The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1920-10-30
Western Slope Citizens Appeal
to Colorado for Fair Play

When To-. DIVINE III, pu.h,o .,,.rr.x o.. a., ~ .
RAM, AmSnduss, Ssfors S. nspuhcs" 49,. .. ,. DO. r
nmmitts, b ala NOT r,prs.,o, m. n,.,s.,s a, p"ss
@aornds nor ,sss, Of the s'o, o. h r"s1 NO
...',cS chiefly ~ ,nccI", ,.,., =, ""e oa. ne
~. YORK ma .,sss the Cn,,c .ir,.d Tru., n, .ms",
.n TOT" ~, a., 10. a. ssan., the tunnels
-, new .nanSr e Colorado ne mn., =. -, w. ps: ~, VI
w. Intimately n crsn. Sr,n - ". w. sAI-s"."1s
~. sane Uui,sd Railroad Trust, WV ~" '"''
w,, ,... N. ,,,,,., n.ur,.., ,.,-.
r.a WY Amendment; Tr ~".~rr t'1s "r"'s tue u r1,
nna i,".' - ~ ..s"re.""nena' ''n~ trnvrrsing
Cao1nu" .msy ..se " Sn w. tnry want TO Keep u.
csse'eu ~Sss :" .".'M S".. .'~e vMah" Kansas
cry anu "n:s an" 'ar ess'rrh snd western cities
and Their ssS SSsSass .h"y nave Their sransc"nnen'"'
wing NOR. remote from the poIn, II production Of the
III. Railroad Trust wants tn destroy Colorado i'm cities
ssd ccnmuniies because these communities nrc close to
In point production therefore do not hermit IN.
,vowsy cross couutry tonnage graft, The I,nr.a TINS,
opposing the TrTunn~, Amendment because i, Knows
mai through this tunnel construction and the unlimited
cal power and natural resource thereby mna, nxs"Ss
Csl.rsd manufactures will incrcn.e hundred foid.
~ INV product win ~ finished nj the pont ~ nr,uc.
and the Raiiroad Trust viii nv forever denied the
mewny freight t" They Know Tint through inlcpcnd-
at rniirnd competition freight rites for
oil Colorado" Will he reduced "nc'hrd aud that they will
s' he able to rob % longer
The undersigned citizens and resident. Of the West.
en- slop~ want the peo,. of Colorado IN know Tim, m.
,,s.ly rubsh., nnd sxncnsix. MI ~ IN r,,, ,
Trust deceptive aud deliberately false in IN. following
Mr. Des'ne and his bi''i"nnirc masters deliberately
o3xnt 10 mseeo I've people o C"iorndo ~ representing
na me iun.0 Amenuinent was DsnS6 *cheile Tor
ne ou''"ha OF me A"tat Iunne alone when they knew
mai nc h'' uSest psovdcu that III" three tunnels must
nun ,""'eMpotshcuusy, ina" nj the outset the TOTAL
a~ IN m. .,si,rss.r, SOC. N, .,c The, hs.. a.. ~ M
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Mi Tho ,.,ti,,I.. ,,.n," n.s ,s. ".,,. - .n..
y.,fhw.s,.rn ora Sc,,hw".o-r r,"rna s"" h.
.o,,on ON ~. ncm.".H I,omr,,.sn" "a ,h". ~ ny.
nsn.i can h. hn,it wnis.s ali Tires t,"..,. -. h,,
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.-,,h, - .,.S... -. $3.50, ~" 80" -, ~. - -. IT,.
-. nv. ....s ~. 49,; ~ >."&
v..,.rn CoS"s..,c =" sn.sI rSs,or. ns~ - ...tn,
4. ni,o.ds - ,,--,v,s" .,,t,S ,,nn ,. ", =. ,~
y, ,n I .. " pos.' . .H'ns ,u'. VIII ~"'.n ~ ~
Asy know that today there !. trsmenio. nna heavily
0r,.s,sd sn~n..~ Hosh u M,as,"-S",.r" ia S",.h
''-s'' "0'' ~ "'e'" III" '"u"'
western Csas1oo. aad that the saving to the railroads
As Of the tunnels will easily provide sinking
und sufficiently large to MI interests and
principal charge. They located In their nd the portals
4 the southwestern tunnel muny miles from the Denver
Rio Grnnle Railroad when they knew thnt both the
Cast and West portals of the Cuinbres Pass Tunnel
fixed by the Denver L Rio Grande engineers and the
Railroad Commission surveyors are each within one
nj '"''e ostnht from the r"oen III me III" "r'e ""''
""a as now hcsted
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
en- Slope want Mr. Tom Devine and his Millionaire New
York masters to know the enormy of the injury they
seeking to do to the people of the State Of
D blocking this constructive measure. The larger por-
don workable coal Of the Western Slope belongs
10 the School Fund North and South Dakota and Min
aesota well m the towns the East
Uop~ OF Colorado rre In snecial need OF the
nhrace and GENT coal Of the Western slope