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Mayfield Urges Southern Pacific and Orient Merger Plan
Chairman Alli son Mayfield of the Railroad Commission proposes that the Southern Pacific group include the Orient railroad under the Federal Transportation Act. He attended Washington talks to save the Orient from abandonment, highlighting public benefit and need for financial support to sustain service in Texas and the Southwest.
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Mayfield
Southern Pacific
Orient
Interstate Commission
Texas
California
Austin
Allison Mayfield
The
Railroad Commission
Kansas City
Mexico and Orient Railroad
Hts
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Claude Hudspeth
Marvin Jones
Oklahoma
Kansas
Southern Pacific-Central Pacific
California Railroad Commission
Central Pacific
Ogden
San Francisco
Mexico
United States
Topolobampo
el Paso
Alpine
St. Louis