Iron County Record | 1939-01-19 | Page 9 | U. P. Will Purchase $5,000,000 worth of Steel Rails

U. U. U I P. WILL VILL WORTH OF STEEL RAILS As part of Its 1939 Improvement program the Union Pacific Railroad Railroad Rail Ran road will soon purchase more thin n tons of steel rails raus and fl fi- fi tin tings at an estimated cost of nearly nearly near near- ly It was announced t t.- t. t- t day by W W. M. M Jeffers president of the railroad This Is 18 the Ute largest purchase of steel to be made by a d operating west of Chicago In a good many years according to Mr Jeffers The order will Include the buyIng buy buy- Ing of more than gross tons of ot rails calls or track miles of rails and approximately net tons of ot fittings The rails will all be of pound pound weight which Is standard standard standard stand stand- ard on all Union Pacific main lim lines lints s. s Mills In Colorado the Chicago o osteel steel area and the Pacific coo coa tt t twill will particularly benefit as a are re result result re- re sult suit of this purchase order Mr Jeffers said