Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-10-29

of many hundred feet lift shortening Of the
several miles of its heaviest grade, elimination OF
transportation outlet which the Rio Grande authorities
have long recognized necessity Tom Devine and his
pie of Southwestern Colorado to believe that the Pueblo
people of the Middle and Southwest Colorado from
ing an adequate transportation outlet.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope making this plea Tom Devlne md
cial masters of the rnroad world with the hope that
when the state itself without asking their aid, Is
seeking carry through this constructive they
may Mt the last moment reconsider and in their
cold, selfish plot West Slopes destruction.
We call the C. F. is special attention fact
that In 1914 when through the c. F. Is trouble with
Its own employees, million dollar insurrecton debt
citizens universally loyal and stood their portion
of this great debt which they had in the making,
without complaint.
But while our plea is plea of state unfcstion, OF
state development and present it to these powerful
financial because the desperation of
transportation need yet we have little hope that it will
the cod-blooded United Railroad recently
crushed the little Denver Laramie, that blocked the
Colorado shippers consumers great Galveston
gateway that tore Moffat the Holland and New
York Bankers after sufficient had pledged
to build the Mofut Tunnel and complete the Moffat
road Salt Lake. We believe that cold-booded
powerfu combination controls the bond holders com
mttee of the Moffa Road and prevents that Committee
from endeavorng to do anything to the Mofat road
from destruction. We believe that that powerful
bnntion in New York is determined That the Union Pa
cifc passing with its trnnscontinenal line through
Wyoming to the North, the Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific skrtng Colorado to the South shall have real
competitor We feel convinced that this multibllionaire
from Denver Oak Creek and deceed that for all times
the only outlet the people of Northwestern Colorado shall
Wyoming, down to Craig. and n short line from Craig
TO Oak Creek We believe further that this powerful
rallroad combination has decreed that the only real
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
preudiced by the deceptive advertisement of Tom De
aud his multi-bionaire New York masters. These
advertisements Colorado advertisements. They
are against the pioneers and the home builders of North
MidlleWeStern Colorado,
solely IN the interests Of he great railroad magnates OF
lines to the North and the South They have forced
Tom Devine and the c. F. & take up their cudgel
not alone because the c. F. 4 l. coal
are the purchasers of the rails and other of the
great G. r. |: Corporation But of the West Slope
call attention that Governor Ammons, Governor Buchtel
Hadley and President Charles Lory of the Agricultural
State Grange and other Colorado patriot
rado builder has endorsed this constructive
We citizens of the West Slope earnestly call
the attention of the business of Canon City Pueblo
Colorado Springs Boulder Fort Collins Greeley
the fact that they have had the beaeft having the
and that the West Slope citizens have most willingly
yided their proportion of the for the support OF
these institutions, received
upon the West Slope scarcely state funds whatever
such purposes, and ask you now, to
appeal of sectional prejudice, enanang Wall
through the lips and pen of Tom Devne but that you
velopment and desperate transportation We
pledge you that these three tunnels practical and
feasible that there is sufficient tonnage without
further development insure saving the railroads
sufficient to take of the tunnel bonds We
vnced from most thorough investigation that the
Will only have lend its credit
tion, and that 1t will add dollar of the
taxpayers of the State of Colorado.
Citizens of the East Slope West Slope will pro-
vide opportunity your children Just
section provided opportunity for yesterday We
Joined hands with in providing funds soldiers
when our common government in peril. We
to be Joined closer you economically commercially
now. We of the Northwest do not be for all
time little spur line sent down from the Union
Pacific In Wyoming. They of the Southwest
to be limited for nll time to little line running
from New Mexico. We are glad to any OF these
industrial and commercial centers of
fruit for cattle sheep hogs and
the products of mine well field We also
the home and factory builder of the East Slope
able tap coal mines. reach forests We
to build the school fund in the interest pub
Tic schools We develop our prop
erty values, that may do much sustaining |
the great state institutions of the East Slope
maintaining the expense of government We |
Colorado to become greater manufacturing
agricultural and mining We want you
to Join with in the biggest constructive
before the State of Colorado We
and citizens of the West Slope whose prosperity and
future depends securing adequate transportation
outlet ask you TO disregard the shrewd and deceptive
ads the powerful appeal prejudice and sectional
of Tom Devine and his multi Millionaire New York mas
ters, and vote for the TriTunnel Amendment Amend
No. g.
OF RoUTT, MoFFAr AND GRAND COUNTIES.
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