, 1922-03-02
Want RAIL-
"''''' R ROAD HERE
CRAIG CITIZENS ARE ANXIOUS FOR A
CONNECTION WITH The union PA.
ClFiC RAILROAD At this POINT

The Republican is in receipt OF the
following letter from a resident and
tax payer of the Craig section, which
goes to show that the people in that
section believe that the Moffat tun-
mel will not solve their t%ransporta-
ton problems and that the only
manner in which they can secure
satisfactory transportation is by a
Union Pacific connection:
The Editor.
Rawlins Republican,
Rawlins. Wyo.
Dear Sir:
Now that the politicians and others
are agitating a bond issue Of So
900 900 on an already overburdened
community. to build the Moffat Tun-
pei. is it not time for everyone, es-
p~ecially those who will eventually
have to pay, to express their views
and show up the fallacy of any such
procedure?
If such a calamity should happen
that this deal is put through with
the help of Pueblo. by the time the
money becomes available three or
four years will ella pse. then when
construction actually commences. at
the lowest estimate it will take foul
years more to build the tunnel. and
If the proposition once gets into the
job hungry hands of the politicians,
whose chief interest is a good long
Job, it may be ten years before north
western Colorado gets any benefit,
if there should be an benefit what
ever. which is very doubtful. Suppose
this tunnel proposition goes through.
what good will it do in giving us bet
ter transportation, unless the whole
255 miles between Denver and Craig
is rebuilt? 1t takes The tri-weekly
passenger train from Derver from Is
to "a hours to make 255 miles,
Granting that the tunnel may elm
mate some of the grief on the Divide.
with that help the grades and curves
between Steamboat Springs and
Krcmmling ? Will it do any good to
Egeria Canon. Rock Creek and Gore
Canon? And what about the road
from the east portal of The tunnel
into Denver where a speed of Is
miles per hour means the DITCH?
Let these people who. are so en-
Enthusiastically boosting the bond issue
just find out all the difficulties the
Moftat road has to overcome outside
of those on the Continental Divide.
and they will learn how utterly
ridiculous and impractical it is to
talk of the proposed tunnel making
tho Noffat road n success e'the~ as
an investment or the means Of afford
ing this country adequate transporta-
tic, facilities. Those who have
travelled over the Noffat road since
it vas first built. know the condi-
tons and the almost insurmOuntable
difficulties to be overcome, and will
! never vote to Bond themselves to
raise good money to throw after bad
to enable a few Denver m~illionaires
to get out from under" and furnish
Jobs for a bunch of politicians for
yoars to come.
If there is any bonding to be done.
let us bond ourselves for something
feasible. practical. and profitable for
every one concerned. Let Carbon
! County. Wyoming. Moffat. Routt and
the north half of Rio Blanco counties.
Colorado. bond themselves to build
End equip a first class railroad from
Rawlins to Meeker. via Craig. Such
a railroad could be operated over
easy grades and every day of the
ELECTROMAGNETIC. 1t would
develop the country of unlimited re-
SDuICeS tHlou6u "HlNH / "culi pass.
furnish an outlet east and west over
a full grown railroad" the Union
Pacific. and the immense tonnage
waiting for such an outlet would
make it a paving proposition from
the day it started operation.
1t is understood hal the cost Of a
railroad from Wamsutter. fully
equipped. was estimated at $780,
nn0 como yaarc apO lot ne saw that
under present conditions it might
from Craig to Meeker surely would
not cost over $1,000. 900. so for the
expenditure OF say $4,000. 900, we
can get first class Transportation for
This ~undeveloped Empire in less thar
a year. against spending $4,000. 000
on the tunnel and after ten years OF
delay. what would we get for our
money.
Answer-JuSt n Great Big White
Elephant.
II Denver wants this tunnel. lei
her build it. northwestern Colorado
people know the conditions do MOI
want it. but they do want a railroad II
here over which they can ship thei1
cattle, their grain and their coal. ant
all the other latent resources of thu
country. and they want trains OF
which they can get to other point
with some degree OF certainty ant
not take chances Of being maroonet
for weeks at a time on the Moffa
road. even with their white ele
plant" tunnel.
: Yours very truly,
A MOFFAT COUNTY TAXPAYER
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