The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-28

When Tom Devins the Pueblo attorney for the c. 7.
l. srenuou>y opposed the endorsement Of the m
funnel Amendment before the Republican Platform
Committee he did the interests Of Pueblo
~ Colorado those of the c. =. + l. alone, but he
rspresented chiefly the special Of his blionare
~ York the United Railroad Trus, OF America
1hen Tom pevns Inspired The sd against the tunnels
~ I'll fron onequarter whole page
sv07 newspaper q Colorado he mus, have known that
4. .Nney TO provide for this Tremendous eHe1dsuEs
AAs same United Railroad Trust.
Why does the United Railroad Trust oppose the Tri.
Tunnel Amendment: The answer is simple The Rail
foso trust has no direct line traversns
colorado they have Us conered they want To keep Us
eoseersd They TO build Salt Lake Omaha Kansas
GY ana other middle and far eastern and western cities
aA1 their states because they have their transcontnena
lines already established these cenrer>
esns more remote from the point of production of the
raw materials all tonnage be hauled there and
Ths Railroad Trust wants destroy Colorado cities
eommun'ties because these communities are close 10
point OF production and therefore do not permit the
cross country tonnage graft The Railroad Trust
opposing the Tr-Tunnei Amendment because it knows
at through this tunnel construction and the unlimited
~ power and natural resource thereby made available
sndo manufactures will increase hundred fold;
nav product will be finished at the point of produc-
- and the Railroad Trust will be forever denied the
Weway freight toll They know that through ndepend
~ .asconnenta railroad competition freight rates for
al Colorado Will be reduced onehird and that they will
aot be able TO rob us longer.
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
~ Slope the people of Colorado that the
widely published and ad of the United Railroad
Trust is deceptive and deliberately false in the following
particulars:
Mr. Devine and his Millionaire masters deliberately
sought TO nislead the people of Colorado by representing
mat the Tunnel Amendment was Denver scheme for
the building of the Moffat alone they
that the bill itself provided that the three tunnels
- g ' ~ t'Lae',usIH, ,haI al me outset 'he 'o1s
FUNDS had to he aIporoned t" the three tunnels accord
Ing 10 the estimated of each that there be
transfer Of funds from one tunnel fund TO another
uhtii the particular tunne! has been completed that
Northwestern and Southwestern Colorado repre-
sentation on the Railroad Commission and that
tunnel can he built unless all three tunnels built.
Deyiu and Millionaire Sayy York
sought mi>ead the people 10y representing that
was not enough tonnage in MddIeNestern and in South
western Colorado enable sufficient charge against
off the p-irciraI and interest," on the tnunel bonds when
they know that today there tremendous heavily
congesIes sonnaGe both in Middlewestern and South
western Colorado, and that the saving the railroads
In the of the tunnels VIII easily provide sinking
ts1o sAiNceuy aT-e TO taAe care OF all interests ana
principal charge. They Ioca led their ad the portals
Rio Grande Railroad when they knew that both the
Eas and West portals of the Cunbre> Pass Tunnel.
fixed by The Denver Il E'0 Grande engineers and the
Eai-r'ai COMMISSION sur 1rs are eIch WITHIN one
half mile distant from the roabed Of The Rio Grande Rail-
road gS uua iHgred
The unGars ,ueI citizens aud residents Of I'll.
esn slope Mr.. Tom Deyue and his bIllonaire New
York know the enurmity of the injury they
seeking DO The people Of the State Of Colorado
10 b1uaiug This constructive The larger por
rion OF rhe workable coal OF the Western Slope belongs
to The School Fund. North aud South Dakota and
nsSo.a. as wen as he manufacturing towns East
S1D- NJ COLORADO" are in special need Of the huminnus,
anthracite and uauchracire coal of the Slope.
The royalty rn school FunI stimulated develop
uent It fha. wonderful coal mines viii quick5y
up many millions. We beg Mr.. Deyiue to inform his
nuIE-uTurlE-a New York masters that in their fight
.zlia ills constructive measure they are eHern- iheir
solosal s..- night to len and and narrow the "ppor
Tie Undersigned citizens and residents of the West
>sI5re In. Isyirr and his mulrt-bilOnaire New
Yrs r.-.rs that nearly all Of the twenty-five
D. .a feet landing timber in Colorado is upon The
W.. Slope a-L -I.r in fighting Ills constructive meas
are they -r.ng the opportunity Of The East Slope
citizen ta hE-'E sr. rg own lis home.
The ~aLr-s .1.l citizens and lesidents of the West
s0re aeu-r F.r. Gevu- and his muiribiuiOnaire New
Yorz masters fa when they block the building
Of rla t.g ruao'~ they also prevent people from de-
Ing II rasasar- rlr they making ii possible for the
people OF California 10 seCuge prior and vested night
In the waters he Colorado River which are run off
from the Colorado shed; and that as result d
this pocy will prevent for all times an rrlsa toa
of & large ra-nn NJ the Western Slope and force much
of that fertile empire to remain perpetual non
Irrigated no..pro5urrye desert We them TO know
that they block the development of the West slope
they viii for all time the main burden Of
maintaining State Government upon the East Slope
taxpayer.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope Mr. Tom Ieviue and his multihllionare New
fork know thar they putting the ohhars
and people Southwestern Colorado have given the job
bers Pueblo their trade for and Will. they have
been required during all this time TO Lift product
of field and many hundred feet in the sir lower
Il again jaHar> ot Pueblo have attempted TO
come 70 their relief vet. when * offered.
c71ass road a reduction of 1900 feet OF m promises
eouthweSern Colorado broad gauge road reduction
THE NORTHWESTERN TUNNEL ASSOCIATION