Show RIO BUYS 11 ite avy 0 3 to a libei in tn colorado Colo it N 1 rot rotch cd that the taking over of wrol 1 l I 1 of 0 the gould railroads by eato baster fatir natt interest interests already ie Is ita its effet L in that haa has nn hoon led ted with which to lur pur chase material to atan dard rne all the demer and rio orande grande lna in fn colorado at present the demer and nio 1 orande 0 rates leeral hundred miles of narrow gauge gau lines in rado entering the great fruit b is and the coal binin districts of the state the op gutlon of these lines adds 91 great deaf deal to the general operating expenses as the freight handled on the narrow gauge lines consigned eon sIgned ned to points on standard atan dard gauge lines must le transferred at june junction tion points at 91 heavy expense S 9 V de derrah h assistant general freight agent ot of the illo 1 orande grande said that it t had tien contemplated for many aara to do away with all the narrow gauge lines |