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Show ! ELECTRIFYING THE II CHICAGO RAILROADS j I Chicago, Aug. 12. The expense of j tf tD general investigation of the fcas- lbility of electrifying all Chicago rail- m, 3 road terminals, undertaken by the I l K Chicago Association of Commerce, -2J ' has been apportioned among the var- -q is ious railoradB entering this city. The ll f rallroadB agreed at the start to defray ijjj r all the expenses of the investigation. i This expense Is expected to reach p I $300,000, and it Is predicted that the it Investigation will last two or three i I years di Horace G. Burt, formorly president pi 1 or the Union Pacific railroad, is the p( I chief engineer of the project and it ; J Is said he will receive a salary of & j 36,000 a year. He "Will have several gj -Igh-salarled assistants. |