Show memorandum forty million dollars will be spent by bythe the union pacific this year tor for new equipment and improvements according to C R gray president ot of tho the union pacific system in addition to thel thai regular routine expenses empens es for or maintenance tho the improvements will be financed from new capital and not from earnings says nays mr gray the additional double tracking wll wil give the union pacific virtually a two track all the way from omaha to ogden and salt lake city and considered d 1 in connection with the double track roads east cast at 0 omaha will make a double track from chicago to salt lake city 1515 bucis the longest stretch of double track in the united states over which solid through trains aro are run now new construction in utah opens up torri aci territories tories rich in iron agriculture and scenic attractions A una line has just been completed from delta to cc fillmore utah and the line from lund to codar city utah Is in process of construction the 1923 program of thel the union pacific contemplates an alternate main line through delsel idaho and a branch in the idaho falls district when the 67 57 all steel passenger cars covered by the 1923 program aref received thit will lAr ovide all steel equipment for all main line through passenger passe ngor trains seventy eight freight locomotives locomotive 9 and nearly neaily 6 freight cars care have been ordered tor for delivery in time tor for the next harvest in addition to new orator cars of the pacific fruit ex press a company owned jointly by tile the union pacific and southern pacific this program Is entered upon says mr air gray with a firm beliet belief in the prosperity of the western states and a confidence that the people in the territory served by the tha union pacific will cooperate in maintaining the railroad at a point of greatest effectiveness |