Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
DEMOCRATS SCORE
RAIL UNITY PLAN
]. c. c. Forming of 10 Sys-
TENS Lacks micronesia!
Connections, Senators Say.
Continued From First Page.)

lContlnueQ From First Page)
ton as to what its attitude would be on
this probably most-discussed point of
consolidation, but opened new contro-
Versies in so doing.
1t would leave the New York Central
and the Pennsylvania largely as they
now are, but would enlarge greatly the
Chesapeake & Ohio system by adding
to it the Erie and Pere Marquette and a
large group Of connecting short lines.
The G. & 0. would however, lose the
Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana, which it
had already been given permission by
the commission to lease. 1t would have
the Hooking Valley and the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western.
B. & o. Acquisitions.
Complete ownership of the Reading
and Central of New Jersey would be in
vested in the Baltimore & Ohio, and 1t
also would acquire half interest in the
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, the Chicago,
Indianapolis & Louisville and the De-
troit & Toledo Short Line. The Buff
falo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, which 1t
now tentatively controls, it would be
permitted to retain, but it would be
stripped of the Western Maryland, stock
of which it has been purchasing during
the last two years.
The fifth trunk-line system would be
built around the Wabash and the Sea-
board Line. With these reads would be
connected the Wheeling & Lake Erie,
the Lehigh Valley, the Western Mary
land, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Co. of Indiana, the Pittsburgh & West
Virginia and half interest in the De-
troit, Toledo & Ironton.
In forming this system, it was pointed
out today that the commission in many
respects followed a plan suggested IN
1925 by L. F. Loree, president Of the
the railroad world by submitting plan
for q fifth system.
In addition to his 1925 plan, under
which six of the carriers now placed III
the fifth system would have been united
with the Delaware & Hudson as the
key road, Loree also has proposed an
other plan recently, with his line as the
dominating factor. Under the COM
missions plan, however, the Delaware q
Hudson is assigned to the Boston a.
Maine, a road which Loree sought to
acquire In his second plan, and is takea
out of the Eastern grouping and placed
with the New England systems.
Fifth Line Commended.
sentative Koch, Republican, of Kansas,
co-author of the Koch-Smith rail reso-
luton, that instead of favoring only
four Eastern systems, they proposed d
fifth trunk line system reaching from
Kansas City territory to the Atlantic
seaboard."
"I believe" he said, "the interests OF
my section of the country could be
served much better by having such y
fifth system than TO have the Eastern
systems reach only to Chicago or even
to the Mississippi"
He added that there was still urgent
need for additional legislation to ''re-
move some practical difficulties in the
way Of proper consolidation to meet the
problem of the so-called weaker lines
to give proper protection to the rights
Of dissenting stockholders, and to safe
guard the public interest.
The Illinois Central System as pro-
posed would provide a lengthy unit ex-
The Illinois Central was given the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, the Gulf
& Ship Island and the Minneapolis &
st. Louis, an Independent line extend
ing into the Northwest.
The plan confirmed connection Of
the Louisville g. Nashville and the At
lantic Coast Line, and the Southern
Railway would acquire the Florida East
Coast Line, now independent. and the
Norfolk Southern. It would lose, how
ever, its long control over the Mobile &
Ohio
Another link from the Far South to
the Middle West would be provided by
the placing of the Mobile & Ohio under
the system headed by the Chicago &
Northwestern, which also would acquire
several other short lines in Southern
territory.
Surprise Over Burlington.
Assignment Of the Burlington as head
Of q system of its own came as a sur
prise in some quarters. Now owned by
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific, it was expected by them to be a
part Of what was projected as the
longest railroad In the country, extend
ing nearly 5000 miles. While this
plan was not in line with plans Of the
two roads in the Far Northwest section
of the country, the placing Of them in
the same system IVES seen as forecastlng
a favorable decision by the commission
on the proposal Of the Great Northern
to acquire the Northern Pacific.
The two roads would keep most OF
their afiliated lines, however, with the
exception of the Burlington.
In making the Burlington head OF q
III,
running from the Canadian border to
Mexico. It would include the Missouri
Kansas-Texas and a half interest in
the Great Western and the Trinity &
Brazos Valley.
Practically all Of its present sub
salaries were left with the Union Pa
cific, which also was assigned num-
Der Of short lines.
Few radical changes were made In
any of the Far Western systems. the
commission being content to let the
Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe stand practically as they
are except with the addition Of num-
Der of short lines. Their present cen
trail units were kept almost intact.
The Duluth, Missabe & Northern, the
Duluth q Iron Range, a half interest
In the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific and
trackage rights and partial interests in
several short lines were assigned to the
Chicago Milwaukee, st. Paul & Pacific
in building up a system around 1t.
Santa Fe-GuH, Colorado & Santa
Fe Railway Co.; Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient Railway Co.; Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient Railway Co. of Texas;
Panhandle g. Sante Fe Railway Co., Chi
cago Great Western Railroad Co., Mis-
souri-North Arkansas, Midland Valley
Railroad Co., the Apache, Arizona, Arr
Northwestern, the Colorado Kansas, the
Garden City Western; Gulf, Texas &
oneida; Minneapolis. Northfeld &
ts5athern; Minnesota Western. the New
Mexico Midland, Usage, Port Bolivar
Iron Ore, the Rio Grande Eastern, Rock
Island Southern, Santa Fe Northwest
ern, Sierra Railway Co. of California,
Verde Tunnel & Smelter, Helena South
western, Bay Point & Clayton (undi-
vided one-third INTEREST,".
Missouri Pacific.
New Orleans & Lower Coast, New
ORLEANS, Texas g. Mexico; the Beau.
mont Sour Lake g. Western; Interna-