Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 21

APPLICATIONS FILED FOR RAIL MERGER “Unification /of Southwest Lines Held Different From Cansolidation, saciated Press r step in the plans of T.. F. Loree to link the prin cipal transportation gateways of the countryf was taken yesterday with the filing 4f two applications with the In- terstate Comm unite/into a single system three major carviers of the Southwest. Approval of the two plans, one pro viding for acquisition of stock con trol of the souri-Kansas - s (Katy) by the Kansas City rn, and the other assumption of similar control by the Katy of the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), would mold into one big operating em nearly 6,000 miles of track and approxim. $600,000,000 of working capital he commission was ve- quested to regard both applications as covering one general project, and they be considered together. Distinction Is Stressed. The distinction between solida tion under common ownership and management, prohibited by law pend- ing completion by the commission of final consolidation plans, and merg ing through stock control to operate as a single system, was emphasized in the Katy plained it w involving cons system for owners of the Cotton Belt Unlike the rejected Nickel Plate unification plan, which called for the creation of a new company to assume control : , and of non- filed v 1id have one railroad ac- quire a second and the second take over a third, and all three, while re- taining their corporate identiti grouped into a single operating sys- tem. far-reaching Commerce Economy Is Cited. One of the principal reasons for uniting the three roads was said to be the necessity for a grouping of the Southwestern carriers into a limited number of systems, nged to provide for the greatest economies in operation and the most efficient service to the public. The application of the Kans ch now owns 350,000 shares of Katy common stock, for which it paid more than $11,000,000, declared that acquisition would be by purc r exchange of sufficient ad- ditional shares as to give it a work. ing majority, while that of the Katy requested authority to acquire the Cotton Belt by purchase of at least a numerical majority of its outstand- ing capital stoci Under the agreement, the Katy in addition would acquire all rights of the Kansas City Southern to a reduc- tion of the purchase price of Cotton Belt shares bought from the Rock Island __Of the larger independent carriers in the Southwest, the applications pointed out, practically the only ones which remain unattached to some large system were the Katy, with 3,188 miles of frack; the St. Louis Southwestern, with ‘1,747, "and tae Kansas City Southern, with 865. City ANDRE WS FIVE OUTINGS THIS WEEK. Organizations Will Go to Chesa- peake Beach for Picmics. Five organizations will hold outings this week at Chesapeake Beach. seThe third annual outing of the Cnirnts of St . ries will be held Tuesday with Miss XKatherine Shea in general charge. On the same day the Crescent Benevolent Association will hold an excursion The committee is composed of 1. Summers, Willlam T. Baum and R. G. Whiting. The Women's Union of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will go to the Beach on Wednesday. Miss Min- nie D. Stevens will be in charg § _The Government Printing Cafeteria_and Recrea will hold _ its ur: William F. r heads the tainment committee and Printer George H. Carter man of the reception Walter M. Shomo is in athletics. Loyalty Chapter. No 32, Order of Eastern Star, will hold an outing at the Beach Saturday. Mrs. Bertha M. Davis heads the committee. JAZZING CLASSICS HIT. Church s Music Convention Call Practice Menace to Culture. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., July 24 (@), | —At the last genera n of the Natlonal Church Music Convention here today. a resolution was adopted deprecating “The pernicious practice of rearranging and jazzing the com- positions of the great masters” and calling it “a menace to culture and religious Ideals.” The resolution urged \ the organization to regist tests with the proper authorif to do all in their power to censure such practices. { Public is chal committe charge of Youth is ever ready to give to its elders the full benefit of its fnexper- fen: . Complete with '| capt. i and pai The machine which “set” the order: ing Offi .| country on the battlefields in France. T! Gen. Pershing’s commands to America’s otograph shows J. Monroe Kreiter, seated at the machine, who operated it in France, and left to right: Moorehead, production manager of G. P. 0.; Public Printer George H. Carter, and Maj. Wallace W. Kirby. The E. torious Army.” of Gen. Pershing to the A. E. F. in France, now in the Government Print- e, was dedicated yesterday by placing on it a tablet which reads—“In honor of a linotype—that served its 2, upon a throbbing moter truck 'mid shot and shell this machine typed ANALYSIS REVEALS IMPOTENCE OF BORLAND LAW AMENDMENT Change, Even if Tt Be Adopted, Would Bring No Relief to Property Owners for Years, Study of Features Shows. Another factor came to light ves- terday that will tend to postpone until the dim future the day when local property owners will be re- lieved of assessment for the resurfac- ing of streets under the amendment to the Borland law as proposed at the last session of Congress Although the amendment failed to hecome law after it had passed the House, an analysts of its effects is pertinent, since it retains its status on the Senate calendar and will conie up again at the next session. It was shown a few days ago that even if the amendment were enacted now it would not begin to take effect until about 1934. This, highway de- partment officials say, is because the amendment is so wordéd as to abol- ish the paving assessment only where the property owners already have been assessed for one complete street. The Borland assessment law did not begin until 1914, s0 no street paved under that law is more than 12 years old today. Since streets rarely are renewed in less than 20 years and usually only after 25 or 30 years, the resurfacing work for the next 8 or 10 years will be on streets laid prior to 1914, and which would be still subject to one assessment even under the proposed amendment. Still Longer Delay Seen. This information made the benefits of the amendment seem remote enough, but a further study of the language of the bill vesterday, in consultation with engineer depart- ment officials, brought out the afdi- tional fact that the apparently unim- portant word ‘“replacement” in the amendment in reality has an im-. portant meaning and will delay still longer the effectiveness of the meas- ure. The text of the amendment fol- Io That no frontage of abutting prop- erty on which a legal assessment for paving or repaving has been levied hereunder shall be liable to assessment hereunder on ount of the replacement of such pavement.” ! The effect of the word , “replace- ment,” officials say, will be to allow n assessment for the laying of an asphait surface on an existing concrete street, even though an assessment was paid for the con- crete street under the Borland law. They would be able to levy the sec- ond assessment in all such cases even under the proposed amendment, be- cause, they say, the placing of an asphalt surface on a concrete street is not a “replacement.” but a completion of the original surface. They proceed on the theory that the concrete is merely the base, and that the street is not finished until the asphalt topping is applied. The policy being followed is to lay the concrete and allow that to serve for 12 or 16 years before applying the asphalt surface. This practice is In the in- terest of economy, Engineer Depart- ment heads say, because traffic gets the use of the concrete as a surface for tHat period without destroying its usefulness as the base on which to lay an asphalt surface. In looking to the benefits of the pro- posed modification of the Borland law, however, this policy becomes impor- tant, because it means, officials state, that wherever property owners have pald the assessment for a concrete street since the Borland law was passed they would pay another assess- ment for the asphalt surface as the amendment is now construed. Whiie figures were not available vesterduy as to the umount of con- crete paving laid in recent years, officlals estimated that a considerable amount of the paving done since the Borland law was enacted is of the «concrete type that would stiil bear a second assessment for the laying of an asphalt surface under the proposed amendment. Of course, if the pending modifica- tion bill is not enacted, assessments will be made for all resurfacing, re- gardless of previous assessments and regardless of whether. it is a replace- ment or the completion of a concrete street. More Years Must Elapse. What the amendment would do, as interpreted by District officials, would be to eliminate future assessments for replacing streets after they are once completely paved by assessment. A replacement, they explain, would be where the old asphalt surface was taken up and repaved. If the esti- mates of the Engineer Department are correct, however, a number of years must elapse before there would be much resurfacing work done in accordance with the terms of the pending amendment. The proposed modification, there- fore, would have only a limited cation and that only after a. consider- able period of years. When the measure was being considered by the congressional com- mittees at the last session the Citizens’ Adyisory Council took the position that it was far from meeting the de- sires of the people of the Distri according to Jesse C. chair- man. t council recomunended as a substitute that the Borland law be repealed. Practice Held Unfair. In reporting the modification bill to the Senate last month just before adjournment the Senate District com- mittee made this comment on it: “Under the provisions of the ex- isting law all new pavements must be paid for by the adjoining prop- erty owners to the extent of 50 per cent of the cost, and this applies also to resurfacing. It is perfectly obvious that this works a great hard- ship and injustice upon the abutting property pwners, for, while their own use of 4 street may be very moderate, they must bear the expense of resur- facing made necessary by traffic from all parts of the city, and even traffic originating outside the District of Co- lumbia. Modern motor vehicles have greatly increased the use of the streets, and to place upon small prop- erty owners the burden created by unlimited use of the highways by vehicles of all descriptions, including heavy trucks, is unfair The streets are worn out by the public generally, and the general public should bear the burden of replacement.” The interpretation that replacement would not apply to the covering of a concrete street with asphalt after the concrete has served as a surface for a number of years, however, would tend to defer the operation of the amendment. Suter, WEDDED 50 YEARS, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sattes Remem- bered on Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sattes held a quijet observance of their fiftieth wed- ding anniversary yesterday by receiv- ing a few friends at their home at 1118 Virginia avenue southwest. Maried in Southport, N. (., the couple have re- sided in Washington all except the first five years of their married life. 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