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Show ncss, In which that Irom the West-j West-j orn Pacltic ii an important factor. ' ' The Denver & Rio Graude will have I to take care of a large part of this business, and it Is getting In shape to do It.- Not only will the road be j double tracked, but. both tracks wll ' bo put in the finest possible shape Of courso the entire Hue will not be double tracked this year nor next. I That Is Impossible, but It will In I double tracked Just as fast as men I and money can do tSo work." I When asked if the road would b I double tracked through tho lamoiu Royal Gorge, Mr;. Clarke replied thai it would, even though It bo nces sary to blow down a mountain to secure se-cure a roadbed. Asked as to the successor of T. A Deiup&ey, superintendent of dining cai and hotel service for the Missouri Kansas & Texas, Mr. Clarke said that H. W. MeAbec. assistant supciinten dont of tho dining car and hotel for vice of the Oregon Short Line, ii tho probable choice. The matter of i successor to J- H. Dean a-s gonera. superintendent of tho Colorado lino. Una not been settled. SHORT LIM WILL JOiyiO GRAND!! SALT LAKE. Sept. 23. "There Is absolutely no question that the l)en I vcr & Rio Grande will be double tracked from Salt Lake City to Denver. Den-ver. By Dec 1 ot this year twelve miles of this work will have been completed near Goodrich, C;lo. The remainder of the worn will be done as fast as possible," aid Horace W. Clarke, second vice president and general manager of the road. In an Interview .it the Knutsloni hotel thi morning. "Of course, he rcmlniied. " the undertaking un-dertaking Is an Immense one. bin It will be done. A double tr.i"k h necessary nec-essary on account of nui eased bus) |