Show BIG CONSOLIDATION Rumors Humors Regarding the Union Pacific and Three Other Lines Line Kansas City March 23 The recent rumors of a big railroad consolidation involvIng the Union Pacific the Chi Chicago cago cage Alton the Illinois I Central and I 1 the he Kansas City Southern the latter road being the reorganized re r Kansas City I Pittsburg Pitt burg f Gulf were revived here tOday oday when hen It became known kno that high I officials of or all those lines JInes were wera hold lag ing ng a secret conference in Kansas Kan ns City Among those participating in the con oon I ference were S H Ii Felton president of the Chicago Alton Horace G Burt president of the Union Pacific E S H Harriman president of the Ore Oregon ron gun Short Line and a director In the UnIon Pacific the Chicago Chi go Alton and the he Illinois 1111 no Is Central C and one of the th controlling spirits spirita in the management manag ment of the Kansas City Southern Added interest was waa given giyen to the con ference by the fact that Har Harriman Harriman riman iman and Felton came to the meeting by y appointment directly after making a careful inspection of the Kansas City Southern lines The stories of a pending consolida tion are denied but among railroad men not directly Interested the probability probability ability of such a 3 combine Is much din dis discussed cussed Especial Esp cial stress is laid upon the fact act that the same capitalists are largely interested in hi all the properties S Sand and that he Union Pacific and the Chicago Alton are already working under very close traffic relations |