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Show Iailway consolidation hearing opened mV i . Jk. A m. - m m. - . HILL SYSTEM :. I OPPOSING Task Begun of Combining Nation's Roads fcr More Efficiency GOING AFTER FACTS Northwest Would Have Two Groups Under Board's Proposal WASHINGTON, Nov 17 Whether transcontinental railroads Lll the I northwest should be consolidated intn two ifcfglona systnms, on" built around the Greal Northern and tii- Chicago,' Milwaukee and St. Paul, and the other around tlie Northern l'clfi'. and Chi- j cago. Burlinstop He. 'juim y. was taken up for detailed consideration at a hearing today before interstate com- ihercc odmtnicslon; pr sentaUV( a ot the 1 Hill ' group. ! inciua u, u... fcorthem Pddflc, Great Northern hnd Burlington, were given thu first opportunity to be heard and j through Walker u. liines, former director di-rector n neraj of railroads, ttiey im-niedlatclj im-niedlatclj attacked tne consolidation plan, hich would result In a separa- , ti.-n In Ui ir present unified holdings. ( I . Jli US t Hi UWG Other railroads concerned. Including Includ-ing tlie Chicago. Milwaukee and it. j'uui, through its president, H iv By-ram, By-ram, and tnc Luluth. Messabe and Northern, one of lh; iron ore car-. ' rici-s, aa well as various state railroad cominia ions, alao were represented Commissioner Hall opened the ses-sin ses-sin w explaining' that tho contmla-sloo contmla-sloo was proceeding und r the general I Instruction u congreso 10 prepare .-i . onsolidatlon plan nai would combine all the major railroads in the I nited States into 18 or 0 great regional Bjfstems. The commission. Jie said had tentatively proposed in the north-msl north-msl to separate tttj Great Northern from th- present -Hill" group, com-ibinc com-ibinc It with the Chicago. Milwaukee land St. Paul, and thus creute two strong sv;,i. ma om tne same territory. . uim, VFTKK FACTS j ' However, the commission's plan Is !not to be taken as a prejudgment of 'the situation," Commlssionei Hall remarked. re-marked. "It represents an attack at tlie general problem and a basis for building up the fullest record of fact and argument, which the commission can elicit tb aid it In decisions and the eventual action will be dictatcu bj findings from the record' si 1 1 .n i Jktu um i' (Koie Tho hearing ln Washington today id one ot tne first ot many to hi held m connection with the plan to group the railroads into lb to 20 svstcms. one oi these IS oj SO systems sys-tems will include tne Central Paciiic :uiii:iig iroui Ugden. to .an I' ranclBCO, The i xou I'acitic is .striving to have the roan grouped with it and the Southern Pacific is working to have its .Mi;i.ii or the line cntinuea. l ne su-preme su-preme court has ordered the Southern Pacific to divorce the central Pacific bui th Boutnern Pacific is hoping to keep through the I. C. C grouping plan what the supreme court has ordered or-dered tney must not have. Meanwhile the Southern Pacific Is asking the commission to let the Espee keep the Central lJaeiflc at least until the final grouping plan Is announced The I n-ion n-ion Pacific objects to letting the Southern Pacific keep control Of that road, even temporarily and a hearing on the question oomes up 'his month, in which the state of Utah Is Interven-01 Interven-01 OD tne .id.' .f the Southern Pacific, and Ogden and other northern Utah communities will ask tnat the divorce of the Central Pacific from the Southern South-ern Pacific take place at once and that eventually tho Central Pacific be -i.j i,,j with the Union Pacirlr i oo |