Show W RK STARTS ON N RIO GRANDE IMPROVEMENTS Road Will Expend Several Sever Sever- sever I al Hundred Thousand Dollars I Improving Salt aIt Lake Departments ts I Contractors are already on the gr ground und and plans have been madet made t to break ground May 15 for Improvements improvements Im im- Im- Im to tho the local Denver Rio Blo RO Grande Western Vestern engine house shops and storehouse which will involve expenditures amounting to several hundred thousand dollars it became known today coincident with the arrival here last night of ot W. W W. W Lemmen of ot Denver superintendent superintendent superintendent of ot motive power and car d department of ot the railroad company The rhe he work will be carried through to toc the c completion and officials hope b buildings will be read ready for use next winter Construction work rebuilding and expanding of ot the railroads railroad's terminal nal facUlties facilities here Is part of ot a 1 Salt Lake division program Outlined d for this this year announcement announce announce- ment ent of ot which was made mado by Joseph H. H Young Toung receiver ar for the road upon pon his last visit to Salt Lake Shop facilities will be materially expanded as will the engine house housend nd storehouse for the purpose otI of ot I Better taking cars cara of ot larger types of or motive power and cars being used n now now w as compared with those in use when hen the present facilities were provided 1 The shops and storehouse house will be approximately feet teet by feet teet as compared present much smaller r buildings' buildings This structure be partly new and the balancer balance r rebuilt built will occupy the same site alte as the present shops and storehouse with the addition that It will be beabout beabout beabout about feet nearer the Second South street entrance to the railroad railroad rail rail- road oad property The engine house and turntable le will ill be razed and rebuilt on a larger arger I Cale wale on the same ground where It lit It is now located There will be aJi a Ji ew w and larger car department west I Ia a Of the present site The power er powerhouse house louse has already been reconstructed reconstruct reconstruct reconstruct- ed d on a scale to meet with other im- im According to Mr Lemmen work on on Improvement and enlargement of or of the Burnham Colo Cob shops of ot the theR R Rio Grande has already commenced 1 he e Salt Lake shops are considered next In importance and size to the Durham Burham shops which are located Just outside Denver Mr l Lemmen expects expect to remain several veral everal days daya going over details of ot the new work and conducting his regular Inspection of ot the local facilities fa- fa dUties with D. D G. G Cunningham m hi his Department department assistant assist who Is stair stationed stationed sta sta- ir permanently In this city and alias charge of ot mechanical depart- depart i on Utah lines Unas |