New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
PANAMA r. r. co. TROUBLES.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE APPEALED TO.
4 DIFFERENCE or OPINION REGARDING THE
MIXING OF CONrRACTS-DECIsIoN

DESERVED.
The hearing on the application of the racine "'',
steamship Company to compel the Panama h'''o'
Conpany TO show why III" temporary i"J" '''i
granted by Judge TruaX, restraining the raro'' '''
pany from making contract with the Ch" '"'"
him Con,pnuy for the carrying Of freight from OF 10
ports n The Pacific Coast between Acapulco ana
Panama shoud not be- made permanent, was heid III
tbc supreme court. Chambers. before JuIg" lh-r""'
yc,t.riay Iloadly. Laut"ruach q Johnson APP
p.ar,d for tn" Plaintiffs, and frdenc H. 'o""e''' VI
Coudcrt LrJthcrs, for Il" defendants. inc ''
mont turned mon the construction of certain rllS ia
, contract made between the two parties III l7'-'
EDWARD Lautcrbach, In opening for the pl"h'ii' gave
the history which led up - that contract
The Panama Railroad completed III lo"' ''
cost Of = 100000 and sine" then the through i''S.
u thn Pacific Mail steamship Company has been Garner
ov.r H. In 40 the Panama Railroad Company 'H'"'
H. bci a way line OF steam, NJ between A'pn''
and Panama In 1872 the Panama Railroad '"p'"'
old ont this line to the Pacific Neil steamship o"'-
,orv for 100000 By the term; Of the CONTRACT 'he
Panama Railroad Company sold - tn racine NAN
steamship Company the five steamships belonging |"
the unc the wharye-, docks etc. tog'h"F WIN '''
. nI VIII. If the company and the rights aud privileges
which the line had enjoyed and IN" ril'ro'o ''"'
pnny further agreed never to interest H''i' II "'
.fcom,hip or sailing line between those ports
o,b.r limos were established under foreign chir-
t.r4 running various ports OF Europe nv" INV
W..t md the traffic III" railroad Dc'""'
GREAT Nincty-hvc per cent Of the business "''
through freight AMI Passengers ana II D''h"i' wv
established custom 10 issue through bis OF "ul"T
and 70 make through rates, the proportlona'e shares
,o 20 fo tlr, paric, being agreed upon. IN l0'7
.uacll contract 90 th, effect was m2d" brt"''"
the steamship company and the rilroAi oo"P'N'
-, o ,f,,,u vc,r. This contraCt expires
February l. I-D3. short time ago the T"'iro"i
compony Informed the steamship company that th"y
a. at
dat, to and from port, on til" P"cIhc 'on7t between
,.,., .rd u,nnma This. IL asserted.
,,,uid b. dl,a-trou, 70 the business Of the AmrFl-
can line. and In violation Of Inc contract VI
l-72 Which ~ inference gmmn'c'' lh'' "s".
,,,.r,, ,h. other rights ard privileges transferred
to tie steamship company.
Mr. Lantorbach also claimed that ~ the Panama
Railroad Company WI, owned by the Panama Canal
roiutauy a French corporation. any attempt on
IL, uart 10 interfere with The privileges OF an Amer
lean steamship line was In Violation oil the MON
10. doctrine.
Frcdul, Il. Coudort opposed the notion arguing
U" IN. difference between Il, Is simply failure
10 asr"c upon torn, fog tine IrnrNaI - w. ,'6 M
of l.7- IN l-7@ did sell 70 them ouF snip i'I ,n
rights therein but Tint contract Is not 10 De Sp'Hun
A, meaning that gave MP any iuncil n ol IN I'l.
rr,dv 20 renew ihr contract of l-!7 ana siv' mem men,
The right 20 through bills Of adns II iliy , Mi,
give the same guarantee Of @'ooC PR b mot ."
A. ytlliuc to give these iotrf, ana W. az P'"t n-
- ''i" cnl,rac with them. The fact H. the lIcihc
MN steamship company /, not free agent, Dh' mas
In, ne, idlc,t.d s franchise to eighteen or twenty
'ds which nN ~ rates. II tli, motion j. & in,'u
a. vlriuallv make, the steamship conl'H' u'"n'''
,, Tnc dr.lr, Of oar opponents H. - d'pT>a
oar stocks 49,. Ga, on. 81 tho
,.,,i,tf,f. Irlg" Iurruham took Tie papers anu
reserved hl4 decision
=. v.,s announced At The Office u IA" I"riml
uaili..,I Company Yesterday nat nee ou'll'nr are
"nv. I'M pro.. c,- Tor a." establishing al hn'
w., 49, .f.,u.,~ bctW ru ~np Trance -'d
nasma II +, -td nat Anrii an , .tam' Ec,, s@'
~, Vol, and colon II j. sid iai after ilr ".i'l
Il.hmrrt ri the lines meniond The 4ir. iyn' III
i,.. D., llu. irtu,.n N,'c 'rlrau- AMI '"n VIII o.
.. .,I.rI lis tive Panama EalHay Interests.