Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1927, Page 3

LOREE RAIL MERGER "~ RAISESBIGBATTLE Proposed Fifth Great Trunk Line Causes Shift on Many of Carriers. BY CARL S. BRANDEBURY. NEW YORK, March 18 (P).—The checkerboard war of the Eastern trunk line carriers to capture the rich railroad business that lies be- tween the Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi River continues unabated, while quiet moves are planned by the captains of the railroad industry. 0,000 miles of rallroad with zation of $4,600,000,000 are involved in the tangled question whether the Nation's transportation business in the Northeastern section of the United States shall be carried on four highly consolidated - trunk lines of a fifth system created by-ghe building of new trackage to connect certain independent lines between New York and the Mississippi Valley. In the swirl and flurry of railroad gecurities that rise and fall on the stock exchange; in the velled moves of quiet buying by railroad interests of feeder railroads and in the plan proposed for rail consolidation made by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission may be pieced together a composite picture of a railroad war that has not its like in transportation history. No Rate War. No rate war impends or s pos- Bible, the bankers say, as in other days, but it is a struggle of carrier giants to organize their strategical yositions in their own fields and ob- tain the greatest amount of gross business. Some seven years ago this subter- Fanean battle began with here and there only surface indications visible to the public. Today finds the ques- tion of a four or five trunk line sys- tem still unanswered, with the forces led by the New York Central urg- Y:g a four-trunk arrangement, while eonor F. Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson, fights for a fifth eystem that would link up the Delaware & Hudson, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and the Wa- bash by new trackage in Pennsylvania with certain trackage rights over the Pennsylvania rallroad. Aligned with Loree in his fight against the New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio and the Van Sweringens, it is indicated, s the Pennsylvania. Loree’s plan for the fifth trunk line sustained a jolt when the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh declined the suggestion of the Interstate Commerce Commission that the Loree option on that line be continued. Wall street bankers say that if the Interstate Commerce Commission decides finally to permit Loree to acquire the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, the head of the Delaware & Hudson will @gain seek its acquisition. Four-Line System. The four-trunk-line system, as urged by the New York Central and fits friends, groups the following lines: 1. New York Central, with the addi- tion of the Lehigh Valley; the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and the On- tario & Western. 2. The Baltimore & Ohio plus the Reading, Jersey Central, Ann Arbor, the Monon, Buffalo & Susquehanna, the Cincinnati, Indlanapolis & West- ern and the Western Maryland. 3. The Nickel Plate, plus the Lacka- .wanna, Virghian, the Detroit & To- Jedo South Shore, and possibly the ‘Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Pitts- burgh & West Virginia. 4. The Pennsylvania plus the Nor- glk & Western, the Grand Trunk Vestern and the Chicago & Alton grom Chicago to St. Louis. The grouping for the Nickel Plate youte has been changed by the op- erations of the Van Sweringens, who mre trying to bring about a combina- tion of the Nickel Plate, Erie, Chesa- eake & Ohio, Pere Marquette and ocking Valley. . The chief figures in the fight over the four or five line systems, with the Interstite Commerce Commission trying for a solution, are Samuel Rea, resident of ithe Pennsylvania; George ", Baker, dominant force in the Lehigh Valley and New York Central; Leonor F. Loree, head of the Dela- ware & Hudson; Daniel Willard, presi- dent of the Baltimore & Ohio, and the Van Sweringens of Cleveland. Ripley Plan Features. With the transportation act of 1920 openly espousing great railroad con- solidations, where there had for years been severe opposition to them, Prof. Ripley of Harvard was engaged by the Interstate Cogimerce Commis- gion to evolve an amalgamation plan. Prof. Ripley favored a five-trunk-line system, namely, the Pennsylvanla, the New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, the Erie, and the creation of a fifth system. He further proposed to award the Jersey Central and the Reading to the Baltimore & Ohio, the Lehigh Val- ley to the Erle, to which would be added the Wabash. Prof. Ripley created a fifth trunk line, with the Lackawanna as the main stem, to which would he added the Nickel Plate, the Buffala, Roches- ter & Pittsugh, the Western Mary- land. the Wheelinj L Erie, the land. e _lneoion & Lake Bre the " SPECIAL NOTICES. €TOCK REPAIRING BY FACTORY METH. o o d deliver. . 2 Main b24d. = SahaTS TBLE FOR DEBTS han' mvself. D, H W. Cherrydale, T S LE FOR ANY l cted by my ALTER B AR. Takoma Park, SWHY “RE pancsd won I €LOC) PA established firm goteed. PLITT. PRINTING IN A HURRY APRIL SHOWERS BRING LEAKY ROOFS Talk with today abo aking your rogf sug and, Light o 4 26 '_Company mONéfl iy A MILLION DOLLAR w—printing plant equipped to handls every &ind of printing Job. The National Capital Press 12 D ST. NW. ____ Phone M. 650 it Houses and Stores. es to rent. Lis Mt nw 27 fith & Evarts Sts. We need more prop vours toduy. G. B. 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S Erie and the Western Maryland to t tern railroad line-up is shown on the above maj Rochester & Pittsburgh, he lines of the two rival groups—the New York Cen- an Sweringen lines on one hand, and the Loree lines and the Pennsylvania on the other. By gaining domination of these two ringen Nickel Plate system put an obstacle in the way of Loree's merger plans. MARCH 18, p. Lehigh Valley, New burgh & Bessemer & Lake Erie and the Lake Erie & Western. The Ripley plan left the Pennsyl- vania untouched, except to take away from it the Norfolk & Western, which he wanted as the nucleus of another East and West system to parallel the Chesapeake & Ohlo. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion substituted in the Ripley plan the Lehigh Valley for the main stem for the fifth system and gave the Lacka- wanna to the Erle, assigned the West- ern Maryland to the New York Cen- tral and suggested that the Baltimore & Ohio take over the New Haven. Sharpshooting Starts. Sharpshooting commenced with the publication of the plan and the battle began. The plan seemed to find no favor in any railroad quarter. The New York Central wanted the.Jersey Central and this provoked open oppo- sition from the Baltimore & Ohio, while the Pennsylvania _protested against being shorn of the Norfolk & ‘Western. New militant railroad forces came upon the scene of conflict when the Van Sweringens appeared with their plans for a trunk line system. They opposed joining the Nickel Plate with the Lackawanna or the Lehigh, but wanted the Chesapeake & Ohio. The Van Sweringens later suggested the consolidation of the Nickel Plate, the Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pere Mar- quette and Hocking Valley. All previous proposals went into the discard and certain executives of East- ern rallroads planned a four-line trunk system. This plan, still being urged by the New York Central, was op- posed by Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania, and brought Leonor F. Loree back from a European vacation, and caused the Baltimore & Ohio and the Van Sweringen forces to join issue with the New York Central as against the Pennsylvania. Loree found that the four-trunk-line plan left the Delaware & Hudson prac- tically isolated. He proposed as a sub- stitute a fifth trunk line, made up of the Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Val- THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road N.W. Desirable two and four roem, kitchen, reception hall and bath apartments. Unexcelled service and location. 3 $ Rentals Very Reasonable THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road N.W. us today for esti- actory prices. 1t & B I EEBLATT W Window Shades and Screens. Phone Lize. 878 ley, the West Shore, Buffalo, Roches- ter & Pittsburgh, with a quarter in- terest in the Reading and Jersey Cen- tral. Loree also wanted the Bessemer & Lake Erie, Western Maryland and ‘Wheeling & Lake Erie. Loree Wages Campaign. The head of the Delaware & Hudson aggressively waged his campaign, while this plan was being formulated, by securing optlons on the Buffalo, Rochester & Ptitsburgh, and then threw a bomb in the railroad camps by asking Interstate Commerce Com- mission permission to build a line across Pennsylvania from Easton, Pa., to Pittsburgh, and also asking certain trackage rights from the Pennsylvania Rallroad. The Loree plan is said today to have undergone modifications. It is report- ed that his fifth trunk line now con- templates using the Lehigh Valley out of New York as an independent line to Easton, Pa., connecting with the Delaware & Hudson, then construct- ing a new rallroad west to Dubols, Pa., to make a junction with the Buf- falo, Rochester & Pittsburgh. In the war of consolidation the New York Central, Nickel Plate and Balti- more & Ohio took over the control of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, while the Baltimore & Ohio secured a minority interest in the Western Maryland. 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