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Show RIO GRANDE MAY ELECTRIFY OYER SUMMIT The report thit tie Denver & Rio Grande RiilroaJ Cempiny is planning ' to electrify its road over Soldier Suu.-'i.it Suu.-'i.it has causd considerable interest io be taken a nong the commercial clubs of the tstate. Although the movement to do the work has not yet taken on any special form Ui people realize that it is j very plausible, and would be of considerable consid-erable important" in the development! of the state. w- J. Clark, manager of the General Gen-eral Electric Company of New York met with a ; number of railroad people at the H)tol UUain Salt Lake last week and'who'i interviewed said: "I c.i ne oat tJ Denver for the purpose pur-pose of looking into the feasibility of a plan u electrify the Denver & Rio Gvaod r.iilroad through Tennesse Pass and Soldi?!-' Siuruuk. When I arrived at benvur I foiad. .Tint the president ) "'j? gone ensC so I came over V-fo f-n- a fc? days.' "Of ixnuee yon Understand that this proposition of oiuctrifyia-c ihe Denver & Rio Grando is la a very embryonic state. We would like to convince the railroad people that it would be to their interest to have it included in the large expenditure for improvements ! that they have in view. It must be j done eventually. The railroads are I coming to a general use of electric I I'ower in the future: "In figu.ing on the electrification of railroads there are many local conditions con-ditions that must be taken into consideration, con-sideration, and you can not alaways make one a basis for another. While the adoption of electric power on the steep grades of the Rio Grande has been suggested for some time, the matter is not sufficiently advanced to make any definite statement regarding it. I expect to meet the president of the road on my return from here." |