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Show BROADER GAUGE WOULD BE SAFER Not Money Enough in Country Coun-try to Effect Change Pro-! posed by Harriman, Says B. L. Mitchell. CHICAGO. March 8. Railroad men In this city do not agree entirely with E. H. Harriman i views regarding the physical physi-cal aspect of the railroad of the future. Asked, to express his views of the future railroad. B. t,. Wlnchell, president of the Rock Island, said yesterday: "It would seem to me that If all the railroads In the United States should be changed at once into six-foot gauge roads, we would be troubled with even a greater car and power shortage than ex-, lets at present. The first six-foot gauge road would find Itself in a pretty unfortunate unfor-tunate predicament. How do you think It would get Its traffic on to other roads or the traffic of connecting lines or to its own rails? "There are, however, many things to t said .in favor of a broader gauge. There is the element of greater safety; it would be possible to use bigger cars, and with bigger engines we could haul greater loads. If, however, we are to ie-riouRly ie-riouRly face changing the gauge of our rrllroads I do not see whre the money Is to come from. "In fact, there would not be money enough In the country- Every bridge would have to be rebuilt and every car we now have would be useless. The f5.0no.000.000 which James J. Hill says It Is necessary to spend during the next five years accomplishing the transportation necessities of the country, would be an Infinitesimal amount If we are to adopt a six-foot gauge." |