The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-17
AFTER THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC !,
Attorney General Olney's Lat
est Legal Move.
He Wants the Railway Company to
be Disintegrated.
A Bill Asking That the Consolidated
Corporations Be Operated
as Entirely Separate
Companies.

Companies.
A most important suit was fled in the
United States circuit court yesterday by
United States District Attorney Denis
and Special United States Attorney Call,
under the especial direction of Attorney
General Olney,. it being bill in equity
against this Southern Pacific company OF
Kentucky.
The bill asks that all corporations
which have consolidated or combined
with the Southern Pacific, be separated
from that corporation, and the agree
ment under which they are now work
ing be annulled and cancelled.
This, if the government wins, would
mean that the Central Pacific, the
Southern Pacific of California, of Ariz-
ona, and New Mexico, the Santa Monica
branch, the Long Beach branch, in fact,
ell the lines which go to make up the
great Southern Pacific system, shall be
separated and operated by their own set
of officers.
The combination forming the South.
ern Pacific of Kentucky ia alleged to be
conspiracy to retard and restrain COM
MERGE, and the bill is brought under the
same United States statute under which
| the proceedings against the Southern
Pacific striking employees were com.
menced, for combining to retard com.
| merco.
Special Attorney Call brought up this
point againet the Southern Pacific in
the United States supreme court on his
arguments in the big land cases which
were recently settled. Those cases how
ever were settled on other points, the
one in question not having been reached.
The bill first names the different lines
of railroad which are embraced in the
alleged combination, as follows:
The Southern Pacific company, or
ganized under the laws of Kentucky the
Southern Pacific Railroad company, Or
gsnized under the laws of California and
of the United States, of Arizona and New
Mexico; the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio Railway company, the
Texas and New Orleans Railroad com.
pany, the Louisiana Western Railroad
company, Morgen's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship company, the
Mexican International Railroad compa.
ny, the San Jose and Almaden Railroad
company, the Pajara and Santa Cruz
Railroad company, the Monterey Rail-
road company. the Monterey Extension
Railroad company, the Southern Pacific
Branch Railway company, the San
Pablo and Tulare Railroad company, the
San Pablo and Tulare Extension Rail-
road company, the San Ramon Valley
Railroad company, the Stockton and
Copperopolis Railroad company, the
Stockton and Tulare Railroad company,
the San Joaquin Valley snd Yosemite
Rslrosd company the Los Angsasss f nus
Angeles and Independence Railroad
company, the Long Beach and
Whittier and Los Angeles County
Railroad company, the Long
Beach Railroad company, the Southern
Pacific Railroad Extension company, the
Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad
company, the Texas and Pacific Railway
campsny, the Central Pacific Railroad
company, the California and Oregon
Railroad company, the Oregon Central
Railroad company, the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, the Pacific I'M
provement company, the Central Trust
company of New York, concluding with
the names of Mr.. Q. P. Huntington,
Charles F. Crocker. Mrs. Leland Stan
ford in her own name and as executrix
OF Senator Leland Stanford, deceased
lAIs DbillAhu. uIs IluUDdIus AZ IN.
Towne, J. A. Fillmore, d. O. Mills,
Lloyd lewis, T. III. Goodman, John A.
Muir and ID. Burkhalter, who are named
az citizens and residents of California,
and Edwin f. Searles, citizen and resi-
dent Of Massachusetts.
Several paragraphs are devoted to a
description of the general routes ira
versed by the railroads to form continu-
GUS lines across the continent and con-
Meeting lines in various sections OF the
county.
1t IL alleged that the railroad and
transportation companies named, sever
ally own and operete lines of standard
gauge railroads, which are all connected
with each other, and when taken to-
gether, form continuous line from
Portland, Oregon. by way of San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, in the state OF
California, Yuma in the territory OF
Arizona, and Ell Paso in the state oil
Texas to New Orleans, in the state OF
Louisiana; with connecting lines from
Ogden, Utah. to San Francisco, Califor-
MIA. from Eel Paso, Texas to Santa
Rosalia, Mexico; from Houston, Tex,
to Galveston, Tex. from Houston, Tex,
to Albany, Tex, and to the cities OF
Denison and Paris; and from Los An
/ 6oASpS Saiss W Oah ColOs DhAsa
and Ellwood, CAL, and from San Fran
cisco to Calistoga, Santa Rosa. Rumsey,
Oroville, Placeryile, lone City, Valley
springs. Milton, Monterey, Santa Cruz,
and to various other points and places.
1t is alleged that the line from San
Francisco, via Los Angeles, to Yuma,
from Ogden, Utah. to San Francisco,
from Oregon to California, were con-
structed by the United States, through
the agencies of the different companies
in those sections for the purpose OF
securing the safe and speedy transports-
tion of the mails, troops, munitions of
war and public stores OF the United
States.
The following paragraphs recite the
gravamen of the bill:
1t ia alleged that the defendants have
combined and conspired together, and
with other persons and corporations, to
restrain trade and commerce between
and among the several states OF the
United States and foreign nations.
In iurtherance OF such mbination 1t
ia alleged that the defendants have
monopolizsd ail the trade and commerce
between San Francisco and other cities,
and other points and places in the
United States outaide of California. par