The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
DENVER TO GET
MONSTER TUNNEL
Six Million Dollars to BE
Spent in Boring Hole
Through Mountain
WANT 100000 IN 80
Colorado City Given Encour-
agement in Population
Drive by Legislation

DENNER.-Denvor's new slogan
100000 population by 1880" WI.
Flvcn adiod impetus by tho recent
special session ~ tho Colorado lex.
isllture when that body enacted th,
Moffat Tunnel bin. nud 10 ig believed
by prominent Denver business men
that the hnlf million goal viii bf
reached within decade.
The tunnel bill provides FOR the
creation of u "hondlug district" lu.
Guiding an Of Denver ana portIons
OF Eoutt. Mofut. Grand. RIO Blouco
ana Boulder counties, 10 issue honda
for tho COuHtruciiun OF 20 tunnel
through James ronk. 90 miles west
OF Denver uu tho Denver & salt
lake rallro1d.
Tho bore through the mountain
VIII bo approximately six miles in
lougth, II will eliminate an snow .
shcds ana trcachcrous roadbcd ovor
tho Continental Divide. do away
with numerous Htocp grades, lower
the climb FOR the present maximum
elevation OF 1860 feot at Corona 10
about 1000 feet, givo Denver "A dl-
rect rail route TO tho Pacific coast.
and reduce tho travel distance he.
tween this city ana tho western
slopo Of Colorado by approximately
15O miles.
IL Is expected that 500 men will
bo employed for poriod os moro
thnD two years In piercing the
mountain 20 accomplish the great
engineering project, az n cost of
more than $4,000 900. Work prob
nbly Will begin about tho middlo Of
August. II is planned to ueo cleo
trio power In running trains
thro 'gh the tunnel.
VIII Open tnst Areas,
with the completion OF tho tun-
mel, which has been n dream OF
colorado pioneers for half n CEN
Jury a vast empire ot mineral and
agricultural lands will be oprncd mn
on the western Colorado slopc OF mo
ROCKY mountains. with Denver as
the hub of commercial activities.
u ~ also expected that tho direct
fhll route from Denver TO the Yc,t
coast resulting from construction of
tho tunnel will Do followed by tho
routing through this city OF much
passenger and freight traffic that at
present goes via northern and
houthefn routes from the east 10 |
northwestern and Pacific territory.
with an Unprecedented Increase |
In homo building I'm the city this
spring, extensive road construction
throughout tho state ana the tour
lst season approaching, renewed
prosperity looms for Danver--"Tho /
Gateway OF the Rockies"
4. According TO information secured |
ny the international News Service at |
the Denver Tourist bureau, plans |
are being made 10 entertain more |
visitors TO tho Denver mountain
parks this year than ever before. In
ls2l, IL is estimated, 100000 Wis |
itors viewed tho scenic beauties OF
the 5000 acres OF Denver's park |
system.
An indication of how tho Tourist |
trade has developed In Denver and |
Colorado IL shown In the statement |
that SSb,O00.O00 was spent by tour |
ists In the state In 1894, The gold |
production In the Centennial state
Tor that period amounted to only
$6.7S0,000.
According to statements by heads
or mo city,s large mercantile estab-
nshments, sales In August, formerly
the quietest month of tho year, now
are second only TO December, tho
heaviest month In point OF business
transactions.
scores Uf onvcntions--natlonn
interstate and state gatherings-are
soheduled to be held In the city this
summer.