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Show IIIIIEJ.!ILLIOIIS-VILL IIIIIEJ.!ILLIOIIS-VILL BE SPENT BYD.&R.G.W. Utah,-Colorado Line Will Be Iihproved This Year Budget expenditure of upwards of $9,000,000 wiU be ipent in Utah and Colorado this year to Improve the Denver at Rio Grande Western railroad, said Wilson McCarthy of Denver, trustee In chart e of operations, opera-tions, on his arrival In Salt Lake City Monday. . Mr. McCarthy, former resident of Salt Lake City, was accompanied here by George Williams, general traffic manager, and Oliver J. Grimes, " former Salt Lake City newspaper man, who assumed his duties Monday as acting assistant traffic manager of the railroad hero. Mr. Grimes came here from Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, where he had resided re-sided while serving as secretary to the lata George H. Darn, secretary of war. "Outside of our ordinary maintenance main-tenance and operating expenses," asserted Mr. McCarthy, "our railroad rail-road will spend upwards of t.000,-000, t.000,-000, including-the purchase of 15 new locomotives at a cost of more than $3,000,000. Ten of the modern locomotives will be the freight type and five will be passenger engines." The trustee told of plana to lay 80 miles of new 112-pound rail In Utah and Colorado, H said 1S1-pound 1S1-pound rail will be used on curves. Mr. McCarthy pointed out the line will be completely - ballasted between be-tween Grand Junction, Colo, and Helper, Utah. . "Our railroad is still going forward," for-ward," he reminded. "We had a fine year In 1936 the best since 1924." Mr. Crimes will Bave the title of acting assistant traffic 'manager, taking over the work formerly per-fosmed per-fosmed by Andrew J. Cronin, Who ha been 111 for several months and la now in California, said Mr. McCarthy. Mc-Carthy. .' The trusts pointed out that Mr. Cronin 1 not being retired and gave assurance that he would remain a member of the D. R. Q. W. as long as he wished. Mr. McCarthy and Mrs. McCarthy will remain In Salt Lake City foi another day or two, he said. - Ha also asserted that the rath-oae shops at Salt Lake City would be kept operating afrfuH capacity. |