The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-10-28
Western Slope Citizens Appeal
to Colorado for Fair Play

When Tom Devlne Pueblo attorney c. F.
L, strenuously opposed the endorsement Of the Tr
Committee he did the interests of Pueblo
or Colorado, those Of the c. f. l. alone. but he
New York the United Railroad
When Tom Devine inspired the ad against the tunnels
newspaper of Colorado. have known that
the money to provide for this tremendous expenditure
this United Railroad Trust
Why does the United Railroad Trust oppose the Tr
Tunnel Amendment? The answer is simple. The Rail-
road Trust has direct transconnenta line
Colorado; they have us cornered they want to keep
City and ether middle and far cities
and their states because they have their ransconnenta
being remote from the point Of production of the
raw materials all tonnage must be hauled there and back
The Railroad Trust destroy Colorado
and communities because these communities
point production do permit the
rwo-wny country tonnage graft The Railroad Trust
is opposing the TriTunne Amendment because it
that through this tunnel construction and the unlimited
coal power and natural thereby made available
Colorado manufactures will increase hundred fold
the raw product will be finished at the point of produc
tion and the Railroad Trust will be denied the
competition freight
all Colorado will be reduced onehird and that they will
not be able to rob us longer.
undersigned citizens and residents of the West
ern Slope want the people of Colorado to know that the
pnoisheu ana expensive ad OF the ohiteu ahroao
Trust deceptive and deliberately false in the following
particulars:
Mr.. Devine and his Millionaire masters deliberately
sought msend the people Colorado by representing
that the Tunnel Amendment was Denver scheme for
the building of the Mofat Tunnel alone when they knew
that bill itself provided
be built contemporaneouy that the the total
ing the estimated of each, that there be
transfer of funds from tunnel fund to another
Southwestern Colorado has repre-
sentntion the Railroad Commission and that
tunnel can be built unless all three tunnels built
Tom Devine and his Millionaire New York masters
sought msead the people by representing that there
not enough tonnage in Mddewestern and in South
western colorado to enable suifcient charge against
the railroads to provide sinking fund with which to pay
off the principal and interest the tunnel bonds when
they know that today there tremendous and heavily
congested tonnage both in Middlewestern and South
Colorado and that the saving railroads
in the use of the tunnels will easily provide sinking
fund sufficiently large take of all interests and
southwestern tunnel many miles from the Denver
Rio Grande Railroad when they knew that both the
fixed by the Denver Rio Grande engineers and the
haif , ,;stam s h roo,hs, az % .h % Pi c pI oa
road located
The undersigned citizens and residents West
York masters to know the enormy Of the injury they
seeking to do the of the of Colorado
In blocking this constructive The larger
ton of the workable coal of the Western Slope belongs
to the School Fund North and South Dakota and Min
well the manufacturing of the East
Slope OF Colorado in special need Of the btumnous,
anthracite and semanthace coal of the Western Slope
The royalty the School Fund stimulated develop
ment Of these wonderful coal mines will -ly mount
up many millions. We beg Mr.. Devne form his
multibillonnire New York masters that -. r fight
colossal financial might to lessen and the oppor
tunities of Colorado's school children.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope Tom Devine and his multi-blionaire New
York know that nearly all of the twenty-five
billion feet of standing timber In Colorado is the
West Slope. in fighting ths constructive
they lessenng the opportunity of the East Slope
citizen build and his home.
The undersigned citizens and residents West
slope want Tom Devine and his mut-bionaire New
York know that when they block the building
of these three tunnels they also people from de-
veloping lands of the West Slope prevent the build
Ing of reservoirs that they making possible for the
people California prior and vested right
In the of the Colorado River which off
from Colorado shed; and that result OF
this policy they will prevent for all times an irrigation
a portion OF the Western Slope and force much
of that vast fertile empire to remain perpetual non-
irrigated non-producve desert. We them to know
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 undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope Mr. Tom Devine and his multibllionnre New
York know that they putting the jobbers
PueDo unenviable light. For the merchants
people Southwestern Colorado have given the job
Pueblo and while they have
required during this time lift product
field many hundred In the air and lower
again. jobbers Of Pueblo have attempted to
their relief yet when measure Is offered
that promises Mddewestern Colorado another broad
guage road a 1900 feet of lift. promises
Southwestern Colorado broad gauge road reduction
THE NORTHWESTERN TUNNEL ASSOCIATION