New Britain herald., 1921-09-28
Principle Followed Is That Of Hitching Weaker
 And Less Profitable
 Roads With More Pros porous
Proposed Schedule Includes All Class One Lines and Also a Number of Class Two and Class Three Di- visions.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The inter- state commerce commission today an- l nounced tentative plans for consoli- dating all of the major railroads of the United States into 19 great sys- tems.
 The step was taken under provi- sions of the transportation act which allows the consolidation, if voluntary with the railroads concerned.
 Link Strong With Weaker.
 The commissions proposed 19 sys- tems. outlined today, provide for retention of the competitive arrange ment of transportation lines giving most sections of the country access to two or more routes devised. The principle followed in making up the consultations was that of hitching weaker and less profitable roads to more prosperous competitors, with connections at. the same time main- taining the identity very largely ex- isting among great railroads. In some casese branch lines of existing roads are suggested for divorce from present owners and attachment to other systems, with re-arrangement of terminal facilities.
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 In the main the plan proposed by the commission is that drafted under its direction by Prof. William z. Rip ley, Harvard university, but some var iations were made. The commission said that while all of the larger or class one railroads had been included in the makeup of it's schedule, mum Der of class two and class three lines had also been covered.
 The following consolidated systems are proposed by the commission:
 No. New York Central, including the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis; Monongahela; Boston and Maine; Bangor and Aroostook and others
 No, 2--Pennsylvania, including To- ledo, Peoria, and Western; Long 1sl- and, Monongahela. as an alternative to the inclusion of that road in the New York Central system; and others.
 No. 3-Baltomore & Ohio; Roading; New York, New Haven and Hartford; Lehigh and Hudson, and others. , No. 4-Chicago and Erie; Delaware. Lackawanna and Western; Bessemer and Lake Erie; Wabash lines east of the Missouri and others.
 No. 5-Lehigh Valley, New York. Chicago and St. Louis; Pittsburgh and West Virginia and others.
 No. 6-Pere Marquette, Ann Arbor and others.
 No. 7-New York, New Haven and :. Hartford; Boston and Maine; Ban gor and Aroostook, Lehigh and Hud- son river, all of these alternatively to be taken into other systems.
 The commission here proposed a.. variation indicated as system No. "A ' or New England-Great Lakes consol- idation, which wouldk include the, roads given in No. 7.f the Delaware and Hudson, the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western, the Buffalo-Ro- chester and Pittsburgh and others.
 No. S-Chesapeake and Ohio; Hook ing Valley and Virginian.
 No. 9-Norfolk and Western; To- ledo and Ohio Central and others.
 No. 10-Southern, New Orleans, Great Northern and Alabama and 
 No 11-Atlantic Coast Line, Nor folk Southern, Florida East Coast, Mississippi Central Carolina, Clinch- field and Ohio, and Louisville and ot'-o~~ -
 No. 12-Illinois Central Seaboard Air inc; Carolina, Clinchield and Ohio. alternatively and others.
 No. 13-Union Pacific lines; Chi- ,ago Northwestern; Wabash lines, west of the Missouri and others.
 No. 14-Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Northern Pacific; Spokane. Portland and Seattle, and others.
 No. 15-Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; Great Northern, and others.
 No. 16-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; Colorado and Southern; Denver md Rio Grande; Western Pacific and others.
 No. 17-Southern Pacific Co.,; Chi ago, Rock Island and Pacific; Fl oaso and Southern; Vicksburg, and Pacific, and others.
 No. 1S-St. Louis; San Francisco; 't. Louis Southwestern; Chicago and Alton; Missouri, Kansas and Texas; San Antonio; Uvalde and Gulf, and thers
 No. 19-Chicago and Eastern H. inois: Missouri Pacific; Texas and "a cific; Gulf Coast Lines and others.
 The commission noted that Cana Iian railroad subsidiaries such as the polls, St. Paul and Sau1t Ste. Iarie and the Central Vermont, had cen eliminated from its consolida- ion and that water carriers where ontrolied by railroads concerned, yere included.