Show I n MR HARRIMAN EXPECTS CONGRESS TO TOI I AMEND INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW Pasadena Cal Cat March 15 l Notwithstanding standing all nil the efforts that have been made to prevent nt pooling of railroad In Interests Interests teresta and combinations among those who control stocks of railroads there theres Js 15 s evidence today that E H B Harriman has in mind a scheme to bring about a mutual understanding In regard to traffic traffic fic tie arrangements between all railroads of the country count and uniformity of rates that will be greatly to the benefit of stockholders and that the confer confert t t i which Is to be bo held at Pasadena Mr Mi Harriman Is here will be con concerned corned more or less with the thc plan pian Not all of the railroad men who are areto areto areto to tako take part p it In the conference Mr Still denies denle will be beheld held have arrived nd nothing of import importance importance Importance ance has las yet been attempted C O 0 Butterworth of the New Nw ew York Central Centri 1 road will arrive arrhe some some tImeto morrow morro v it is expected I evidently expects con confident that congress af aJ a the Special peiaI I session will make some t me amen the laws governing the Interstate com corn merre commissions commission work which will permit of the merger he now has In mind He seemed surprised today over overie 1 ie fact that mention of the matter IlIad iad not been made in the call for tor the ial session Mr Harriman was asked How soon do you expect the rail railroads railroads railroads roads to be able to resume work on Improvements that were contemplated before the panic paulc You may say sL he lie answered r d that as soon as a an amendment Is la passed Sh giving ShIng ing the Interstate commerce commission y r power to allow the railroads to enter cuter into a mutual agreement that Is per permitting permitting permitting the strong roads of the coun country country country try to extend their control and protection protection tion over the weaker roads just so sosoon sosoon soon will vill w ll long contemplated Improve Improvements Improvements ments meats be taken up and rushed through to completion This means of course the expendi expenditure expenditure expenditure ture of an Immense amount of ot money mone and eventually I believe it will result in reduction In the cost and opera operation operation tion Uon and in charges At the th present time you ou know there Is a clause in the thc law aw which prohibits one road having any control over oer a parallel or competing line This Is 11 what wo we want changed Itis I iS a question of the th weaker eaker rind the stronger If It the stronger are to 0 come to the aid of the weaker eaker roads there will be a areat great reat betterment of conditions all along the line and anU the employment of thou bancs of men and the opening of oC many man nw V lines in s Asked as to whether this would mean meana a marked reduction In rates Mr Har Harriman H r riman said eald he hc preferred not to talk of rate reduction He also preferred not notto notto to talk about the thc changes which it has been said are to be made in the per personnel personnel personnel of the officers of the Southern Pacific and other roads over which he has control Inasmuch as he would not admit that there was to be any conference or give any reason retson for the presence of so many of his lieutenants in this part of the country at this time the th matter of r changes could not be discussed with Ith him i |