The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
A BOMB
Thrown Into the Texas Traffic
Association Camp.
Attorney General Hogg After the
Texas Pool-Suit Instituted
to Break Up the Com
bination.

lie State q Texas ~
IN Travis County District the Gulf, Colorado
Court, at Austin, Texas. and Santa Ee Railway
Company, ct al
10 the Honorable j. e. Townes, Judge of the Dis
trict Court of Travis County.
Now comes the state of Texas, by and
through her attornsy-gene James S
Hogg, he acting under and by virtue OF
the constitution and laws of said state
complaining of the eight railway corpo-
rations, hereinafter styled defendants,
most respectfully represents, charges and
begs leave to show:
Flrst-That the Gulf, Color ado and
Santa Fe Railway company is a railroad
corporation duly incorporated and or
gained under the laws of this state, and
Is doing business and has its. principal
office in the county of Galveston. That
W. Snyder is the president and general
manager, and j. M. Bird is the treasurer
of said corporation, and both of said per
sons are citizens of and reside in Calves.
ton county, Texas.
That said corporation has constructed
and owns fully equipped railway line
from the city of Galveston to the city OF
Fort Worth, Tarrant county, and to other
places in Texas.
Second-That the Texas and Pacific
Railway company is railroad corpor--
ton duly incorporated and organized
under the laws of congress, and by the
laws of Texas is also chartered and author
lied to own a railway and operate as said
corporation i'll said state, and as such is
doing business aud has it's principal office
in the county of Dallas, Texas. That l..
A. Sheldon and John G. Brown are ils
managers and receivers, and thy each
live in and are citizens of aid county of
Dallas.
That said corporation has constructed
and owns fully equipped railway line
from the city of Marshall through the
cities of Dallas and Fort Worth to the city
of Ell Paso and to other cities in Texas.
Third-That the Houston, Z EST and West
Texas Railroad company lisa railway cor
poration duly incorporated and
organized under the laws of this state,
and is doing business as such, and has it's
principal office in the county of Harris,
Texas. That NJ. G. Howe is its receiver
and general manager, and he resides in,
and is citizen of, said Harris county,
Texas.
That said corporation has constructed
and now owns fully equipped railway
dine from the city Of Houston through
Texas to Logansport, on the line of
Louisiana, and to other cities in this state.
Fourth-That the Houston and Texas
Central Railway company is a railroad
corporation duly incorporated and or =
ganized under the laws of this state; is
doing business as such, and has its prin
cipal Office in the county of Harris, Texas,
and has a local agent In this, the county
of Travis.
That said corporation has constructed
and owns fully equipped railway line
from the city of Houston through the
cities of Dallas and Sherman to Denison,
and from Houston. through the city of
Brennan, to the city of Austin and to
other cities in Texas.
Fifth-That the Texas Central Railway
company is railroad corporation duly
incorporated. and organized under the
laws of Texas, is doing business as such,
and has its principal Office in the county
of Harris, Texas. Charles Dillingham; is its
receiver and general manager, and he re-
sides in and Is a citizen of said Harris
county.
That said corporation has constructed
and now owns fully equipped railway
line from the city of Waco, through other
cities, to the city of Albany, in Shackel-
ford county, Texas.
Sixth-That the st. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas railway is railroad corporation
duly incorporated and organized under
the laws of Texas, and is doing business
as such, and has its principal Office in the
county of Bowie, said state. W. p.
Homan is its general manager and repre-
sentative, and he is a citizen of and re-
sides in said Bowie county
That said corporation has constructed
and owns fully equipped lines of railway
from Texarkana to and through the cite:
of Pittsburg, Tyler, Corsicana, and Waco
to Gainesville; and from Mt. Pleasant to
Sulphur Springs, Greenville, Sherman and
Fort Worth, in Texas.
Seventh That the Fort Worth and Den
yer City Railway company is n railroad
corporation duly incorporated and
organized under the laws of this
state, and is doing business
as such and has its prInci pal Office in the
county of Tarrant, Texas. G. +. Meek is
It's president and general manager, and be
is citizen of aud resides ut Fort Worth
in said Tarrant county.
That said corporation has constructed
and owns a fully equipped railway line
from said city of Fort Worth through the
cities of Decatur, Henrietta, and Tascosa
to the northwestern boundary of SAID
state.
Eighth-That the Missouri Pacific Rail
way company is a railroad corporation
chartered and authorized under and by
the laws of the state of Missouri, and al
such is doing business in said state; and
under pretenses of purchases or leases, ii
controlling and operating railway lines il
Texas from the city of Denison to Green
Vile, Mineola, Tyler, Houston and Calves
ton; and from Longview to Palestine
Rearne, Austin, San Antonio, and Laredo
and from Jefferson to Pittsburg, Green
Vile, Mckinney, Dallas, Denton, Gaines.
Vile, Fort Worth, Cleburne, Waco, Temple
Taylor, and to many other places in tint
state.
That P. j. Lawless is it's local agent il
this (Travis) county, at Austin.
Ninth-That the lines so owned o.
operated by the said defendants are thu
main trunk and leading railways il
Texas, and 30 traverse the state as t.
touch and penetrate her commercial CEN
tiers, and become aud are the lawful com
petitors for the country's traffic concen-
trated in the cities aforesaid.
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