Cheyenne record., 1920-10-28


sevcTal raes of ts heaviest grade, the elimination of
the Curuhrcs Iass promises them adexusts
transportation teg which, the Rio Grande authorities
,have long aa necessity. Tom Devine ana his
iiltibilt tr. e'. ark most would lead the
iti,t,ers i 5l.5 IN III -a,r n prevent the
peupIe OF ,,gs,e iia i ;ous Sei-, from secur-
slope nnkir thi gea to oi'iepni' ths fnnn.
s aaw eas 1hs. I the e. @ ~ %f" " ls aid. I'pss IS
%s ass,a az as & siss a s /, 4 =, .s F /" ,ssi, ss,
cold. selfisl, pi a wes4 ~ on
We call the (, r * Ls s,,s a 5at ne fact
is". tn own N ,a epoye w sn @ s.ss eS wiss was
fastened upon the people Of aonrn''' the West slope
Of this debt which they had p,,,t In the mating.
without complaint.
state development and present to these powerful
financial powers because of the desperation of
reach sympathetic ears For we remember that it
the codblooded United Railroad Trust thar recently
stew"y that tore from sIr sIofat the Holland nnd New
York Bankers after sufficient had been pledged
to build the Moffat Tunnel and to complete the Moffat
powerful combination now controls the bond holders com
mittee of the AIoffa Road prevents Committee
from from eateon 70 We a9 bes @ SsH @ a oaaru eo ce
bination in New York is Ga.,,H' the Union Pa
Wyoming TO the North, the Sand - XIX. the so:;ern
Pacific sErting Colorado to the South shall have real
competitor We feel convinced that this mutbilansirc
organization has dccreed the nniine of the Ioff Road
Ie e oy oua t. e pa o a al
be nllow-l is Il G7ur line from the Union Pacific, in
to Oak creek % We believe @ furter I that @ hls ' pawsrf"
rnilrnd combination h'ts ecroc tina. the oiy real out
line connecting with the Santa Ic in New Mc:,icc, 5
9he undersigned citizens and residents Of The Weas
preiuiecu by the dec,tive advertisement Of Toin D
vine and his multibiliorire New York masters Tless
nre against the pioneers and the home builders of NDsi
western MiddIcwesern and Southwestern Colorado
In ftn pf tho rotIf
New York, who haye their estabshcl sind campei;s.
tines 70 tie North and to the South They have force
nn oe beac ., m he 9 & s :" nw sa n nas GU o
East Slope, chiefly because these unite,l rail-
great G T. $ l. cs,poron i,u We Of The Wet sIo
call attention that Governor Aimons tiovernor Buchc
College Or. No:u CT the University John Morris
stats Grange ana other Colorado patriot and Colo
l:u2 ElaLer las endorsed this constructive measure.
's,'e, htizens the West Slope earnestly call
nG ;'.ion of the business inen OF Canon City Pueblo
the tat they have had the benefit having the
great state Institutions located in their several cities
vdod their proportion Of the Tor tie support OF
upon the % W s soa cnuey M ,c t ns S waever for
such purposes and we ask not listen the
through lips and pen of Tom Devine but that you
consider your state its closer mfc;ton its greater de.
veopment and desperate transportation needs. We
pledge yoH that these trce tunnels practical and
feasible, hat there is sufficient tolnasc without
further development to insure saving TO the railroads
sufficient to take of The tunnel bonds We
viii only have lend its credit for This hnsi construc
tion and that will not add dollar Of taxes to the
taxpayers of the Stntc of Colorado.
Citizens of tile East Slope West Slope will pro
vide opportunity for children Just your
Joined YOU providing funds ana soldiers
when our common government was in peril. We want
now We of the Northwest do not want to be for al!
s n s s n line e. ssnt , down r.m the Union
to be Inn, mite, for al: iIme =. c r line running up
IN o he