THE IMPROVEMENT WORK WILL CONTINUE
Even though large expenditures
were made in 1926, the work will continue to go forward on broad
lines. The more important under-takings already outlined for
the coming year are enumerated below:
The work of ballasting with both
slag and gravel will continue.
One hundred miles of 90-lb. and
100-lb. rail will be laid at a cost of $1,650,000.
New bridges and culverts will
supplant the less modern of the structures now existing.
The work of eliminating curvature
and correcting grades will continue at a cost of $1,500,000.