COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,
SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

STANFORD
LIBRARIES

ON

S. 2246

TO CONTINUE RAIL SERVICE BY THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND,
AND PACIFIC RAILROAD FOR NINETY DAYS

S. 2253

TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXTENSION OF DIRECTED SERVICE ON THE
ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD AND TO PROVIDE TRANSACTION ASSIST-
ANCE TO THE PURCHASERS OF PORTIONS OF SAID RAILROAD

S.J. Res. 139

TO REQUIRE CONTINUATION OF RAIL SERVICE BY THE CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD THROUGH AUGUST 31, 1980

60-365 O

FEBRUARY 20, 1980

Serial No. 96-95

STANFORD

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COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada, Chairman

Barnum, John W., Kansas City Terminal Railway Co., accompanied by Vernon
E. Coe, president and general manager; James Brown, senior vice president,
operations; and John J. Connor, senior vice president, law
Boren, Hon. David L., U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; John Bivins, representing
the Oklahoma Department of Transportation; John C. Howard, representing
citizens of El Reno, Rock Island employees, farmers and shippers; Joe Neal,
Hampton, Enid Board of Trade; and Vicky Jacobs, economic development
administrator, Panhandle Regional Planning Commission

Bumpers, Hon. Dale, U.S. Senator from Arkansas.

Prepared statement

Culver, Hon. John C., U.S. Senator from Iowa

Dole, Hon. Robert, U.S. Senator from Kansas

Prepared statement

Gaskins, Hon. Darius, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, accompa-

nied by Richard Allen, General Counsel; and Richard Schiefelbein, Director,

Rail Service Planning Office...

Prepared statement

Jepson, Hon. Roger W., U.S. Senator from Iowa

Johnston, William B., Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy and
International Affairs, Department of Transportation, accompanied by Robert
Gallamore, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration; and
William Loftus, Associate Administrator for Federal Assistance

Kassel, Raymond, director, Iowa State Department of Transportation, accompa-

nied by Maurice Van Nostrand, director, marketing research, Agri-Indus-

tries, Des Moines, Iowa; and Dean Kleckner, Iowa Farm Bureau

Prepared statement

Mahoney, William, Railway Labor Executives' Association, accompanied by
H. K. Ritter, United Transportation Union; and Joseph Traynor, Brother-
hood of Railway and Airline Clerks

Moser, Vic, Kansas Department of Transportation; William Morand, president,

Collingwood Grain, on behalf of Kansas Grain and Feed; Jon Hansen, Kansas

City Board of Trade, accompanied by H. R. Schmid, president, Kansas City

Board of Trade; Kenneth McDaniel, American Agriculture Movement; and

R. Dennis Wright, on behalf of the Nebraska Public Power and Light

Prepared statement of Mr. Moser

Prepared statement of Mr. Wright

Percy, Hon. Charles H., U.S. Senator from Illinois

Pryor, Hon. David, U.S. Senator from Arkansas

19

Stewart, Tyrus C., director of transportation, Monsanto Corp.; Scott Nadler,

chief, Illinois Bureau of Railroads; and Lewis W. Hill, chairman, Regional

Transit Authority, State of Illinois..

108

Prepared statement of Mr. Stewart...

109

Wheeler, Edwin M., president, Fertilizer Institute

118

Prepared statement

119

(III)

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS

Allen, Richard A., General Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, letter of

February 26, 1980...

Page

69

Bartley, James E., executive vice president, National Industrial Traffic League,

letter with attachment of February 20, 1980.....

141

Brace, Kenneth L., executive director, Calumet Area Industrial Commission,

letter of February 15, 1980

138

Caterpillar Tractor Co., statement

133

Clements, Hon. William P., Jr., Governor of Texas, letter of February 19,

1980

140

Clinton, Hon. Bill, Governor of Arkansas, letter with statement of February 21,

1980

143

Cranor, J. M., executive vice president, Kansas Grain and Feed Dealers

Association, statement.

133

Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F., U.S. Senator from Missouri, letters of:

Fraser, James R., director of distribution, Bellrose Silica Co., statement

Friese, James R., vice president of operations, Candle Corporation of America,

letter of February 14, 1980

129

138

Glasson, Vernie R., director, national affairs division, American Farm Bureau

Federation, letter of February 21, 1980..

143

Gordon, Bruce T., manager, transportation services, B. F. Goodrich Co., state-

ment..

127

Hallett, Lloyd, plant manager, Owens-Illinois, Inc., letter of February 20, 1980...

Heerman, A., president, director of transportation, Great Lakes Carbon Corp.,

statement

142

132

Kansas City Terminal Railway Co, letter of February 19, 1980

International Harvester Co., statement

King, Thomas W., manager, traffic services, Sherwin-Williams Co., letter of

February 18, 1980...

136

72

138

Kramer, John D., secretary, Illinois Department of Transportation, statement...
McNear, D. K., president, Southern Pacific Transportation Co. and St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Co., statement

112

125

Miller, Reeder, chairman, transportation, National Grain & Feed Association,
letter of February 1, 1980

137

Patterson, L. P., State representative of Texas, letter of February 13, 1980
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, statement

137

135

Railsback, Hon. Tom, U.S. Representative from Illinois, statement
Sun Oil Co. of Pennsylvania, statement

125

128

Trampe, Richard A., general traffic manager, Pabst Brewing Co., statement.
Wallace, Mack, commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas, statement
Ward, Richard A., director, chief engineer, Oklahoma Department of Transpor-
tation, statement

Winn, Hon. Larry, Jr., U.S. Representative from Kansas, statement

131

130

101

135