The Holly chieftain., 1920-10-28
Western Slope Citizens Appear
to Colorado for Fair Play


L. strenuously opposed the endorsement of Tri-
Tunnel Amendment before the Republican Platform
Committee he did no represent the interests of Pueblo
Colorado those of the c. +. & L. alone. but he
chiefly the special interests OF his bonaire
New York masters the United Railroad Trust of America
Whet Tom Devine inspired the ad against the tunnels
thar fill from one-quarter whole page in
every newspaper of Colorado. he must have known that
money to provide for this tremendous expenditure
was ultimately TO come from New York City and from
this same United Railroad Trust.
Why does the United Railroad Trust oppose the Tri-
Tunnel Amendment? The answer is simple. The Rail
road Trust direct transcontinental raversing
Colorado they have us cornered; they want to keep US
colnered. They build Salt Lake Omaha,
City and other middle and far eastern and cities
and their states because they have their transcontnenal
lines already established there centers
eeg remote from the point of production of the
materials all tonnage must be hauled there and back
The Railroad Trust wants to destroy Colorado, its cities
and communities because these communities close
point productioa therefore do not permit the
country tonnage graft Railroad Trust
is opposing the rTunnel Amendment because it knows
through construction and the
coal power and natural thereby available
Colorado manufactures will increase hundred fold;
the product will be finished point produc
tion and the Railroad Trust will be forever denied the
rwoway freight toll They know that through ndepend
transcontnental railroad competition freight for
all Colorado will be reduced third and that they will
not be able to rob us longer.
The undersigned citizens and residents the West
Slope the people of Colorado to know that the
widely published and expensive ad of the United Railroad
Trust deceptive and deliberately false in the following
particulars:
Mr.. Devine and his bllionaire deliberately
sought mslead the people of Colorado by representing
that the Tunnel Amendment Denver scheme for
the building of the Moffa Tunnel alone when they knew
that the bill Itself provided that the three tunnels must
be built conteporaneously that at the outset the total
funds had to be apportioned to the three tunnels accord
ing to the estimated cost of each that there can be
until the particular tunnel has been completed. that
Northwestern and Southwestern Colorado each has
senation the Railroad Commission, and that one
tunnel can be built unless all three tunnels built
Tom Devine and billionaire New York masters
sought to misead the people by representing that there
not enough tonnage in Middewestern and in South
u
the railroads to provide sinking fund with which to
Of! the principal bonds when
they know that today there is tremendous heavily
congested tonnage both in Middlewestern and South
Colorado and that the TO the railroads
in the use of the tunnels will easily provide sinking
fund sufficiently large take of all interests and
principal charge. They located in their ad the portals
Rio Grande Railroad, when they knew that both the
East and West portals of the Cumbres Pass Tunnel as
railroad Commission surveyors. each within one
hu mile distant from the roadbed of the Rio Grande Rail-
road as now located.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
ern Slope want Mr.. Tom Devne and his Millionaire New
York masters to know the enormty of the injury they
are seeking to do to the people of the State Of Colorado
in blocking this constructive measure The larger por
the workable coal of the Western Slope belongs
to the School Fund North and South Dakota and Min
nesota, well as the manufacturing towns of the East
ona eo of e op
The royalty School Fund from stimulated develop
ment of these wonderful coal mines will quickly mount
up to many millions We beg Mr.. Devne to inform his
uti-bllionare New York masters that in their fight
colossal financial might TO lessen and the oppor
tunites of Coorado's school children
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope Tom Devine and his muti-bIlionare. New
York know that nearly all of the twenty-five
billion standing timber in Colorado is upon the
that in fighting this constructive meas
they lessening 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 Devne and his nlutEbllionare New
York masters know that when they block the building
tunnels they also prevent people ro%n de-
veopng lands of the West Slope, prevent the build
ing that they making it possible for the
people of California to secure prior and vested rght
In the waters the Colorado River which run Off
from the Colorado shed; and that result OF
this policy they will prevent for all times irrigation
of large portion of the Western Slope and force much
of that fertile empire to remain perpetual non
irrigated non productive desert We them to know
that when they block the development of the West Slope
they will for all time the main burden OF
maintaining State Government upon the East Slope
taxpayer.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope want Tom Devne and his muti-bllionare New
York masters that they putting the jobbers
of Pueblo in unenvabe light. For the merchants
and people Southwestern Colorado have given the job
bers Pueblo trade for and while they have
during all this time to lift every product
Of field and many hundred feet in the air and lower
again the jobbers of Pueblo have attempted TO
come to their relief yet when measure Is offere
that promises Middlewestern Colorado another broad
gage road reduction Of 1900 feet Of lift promises
Southwestern Colorado broad gauge road reduction