Show NEW ON COMMERCE BOARD TO E SUME SESSIONS ON PRO POSED consolidation controversy on of 8 P and C P lines likely to be reopened nineteen systems system proposed Washington tho The interstate corn coin morce commission Is tor for ro ot of hearings hairl on the important issue ot of consolidating the th railroads of the united states into a limited number ot of systems By the corn coin missions kisslo a tentative plan contemplates templates un tile creation crea tion ot of nineteen systems into which would he incorporated till nil the railroads ot of tho the country henry C hall the commissioner directly in charge 0 of tho the consolidation problem Is now planning a series barlos ot of hearings to be hold in the hir fur west to iff begin next month the tha into initial al hear floor ingo hold by tho the commission ca have dealt IN with ith tho the three consolidated systems proposed for tho the southeast the roa ma jolty jolly ot of the main lines that would bo be affected oy by tile the proposals tor for that region hilther entered protests or different consolidations tho rho controversy resulting from the tha ot the supreme court of the united states directing dleo lution of tho the southern pacific and central pacific will bo be injected into tile tho hearings to be hold bold by tho commission advocate Ad vocata for continuation of the tha merger of the southern pacific anil and central pacific until lims and proponents of a dissolution of tho the properties and a merger of the central pacific with ho ha union pacific havo have waged battle river ever since the court handed banded down its decision an interesting feature of tho the ellul I 1 tion lion is that the commission in its it 8 tent tentative aUvo plan put il tho lo 10 central pacific C anith the southern pacific while pro ii I e ailor Ill ploy who the re art from which the commission made itt its tentative plan thought tho the con arral pacific pad tic should ha be linked with tho the union tho california producers shippers association tins hns licen been active in opp opposing consolidation ot of the central pacific with the southern and Is 1 urging that alie of tanu promo court be b carried on out t this has sta froom which the inference has baa boon been drawn that it bel believes leves that tho the inter state commerce minorca co commission will ila bo bound by tho the decision ot of tho the court and forced to divorce the contral central pacific from tho southern pa i altic in any consolidation pla plan n devised for the iho railroads in tho the far west against that point of view Is tile ho belief on the part of many that tho the transportation net act gives the Inter interstate commerce commission tho the authority in adopting a plan for consolidations to disregard tho the statutes of which the supreme court its ita decision in the southern aral pacific antitrust case it la is conceivable c cei vable that the commission coald torn form a system of 0 roads in tile tho west alch would include tho the southern pacific and tho the central pacific the union pacific through counsel has issued statements ato 4 show tho the advantages that would accrue to jho shipping it the central pacific were joined with tho the union union pacific the central pacific find the ho union pacify connect at OK og den and their heir consolidation into one system would make a through east and west line advocates of this plan charge that tho the tendency ot of the southern pacific la Is to divort divert traffic from tho the central pacific to the southern Paci fles southern route commercial organizations in towns and cities served by tho the union va an clec ciale in the western states have tiled filed many of these positions commercial organizations in the central part ot california have adopted resolution if fa a continuation of the merger obile similar organizations in north em am california have waged an active battle for divorcement of at the tha central pacific from tho the southern pacific and tile tho linking of it with the union pacific |