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Show PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPECIAL FIRST TRAIN OVER DETOUR Soldier Summit detour was formal lv opened to passenger travel yesterday yes-terday morning when President B. F. Bush's special ttain, consisting of an engine and four car.- passed over the I new line on Its way to the east Denver & Rio Grande iraln No 1 was the second train to pass oer the cutoff and train No. 6 was the Brat regular eastbound passenger train j over it. The detour has been In use for several weeks and all freight trains have been routed over it In order that the weight might settle the roadbed and get It In condition for ! passenger service. Only two engines were required to pull the nine-car j train of tbt Panama-Pacific express over the detour This train formally needed four and five engines to get over the grade on the old line Prum this time on nil travel will be over tho detour, but the old Hue will be ' kept in repairs In order to handle 1 any excess traffic. I' -The detour is four miles locger IA.VR than the old line, but the grade has lU S been reduced from 4 to '1 per cent. Jt. The having In motive po?r alone f Is one of the biggest items to be considered, con-sidered, said J. M Gwyn. chief engineer engi-neer of the Rio Grande. The detour ft has been about eleven months In bulid!ng and over 5 1 ewAUas beflS flOSt expended orr ihe worV ini l: ..j j tout A |