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Show DEPOT TO BE BUILT ON 24TBJT. Rumors of a semi-official nature, to the effect that the Denver & Rio Grande is preparing plans for a ?50,-000 ?50,-000 freight depot on its Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street property botween Lincoln Lin-coln and Wall avenues, followed the departure of a party of high officials of that road today, also the possibility possibi-lity of a protentlous passenger station sta-tion being built In the same neighborhood neigh-borhood The p rty consisted of General Manager E I Brown, Assistant General Gen-eral Manager W. S. Martin, General Superintendent A. B. Apperson, Assistant As-sistant General Freight Agent S. V Derrah, Special Engineer Arthur Ridgeway and Local Agent Frank FouLs. Several hours were passed in looking look-ing over tho local yards and, a conference con-ference which wat. held later, the freight depot proposition was discussed dis-cussed to a considerable length Such a building as the officials have in mind wll cost from ?40,000 to ?50,-000 ?50,-000 and will be large enough to accommodate ac-commodate al anticipated business for at least 20 years Whether It will be found advisable to continue in Joint occupation of the Union station or to build a passcngor station of their own the officials refused re-fused to saj . although it Is generally general-ly understood the company will bo divorced from the Union Depot company. com-pany. In connection with the general improvements im-provements now under way on the Rio Grande. Mr Brown said "We have the work well under way We are employing extra forces for-ces all along the line and paying out vast sums of money In our efforts to get our improvements in working order as soon as possible Most of the work that wc arc doing has already al-ready been outlined in the papers We are doing some ballasting at Greon River, cutting grade where it It Isn't our Idea, however, to pour the monoy out along the track like so much water Wc are spending It where It Is needed and will bring returns." re-turns." no |