Carbon County News | 1912-11-21 | Page 4 | Will Electrify Rio Grande

WILL ELECTRIFY RIO GRANDE first unit will be from hcan r to salt lake and cost denver E L brown vice president of the denver rio grande raU railroad road announced upon his return from new york on saturday that the first steps in electrifying the entire denver rio crande grande system are to be taken at once that means that millions of 0 dollars in improvements are to be expended and that tho the denver rio lito grando grande Is to become the first road through the rocky mountains to be operated by electricity the first unit to be electrified will be b e from helper utah to salt lake city a distance of 0 miles said mr brown this flork ork will cost the second unit to be constructed will bo be over tennessee pass and will innone the electrification of the line from calida to minturn the utah work ill be commenced at once and ws expect to have it completed by july 1 1913