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Show BUSH SENDS A MESSAGE OF REGRET F. Fouts, general agent for the Rio Grande In Ogden, received a telegram tele-gram this morning from President , B. F Bush, replying to an invitation to visit Ogden extended by the Weber club. It Is as follows: "F. Fouts, general agent, D. & R. G., Ogden: My compliments to the officers of-ficers and members of the Weber club, "whose Invitation is so generously gen-erously tendered, but regret my program pro-gram on this initial trip over "Utah and Colorado lines muBt hastily bo made and consequently must- forego tho pleasure of accepting their klnd-neBs klnd-neBs and hospitality at this time, with extreme regret. (Signed) B. F. Bush. The now president of tbo Denver fe Rio Grando railroad outlined today tho first steps to be taken toward the rehabilitation re-habilitation of that toad. ForemoBt he places the elimination of the grades over Soldier Summit, Utah. He declared that there were two or threo plans under consideration considera-tion and already several engineers wore in tho field working out the details. de-tails. He announced that thero would be an increaso in shop facilities of the road and an Immediate increase in motivo powor. Mr, Bush refused to discuss the possibility of tho acquisition of tho Denver, Northwestern &. Pacific (tho Moffat road) hy the Denver & Rio Grande and the building of an extension of tho present Moffat line to Dotsoro, Colo., to connect with the Denver &. Rio Grande. He announced however, that ho expected to make a trip of Inspection over the Moffat road on his return to Colorado. no |