Show REVIVE REViVE HILLS HILL'S RAIL MERGER Great N Nor Northern lern Burlington Northern Pacific May l Be Consolidated St. St Paul F Fob Feb b. b Merger 17 Merger erger of or the i Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington ton railroads Into one great reat transcontinental system shortly after alter government So control Is relinquished this month was forecast in high railroad circles hero toda today It is reported that the merger r is beIng beIng- planned along lines conceived by bJ the late James J. J Hill Would auld At Avoid old oM Trust artist Law Chicago Feb 1 IT The The The merger mers-cr of the Gr Great Groat at Northern Northern Pacific and I Burlington railroads planned years ago aso asoy by y the late James J. J Hill Is ia entirely dependent upon pas passage ago of ot legislation leg now before Congress Cong which would re remove remove re- re move mo the legal restrictions placed b by bythe bytho tho the Sherman la law a high official of oC the Burlington system said here today Tho The plan postponed wh when n Mr Hill Hili found round it Impossible to carry out has never been entirely entirety dropped It Il was In In- In The proposed merger would Rive give Ive the Great Northern and Northern j I Pacific direct entry into Chicago and create a L through transcontinental 8 sy tem tern re reaching to the Pacific coast and to Vancouver B B. B C c. |