Show WILL GO AROUND SOLDIER SUMMIT f j denv denver er colo nov 20 1012 1912 president dont bush and vice president f brown of the denver rio grando grande last week authorized tho the immediate construction of the double track do tour lino line over soldier summit where 4 tho railroad crosses tho the wasatch jg mountain in utah the elie present lino line between tucker rwjr and find soldier summit Is seven miles tuf 1 ot long an and the lc bo grade tour four per cent or aci 0 g 11 feet to tile mile the now line between tho tile same points will bo be alf teen miles long with grade reduced to two per percent cent or 0 feet to tho tile mild tho tile reduction in tho the grade and curvature will more than offset the i increased mileage tile the cost of this work will bo be approximately three millions of dollars being tho most important improve mant yet authorized by tho tile denver T i ario rio grando under the now manag ment contracts will bo be lot within k 1 ten ton or fifteen days and it is antici r that the work will bo be comy pleated by july of next year S tills this largo expenditure has been 1 authorized by tho the board of directors because of tho the rapidly increasing 1 it traffic incident to tho tile opening ori ening of the J western pacific railway as well as to tako care of tho tile enormous coal and coke output going from the utah mines gotho salt lake nevada and blon montana tana smelters and reduction plants other factors influencing tho tile decision are ro tho the anticipated 4 growth in passenger traffic on ac 3 count of the panama pacific exposi lion tion at san francisco and tho the increased freight business sura to follow tho the opening of tho the panama canul canal |