The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-03-08
PROPOSE 4 RAIL
GROUPS IN WEST
Each Would Have Property In
vestment of About
S2,000,0OO,0O0.
WATER ACCESS PROVIDED
Companies Ready to Unite II Commits
sion Gives Word, Says President
Holden = Lays Before l. c. c.
Plan Affecting 10000 Miles.

Washington. Grouping of the West
ern railroads into four systems of ap-
proximately 10000 miles each with a
property investment of about $4,000
100000 each and with access for each
to the Great Lakes, the Gulf Of Next
co and the Pacific coast, was rec
commended to the Interstate Com
merce Commission by Hale Holden.
president OF the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy.
The commission is holding hearings
on the proposed consolidation of the
railroads of the country into about
sixteen great systems as proposed In
the transportation act
The tentative plan of the commits
sion proposed groupings the Western
roads into seven systems which would
In large measure upset existing rela-
tionships.
Mr.. Holden contended that the COM
mission must either go further and in
crease the proposed number of sys-
TENS or accept the suggestion for
four great systems, each OF which
would have dual outlets to the three
waterways given and which would be
balanced in mileage to traffic and 9TH
err requisites.
This, he said, would give all roads
York Central, or other existing sys-
would develop competition sought in
the public interest The systems he
proposed, he said, would be no great
err than the Pennsylvania. the New
York central, or other existing sys-
tens when density of traffic, number
of employees and other related sub
jects were considered.
Mr.. Holden proposed to group the
roads as follows:
Group One-Miles operated, 30,945-
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
| zinc. @. o. and K CO., Great North
ern, Northern Pacific, Spokane. Port
land and Seattle, Colorado and West
ern, Fort Worth and Denver City,
Wichita Valley. Trinity and Brazos
Valley, Colorado and Wyoming,
Green Bay and Western, Kansas City
Southern, Louisiana Railway and
Navigation Company, Chicago Great
| Western.
Group Two-Miles operated, 1926.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
System, Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha, Northwestern Pacific, Mid
land Valley, Missouri and North Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Arkansas, Fort
Smith and Western, Mineral Range.
Duluth Missabe and Northern, Duluth
and Iron Range, Spokane Interna-
tional, Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific,
Copper Range, Lake Superior and
Ishpeming, Minneapolis, ST. Paul and
Sault Ste Marie, Duluth, South Shore
| and Atlantic, ST. Louis Southwestern,
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, New Or
leans, Texas and Mexico, Western
Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande West
ern (half), Denver and Salt Lake
| (half).
Group Three-Miles operated, 3d.
627.
Southern Pacific, Central Pacific,
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific sys-
tenn, FL Paso and Southwestern. Kan
sas City, Mexico and Orient, Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific, San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass, Missouri
Pacific, Toledo, Peoria and Western,
! Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis, Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas system, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma and Gulf, Denver
and Rio Grande Western (one-half)
and Denver and Salt Lake .(one-half) !.
Group Four-Miles operated, 32,419.
Union Pacific. system, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake, st. Joseph and Grand
Island, Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul, Chicago. Terre Haute and
Southeastern, Chicago and Alton, ST.
Louis-San Francisco system, Mime
apolis and ST. Louis, Wabash (west
of Mississippi River), Texas and Pa
ciic, international and Great North
ern and Chicago, Milwaukee and
Gary.