St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
Hill and Minot Denounced as
General UsurperS and
Law-Breakeps.
A Distinguished Railroad
Party Entertained in the
Twin Cities.
The Wagner Sleeping Car
Company Buys Heavily Of
Duluth Land.

Attorney General Clapp has received
the following letter from the law firm
of Hall &c Fitzpatrick, signed with the
Individual names of Alfred S. Hall and
f. S. Kirkpatrick:
We, the undersigned citizens of the state
of Minnesota, beg leave to Inform you that
j. j. Hill and Henry ID. Minot and eaeh or
them, have ever since Oct. =. 1889, wrong
fully ana unlaYfuily used. usurped. and now
do still wTongfully and unlawfully use and
uSurp, the franchise TO be corporation IN
the state of Minnesota, and pretend thar
they are a corporation with the pretended
name of the Great Northern Railway Com
pany of Minnesota" and have also wrong
fully and unlawfuliy used and usurped, and
now still do Wrungfully and unlawfully use
and usuFp. the following franchises, to-Wit;
to run and operate q railroad in the state OF
Minnesota. to propel a train of cars thereon
by and with locomotives propelled by steam.
at a great rate of speed. and TO take the pri-
Yate property of citizens OF the state OF Min
neSota. under the power of eminent domain.
for the use of said railroad: they have also
unlawfully pretended to be a railroad cor
pOration under the laws OF the state OF Min
neSota. and with all the franchises, rights
and privileges pertaining to railroad cor
poration lawfully organized and existing tln-
der the laws of the state of Minnesota, claim
ing and pretending to be organized as @ cor
poration On Oct 2, Is 9, under aud IN
pursuance of an act of the legislative as
Senhly of the territory of Minnesota en-
titled iAn act to incorporate the Minneapolis
d ST. Cloud Railroad company, approved
March /, 1886. and an act of the legislature
of the state of Minnesota. approved Fen. -,
1868, entitled An act to amend an act 70 ln-
corporate the Minneapolis Il st. Cloud Rail-
road company, approved March l, 1896, ana
TO repeal certain portions or an act, amend
ing the charter of said company, passed Feb.
%. 1Sef." said act OF 1865 is void ana IN
constitutional and contrary to and IN Vlola-
ton of section two t2), of article ten (10l,
Constitution of the state Of Minnesota, and
gave no authority or right whatsoever to j.
j. Hill and Henry d. Minot or any or either
of them. to be or become O corporation or ex-
ercise any OF said franchises, privileges or
rights.
We further inform you that there never has
been and is not now, any right Wa rant or
authority whatsoever for said persons, or
any OF them, to be or use or exercise the
franchises of q railroad corporation In and
under the laws of the state of Minnesota,
either under the pretended name or the
Great Northern Railway Company OF Mill
nesota," or any other name or otherwise.
Wherefore we respectfully ask that leave
be granted to file an Information IN the name
of the state against the persons above named,
and such other persons as upon l.-yeStIga-
ton and INQUIRY may be guilty of the usur-
patton aforesaid. for the purpose OF lnqulr-
ing into their authority to exercise the iran
chises aforesaid. ALFRED y HALL
F. S. KIRKPATRICK.
It is reported that MesSrs. Hail 81
Kirkpatrick are representing some New
York holders of stock in the Manitoba
road. A hearing will be granted to-
morrow.