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Show ME LARGE I i Life JOB GREAT NORTHERN, BURLINGTON AND NORTHERN PACIFIC REMOVE OBSTACLES Trio of Transcontinental Roads Will Be Ready in Ninety Days, Budd Saya St. Paul. Minn. Definite plans for the merger of the "Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways may bo ready for presentation to the interstate inter-state commerce commission within ninety days. This information was given to the Associated Press by Ralph Budd. president pres-ident of the Great Northern, who said details of the plan are being worked out now in frequent conferences of the rail oflicials. Through yeo,ership of 97 per cent of the stock of lite Chicago, Burlington Burling-ton & Quincy railroad these roads also would control operation of that line, effecting u jsystem totuling 23,000 rt;i!es- CobsolWnt C! t!e ,hree railroads j "lists beet) ricjjired by tliosg trans w- , tie pcsl 'iweiny-nve years,11 Mr. Budd said, detailing the steps that had been taken by the roads in an effort to effect ef-fect the consolidation. I tho mSi'ger is approved by tlio interstate commerce com-merce commission the consolidated system will have a capitalization of more than $Kt),000,000 and a combined valuation of around $1,500,000,000. |