The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28


When Tom Devlne the Pueblo attorney for the Q. r.
L. srenuousy opposed the endorsement Of the Tri.
Tunnel Amendment before the Republican State Platform
Committee he did reprcsen, the interests OF Pueblo
or Colorado nor those of the C. r. & | alone but he
represented chiefly the special interests Of his Millionaire
New York masters. the United Railroad Trust Of America.
When Tom Devna inspired the nd against the tunnels
/ that was to iii from onequarter whole page in
every newspaper of Colorado he must have known that
the money to provide for This tremendous expenditure
was ultimately Ia from New York City and from
this snme United Railroad Trust.
Why does the United IaiIroad Trust oppose the Tri.
Tunnel Amendment? Tie answer Is simple The Rail.
road Trust has direct traseontnentn line traversing
Colorado: they have cornered; they want to keep
cornered They want to build Salt Lake. Omaha Kansas
City and other middle and far ard western cities
Hnd their states because they have their ranscontnena
lines already established there and because these ceners
being more remote from the point Of production Of the
raw materials. all dna.e must be hauled there and back
The Railroad Trust Wallis TO destroy Colorado is cities
md communities ecHse these mites close to
The point Of production and therefore do permit the
wo-way cross country tonnage graft Ike Railroad Trust
opposing the Tri-1nnnel Amendment because II knows
hat through this iine construction and the unlimited
a power and Ba'la resource thereby made available
colorado manufactures viii Increase hundred fold ;
The raw product Will be finished the point Of produe
lion and the Railroad Trust will be forever denied the
wo-way freight toll They know that through independ
mt ransconnenta railroad competition freight rates for
all Colorado will be reduced onethird and that they will
not be able to rob us longer.
Slope want the people Of Colorado know that the
widely published and expensive ad of the United Railroad
Trust is deceptive and deliberately false in the following
particulars:
Mr. Dsvine and his bllionare masters deliberately
sought to nsead the people of Colorado by representing
that the Tuane Amendment was Denver scheme for
the building Of the Mofa Tunnel alone when they knew
that the bin itself provided that the three tunnels
be built contemporaneousy that at the outset the total
funds had To be app0oneI TO the three tunnels accord
Ing to the estimated cost of each that there can be no
transfer o( funds from tunnel fund to another
until the particular tunnel has been completed, that
Northwestern and Southwestern Colorado each has repre-
sentaton On the Railroad Commission, and that
tunnel can - built unless oil three tunnels built
Tom Dsvins and his Millionaire New York masters
sought to mead the people by representing that there
was not enough tonnage In Mlddewestern and In South
western Colorado to enable sufficient charge against
the raroadt TO provide sinking fund with which to pay
Oft the principal and interest the tunnel bonds when
they know Dat today there Is tremendous and heavily
congested toanage both In Mddlswestern and South
western Colorado and That the saving to the railroads
In the use It the tunnels will easily provide sinking
principal charge. They located in their ad the portals
OF the southwestern tunnel many miles from the Denver
& Rio Grands Railroad when they knew that both the
East and West portals of the Cumbres Pass Tunnel, as
fixed by the Denver Rio Grande engineers and the
ltailroad Commisson surveyors, each within one
half mile distant from the roadbed Of the Rio Grande Rail
road as now located.
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope want Mr.. Tom Deyne and his Millionaire New
York masters tn know the enomity OF the injury they
seeking to do to the people Of the State Of Colorado
In blocking this constructive measure The larger por
tion Of the workable coal Of the Western Slope belongs
to the School Fund North and South Dakota and Min
nesota, well the manufacturing towns Of the East
Slope Of Colorado are in special need OF the btuminous
anthracite and semianthrace coal OF the Western Slope
The royalty to the School Fund from stimulated develop
ment OF these wonderful coal mines will quickly mount
up to many millions. We beg Mr.. Deyne to inform his
multibIlonaire New York masters that In their fight
against this constructive measure they are exertng their
colossal financial might to lessen and narrow the Oppor
tunities Of Colorado's school children
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope want Tom Deyine and his mutbionaire New
York masters to know that nearly a of the twenty-five
billion feet Of standing timber in Colorado is upon the
esst Slope, and that in fighting This constructive meas
they lessenng the opportunity Of the East Slope
citizen to build and to own his home.
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope want Tom Devine and his multibillonaire New
York masters to know that when they block the building
of these three tunnels they also prevent people from de-
yeloping lands Of the West SLOPE prevent the build
Ing Of reservoirs that they are making 1t possible Tor the
people Of California to secure prior and vested nght
In the waters Of the Colorado River which are run Oft
from the Colorado water she'd; and that as result OF
this policy they will prevent for all times an irrigation
Of large portion of the Western Slope and force much
Of that fertile empire to remain perpetual non
vriguted nonproductive essr. We want them to know
that when they block the development OF the West Slope
they will concentrate for all time the main burden OF
maintaining the State Government upon the East slope
taxpayer.
The spdprsgned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope want Mr. Tom Devne and his mutibillonaire New
York masters TO know that they are putting the jobbers
OF Pueblo n most uenviabe light For the merchants
and people q Southwestern Colorado have given the Job
bers Of Pueblo their trade for years and while they have
been required during all this time to INT every product
Of field and nine many hundred feet In the air and owe
It again. IL jobbers of Pueblo have never attempted
come hsg relief yet now when measure Is offered
that promlsG Middlewestern Colorado another broat
guage road reduction Of 1900 feet Of lift promises
Southwestern Colorado a broad gauge road reduction
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