Show RIO GRANDE BUS LINES SOLD TO Sale of all Rio Grande passenger passenger passenger ger Ibus bus operations to the Continental Continental Con Con- com company pan y was announced jointly this week by M M. E. E Moore president of the latter company and E. E IA A. A West president of the tle Rio Grande Motor tor Way and tire lve vice president of the Denver Den IDen- ver and Rio Grande Western railroad effective as 0 of Feb 1 The properties involved are the passenger operations of the Rio Grande Motor Way and the Rio Grande interest in hi the Denver Denver- Colorado Springs Pueblo Motorway Motorway Motor Motor- way and the Salt Denver-Salt Lake- Lake Pacific stages With the acquirement oi olf these I bus jus lines Continental becomes one oi of the largest t hIghway passenger carriers in inthe inthe the nation That company recently recently recently re re- re- re acquired title to the Santa Santa Santa San San- ta Fe and the Dixie companies and Its operations now include extensive extensive exten exten- sive route miles in i 17 western and southwestern south states Rio llio Grandes Grande's main line Jine bus routes run from Denver to Salt Lake City via highway 6 and from Pueblo to Salt Lake via US U.S. 50 Other routes Include Denver to Salida and Alamosa via US U.s. Salida Sall a to Leadville and Minturn on Us V 24 Alamosa Alamosa Alamosa Ala- Ala mosa to Ito Durango on US U.S. Durango to Mesa Verde National Nation Nation- al park and Salt Lake City to Marysvale and Cove Fort ort |