Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-22

TIE caas 01 WelIu, Fargo & Co. -
tne Noetasrn Pacific RaiIr0ad Csmuanv
wes oeoidsd In tbs United 9tates Clr.
ees Coorf Yesterday II favur Of the e.
g. company. wells Fargo susd she
NoSoesn Pacific eome time siuce. 70
eompoi ne latter 70 allow if eQnaI priv.
le9es % ~ main line and brsneh lines
~ omar expsees companies Jnd0o
y1eoy, - oeot1fn4 The cass. ordesed
~ tne defendant be required 70 fur
ns31 osofuary facilities 20 Wells. Farce
q 20 On III iino between Orcgou and
~ faui, and also on its connecting
nnes end links. wherever they may BE-.
Inc ordcr also directs that Wells, Far
90 q TO. Be given the sans facilities 10
transact it business a. u furniahed TO
eny OTHER express company. Wells,
Fargo Co. will have 10 give 4 bond
Tor 5000. which usli have 20 be an
proved by ons Of the officers Of the
Noyshcrn Pscific, a. i euAranbse for ali
costs, charges and damages which the
expEess company may issne or earn.
These fscilities must b granted forth
With between Nissouia and Helena. and
from Wailuia for short distance east.
Prom Helena 70 ST. Paul the facilities
dem Anded need not be granted until
December lst.-Porfland yssps.
A Posr-ixrxLLIoExcER reporter called
on Judge Lewis, one Of the counsel for
Wells. Fargo 4 Co, and asked him con-
oerning the above item. The Judge
read Il over carefully, and after remark.
ing that il was about corrscs. vent on
20 gave 9 statement Of the present con.
dition Of the suit.
Soue months ago JUDGE Greooe
granted an injunction by which the
Nerthern Paciiio Company vas com
PEELED 10 allow Wells, Fargo q Co. euual
transportation facilities With those Of
any othsr express company pendins the
oeoision OF the suit, which had been
carried, on an appeal BY the railroad
company. to the Supreme Court u the
Territory. While this appeal was pend
inR the change took place In the jodi
ctsi districts OF the Territory by which
the Fourth District was added. By thie
change Tacoma, where the suit had beeu
brouQhs, was removed from the district
presided over by Judge Greene TO that
presided over by Judge Hoyt.
JucRe H0yt, BY his opinions given
concerning the case while sitting as 8 |
member Of the Supreme Court, and by |
hts alleged political connection With the |
railroad company, had given Wells, Far |
60 a Cos counsel cause 10 fear that under |
MS Jurisdiction the restraining order Of |
Judge Greene wosld not b enforced. |
OF course, Il might be anv length Of |
time before the Anal decision Of the |
ease, and IN the meantime the enforce |
nseut Of Judge 6reene's order was &C.
sentfal 30 the interests OF plaintiffs. |
accordingly suit was begun In the Ore |
gon courts, and application was made |
20 Judge Deady for an INDUCTION similar |
70 Judge Greene's. The Northern Pa
cific Company. however, interposed the |
objection that the suit was pending in |
another court, having reference to the |
courts of Washington Territory. In |
order TO remove this objection, the |
Warrington suit was dismissed on /
PLAINTIFF motion. This action vas not |
thoroughly understood, aud was some
what OF surprise TO tho Northern Pa |
citlc's counsel, ~ well a. to the public. |
The intention, however, was simply to |
leave clear field for the Oregon salt.
The latter was accordingly pressed /
With vigor, aud she order Of Judge /
Deadly. TO which the Neps' itsm refers. |
now places the case ON precisely ths /
same footing a. that on which II rested |
after Judge 6recne's order. Wells, Far
60 q Co., however, new have the ad-
vantage Of Judge Deady's larger pow
ere in enforcing the order, and are 10
that extent in better condition than be-
fore.
The suit would have been originally
brouaht In Oregon, bot ct the time the
action was begun, the Northern Pacific
Company was not operating any road in
that State. Nov, however, the opera
ton of tbe kalama branch brings the
entire subject under the jurisdiction Of
the Oregon courts.