| Show WOULD GREA CREATE TE RAILROAD POOL Scheme to Harriman Hamman to Combine Inter Interests of Com mi CarriEs OF Si I 1 lNe U IS J 1 I Ift I I Cat Cal lurch standing an afi the efforts that hive been mad to t pooling of railroad Interests aid combination amon among those control stock ot of railroads road there is III today that thai B H Harriman has baa In mind a scheme to bring about a mutual understanding In regard to traffic between all rail of tile the country tr and uniformity of 01 rates that will add tId greatly to the benefit or of the stockholder and that the conference Which I to be held at t while Mr Kr Harriman I is here will witt be concerned mol more or I less with tb the plan Not all of the railroad men ewe who bo boaN are aN to lake k part III the th which lit art Harriman still denise will II be beheld held have baft arrived ted nd nothing of im baa yet b been ooh attempted I IO O 0 Butterworth rth of the New liew York en triLl rued WIll arrive poem time Ume tow 0 It II evident that thai Mr ron eon expects that Con t th the special session will make mak some amend amendment ment to the law governing the Inter Interstate state commerce commissions work which will permit of the me merger r he now h has In mind Ind He seemed eel surprised to tody today dy day over the tact fact that mention of nf the matter had not hot been md made In the call for tor the special Hulon ROAD WEAK Mr Harriman wa asked How eons tI do you ou expect the rail rall railroads roads to be able to resume reaume work on Ito that were contemplated be betON tON fON the panic paille You m may say ht he that u as anon as a an n amendment la i Pus passed In Ing thu tho commis Ion slon po power to 10 allow lIow the raIlroads to en enter enter ter Into Inlo a mutual is II permitting the strong roads roada ot of the country to extend their control and pr protection over the weaker au as soon lOon will Im be taken up and rushed through to completion ThIs means ot of course t the aspen pen of 01 an immense amount of more ey and I believe It will In a reductIon In the cost coat and operation and nd In ch charges I At the present nt time you ou know there I ii a clause hi th tho law which pro one on road having any n control over a parallel or competIng tiDe line This I is what we want changed It I Is a q ques thin lion of of tb the weaker Iter and the stronger It If the stronger are re allowed to come ene to the aid Id ot of the weaker k road there therl will willbe willbe be a great et betterment of conditions all aln alone the line and the ot of of men n and the of many new linea S WOULD NOT TALK TALI RATES RATa A Asked as to whether this would tn mean meana a marked reduction In miss Mr Han Har said he preferred not to 10 talk ot of rate reduction n He also aJao preferred to talk about th the whIch It hu has been said uld are to bI be made In the per munch of the officer of the Southern and other roada over which bl h tau ha enn control as he would not Admit that there ther Wa aa to bf be an any conference or give any for tire the presence of so many f hi hIs lieutenants In thi part ot of th country at th this Urns the matter of change would not be with him KNOWS or OF NO Ogden Utah Mardi Kroh part ot of railroad route to the Harriman conference on oa the coast paused through Ogden this morning In Inthe Inthe the private ear car of O 0 JI B of the New York Central railroad Mr Butterworth refused to that tb the haking up In the Harriman road s would result In J 1 T of the illinois 10 going to the New NewYork York Tork H He disclaim Mn any knowledge of t the tho purpose of oC the con conference ference Was hold I MI lr Ir IJ lEer r Pasadena Cal aI March It Itma ma may be stated that no con oon t of railroad took plea placa here Mr had bad maui many caller and among UI thus wars I IB k kB B Calvin vice president and general manager of the Bouth Southern Pacific J 1 P OBrien president and general man QUAI manager Aler ager ot of the Oregon Oreon Hallway A Nays gallon company pany I 1 H 0 rrell Seattle representative ot of the tho Harriman Inter eMs u J T of 01 the tha Central William Hood chief engineer n nI 7 r C M Id T f T Drua Store fOr or II I i U Ii J 1 P fOr of th 1 hort and l t r 4 T JO H With hh n at us nta Cal al March Pop Pp gathered 11 hele nd tda to With S E P Rip Ripley president of th Ih road load who lie III ilg th the winter here T I N cholson thIrd vlee W J 1 Black nar I man manager 7 II B ft tiem me arrived uTi last 18 night J JJ JJ J lItant ra and W I 1 ren of the Santa Bant F et t lines tda All of the these III 10 0 to S San Francisco to today today day m PUR Mn for tor thou ends nd of is prom heed b th the In the neat t f few days a The Chicago Railway company today tody It ta program m or oC which will put nearly men to with wI a week weak The lIe Chicago o City company hu ha moot moet of nI It II rehabIlitation done don but peel to employ abdat 1200 men In Inte a afew te few days to tn finish tile the work It I rs In 10 do under the 1101 nJ It Nw New York March board boud of directors of t the Missouri Pacific Rn Rail Railway W way company met t for to toay today day ay and lId reelected the th old Two new members Gould and H B Hn Benson were elected to the uti committee In iii the pines of reent and S of resIgned fO e ot of th taC St It Iron Mountain and Southern railway to ro omeera and nd Gould Frank J 3 and Edwin Gould were wre to till executive committee |
