	kansas city southern ksu merger response kansas city southern industries inc said an attempt by santa fe southern pacific co sfx to reopen the proposed merger of the atchison topeka and santa fe railway co and the southern pacific transportation co offers nothing truly new in a letter to shippers kansas city chairman landon rowland stated this proposed merger is plainly anti competitive as found by the icc and urged by the department of justice nothing has changed landon said kansas city southern is continuing its efforts to uire the transportation operation of santa fe railway reuter 
