The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-28
PROJECT CALLS FOR 19
SYSTEMS COMPRISING
NATIONS MAJOR LINES
transportation Act Au-
Misunderstanding
Called Soon.

Washington, Sept 2S.-The in.
terstate commerce commission an
nounced today tentative plans for
the consolidation of all major rail-
roads of the United States into 10
systems, and gave notice that hear
ings would be called on the project
in the near future. The proposed
consolidation was authorized by
the transportation act.
In the main, the plan proposed
by the commission is that drafted
under its direction by Professor
William z. Ripley, Harvard univer-
sity. but some variations were
made. The commission said that
while all of the larger or class 1
railroads have been included in the
makeup of its schedule, a number
of Glass and Glass lines had
also been covered.
Outline of Mergers.
The following consolidated sys-
TENS are proposed by the commits
sion:
Number New York Central,
including the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & ST. Louis; Monongahela;
Boston & Maine; Bangor, Aroos-
took, and others
Number 2-Pennsylvania Lines,
including Toledo, Peoria G West
ern; Long Island. Monongahela as
an alternative to the inclusion OF
that road in the New York Central
systems and others
Number 3Baltimore & Ohio:
Reading; New York, New Haven
&c Hartford; Lehigh & Hudson, and
others.
Number Chicago & Erie: Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western:
Bessemer & Lake Erie; Wabash
lines east of the Missouri, and 9th
ers.
Number @Lehigh Valley, New
York, Chicago & ST. Louis; Pitts
burgh & West Virginia, and others.
Number 6-Pere Marquette, Ann
Arbor and others.
Number New York, New Hav-
en- & Hartford; Boston & Maine;
Bangor & AroostoOk; Lehigh &
Hudson River, all OF these being
alternativeIy to be taken into other
systems.
Variations Proposed.
The commission here proposed
a variation indicated system.
Number IA or New England
Great Lakes consolidation. which
would include the roads given n
No. Z, the Delaware & Hudson, the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western.
the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts
burgh, and others.
Number S-Chesa peake & Ohio;
Hooking Valley and Virginian.
Number 9-NorfoIk & Western;
Toledo & Ohio Central, and others
Number 10-Southern, New Or
leans Great Northern and Alabama
and Vicksburg.
Number 11-Atlantic Coast Line,
Norfolk Southern, Florida East
Coast. Mississippi Central, Carolina.
CIinchheld & Ohio, and Louisville
& Nashville, and others.
Number I2-IIlinois Central; Sea
board Airline, Carolina, Clinchfeld
& Ohio. alternately, and others
Number 13-Union Pacific lines,
Chicago & Northwestern; Wabash
lines west Of the Missouri, and 9TH
ers.
Number 14-Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy; Northern Pacific; SpO-
kane, Portland & Seattle, and 9th
ers.
Number f5-Chicago, Milwaukee
& 81. Paul; Great Northern. and
others.
Number I6-Atchison. Topeka *
Santa Re. Colorado & Southern,
Denver & RIO Grande, Western Pa
cifc. ana others
Number I7-Southern Pacific
company, Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific. Il Paso ( Southwestern,
Vicksburs, Shreveport & Pacific
and others.
Number lS-St. Louis & san
Francisco, St. Louis Southwestern,
Chicago & Alton. Missouri. Kan
sas & Texas. San Antonio, Uvade
{ Gulf, and others.
Number 19-Cnicago & Eastern
Illinois. Missouri Pacific. Texas &
Pacific. Gulf Coast Lines. and 9th
ers.
The commission noted that Can
adam railroad subsidiaries, such as
the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault
Ste Marie, and the Central Yer
mont, had been eliminated from its
consolidation and that Wate5 car
riers where controlled by railroad
conditions, were included