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Show I PERE MARQUETTE TO CHANGE BANDS H9 New York, Jan. C A syndicate B composed of Newninn Erh and absoci- H ates, already In control o a number H of railroads In the Test and north- P wost, i3 said to bo negotiating for H control of thoPero Marquette rail- H load. J. P. Morgan & Co. Is be- H llovod to bavo a dominant voice in that property although Its holdings are said to constitute Igsb than fifty per cent of the whole. Should tho Erb syndicate acquire tho Pere Marquette It la said tho road will bo turned over to tho Cheaa-pako Cheaa-pako & Ohio. Mr. Erb's relations with Edwin Hawley, who with his friends control Chesapeake & Ohio, aro especially close aa was recently shown in the Minneapolis and St. Louia-Iowa Central Cen-tral morger. II is pointed out that tho Fere Mnr-quettlo Mnr-quettlo would fit Into the extension plnn3 of the Chesapeake & Ohio par- ticularly through tho latter road's Hocking Valley branch nt Toledo. Control of tho Pore Marquette would add some 2,400 miles to tho Chesa-poako Chesa-poako & Ohio system. Various parties to tho roportcd negotiations ne-gotiations docllncd to discuss tho matter today. Morgan & Co. would not deny that tho plan outlined Is nudcr consideration while a representative repre-sentative of tho Erb Interests declared de-clared all rumors premature at this time. |