The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-22
Santa Fe Would Include Frisco
and Cotton Belt.
INTO II COMPETITIVE SYSTEMS
Rock Island Takes in Mo. p, d,
& r. g., Texas Pacific.
Union Pacific With C. G.. W. and
the Central Pacific.

Washington, Jan. 21.-ConsoHda-
ton of the Santa Fe. Frisco. Cotton
Belt. International & Great Northern,
and Midland Valley railroads into one
system; the Rock Island. Missouri
Pacific. Denver & Rio Grande, Ell
Paso & Southwestern, Texas Pacific,
and Chicago, Peoria * st. Louis rail-
roads into another system, The Union
Pacific, Chicago Great Western. Cen
trail Pacific and Los Angeles & Salt
Lake lines into a system. and 145 other
class 1 railroads into II other COM
petitive systems is proposed by John
e. Oldham of Boston, vice president
of the Investment Bankers association,
in statement today submitted. to the
conference committee which is endeav-
oring to harmonic the differences be-
tween the senate and house railroad
bills. The grouping of the fourteen
systems suggested with mileage and
gross earnings per mile is as follows:
The Fourteen Systems.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM - The
Southern Pacific with the Arizona Eastern
galveston. Harrisburg & San Antonio
Orleans; Houston. East & West Texas
Louisiana Western; Northern Louisiana &
Texas; these Independent lines: Missouri.
Kansas & Texas: Chicago & Alton; Kansas
City. Mexico & ORIENT Kansas City South
crn: San Antonio & Arkansas Pass; Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma & Gulf; Missouri & North
Arkansas: Louisiana & Arkansas: Wichita
Wiley; Trinity & Ynzoo aVlley; total mile
age 1902 earnings per mile. 81 ESQ.
NORTHERN PACIFIC-BURLINGT
SISTEM-The Northern Pacific with the
lines under its control, including the Chi
gaGo; Huntington & Quincy; Colorado
Southern: Fort Worth & Denver City
Spokane. Portland & Southern. and Colo
RADIO Midland; total mileage, 1S,30S; earn
ingR per mile, S10.SS1.
A IA
SYSTEM-The Illinois Central. including
Iazoo, Mississippi and Central of
board Air Line: Atlanta, birmingham &
Western of Alabama, and Georgia. South
ern Florida total mileage, 12,IsS; earn
GREAT NORTHWESTERN SYSTEM
The Chicago & Northwestern. with the Chi
engo. St Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha, and
the Great Northern: total mileage, II ,955
earnings per mile, $10.3S0.
MILWAUKEE-SOO SYSTEM-The Chi
eago, Milwaukee & st. Paul: Minneapolis.
St Paul & Sault ste. Marie. with the Du-
nlth, south Shore & Atlantic; and Mineral
Duluth & Iron Range; total mileage, Is
SOUTHERN sYsTEM@The Southern,
including the Mobile & Ohio: Alabama &
Great southern: Southern of Mississippi,
Cincinnati & New Orleans; Chicago. In
diannpoIis & Louisville, and New. Orleans
lines Alabama & Vicksburg; vicksburg,
Shreveport & Pacific; Florida East Coast
New Orleans & Great Northern. and Gulf
4 ship Island total mileage, 11,5s5; earn
Ees per mile. $10.979.
NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM-The
New York Central and the lines it controls
including the Cleveland, Cincinnati Chi
cagO & St Louis: Michigan Central; To-
ledo & Ohio Central; Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie; Kannwaha & Michigan; Ruthland
Cincinnati Northern: and these indcpend-
ent lines: Boston & Maine: Maine Central
Western Maryland; Bangor & Aroostook
Ulster & Delaware, and the Monongahela
total mileage for the proposed system,
1G,915: average earnings per mile for the
grnup. So: 1924.
RI-FFALO SYSTEM-The Erie with its
subsidiaries. the Chicago Eastern, and
the New York, Susquehannn & Western
Wabash; l'ere Marquette; Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Lake
Erie & Western; Elgin Junction & East
York, Ontario & Western: Bessemer *
Lake Eric; Lehigh & Northern; Pitts
burgh, Shnwmut & Northern: Detroit &.
Macinac: Lchigh Valley & Northeastern
total mileage. 14,4S5; earnings per mile
S21 .3GS.
PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM-The Penn.
sylvnnia with its subsidiaries. including
the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Chicago & st
Louis; Grand Rapids & Indiana Philadel-
phia, baltimore & Washington; Long Is.
land: West Jersey & Sea Shore: New York
Philadelphia & Norfolk; Cumberland Val
Toledo, Peoria & Western: and the New
York, New Haven & Hartford. with the
Central OF New England. which II con-
trolls; total mileage, 13,6sJ; earnings per
mile. 1871.
BALTIMORE - READING SYSTEM -
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