Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-18 | Page 3 | Denver & Bio Grande to Electrify Part of Its Main Line

I DENVER V TO ELECTRIFY PART OF ITS MAIN LINE LIN According to 10 dispatches dispatcher from Denver the thc Denver or Rio TIlo Grande Grando lies has authorized the time electrification of ot that part of ot its ite main lino from Salt talt alt Lake City to Helper a V distance of oC l miles It la is announced that thal tho the contracts contract contractor for or th tho work will III belet bo be bolet let in tho the near future and it I la is hoped hope J Jt t to have havo a Il largo large part of or the w work rk completed completed com corn before the tho end of ot next year arThe ar The Tho t cost of ot the work Is 3 which ia it In addition to tt tho thio 00 which the company will spend for a ac c detour cr over So Soldier Summit by b which tho the grade will bo be reduced Crt from m about 4 per percent percent percent cent to a trifle less than 2 per er cent The question oC or electrifying that part of or the Uie main line lino between Tuck r und and Helper lies has been under c fey Iby thc the Denver nie me Grande for nearly lh five years tt eata From FlOm time to time It has been unofficially announced cod that tho the toad load would commence the work but so far Car nothing has come of ot it According to the dispatches received in Salt Lake Cit City the announcement of or the tho plans of ot the tho c company Is now HOT made b by E K E. 1 Li L. Drown Brown vice Ice president of oC tho the road roRd I It is Ja also 10 announced that it t Is Ie the In Intention In In- of or the company to electrify that 1 part of or the road in Colorado known as aa I the Tennessee to Pass but that work on tho the Utah end will be done first According to thern announcement V tho the electrifying work will m bo be done dono by the th General Electric company While official announcement is hI lacking ocI it H lt cd that tho time power for Cor the thc operation of ot tho road In Utah b by electricity will ill bo furnished furnished furnished fur fur- by tho the recently organized Utah Light and Power rower company and the Tel Tel- company compan