Show 1 W Y r r rW f TRANSCONTINENTAL r RAilROAD a 1 h e ea LOOMS SI JH THROUGH H UN LINE I Jo TO fAST EAST AIM Of 1 I I N New ew Transcontinental System System tem tern Is Probable Following Following Following Follow Follow- ing Purchase of Denver Rio io Grande Railroad THAT T the purchasers of the I 1 1 Denver Rio Eio Grande railroad railroad rail rail- road intend to rehabilitate the road and end put it in splendid condition condition con COD was the statement made by the the- officials of the railway who were here a few days ago after a trip of inspection over the lines between h here re and Denver said Judge Joshua Greenwood Greenwood- president of the the public Utilities commission today While nothing was sal said i o outright that would mean that an alliance was to be formed with an Eastern connection connection connection tion by which a new new transcontinental line was intended the Intimation was that th this s was was the intention later on However the principal matter now in hand and which will be determined when the purchasers meet in New York on December 15 is to provide ways and means to place the road in inthe inthe inthe the best condition P possible and this means a rehabilitation of the system FORM COMBINATION That the intention is to form a combination combination combination com com- by which the Western Pa Pacific and the Rio Grande is to become a a. apart apart part of a new new transcontinental system is the universal opinion of those with whom the representatives of the purchasers purchasers purchasers pur pur- chasers talked ed with when here and that this combination will include the Burlington and Pennsylvania system is also the general belief of railroad men and others It was pointed out today that while i the distance distance between the Atlantic seaboard seaboard seaboard sea sea- board and the Pacific at San Francis Francisco co over a line which would consist of the Pennsylvania th the Burlington the Rio Grande and the Western Pacific was somewhat longer than over the Union and Southern Pacific railways s 's that the difference in the route was not such that it It would not be a formidable formidable formidable for for- competitor with the Union Pacific system However the new purchasers of the Rio Grande are going to build up the system first and place it in such physical condition that it can handle handl the traffic which is certain to come com when the system can care f tot foe it it it continued continued continued con con- the railroad man Who was talking of the future of the system I RAILROADS ADS SIDETRACKED I There is is no question but that during during during dur dur- ing the war when the railroads were in the hands ands of the government that the Rio Grande and the Western PaI Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- I were sidetracked more or less and the traffic which it should have had was diverted to other systems continued continued con con- this r railroad man but but from now on it will be different Utah owes more to the Rio Tao Grande than it has been given credit with for forIt forit forit it was due to the Rio Grande that the great coal properties of the state were developed and this meant the development development development devel devel- of the state To place the Rio Grande in the tho physical condition that it must be to become a part of a great transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental system will mean the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture tur of many millions of dollars concluded the railroad man and this will be arranged at the meeting of re reorganization reorganization reorganization re- re organization December 15 Alliance With Eastern Lines Is Admitted Admission that the recent purchase Of the Denver Rio Grande railroad by the controlling Interests of the Western tes t rn p Pacific railroad will wUl bring about a much closer alliance between the Denver Ri Rio Grande and the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Burlington Quincy railroad with the probability of the three thre companies companies companies com com- organizing another transcontinental transcontinental line was made today by P. P S. S Eustis p passenger traffic manager of ot the Burlington Route who was in Salt on page 6 i. i |