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Show ! RAILROAD PHESIGENT" LAUDS QUI BUREAU E. L. Brown of Denver & i Rio Grande Says Service Has Aided Road's W ork. i f'rp-iq':nt K. L. Brown of t'ui1 prm'T j A. IJiu t.irn ti'io Haiiroad company, who j in la the r-ity on a tu;.sinf-s.- trip, ai i a I ixl'n 'jini'lin'L-iit to th - list ri: t :ar j -or'if:t'1 l urcau yc'terday. i Whil? i:i con vpth ion with the .-tate i:h-I a';iinnirr;itor. Fri'iilfnt Brown ex-' ex-' T'--.t thi' npinion that the work ol ; til i turf, -in hal rnatcriall v agisted hi? ; road in niakiiiii it poible fur the mines on its liue to work up to greater ctfi i-ieri'-y. Iri.'.vld.-'nt Mrown was reforrintr especially espe-cially to the reptirt ot the bureau for tip wpf-k ending Uei-ember 8. During that week the poreon tn.2P f et'ni'ienv-y at the mines was St.tJ. 'J'iie I)ener i l?jo Grande, however, made it pusr.ibio fur Ihe mines to hav-1 worked up to rtS.'J ,nv rent through the furnishing furnish-ing of empties, but unavoidable delays aL the mines prevented. I During tne same period tlie Utah railway dispbi -d an offieieney of per cfit, bui vnrked oaly up to 77.5 I per i.-ent. n:-rount of mine delay?. The (ii-''nn Short riue in the K em merer dis-trir! dis-trir! . erked to an etfieien-y of 94.7 per ctM', but tould have shown 100 per cent. Tbo T'nion Pacific in the Grass Creek district not onlv had an efficiency of 100 per eent. but worked up to it iully, In the KoeU Springs district the per cent worked was 01.-1 and could have been 96.5. Injhe Superior district on the Union Paiifie OS per cent was worked out. of a possible 98.3 pcr cent. Tt will be seen that the inilroads are doing all in their power 1o hold up their end in the present pres-ent fuel difficulties, and that the mines are also working practically to the total of their efficiency. |