Show LA LuA L Lu A APPROVES RAIL MERGER Chamber of Commerce Cites Benefits of S P I Action I I LOS ros A ANGELES GELES Alig lS A 1 1 recommending that the th Interstate commerce approve the proposed d merger of the Southern Pacific and El nl Paso 8 Southwestern lern was pass pan paned passed pasi-ed pasi ed by the board of directors of nf the tho Los Angeles chamber of com com- cona- cona merce commerce her here Thursday chamber In addition to placing the cham chAm- her ber on record a as favoring the construction the directors voted to Intervene In the proceeding should hould the necessity arise arle and to t u use o alt all reasonable efforts to fur tur- fur th ther further r the tho accomplishment of th tho 1 merger The directors action tollow d submIssion of oC a pro-merger pro report by the tho chambers chamber's committee which h last lat week held t a conference with ea of numerous cities and commercial or- or or g q cf It the tile southwest The Tho object of this thia conference aa the report In part Dart va an to con lder the Application made to the elon Interstate commerce commeree sion by the Southern bouthern pacific com corn company company pany and the El EI Paso Pao South South- Southwestern Southwestern western tern Railroad company for tor per per- per permission mission minion tor for the latter company to lease and grant control ot of their rallay lines linea to the Southern Pa- Pa Pacific Pa Pacific company and tor for the South South- Southern ern rn Pacific company to Construct certain roads In Arizona with tho thi intent of nt placing Phoenix and the Salt River valley alley on their main Ithe and to give transportation fa- fa fa facilities to a productive tel tet- te It developed that to carry out this project project will neceSsItate necessitate the buildIng of nt about miles of now new line newline which will sill open up several everal hundred thousand of nt o Arizona Ion tor charan-tor land l bald said to be of fertile charac ter and subject to tv profitable cult cult- cultivation benefiting and settlement thus bene bone considerable fiting our nUr own city to a consider Consider- able degrees degree |