II these tunnels are built, they will,
when completed, enable the railroads
) using them 10 reduce the grades ON
line east and west through Colorado
10 o. maximum Of , per cent-a mod
crate gradient found In places upon
most of the heavy traffic transcon-
tincntal railroads Of the country.
Approximate Cost,
The tracks, connections and clcclri.
cal equipment, ready for operation
nt prescnt-dny prices for material
and labor will cost: For the Snt
4tiHn tunnels, S3,53s.3g7 Monarch
tunnel, f7,3iS.AOO; Moffat tunnel
sT,5l7936, or a total Of sis,4Oi,733.
The james Peak tunnel would hnv,
been built long agu, but FOR opposition
from the southwestern part of IA,
state where the ether two tunnels vii
be located, rs people there were de
termined 10 make a trlrpnrte affair OF
Il, or none az all. The northern tun
mel will bring the northeastern par
of Utah into direct connection will
the country east Of the great con
tinental divide.
Many surveys have been made b,
various interests into the Uintah Bn
sin, but David Moiiat of Denver wal
the first 10 actually start construc
ton Of a railroad that ultimately wa,
10 reach from Denver tu Salt LAX,
. City As his line ran, 10 would be- .
few miles shorter than the present
Union Pacific line, and much shorter
than tho Denver aud Rio daudc.
But Ia winter snow blnck- ,hr lin,
Cor weeks az time, and the interrupt
ions to traffic deferred development
ut the resources of the Basin, whicl
. -t.ll remains largely o. sIuehuisiu.
country In Colorado, and an ugicul
tural country m Utah,
Uintah Railway
The Uintah railway from Mack
Colo, 10 Wu-utch, Utah, WIS bull
} primarily 30 bring to market the pro
, duets of the gllsunitc mines Boa th
vicinity oil Watson, II b. now use,
Tor some traffic tn the Basin hut is
, nUrow-gaugc line, with extreme gra
, dieuts and curves, 10 was built b.
. tha owners of the gilsonite prnpcruc-
and does not ronch the agriculture
and populated portion of thg Basin
, though many products, when ouJsid
, prices are sufficiently high are haul
el from forty miles upwards lu Wa,
som for trans shipment finally reach
, .ug standard gauge railroad truspoI
, tlIion at Mack,
Gov. Simon Hamburger Is inter
e,.ed in building q railroad from uea
, erg.ugyillc, where 10 viii have couneC
; lions with the Denver and ri
/. Grande and the Salt Lake Route, owe
the Nasatch mountains, and truyer
ing the length of the Basin 10 Crai-
; Colo, the present terminus of Oh
. Denver and Salt Lake ms the Moiiu
line is now called The governor
survey and rights of way are olroad
: completed over a large portion of Oh
> proposed route, and the passage of oh
!. Colorado amendment is expected
have a powerful effect in making III
? finances available for the actual COZ
, -truction of the railroad.