Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-20
DISCUSS RESULT
Of DECISION Of
SUPREME COURT
Separation of South rn
Pacific and Central Pa,
cific Being Considered al
San Francisco.
uBy The Associated rresso

san Francisco, Calf, June ID
p,h,ic utility commissioners from
california, Arizona, Nevada ana
1ttab discussed here today the pos
sihla results of the United states
,,,nrore court decision ordering
the separation of the Southern
cific and Central Paclllc ran
roads. TO gain further llght on lie
niestion, they decided TO ASK W.
liam T.. Herrin, general counsel los
tho southern Pacific company ailu
n Il calvin, vice president OF .he
Union Pacific railroad company 10
anpear before them tomorrow
: Although the belief was eA-
,ressed at the morning session OIL
ibe conference, called by Presi-
dent Harley Brundige of the Can
fornia railroad commission, that
the TRANSPORTATION act of 1920 con-
ferred power on the lhtelsta.e
commerce commission 10 group
tbe southern Pacific and Cehtrai
Pacific together, despite the coult
decision, a later consensus OF opln,
ION was that the two roads woulu
have to go through an un-mersihs
process before they would De per-
1nitted to unite again as one sSs-
tenn,
Opinioa Is Divided.
puhlic opinion in the west as 10
whether the Union Pacific or the
southern Pacific should control the
Central Pacific is somewhat divid-
ed, according to the opinions CIV
en- today. .,,,.,
The New Mexico public utilities
commission telegraphed the Cali
fornia railroad commission that
separation of the Central Pacific
and Southern Pacific would be
fatal mistake" and authorized the
California body to protest in its
name to the Interstate Commerce
commission. Chairman i. f. John-
son of the Arizona corporation
commission said at the meeting
that public opinion in his state,
Judging from about 25 kilograms
he had received today. considered
the separation bad thing for Ari-
IONA. President Brundige of the
California commission expressed
himself similarly for California.
on the other hand, the oregon
public utilities commission declined
to take part in today's conference,
saying opinion in western oregon
was divided along sectional lines.
A. r. Haywood of the Utah COM
mission, and w. II. Simmons of the
Nevada commission said public
opinion apparently had not been
formed in their states, the latter
remarking, that his people were to
a certain extent, awaiting the out
come of the present meeting here.
Outlines Two Plans.
A large part of the day was taxi
en- up with a report by Richard
Sachse, chief engineer of the Cali
fornia commission, outlining two
plans which the Interstate Com
merce commission had had under
consideration before the supreme
court decision was handed down.
The first, called the Ripley plan,
contemplated uniting the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific, the
latter continuing the present trans
portation system, but with a num-
Der of improvements.
Sachse argued that the Ripley
plan would give the Union Pacific
a predominant position in the west.
with the shortest route to southern
California via the Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Railroad company line,
TO central California by the Cen
tral Pacific and to the northwest
by the oregon Short Line. He IA
vored the second scheme, called
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion plan.
The Ripley plan, Sachse said,
also would weaken the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway by
bringing two new competitors into
California, the Union Pacific and
the Burlington system, through n
proposed consolidation of the lat
ter with the Western Pacific Rail-
road company and by making the
competition between the Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe more keen
because both would have purely
southern routes across the conti-
nent.
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