Show RAILROADS Western Lines to Arrange the tile Largest Combination Combination tion Ever Attempted by Them By Associated Press CHICAGO Feb 1 Officials of the traffic traffic departments of the Southern Pacific Union Pacific and their allied lines are meeting here with a view of I perfecting the largest largess colonization plan ever attempted by Western roads Sit It Is the purpose of the men conti controlling con- con ti trolling oiling the Harriman lines to provide occupants for millions of acres of fertile fertile fer fer- tile and unoccupied lands in southern California Texas and western Louis LouIs- iana The general plan will be to send into the Middle and Eastern States and possibly into some of the Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- west States States' fully 1000 Immigrant rant or colonization agents whose duty d ty it shall be to induce immigration to the territorIes territories terri tern tories mentioned The officials who are arranging the details of the plan are J. J C. C Stubbs traffic director for the Harriman lines General Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific S. S F. F B. B Morse assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant traffic manager of the lines of the Sou Southern Pacific and B. B Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell traffic manager for the Oregon Orgon Railroad Navigation company In the Southwest said Mr Morse we have over over acres of fertile land which would make good homes for tor or industrious people We believe that no section of the United States has a more brilliant future than Texas and western western west west- ern era Louisiana and we are convinced that all toot that thatis is necessary is to let the public know what we have got It is announced that within a short time every everyone one of the 1000 or more ag agents will be at work through the States east of the Mississippi river From time to time excursions excursions ex ex- will be run to the territories mentioned and special inducements will willbe willbe be offered to get the public to visit the Southwest and southern California |