Show I I I Dv 01 RIC 1 V LINE BEING BEN O IMPROVED Fine a Track as Any Road In West Vest Aim of ofU U Undertaking Elimination of curves re bal lasting lasting- with slag and other build build- buildIng building building ing work toward perfecting the Ule Denver Rio Grando Grande Western line Une Is being carried through now nowa n a part of ot a general program which F A Wadleigh general passenger traffic manager of the tho railroad system says saS will provIde as fine tine a track as any railroad In the tho west This statement was made by Wadleigh In a letter to C C F Moulton general agent of ot the tho Denver RIo Klo Grande railroad railroad- at Ogden Regarding the recent wreck at Waco Colo attention s is called to the fact tact that the rail rall- rail railroad's roads road's rules do not permit of high Ih speed around curves of ot this degree but for some reason un- un unknown un unknown known the tho traveling engineer who at the moment was running the locomotive exceeded the speed limit at the particular point l where the derailment occurred Wadleigh sas sa's says that notwIthstandIng notwithstanding notwithstanding standing this unfortunate occur occur- occurrence occurrence occurrence rence that the railroad was never before In as fine a physical condition as It Is today nor has hasIt hasit hasIt It ever had in the past as us splendId splendid splendid did power as it has today Regarding Improvement work now underway the railroad on- on official's official's cial's letter says The line Is being ballasted with I slag the finest material known tor for such purposes all the tho way from about Tennessee Pass to Grand Junction curvature is be- be being be being ing eliminated in the canyon ot of the Colorado and elsewhere sags are being tilled filled up and humps s re- re removed removed re removed moved Concrete and steel bridges are being substituted for tor wooden ones and pound 90 steel Is la taking the place ot of lighter weight rails The road is lined with construction construction tion crews Similar work is ts underway un- un un underway derway deray in Utah Attention is ts called to the CUT CUTe curse e elimInation work which as was aas uno un- underway un underway derway at the Waco wreck loca loca- location loca- loca location location tion when the accident occurred |