The New York herald., 1868-03-06
SUPREME COURT.

Apcther Phnsc OF the Erie Railway LitIgn.
iioH-Thc Company Asking for "a ConsOtida.
lion Of All the Suits-Another InIumctiou-
Suspension of Frank Work-Stny OF Pro-
cscdings.
The Eris Railray Company and James Fisk Jr. Plain.
h6s,. karshau B. Ch1mplan, Attorney General Of the
Slate. cf Nao York; JOSIAH B1rd,gsu, J. G. Bancrott
Dapis Alexander S. Dicen. DANIEL Dresc. John s
Edrlass Wiiham Exams ELen D. Jordan, Jay Could,
Dudley S Gregory, George NJ Grypes. Frederick H.
Lane Homer Ramsdsa. William d. Skidmore
Heary caompson James s. Waiting, Frank Work
and nc People Of tie Stah ef Nsp York.
There sro two suits on the complaint OF Frank
Wlrs agas1st Daniel Drcw and the Ere Railway Com
pany, is sctors executive committee. &C. and also
psou by the Attorney General behalf Of tho people
Of State against Daniel Drew asking for his
vabfsom Office director Of the Erio Railway Com
palE The grst or these suits charges Drew with
Law, uily holding and using 10 his personal advantage
and tcneat ffye ght thousand shares OF stock OF
company. ane asks judgment that he be complied 10
scccun,A 70 the company, for those shares and
tion cf the A torney General asking for his
removal ins.tuted and temporary injunction sus-
psuding aim from tho OF his Official duties.
grau vi Tho other suit the complaint aud lnjunc.
non order in whicn were served on fuesda, last EN-.
bod the greater portion OF the matter contained In
the mplart with reisence TO the SIS 500 900
worn Of ; Ak mhcn Drew holds IL also alleges ihat
the BOSTON, Hartio-1 and Eric Railway Company tsa
corporation treated ander Tho laws OF Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, Tor the pur
the Hudson river to Boston: that John s.
Eldrdse rs 1he president OF this last named
payis, iogsthor pith Robert Bufde a. trustees OF
that company, heh mortgage upon It's road for
Y o. sSS sSS Ee RAILWAY ccmpsng ara n,d 9epr
Interested the sses oi The Boston, Hartford and Ere
E"sy o0@ps1y es Complain. then proceeds TO 70
lis porae powers franchises, euaran she ny.
mon. o the annual s.taroai upon bonds OF the Bosom,
Harl~fd aud Erie Ra,nsy 70 the amount OF Sioo0oOO,
and such bonds sGye been execisd by the last
vaansd company and endorsed by the Ers Railway
Nsnpanc Also tina. ihe last named company has IN
orce.s OF Its powers eotered into contract with tho
AlrhgspA outheru and Narthern Indiana Railroad Cor,
pany 10 ara tho nsiTcion OF railroad from Akron
90 Toledo NO. vita the OF connecting tue Michi.
ran Soutbc-, ard Northe = Indiana Railway Companys
sosI whose eastcriy toruGus s q. Toledo, with ihs
pss,es throrz. Akron; t~& BY that ngreem tie
Bio Railway has sgrsee = operate 'ns proposed
e.rnings mere, which 1t ~ aiso guaranteed snal
tnouat to 81 Ooe 900; that tina Ere Hallway Company
shsrcs or c.r0cst OF shares o. toe companys stock
and a 70 hypolh, end loen the same. ON that
way Uomtaoy. DC, i rom The perfcrmsrcs OF the con-
srals vita tno Mch, soC.hsrn and Northern IndI-
ana Psosa omp. ana "a. ,ssOn Or aDs
bonds into stock ara 10 the sale or negotiation IN any
form OF bonds of tho last, natnss company
Tho presen, sui, OF IN, Ers Railway Com pany and
Fax Jr va Tho Attorneys Geuaa and others s claimed
- be in the interest OF los Eric Railway Company ice
stockholders, &C, aud ha, tor rs object tho conso
daiion OF tho former two ats aud tue petition nov
pending In this present action aud Tor the adjudoson
OF all tie matters iavoved soue ltsaou and prays
for the removal from Office, u1 director or tho Erie
Railway Company OF Frank wo tk aud ,has an inuoc-
ton be granted enjoining sad fotk ena tne Attorney
General from prosecuting any or u eioe' sohs or Tue
matter OF the petition. !. .,.- "a. -.
The complaint, among othos allie cations seis forth
subs antially that the plaintiff, the Ee Hallway Com.
pany, 10 not exceeding It's powers rghl sna
70 the making OF the contracts referred cus
cred into with the sole object OF sovancns ne
Interests Of the stockholders OF the CON pay anu or
the development OF its resources that 1t ~ tne
aud object Of the company TO secure thr. orosd
gauge troust to Chicago, 81 Louis and othsf meneIn
ctes and that this cangot be effected except tnfougn
combinations With 9th, roads whose lines extend beyond
tie westerly terminus OF the Erie Railway Company;
that the New York Central aud other narrow gauge op
position lines have virtually by these means sxisGded
their lines Chicago aud that there 10 other way IN
which the planun eject the object but by tho
ssmo meshod; that Frank Work has been and Is q al.
rector of The Eric Railway Company, but Is in the In
terest Of the New York Central Railroad Company and
kss KEPT The magsser directors and other oGceTs VI