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Show MAY ABSORB THE WESTERN PACIFIC ROAD MAY ABSORB ., Absorption of the Western Pacific railroad, name and all. by the Denver &. Rio Grande railroad, and tho operation opera-tion of the transcontinental line, forrael by the two working ln conjunction, conjunc-tion, with Denver an headquarters for the enlarged sBtem. is the prediction made today upon information claimed to be semi-official. Regarding the proposed consolidation, consolida-tion, a Denver & Rio Grande official Is quoted as follows: "We do not know for a certainty that this move is going to be made, but much more improbable things have been done in railroad consolidation, consolida-tion, it is not a wild drearu by any means " It is pointed out that the Western Pacific, with Its 921 mlles of track. Is practically only n extension of the Denver & RJo Grande, with Its 2.C00 tnlles of road: that the R0 Grande owns Jf.ft.OOO.OOO Of tho 575.OO0.000 capital stock of the Western Pacific. |