The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-04

struction of the bore The plans pro
vide that the tunnel be electrical.
operated, so that trains as well as au
tomobiles and trucks may be hauled
through by electric engines The pho
neer tunnel eventually will be used tC
carry power light compressed air fol-
the main tunnel and, in time. prob
ably water from the western slope &c
the eastern slope for use in the city
of Denver
Under the provisions of the Moffat
tunnel act, the tube shall remain the
perpetual property of the state of Col
orado, and be used by railroads upon
payment of rentals which, in time, will
retire the bonds issued against the
tunnel district and pay the interest
upon them. II is expected that the
Moffat railroad win be the first road
to make use of the tunnel
William G. Evans, one of the most
ment has recently been named by
Mayor Dewey c. Bailey of Denver to
represent the city of Denver at the
! abroad grouping hearings being held
| by the interstate commerce commits
sion. AT the request of Governor Oil
yer II. Shoup of Colorado and Mayor
Bailey, Mr.. Evans is urging a group
ing of the Denver & Salt Lake (Mof-
fat) railroad with the Denver & Rio
Grande Western and the Burlington
system. Should this consolidation be
effected, when the Moffat tunnel is
completed Denver will develop rapid
ly into the pivotal railroad center of
the Rocky mountain west, on a direct
short line from Chicago through to
San Francisco, it is declared.
The Moffat tunnel commission,
which is charged with supervision of
construction and operation of the tun-
mel, is composed of the following mem
bers: William r. Robinson, for many
years president of the old Denver
Union Water company president of
the commission; Charles j. Wheeler
a Routt county banker, first vice pres
ident Charles MacAllister Wilcox,
president of the Daniels & Fishers
Stores company, second vice presi-
dent: Charles A. Leckenby of Steam
boat Springs. Colo, former state au-
ditor, secretary: w. n w. Blayney
one of Colorado's most prominent live
stock growers. treasurer.
Major l.. d. Blauvelt former chief
f,,. tho NToffof ,.a iltooI ,sroe
selected as chief engineer for the tun-
mel commission to supervise the con-
struction of the bore. Assisting the
chief engineer in an advisory capac-
ity are three of the most widely
known engineers in the country, who !
have agreed to serve in this work
These men are; J. Waldo Smith of |
New York CITY, declared to be the |
greatest tunnel authority in the United |
States, and chief consulting engineer |
for the Manhattan, Hudson and Penn |
5ylvania tunnels in New York j. vi |
pond Davies of New York City, chief |
engineer in charge of New York's wa
ter supply who has had charge of
tunnel and other construction projects |
costing s16O.OOO.OOO, and David w. |
noted tunnel and mining en-
gineer of Denver.
Mr. Moffat's Dream Realized.
With the completion of the Moffat |
tunnel will come the fulfllment of the |
lifetime dream of the late David II. |
Moffat, one of Colorados greatest pio-
neer builders, in whose honor the tube |
is named. 1t was David II. Mofat /
who built the Denver & Salt Lake
and who fathered the con-
struction of the old Denver Pacific, a
branch of the Union Pacific from
Cheyenne Wyo., to Denver, although
ne was only 80 years old at the time.
The first locomotive that pulled its
way into Denver from across the
plains, over which great herds of buff
alo roamed. bore the name of David 1
l. Moffat" 1t was David Moffat who
which first gave railroad facilities to
he famous mining camps of Cripple
'reek and Creole, Col.
Although his activities had always
rought him and his associates rich
financial returns, Mr.. Moffat found
title cooperation when he undertook
he construction of the Denver & Salt c
AXE railroad and he himself spent
yer $2O0O0O0 in trying to prove the
of his purpose to span the
now capped Rockies with a direct
abroad route west, which would place
Denver on a short through transcon-
mental railroad and open up the vast u
of northwestern Colorado h
nd eastern Utah. But it has remain +
4 for those of another generation v
his generatiOn-to bring to fulfllment s
he vision of David Moffat whose a
ream is even now being realized