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Show UNION PACIFIC WILL' SPEND LARGE SUM THIS YEAR Omaha, Neb , Jan. 4 The Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad will spend more than $14,000,000 on improvements of different differ-ent kinds this year. President Calvin returned from New York today and made announcements to that effect. For new equipment $7,000,000 will be spent. Double-tracking the remainder of the line between Omaha and Granger, including an additional ad-ditional tunnel under Sherman hill will consume $4,000,000. The shops round houses, depots and machinery appropriation totals $3,000,000 New equipment includes 1000 automobile cars, 1900 box carB, twenty Mikado locomotives, lo-comotives, ten Santa Fe type locomotives locomo-tives and 2700 refrigerator care The budget for the Short Line is not included in that for Union Pacific Improvements Im-provements for the Short Line will be announced later. r(. |