The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1922, Page 2

( ) t BY *"Want ‘Northern Pacific, Great | GIVE as RAIL MERGER PLAN OPPOSED Northern and Burlington In:One System REASONS Matter Is Laid Before State Officials by Representa- tives of Railroads The position of the railroads con-} cerning the proposed consolidation sion. so far as it relates to the “Hill the Great Northern Pacifie and Bur- laid before Governor. estos, Assistant Attorney General Goorge Shafer and V. £. Smart, traf- manager of the state railroad com- mission, by General Counsel H. A. Countryman’ of the Great Northern id General Counsel Judge N. \C. -Yonig of the Northern Pacific. The matter was presented because tha railroads desired the state offi ils and peope to know of their po- sitions, they’ stated. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, in proposing to consolidate the *inajor railroads of the country aveat systems, suggested inclusion of the Northern Pacific with the Bur- lington, Chicago Great Western, Min- apolis and St. Louis and Spokane, Portland and Seattle. The Great Northern would be put in a system with the Milwaukee, and several naller roads. The commission has * ow power to fores the mergers but took the initiative as directed by Congress. The Great Northern and Northern ‘Pacific desire to be included with the oalled roads! = Burlington, since, ie was stated, they | have virtually been consolidated for wears, ‘ “Our purpose in appearing be!oy vou at this time is to present, for for information, the essential facts regarding the ‘proposed consolidatior of railroads, so far as the three so- ealled Hill lines, namely, the Great | Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur- lington, are concerned,” said Mr.| Countryman. “We fully realize that) the people of this state are greatly interested in,,this subject, and it is our desire and intention that they,| and their government, officials, shall be furnjshed, well in advance of any federal or corporate action, all avail- able‘information. We earnestly hope that the public will endeavor to pre- serve an open and unprejudiced mind with regard to these matters, pend- ing the hearings and investigations which are to be conducted by the In- terstate Commerce Commission at = Washington and ‘later in the several states. The railroads which we rep- resent have nothing. to ‘conceal, and, on the cortrary, feel that, their cause will be greatly strengthened with the public interested, when ‘all the facts and. conditionse involved are tightly understood.” ‘After quoting the act of Congress, he continued: “The Interstate Commerce Com- mission, in order to perform the duty imposed upon it by this Act of Con- gress, has drawn up a tentative gen- eral plan for consoljdations, whereby | it has grouped the railroads of the f , ange, Duluth, Missabe & Northern, United States into nineteen large systems, and has called on interested parties to express their views about thpse tentative groupings. The only groupings with which we are directly concerned are systems Nos, 14 and 15, System No. 14, known as the Burlington-Northern Pacific, embraces the following: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Chicago Great Western, Minneaoplis'‘& St. Louis, | Spokane, Portland & Sedttle. System \No. 15, known as the Mli-| waukee-Great Northern, embrances the following: y Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Great Northern, Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern, Duluth & Iron Green Bay & Westeen, Spokane, Port- land & Seattle, Butte, Anaconda &) Pacific, | To Make Appearance. “In compliance with that. notice,| the Great Northern, Northern Pacific und Burlington will appear before “the Commision: in Wa¢hington on the 17th instant, and express their views in regard to systems Nos. 14 and 15. At the outset, it should be observed that najther the Act of Congress,, nor the Commission’s tentative plan un- der it, compel or actually involve any consolidations of railroads. The plan | merely is to determine, with inore ‘or less particularity, the groupings within which consolidations may be cbereafter authorized by the Commis- | sion in the event, and only in the} ‘event, that the interested carriers) hall decide and‘agree among them. | selves that they wish’ to ‘consolidat ‘upon terms of consolidation agree-/ able to them and which the-Commis- | sion may be willing to approve. | “At the hearing to be held before the Commission at Washington on| | the 17th, the-three Hill lines will unanimously oppose the Commis- gion’s plan of consolidation as set forth in systems Nos. 14 and 15. In| ‘support of their objectidns, the fol-) lowing facts and conditiqns will be| presented. : f = “For more than twenty years | (since July 1, 1901), the Burlington | system has been owned virtually, one- | | half by the Northern Pacific and one- | | half by the Great Northern, each} company having invested more than | $100,000,000 in the purchase of the Burlington’s capital stock. This pur- chase was made because both, the | Great Northern and the Northern Ra- cific needed the Burlington as a con-| fection and feeder, and the Burling- ton needéd each of the other lines | | ns a connection and feeder. ~The Burlington system embraced a vas\ HILL ROADS 1 of the Interstate Commerce Com- | Fae | into | i Aboye—Part of New: York society “theater in Cleveland. ;In’ the group, Samuel J. Wagstaff, Mrs. Richard ard Lounsberry, Sidne | ren Je, Mrs, Samuel J. Wagstaff | wright, formecly Edith Gould, and | $7,000,000 theater building. | Cleveland, . 0,, Nov. 18—Taking jan all-night trip to see a vaudeville | | show! | ‘Maat is what some of New York's |“four hundred,” with its chief | dramatic and literary! crities ‘ conneisseurs, gid when they came | to this city to ‘take part in the open- | ling of B. F. Keith’s new $7,000,000 | theateg»and building here. | In this, theater party were Mrs. | Catroll Livingston Wainwright, who was formefly Miss Edith Gould; D. Ripley, Mrs, James T. Terry, Whitney War- NIGHT TRIP TO SHOW! New York Society Sees $7,000,000 Theater arriving for the opening . of the left to right‘ are—Oliver Harriman, T. Wilson, Carl C. Springer, Rich- im Mts. her Carroll husband. Livingston Wain- At right, the New This building is the dorld’s great- cst theatre building. Unusual fea- tures make it unique; an art gal- lety lined with masterpieces .a decorated with aftiques; marble col- uinns, large crystal chandeliers, a rug from Cechoslovakia; two wo- men’s smoking rooms in oriental de- sign, cosmetic rooms and a maible- lined art gallery looking down upon the gallery of art. kitchen are some of the conveni- “The auditorium carries out the | ences. There is also a playroom for gorgeousness of — the reception | actors’ children. And down in the rooms; It seats 3000. | Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, sister-jn- ‘law sof Mrs. Cornelius Vandebilt, } jand other prominent New York so- i ciety members. t | treeless region in the Middle West, which afforded the best markets for , the-forest products originating in the territory of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern reached Denyer, Kansas City, and’ other places where | were located the ‘principal smelters of silver and lead. ores such as are mined on the Great Northern and Northern Pavifie; reached the kreat packing houses and mbykets to which could be shipped the tattle and sheep from the ranges on the Great North- érn and Northern Pacific; supplied the necessary connecting link for, the movement of cotton fromthe South- ern Sattes over. the Great Northern and Northern Pacific for export to the Orient; originated. much of. the manufactured iron, steel machiners, ete., and connected witheghe Eastern lines which originated much. more of [the same articles which are shipped to the markets of the Northwest over ‘the Northern Pacifie and Great Northern/lines’ and for export to Japan an@ China; and reached the i great coal fields of Southern Hlinois, one of the sources of fucl supply for | the territory along’ the Eastern part of the Great Northern and Northers Pacific systems. “Between July 1, 1901, and De- cember J1,.1921 the mileage of the Northern’ Pacific increased more than 1,360 miles, that of the Great North- ern more than 2,500 miles, and that of the Burlington more than 1,200 miles. These three railroads sys- tems, during the same time, hava; had about $903,000,000 of new money put into them, the soarees from which it was obtained being as fol- lows: ae Prom sale of stock......$285,214,000 From sale of bond 137,189,000 From sale of lands 55,681,000 From earnings 474,916,000 + s+. $903,000,000 “During the same period, the ter- ritory served, by these three rail- road systems has enjoyed a wonder- ful growth in population and in wealth. uch growth was alrgely de- rendent upon adequate railroad serv- Back stage, the actors get as ela- bofate a welcome as do the’ patrons. Barber shop, beauty parlor, bath- rooms, tailor *shop, laundry and | ice, and the co-operation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific with the Burlington in building \up the interchange traffic between these three great systems, has been a very large factor in vreating the safis- factory railroad service which has been so instrumental in building up the country. All statistics show that xo part of the West has enjoyed creater development than the part w8hich has been so well, served by these lines. : Policy of Roads. “4 striking instance of the policy of the Northern Pacific and Great orthern in striving to inerease the fic of each ahd fo facilitate the erations of each through their int investment, is afforded by their construction, more than thirteen vears ago, of the Spokane, Portland Seattle Railway which has a mile- e, ineluding branches, of 885 miles, and represents’ an investment cost of $90,000,000, The two companies jointly built this liae of railway from Spokane to Portland to relieve con- gestion, to ayoid double tra thei? qwn lines over the C: Mountains and to furnish a railroad of low grades from Eastern Wash- ington to point; on the Paejfie Coase. The S.'P. & S. has developed new territory and has been clearly in the nublic interest. Not’ only has it“per- mitted economical dperation; but it fias expanded the. traffic enjoyed by the two parent companies and also by the Burlington. ; “The Butlington management: feel that it would be against the best in-' terests “of the Burlington railroadj and of the country served by it, if it were now cut off from either on ‘af these powerful connections which have participated so effectively in the upbuilding/ of the traffic. Like- wise the’ Northern Pacific and the Great Northern each feels that it gould not afford to be cut off from the interchange of traffie- with the Burlington, which has ‘bagn brought shout by the. largq-investment. it has i! made in the Burlington properties, t t t © qd « t o! b: al ei £ e Relatives and friends eagerly aster in American mining history took place. miners who had met death@rom poison gas or fire. iwith gas helmets are members of rescue perties hastily rushed to the scene, and that the public interest could not Scanned the faces of the dead Bodies: three companies to the Commi: Northern from the group or system in which Great Northern and the Northern» would still ex Commi exdlude cither the Great Northern or| Blaney,/army flier the Northern Pacific from the group] field, Long Island, was killed whe containing the, Burlington, and that|his plane struck a tree. brought from the pit of the Reilly mine, basement is a special animal room with bath. : The value of the theatre alone is OT) possibly be served by any such di- vorce ‘proceedings, i To Oppose Plan. “Therefore; the managements of ‘all propose to represent nat the hearing on November 17th, than’ any plan which] continue to improve according he Commission may decide to adopt hould not exclude either’ the Great or the Northern Pacific he Burlington is placed, but, on the ontrery, should include all three of hese railroads in the samg,group or system, “tm making this representation to the Commission, the three ‘compa; nies will show that there is no:com: petition between the Burlington ‘and | cither the Great Northern or Narth-] Ficldiarmy aviation post suffered a rn Pacific. They wiil- further show that the great bulk of traffic which the now competitive between ~ ‘fic, would still continue to be & netitive if both companies. wete plac- din the same gropp with the-Bur- lington. and if the three companies were subsequently actually able ‘to ‘onsolidate on terms satisfactory io he Commission. Such competitio because aliost” all f this ‘traffic could still. be handled y other railroads not>included in the group. For example, all the trat- fie between Pacific Coast points and|in soft drink saloon. the Twin Cities, and ni important intermediate pojats, could ly all the Iso be, handled by other roads such s the Union Pacific or the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Probably less than two per cent of the entire traf- fie which. moves over the Northern Pacific and Great Northern would move between points which: are now ompetitive as between the Great Should, Group Them. “The three companies will there-| passed, ‘ore claim, that the plan which the on’ shall adopt should not 7 ive / Jed and ‘thred injured when a loco- placed at about $3,000,000by Mana-,| motive boiler exploded. at Moreland, | ger John F, Royal. any such eclusion would result, if consolidations take place according to the plan, ,in eiosing important voutes and\ channels of trade and commerce without any advantage | whatever to the publie ‘and: indeed | with distinct public det: ti. | “An important part of the pyosper- | ity of the Burlington has been due | | to its interchange gf trafffe with each | of the other Xwo companie: An im- | portant part, of the presperity of | each of thé other two companie | cen due to its interchange of traf- 4e with the Burlington, ‘The coun- try { by these lines has benefit- ted by this prosperity and indeed it | 2 boen the building up of the! through the facilitation ef | fehese connections’ which had led ‘to | 1 prosperity of these | . anagements of all three | comp: therefore feel’ that the showing which they will make tq the Commission will be a showing’ in the interest, and they trust fHat+ throughout the ed in the matter-will sideration to the de- tailed reasons whieh the three com- nanies sill present to. the Commis- ‘sion ‘Commissioner Ford of the Inter- state Commerce Commission in a de- | n rendered by the latter on Feb- 28, 1921, in connection with et No. 1069, relating to ‘on of the Burlington for authority to issue additional stock and bonds, is quoted as follows in respect # to the consolidation of these thre lines: A “The evidence presented to us has been such as to convince me that the nractical results of the relationship between ‘the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Burlington have been signal to the advantage of all these carriers, and particularly to that of the Burlington; that it is lationship- shall be.,allowed to con-! tinue.” LET IEN e 2Ne 9 i} | NEWS BRIEFS | | — Corning, Ky.—Four men were kill- 13-miles: from-here. Washington.—Lieutenant Commar.- der Godfrey De Chevalier, navy avia- tor, crashed at Rock Haven, Va., and was seriously injured York.—Industrial condition to New financial advices. Steger, Ill-Harold Gady,“n high school! boy, accidentally killed -him- self with a shotguns Alton, Ill_—Harola B. Luft, 21, was shot ‘and killed ‘by the accidental discharge of his shot gun while hunting rabbits* i ( Motint’ Clemens, Mich.—Setfridge $500,000 fie. Washington —In-a letfer to Sena- ‘tor Ledge, Republican fender, Sena- tor ‘MeGormick,’ Minois, ‘suggested abolition of thé senate seniority rule ‘on: committee” chairmanships. ?- Alma, Wis—John Gantenbein, 65, village’ marshal, is dead; his sox, Alle} 30, is in-Winona, Minn. hospi tal ‘with bullet wound in, stomach, while Enos Behner, 40, is held in jail charged with murder, as n result , at Spangler, Pa.. where the’ greatest dis- This photograph ‘shows the mouth of thé mine pit, out of which‘ rescue parties carried the bodies e shown covered with, canvas on hastily constructed litters. The myen equipped of shooting affray following dispute )Minneapolis.—The ten day old-son of Mr. afd Mrs. Gale E, Mory of his: city, has its heart on th@ right side, examination of physicians dis- closed, Baby apparently normal oth- erwise. Believed first case its kind in northwest. iN St. Paul.—Executives of railroads -centerin; e twin cities said they Northern and Northern Pacific and pad received notice from Washington which have no other railroad which} that. eastern ines will rush from would still remain a competitor. 800 to 1,000 cars into the northwes daily until the presentyemergency is Hartford, Conn—Lieutenant John frome Mitchel | TMM MMMM GAM is ARs IRR de Were Lost / oie | i to the public interest that this re-|_ Mother of D “Bring my oldest son to justice, he has spin Lucia Gazzo of Newark, N. death of her youngest son, Joseph, slain by his _Luigi was convicted of murder in the second deares. brother,” cried Mr: iahe brooded over claidee brother Luigi. Sorrow © Ci je the: blood of his 0 the authorities as 7 World War. 7 Brookhart went to. the Spanish- American War. ; He came back smbued with the idea that American soldiers should be expert rifle shots. He trained his home town company of the state militia on the rifle range. The com- nany attained sueh fame that’ Brook- hart was mad®rifle instructor for the State, National Guard. Laughed ;At. Time and time again he went~to Washington, D, C., and tried to con- vince West, Point’ staf cfficers thst more time should be spent in r training and not so much on “squads vight.” The" West Pointe hed st the crude, carne: r, much the expert politicians laughe: him. Breokhart’s turn came during the After the first Ameri> can troops went into action, Persh- ing wired back that men should not he sgnt overseas uni they were thoroughly rifle trained. Then’ war college remembered Brookhart of Iowa and his funny id Bropk- bart was sent for from his Nationai Guard outfit and placed in charge of training the American army to be- come expertsrifie shots. The result of his métheds wera soon noties It is ‘this persistence of- an i end his. own convictions togetl with a shrewd understanding of the ‘owa farmer, obtained by actual con: tact with farm problems, thet h made Brookhart today. He scorns social functions ‘and activities and says, “If feel like it, I will w: my into the Senate clamber with ‘lue overalls tucked into cowhide boots.” Mrs. Brookhart is a quiet,’ mothe ly women who does all her ow housework.’ They have a large {2 ily of children, Brookhart is a man to watch, his friends sa) They predict his suc- cess will e' x be sensational or else * his term the cSnate will prove him a political dub. o, THREE-PIECE . COSTUMES. | That Is; By NEA Service. Washington, Ia, No¥, 11—A short, stocky man, clad jn unionalls, and with an old slouch hat on his head, was ‘found feeding some of “Iowa’s prides” in the backyard of a farm near here. “Yes, sir,” he said, scratching the back of one of his porcine wonders with just’ pride, “I would rather be feeding swill- to my pigs than be counting change over the counter in some bank.” ; . And that was one of the campaign phrases by which the speaker, Col. |” §. W. Brookhart, gained the confi- dence and votes of thé Iowa Yarm- ers and on which he conducted his campaign to’ be elected senator to sueceed W. S, Kenyon. — Within the past few years Brook- hart has risen from a small town lawyer in Washington, Ia., to he one ef ‘the most. remarkable political characters) in the country. Three years ago he rose from prac- tical. obscurity, by determining-to at- tack Albert B. Cummins, then the ‘dol of the state, on the Cummins- Esch‘ transportation bill. Became RaiP Expert. Brookhart was defeated by.-Cum- mins ‘by a close margin in that pri- mary. But Brookhart was the real vietor, Hg had delved deep into rail- road statistics to*combat ‘Cummins, end is now a walking encyclopedia on dividends, valuations and _invest- ments of railroads. Similarly he equipped himself on the federal re- serve system. This spring he won the Republi- ean primary nomination over a vacked field. This victory is generally accredit- ed to understanding of the Iowa farmer and his problems. Brookhart is a “Main Street” and (“hog pen” politician. He talks ‘in the language of the farmer and laborer. He was a fierce campaigner, stump- ing every one of the 99 counties 1 the state. He is seemingly, tireless OVERALLS SENATOR if Smith Broo kKhart Wins in Iowa COL, 8, W. BROOKHART and ‘often’ spoke in several debates or meetings in one, day. While campaigning he édrned all | tricks of the flowing tie and big! black hnt. 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