Show D. D S R. R G. G WILL ILL SPEND VAST SUM SUI Three Million Dollars Appropriated to Make alce Improvements J I Expenditure of more than 3 Is to be made by the Denver Denyel Rio Grande during this year for tor road betterment motive mauve bower power ower and eq equipment The road ex expended ended approximately ap ap- i ap-i proximately that much during in order to improve the property and the indications are are that a larger amount will be expended this year ell ellas as H. H U. U Mudge president ot or the Denver Rio Grande h has s' s sm m made d preparations for a number of im improvements improvements im ts which are are to to tobe be earned carried out the during the summer F F. F R. R Rockwell assistant geneal manager manager of the Utah lines returned returned last Saturday from an inspection trip aver ver the lines that the road I Ilas vas las in good condition and that it was I enjoying I heaviest eav est traffic it has had hadin hadin in a number of y years rs I I The The improvements t by the Denver Rio Grande included ed relaying a part of the main line o of the road with heavier steel and nd the replacing of the light steel on a lumber of the branches where the traffic has increased with the v trails rails aVen alen from the main line In addi addi- ion on a a large larg number of curves curves' are areo o 0 be eliminated and the road roadbed e T Hasted In a number of places place throughout throughout Colorado Colorado and Utah Tie The Tile oad cad has ordered more than fifty bal bat hr last hart t cars car froth eastern car factories 0 o 0 the road on this end nd or of the tle line and and the arrangements for forthe forthe forthe the securing of the tha crushed crush crush- ed d stone have been made Motive power power has been ordered d rom tile the eastern locomotive works ind a numbe number of cars cars are re to be ord ordered ordered ered during the coming summer summer Th The Increased earnings of the road are to tobe tobe tobe be turned back into the property Inthe Inthe in inthe the way of improvements as they were last year It is estimated by byl Jie l ie e officials of the Denver I Rio c Grande that Ithe equipment and the motive power power ordered this tIlis y year r will amount amount to more than I In addition the regular budget of the road will include a number of new stations The work of developing the agricultural lands along the Denver DenVer Den ver Rio Grande is to receive much attention from rom the traffic def department of the road during this Ulis year yeLl and ex ex- r-erts r art to make a report as to 10 the l lands land which hare are best adapted to agricultural agri agni- cultural purposes s and which are con to to the Denver Rio Grand Grande system Announcement of of the pl plans ns I of of the company in this this' regard is Is' to tobe tobe be made thade within the next month I A n |