Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-26 | Page 1 | Railroad Grouping Scheme Criticised

I RAILROAD GROUPING SCHEME CRITICISED WASHINGTON F Feb b b. b 2 The Tho The Then nOrAl n noral oral a scheme of or oon consolidating T railroad now nO being tentatively ely advanced by bythe bythe bytho the tho government was wan criticised today by T T. M Itt I. I Schumacher president ent of the El FI Paso Southwestern rall railroad railed today n nil as the he first witness tD befurt before be be- fore furt the tho interstate commerce earn com m mission Ion when hearings on the consolidation consolidation con con- plan w wore were r. r resumed An Any plan n of ot combining major mar American Amer Amer- Iran ican railroads into twenty tar large aI tern tome Mr S Schumacher acher asserted would I result In reduction of competition In InI I transportation service would lower initiative of railroad man management ment and ad would reduce efficiency by lowering I the effectiveness of et man management ment