The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-10-28

several miles Of its heaviest grade the elimination of
transportation outlet which the authofities
have long recognized necessity Tom Devine and his
pie of Colorado believe that the Pueblo
s s as to tn.
ing an adequate transportation outlet
O. The underssned citizens and residents Of the West
cal masters of the railroad world with the hope that
when the state itself without asking their aid, Is
seeking to through this constructive they
may a. the last moment reconsider and cease in their
cold. selfish plot for the West Slopes destruction
We call the C. +. Us special attention to the fact
that in 1914, when through the c. F. LIS trouble with
Its own employees. million dollar nsurrecton debt was
citizens were universally loyal and stood their portion
of this debt which they had In the making
without complaint.
But while plea is plea of state unification, Of
financial because Of the very desperation Of
transportation need yet we have little hope that II Will
the codbloodsd United Railroad Trust that recently
crushed the little Denver Laramie. that blocked to the
gateway that tore from Mr Moffat the Holland and New
to s % @
road to Salt Lake. We believe that same coldbooded
mttee of the Moffat Road that Committee
from to do anything to save the Moat road
bnation in New York determined mat the Union Pa
efc passing with its transcontinsntal line through
Pacific skirtns Colorado the South shall have real
organization has decreed the unkng Of the
to Oak Creek and that
be allowed is spur line from the Union Pacific In
Wyoming down to Craig and short G line Eff from Craig
railroad combination has decreed that the only real out
let Southwestern Colorado shall be allowed is spur
line connecting with the Santa Fe in New Mexico.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
ern Slope beg that the people of the East Slope be not
prejudiced by the deceptive advertisement of Tom De-
vine and his multbllionare New York masters These
advertisements not Colorado advertisements. They
against the pioneers and the home builders of
Middlewestern and Southwestern Colorado and
New York. who have their established and competing
lines to the North and to the South They have forced
Tom Devine and the G. F: to take up their cudge.
not alone because the C F. & 1. coal mines the
East Slope, but chiefly because these United railroads
great C. F. l. Corporation. But we of the West Slope
call attention that Governor Ammons Governor Buchte
College the University John Morris of
State Grange and every other Colorado patriot and Colo
RADIO builder has endorsed this constructive
We. citizens of the West Slope most earnestly call
the attention of the business of Canon City Pueblo
the fact that they have the benefit having the
great State Institutions located in their several cities
vided their proportion of the for the Of
these great state institutions that have received
appeal Of sectional pre,udce emanstnS from Wall Street
through the lips and pen Of Tom DeSne but that You
consider its closer unificaton its de-
veopment desperate transportation needs. We
pledge you that these three tunnels are practical and
feasible that there is sufficient tonnage without
further development to insure saving the railroads
sufficient to take of the tunnel bonds We
vinced from thorough investigation that
will only have to lend its credit for this tunnel
ton and that 1t will not add dollar the
taxpayers of the State of Colorado.
Citizens of the East Slope West Slope pro-
vide opportunity your children just your
section provided opportunity for you yesterday. We
Joined hands with in providing funds and soldiers
when common government In peril. We
to be Joined closer economically commercially
We of the Northwest do he ali
time upon little line down from the Union
Pacific in Wyoming. They of the Southwest do
to be limited for all time to little line running up
from New Mexico. We glad to any OF these
ronds but we want primarily to be Joined the great
Industrial and commercial centers of
the East Slope We want to have these centers
ket for fruit for cattle sheep hogs
the products Of mine well field. We
the home and factory builder of the East Slope be
able to tap coal mines reach forests. We
want to build the school fund In the the
lie schools. We to develop prop
srty values that may do much in sustaining
the great state institutions of the East Slope and
maintaining the expense of state government We
want Colorado to become greater manufacturing
greater agricultural and mining state We you
to join with in the biggest that
put before the State of Colorado.
and citizens of the West Slope, whose prosperity
future depends securing adequate transportation
outlet, ask to disregard the shrewd deceptive
ads. the powerful appeal prejudice sectional hate
of Tom Devine and his multibillionaire New
ters. and vote for the TrfTunnel Amendment Amend
No. =.
OF Rourr. MoFFAr AND GRAND COUNTIES,
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