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Show RAILROADS ORDER THE STOPPING OF WORK Chicago, Fob. 25. Following the recent re-cent momentous rate decision of the Interstate Commerce commission, E. W. McKenna, vice-president of the Chicago-Mllwaukeo & Puget Sound railroad, ordered today that retrenchments retrench-ments be begun and that extension work "bo forgotten" for tho present A similar order Is said to have beon made by the Pennsylvania officials and an order for 50 locomotives has been cancelled. Officials of the Rock Island, tho Burlington and Santa Fe systems slated slat-ed that at present they were practicing practic-ing all tho economy possible. Tho Santa Fe's construction in Texas Tex-as wll continue. |