Cheyenne record., 1920-10-28
Western Slope Citizens Appeak
to Colorado for Fair Play

i
-When Tom Devine the Pueblo attorney for The c. F.
Tunnel Amendment before the Republican Sat- form
Or Colorado - nor a. those a Of the G 81 but he
represented chiefly the special interests Of hi anaire
When Tom Devne inspired the ad nsain~r the tunnels
that was TO fill from onequarer to one Whole page IN
the provide for this trenlend0ss lture
was ultimately to come from New York City and from
this same United Railroad Trust
Why does the United 1.plroad Trust opposo the Tr
Tunnel Amcnllnentl The ANSWER is .nple. The Rail
road Trust has direct transc0nnentai nc travcrsnc
they n.s s te ss sat as S f
City and other middle and FAR easern and western cities
se
being remote from the point Of production OF tho
The Railroad Trust destroy Colorado It's cities
and communities these communities close to
two-wny cross country tonnage graft The lIrad Trust
opi0sing the TriTunnel Amendment i.eCIusc 1t knows
thai through this tunnel construction and the unlimited
COAL power and thereby available
Colorado manufactures will increase hundred fold
lion and the Railroad Trust will he forever denied the
two-way freight toll. They know that thIolll ntlcpcn-
all Colorado will be reduced onc-!hrd and tnt they win
1ot be able to rob us longer.
The undersigned citizens residents OF the West
Slope the people OF Colorado to Know tl,nt the
widely published and expensive ad of the United Raliond
Trust is deceptive and deliberately false in the foawing
particulars: s-lttt
s:r Devlnc and his Millionaire mastsrs deliberately
soh mlseni the people of Colorado by yrcpresenting
:hat the Tunnel Amendment was Denver scheme Tor
ha building of the Mofat Tunnel alone when they knew
hat the bill itself provided that the three tunnels must
.e built conenporneously that at the outset the total
FuGs had to he aporioncd to the three tunnels accord
to the estimated cct of each that there be no
ut,ti, the r-.tcular t:nne has been co.npices that
Northeastern and Southwestern Colorado each ias repre-
SEM; on on the Railroad Commission and that no one
tuncr can lie hu.t unless all thrce tu.icls are built
Tarl Dcvine and his bionHire New Ii1,; ilsssss
sora. to msea te people by representing that there
western Colorado to enable sufficient charge asainst
the railroads to provide sinking fund With which to pay
they lnow that today there is trcrnenslers l .e,vy
-ested Tonnage. both in MidliewssteaTp rsf Sousl,-
restern Colorado and that The saving TO the railroats
the use of the trnEeis will easily provide sinking
fund Sufficiently lr,c take of all Interests and
principal charge They located in their nd tho portals
the southwestern tunnel niN miles from the Denver
IS Rio icande Railroad Wien they knew that both the
East and N.,s partals of the Cunbres Pass Tunnel as
liked by dc :,taver & Rio Grande engineers; and the
Railroad Commission surveyors each within one
disiaI, froi, roidbel of the Rail-
road located
The Undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
arn Slope want Nv Tom Deve and his millionaire New
seeking 60 rlic people e OF Colorado
in blocking this constructive ncasrre The larger por
to the School Fund. North and South Dakota and Min
nesoti well the manufacturing towns 9f the East
anthracite and semi-athrace coal of the Western slope
The royalty to the School Fund from stimulated develop
up to many millions. We beg Mr.. Dcvine to inform his
aulti- iopuire New York that in their fight
against this constructive they cXerng their
colossal financial might to lessen and narrow the oppor-
tu.tieH of Colorado's school children.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
;sOue Tom DCvinc and. his mutb!llicnaire New
York know that nearly nll of the twenty-five
billion feet of standing timber a Colorado is upon the
lessening the opportunity of the East Slope
citizen TO build and TO own his home.
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope Tom Devine and his mutbilliOnaire New
know that when they block the building
these three tunnels they also people from de-
seOping the lands of the West Slope prevent the liild-
g reservoirs that they making possible for the
people of California to prior and vested right
IN the wntcrs of the Colorado River which off
from the Colorado water she'd and that as result OF
this policy they will prevent for all times irrigation
lNrge portion OF the Western Slope and force much
Df that fertile empire to remain perpetual non
when they block the development of the West Slope
they will for all time the main burden OF
maintaining the State Government upon the East Slope
taxpayer
Undersigned citizens and residents of the West
SLOPE Mr. Tom Devine and his multibllionre New
to know that they putting The nlbers
II Pueblo in a unenviabe light For he merchants
and people Of Southwestern Colorado have 'n The Job
bers Pueblo their trade for ears, 80" h'r 'Ay avr
been required during all fhis time to ift = nr"luct
II field md mine many hundred feet In rhe a.f lower
i again. the jofhers Of Pueblo hive ner"- -" ID I"
-Ome their relief: yet. when i'~'S't cred
lint promises Mi,'dlewesterp COLORADO - -''''
zuage road, n retuc VA Of 100 fce' Of ~ l'srs
Colorado broad raure rN"'
THE NORTHWESTERN TvNr'g'