Show ARD CONTRACTS f FOR OVER MilLION jenver r nver enver Rio Grande Men Arrange Ar- Ar range ange to Buy Twelve Hunt Hundred Hundred Hun Hun- Hun Hun- t dred Additional Cars t PEG TRAFFIC INCREASE Says Road Is Prosperous Prosper- Prosper l. l ous and Rolling Stock I Will Be Needed 1 to toNE kNE NE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS' DOLLARS worth of ot new equipment for the Denver lo o b Grande Railroad company has ien n ordered and and contracts signed all allbe allbe be delivered within ninety days This equipment Is In part for tor new to enable the company compan r cope with the tho increased de defend de- de fend nc nd experienced In Jr the tho departments Utah T-Utah Utah and Colorado I A telegram was received yesterday b by lonel I. I A. A Bonton Donton general agent department to the effect at Vice President Brown had award- award 1 to various manufacturers for dev devery de- de very iVery v ry within ninety days das contracts for foro PO o 0 box cars stock cars all- all eel coal cars and 60 50 cabooses costing the aggregate The management of the Rio Grande Grandes' Grandes is s' s obtained for im- im from the tile executive depart- depart lerit ent nt of ot the tho road that are greatly In cess of ot the amount ordinarily re- re for maintenance operating operating- and thor expenses In explanation of this Benton said kOur Our road Is not on any ln boom prop- prop Our earnings have been cred- cred able abe and we are now preparing to leet the exigencies of or the great strides lade ado by the tho people along our lines there ere Is er e every indication of or a vast re reval revival re- re vival val of ot agricultural and other Inter- Inter tT te and with this new equipment ad add add- pd d d' d to what we now flOW have ha we will be bc beAble Able ble to compete with the demands of ot he country from a traffic stand- stand N Purchase S. S V. V D Derrah assistant general agent when whan asked wh why this d equipment was necessary Vaid Id Id The Increase In our business these facilities This country countr t f rapidly filling up New settlers are oming- oming into this state er c every da day and andre fe re c anticipate a larger volume of or bust busi- less ess than ever Railroad companies do not make ex expenditures ex- ex as a rule unless conditions condi condl- Ions warrant Power and equipment ire ie 1 e required to move mo trel freight ht and prop- prop 1 take care of the traffic Our busl- busl shows a substantial increase cv- cv ry mon month tho under contract This equipment now no viii ill be distributed over O the entire tem em cm Generally speaking more equip equip- neat requires s additional working force UI 11 of or this Is simply in line with the plan of Improvements as out- out Ined The tracking double of ot road- road cds eds and other work being performed y the engineering and construction departments de de- de- de will when completed allow is 8 to handle more equipment n railroad circles the enormous mounts appropriated this fiscal year J S' railroads in this and other sections f t. the country countr for tor improvements emen ts are Joked upon as strong evidence c of a turn of good times |