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<br />I) Place Unit Cattle Sheep Hogs V.'heat Potatoes Apples <br /> To Denver cwt *$ 0.81 *$ 0.87 *$ 1. 01 ,,0.43 $0.42 $0.45 <br /> To Al=OS3 car 25.81 25.81 23.27 <br /> Alamosa to <br /> Denver cwt .37 .37 .43 <br />? Alamosa to <br /> Salt Lake City cwt .47 .47 .47 # # # <br /> Alamos3. to Los <br /> Angeles cwt .85t .85t .85t <br /> To Montrose CRr 32.54 32.54 32.54 <br /> Montrose to <br /> Los Angeles cwt .79-3/4 .79-3/4 .79-3/4 # # # <br /> <br />*Minimum carload lots as follows: cattle, 11,000 lbs.j sheep, 8500 <br />lbs.; hogs, 6,000 lbs. <br /> <br />#Rates are based on combination of classes and are so high that they <br />would not be comparable to rates to Denver. If any quantity is to <br />move, special rates may be arranged. <br /> <br />The transfer of all cOllIllodit ies frOlll narrow to standard <br /> <br />gage equipment at some point on the journey is too slow and expen- <br /> <br />".\~..' <br />~~ <br /> <br />sive, especially for heavy or bulky products such as potatoes and <br /> <br />fruits, which must have low rates in order to cOlllpete with other <br /> <br />localities, and extra handling is injurious to many products. It <br /> <br />is reported that a stand3.rd gage connection from the Santa Fe Rail- <br /> <br />road to the south is to be expected ~~th further development of the <br /> <br />area.. <br /> <br />High~~ys. Highway facilities have improved considerably <br /> <br />since 1925 and additional improvements are under way to bring the <br /> <br />principal highways to modern standards of grade and alinement. Most <br /> <br />of the main roads h~ve. been surfaced ,tith bituminous material and some <br /> <br />of the secondary roads graveled. U. S. high~~y 160 runs through the <br /> <br />project, eastward to Alamosa and Eastern Colorado points, and west- <br /> <br />ward throufh Cortez to a connection with U. S. highway 450, in <br /> <br /><9 <br /> <br />27 <br />