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Show URGE ELECTRIFYING MOUNTAIN LINES SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13. Electrification Electrifi-cation of the railroads in the mouu tain sections of California to effect a saving of approximately 3.0S2.300 barrels of fuel oil a year was recommended today by D. M. Folsom, fuel oil administrator for the Pacific coast. The recom in end at ion was sent to Mark L. Requa, director general of the oil division of the fuel administration administra-tion for submission to William G. McAdoo, Mc-Adoo, federal director general of railroads. The initial expense would be $23,012,000 and the investment would result in a return re-turn ultimately of 9.4 per cent, Folsom estimated. The saving in such electrification would approximate $4.!23,3(iQ a year in operating t expenses, Folsom estimated. |