The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06

: Mr.. Holden's view that each of tn
: Pacific coast lines should have q lin
C extending to the Gulf, stating that tn
q East and West traffic was the import
3 ant and controlling traffic with tn
t trnscontinental lines. After pointiu;
q out various reasons for this he sail
b "But more important still, and almos
= startling, is the inevitable tendenc,
= and effect Of the Holden plan to di
e vert grain from the trunk lines ant
| Atlantic seaboard to the Gulf Hitler
/ Ito the Great Northern, the Northern
3 Pacific, the Burlington, the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul, the Chicago &
Northwestern, the Union Pacific IND
, the Chicago Great Western have been
, impartial as between Atlantic and
, Gulf ports their carriage did not ex-
tend beyond Chicago, Kansas City or
: st. Louis and they incerchanged witt
land the Gulf lines alike at the usual
Igateways. But the Holden plan ties
each one of the great Granger end
roads up with gulf road Of it's own
but without any line east of Chicago
or St. Louis, thus forcing all of them
in their own interest thereafter thru
control of car supply and otherwise to
lexert their influence in favor of
movement of all export grain over
their own rail to the gulf instead Of
being impartial as heretofore.
"If such consultations are accom-
plished where will the trunk lines and
| nj hot In, 60
port? I am not their advocate but
only wish to point out this as anoth-
err revolutionary and disastrous effect
to some interests of the action the
commission is asked to take"
Even If the four systems plan were
adopted, 1t is Judge Lovett's view that
the systems should be constituted in
much different way than proposed
in the Holden plan. He said that Il
the Hill lines were to be consolidated
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacis-
ic should also be consolidated as their
combined strength would be needed
to place them on fair, competitive
basis with the northern lines. Again
he said that under four systems
plan, the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul instead of the Chicago & North
western should be combined with the
Santa Fee.
Such a consolidation would put the
Santa Fe system into the North Pa
cific coast territory in competition |
with the Hill lines and the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific group, in
stead Of stopping the Santa Fe group |
east Of the Cascade mountains as '0ro- |
posed by Mr.. Holden. He also stated |
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. |
Paul and Santa Fe connect at both |
Chicago and Kansas City while the
Chicago & Northwestern has no line
to the latter point.
Judge Lovett dealt at some length
with the history Of the Central Paci-
fic and it's relationship to the Union
Pacific and the mutual dependence Of
those lines on each other. He refer
red to the decision of the Supreme
Court ordering the dissolution Of the
control of the Central by the Southern
Pacific as violative of the Sherman act
and to the recent hearing before the
commission on the application Of the
Southern Pacific for authority to ac-
quire control and the decision Of the
conditions imposed by the commission
to the granting Of the Southern Pa
enable adequacy the rights of the I'm
ion Pacific and that with these condi-
lions imposed the Union Pacific would
not object to a permanent consolida-
ton of the Southern-Central Pacific
He said that the Holden plan pro-
viding for half interest by the South
ern Pacific in the Denver and Rio
Grande Western and the Denver and
Salt Lake lines would be inconsistent
with these conditions and would be
highly prejudiced to the Union Pacif-
ic. He also referred to the testimony
offered in behalf Of the Union
and Southern Pacific asking that the ;
Colorado lines of the Rock Island be {
from the proposed South {
ern Pacific group as the ownership Of 8
those lines would be likewise incon- {
sistent with the conditions imposed by i
the commission in granting the South ,
ern Pacific's application to control the ,
Central Pacific. II
FINALLY to guard against possible !
misunderstanding of my views in stat
ing our purpose to carry out as far as {
we can the tentative plan Of the COM {
mission with the notifications above 7
suggested" Judge Lovett said, Il I
should like to add that I believe en- 8
tirely too much is expected by some I.
Of our statesmen and in some quarters 8
If public opinion from this commits {
,ion's work and the effect Of the 8
act of 1920 with re- 4
,pect to these consultations. Good c
will come from CONSOLE v
lation and legal and qualification In '
o one company Of lines naturally al b
led and grown together as one sys- |,
EN- but legally held by numerous DIFF r
erent corporations loosely combined L
n common control through stock 8
There will also be consol- D
dations of some lines not at this time e
,ndor common CONTROL or ofhorwico :