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Show PLANS BIG IMPROVEMENTS Kruttsclmitt Says His Road Cannot Keep Pace With Business. SAN FRANCISCO. July i Julius Kruttsclmitt. director of maintenance and ways of tho llarrlinan systems, arrived ar-rived in Snn Francisco yesterday, in his private car. on an Inspection tour of Mr. Ihirrlmari's Western roads. Mr. Kruttschnltt outlined some of the principal prin-cipal developments and reconstruction work soon to be undertaken along the lines of tho Southern Pacillc. "The biggest tasks." said he "wore the converting con-verting of the Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland suburban loads Into electric lines, tho rebuilding of the I'njaro-Santa Cruz branch, tho installation of the block syxtt'in between San Francisco and Los Angeles and Son Francisco and the- Missouri Mis-souri river, tho completing of the Vlsi-taclon Vlsi-taclon freight yards Just outside of San Francisco, which will bo one of the largest larg-est freight stations In the country, and the double-tracking of some portions of "The1 trouble with the railroads all over the country." said he, "Is that the business busi-ness of tho country has Increased so enormously thai the development of trackage and car facilities have not been nblo to keep paoo with It. and the rnll-roads rnll-roads will never caleh up if the country pnes on developing as It has In the last MrfCICrutt3chnltt will remain here a week nnd then visit Portland, Scattlo and Spokane. |