The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-09
PENN5Y SYSTEM
PLAN INTENSIVE
IS NOT TO TAKE IN ANY FURTHER
TERRITORY Is VIEW OF INTER-
STATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION ON CONSOLIDATION
Enjoys Traffic Density and Gross Earn
ing Power Unequaned-1s Com
plete System a It Stands.

washington. May St Special FIX;
cont that II PROPOSES to erect the Nor
folk K Western into an lndependeht
Systcm and heSiIatcS in assigning GER
tam ,uItIy owned roads, the Interstate
Commerce commissions plan OF cohsoi-
Galiuu for the pennsylvania system
Simpiy embraces the roads now known
as tho Pennsylvania Lines. teachlhs
al Of the important centres and CATO
ways in trunk line TERRITORY. ana en-
loving a tr4tfic density and gross
Earning mower uneIuallcd elsewhere. the
sysrcm TINS constituted is regarded as
n1,ln,, fulfilled the rcnnSylvania'S des-
tiny The cCmpany's problems Tor mo
future are To he of intensive rather
nun extensive development.
/rhC railroads included in the propoS-
ed constellation are the following WIN
all OF their leased and controlled roanS
oyccr, rs noted before Pennsylvania,
Vest Jersey & StaShort, Long Island
Baltimore. Chesapeake & Atlantic cum
hrrland Valley, Maryland, Delaware "
Njrr,nia New York. Philadelphia 4
Norfolk. Pittsburgh Cincinnati chicago
&. st. Louis. Grand Rapids X INDIANA
Cincinnati. Lebanon & Northern ONO
River 4 Western. LouIsvlli" Bridge ~
TERMINAL Wheeling Terminal and To-
lrdn, Peoria & Western
Tho LoraIn. Ashland e. Southern.
winch !, nwr,d Jointly ~ the PonnSyi-
vluia and the Ere. may hc ilnaIIF as
signed "a either of those systems. Like
Wise tho Lake Erie e. Pittsburgh. inc
Central Indiana. tho Pittsburgh Char-
ir.r,; 4 Youghioghnny and the MonohGa-
hria, which are owned jointly by th1
PENNSYLVANIA and the New YORK CEN
trail may he finally assigned TO either
ii those systems.
Norfolk g. western.
The Norfolk & Western, controIIcd
through "A substantial stock ownership
has been largely developed by iennSy!-
yanla railroad credit. IT IL cohhec-
ton not competitor of the tcnhsyI-
yonia lis coal traffic, the principal ton
us.uc moved over the rosd, has expand
"a six-rold under the pennsylvania
nursing. The Pennsylvania transports
most of the coal from Cincinnati ana
CoIurhus west and northwest, ana also
moves n considerable tonnage OF IL 10
tho cast and northeast. Naturally inc
PENNSYLVANIA desires to retain TINS Dua-
mass. especially as the Immense VOL
urnc Of coal constitutes reserve upon
which tho company could dra" AFTER
dcplcilnn Of it's own coal measures III
Pennsylvania.
But in spite OF the long standing con-
noctlon and the Pennsy ivanta's SuhStah-
tjnl investment in the road as well as
Ms wise direction and highly efhcient
MANAGEMENT. Prof. Ripley thinks ana
npparently has convinced the Interstate
Commerce. commission thai sound pup
Tic noI,cv. viewing the rallro ii situa-
lion as n whole. warrants treatment OF
tho Norfolk x Western as an independ-
ont rather than as subsidiary ran
road lie makes light Of tho PennFyl-
ypni;,'s assertion that its coal measures
may rlyn out In a few years. citing me
rcnlcpical survey TO the effect that the
furl reserves strictly tributary tn the
Pennsylvania railroad W"d!d las, i"'
400 wears At the present rate or depie-
non and probably f"7 $50 years al any
IikrIv rate of increase. And while urE-
ir, jrdcpcnlcnr operation for the Nor
folk & Western. he suggests that se'c'-
nucc &C stock relationship may MOI ne
reccssarv. the law apparently not nav
ing contemplated such CONDITION.