David Moffat sold his interest in the F&CC shortly after the turn of the century, part of raising the pool of money that eventually built the DNW&P (Moffat Road.) he and his associates had rebuilt part of the line through Phantom Canyon after a big flood and planned to raise the rest of the line in a few years. The new owners, who also owned the MT, didn't bother.
The section that had been rebuilt farther from the canyon floor after the 1st flood wound up isolated by the 2nd one but didn't get washed out.
Also the state ordered F&CC to resume service after the 1912 flood but the company refused. They finally surrendered their charter in 1915 (after transferring the useful trackage in the District to a new corp.) rather than comply with the order.
hank
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