Show i Burlington Road Road- has Biggest Interchange System With Moffat Spec Special nJ The TIle 1 local o Cs C's 1 payroll of or rite rho Burlington and Colorado Southern South era ern rn railroad system now In the neighborhood i o S1 4 W I. monthly will be Increased to between GOO GOO- and be row Burlington shops Utah Junc Junc- Hon tion are cOlD it d a t l I running full blast This prediction was made by Claude Claudo B. B Burnham executive vice president of the Burlington and Colorado Southern railroads H He is in Denver Dener on an inspection of ot b both th systems Officials opening of t the e new Burl Durl- ington shops hops will be around Nov 1 Mr Burnham a announced At that time between and men wilt b be employed Next spring he lie said the force at work in the new shops will aggregate aggregate aggregate gate 1200 to 1500 men Our new shops are the most modern modern modem mod mod- em ern and andi complete in the country he said The rh shops cost in the neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- of They were vera built entirely by Denver c contractors Denver labor was used and Colorado materials went into them There is no occasion n for tor any one undertaking a great building project in Denver to go outside Denver for material or labor Everything desired from the contractor to the material can be found right hereIt hereIt here It U w will ll be the policy of the Burlington Bur Bur- lington and Colorado Southern systems to keep expanding In Den Den- ver In the last year both systems ns and the Northern Pacific have e e. ex expended around with Colorado concerns for steel and fuel The new shops will mIl take care of all the power on the Colorado and Southern and of the power power on n the Burlington system west of McCook I Neb Denver is an excellent labor market mar mar- mar mar-I ket keto which is s one of ot the reasons the I shops were built bunt here We Ve can can- al always oh- oh l- l ways find men who are willing to take employment ment in Denver because of at the ide ideal tl climate and the excellent flying conditions Vh When n the new shops are opened they will be filled with picked help Opening of ot the new now shops shops- will not nol nie mean the abandonment of present shops in Denver The Colorado and Southern shops and the Burlington shops now fn n use for the repair of power lOWer equipment will be converted I Into shops for forthe the repair of r cars Mr Burnham spoke of ot th the coal m market which is being built up in Nebraska n the districts tributary to th the Bulington lines lilies in that state The Burlington and Colorado and and and- Southern have by far the biggest interchange system with the Moffat road road he said Last month from to cars of coal were taken from th the Moffat MorIat road for movement to points in n Neb Nebraska Kansas and the east The Burlington system naturally Is Is' Is much Interested in the plans for the construction of the Moffat iun- iun tun tun- n nel l. l It will establish a short route between the east and the Pacific coast coast and its Us completion will bring many tourists to Denver on their way war to the coast Equipment on the Burlington and Colorado and Southern systems is in excellent shape and the two roads are ready for the movement of or the immense sugar beet and grain crops Our ro road d has box cars on sid aid ings nS's in Nebraska waiting for the movement movement t of ot grain There will be beno beno beno no shortage of cars so far as can be foreseen Colorado with Its diversified agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag crop crop ought to be he in excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent shape We Ve cannot foresee anything anything any any- thing but prosperity for Colorado farmers |