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Show GREAT PREPARATION FOR TRAVEL OF 1915 As an example of the preparation being made by the transcontinental railroads to handle the heavy business busi-ness of 1915 and succeeding years, the report of improvements made by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad during the past year shows that this road will havo spent ?22, 000,000 by July 1 in revising its Omaha-Chicago line. A report of the improvements made, received yesterday yester-day by the local office of the road, states that by the date mentioned the double track between Omaha and Chicago Chi-cago will be entirely completed. Revision of the line, according to the report has in many Instances taken tak-en the road away from old townsites, and in these 'cases the towns are being be-ing moved bodily to the new locations. loca-tions. Electric block signals are being be-ing installed the entire distance. One feature of the improvement is the new bridge over the Des Moines river. riv-er. This is one of the largest structures struc-tures of its kind in the world, is 2400 feet long and contains GG00 tons of steel. The improvements are virtually completed and constitute, declares the report, one of the largest pieces of railway construction carried on In recent times In this country. |