Show RAIL JUNKING PLEA UPHELD v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 8 UP UP- UP In n one of ot tho the most vigorous statements statements state state- ments menu ever made by an interstate commerce commissioner on the thc subject of or railroad ad abandonment chairman Charles D. D Mahaffie toay today today to- to day ay said the government should not stand land in the way of carriers seeking to o junk unprofitable lines Mahaffie's statement came in dissenting to an opinion of the full commission refusing the Kansas Southwestern Railway Co authority to o abandon a 21 mile line in Kansas farming arming country countr from front Springs to South Haven The commission commission commission com com- mission however did allow the company corn corn- pany any to abandon a 63 mile segment of oC f the line from Springs to Arkansas City Cily c This ca case e presents a a. situation that hat is common Mahaffie said Much railroad mileage built in the days ays of wagon hauls hauls' over dirt roads has been rendered obsolete by the development de of trucks by road Improvement To continue to maintain main main- Lain ain and operate such mileage is an economic waste we ought not stand tand in ill the way of oC necessary re re- re vision Truck transportation is here lere to stay Railroad transportation tion ion is still essential If It it is to be maintained on a sound basis the railroad plant and se service vice must be adjusted to present conditions |