New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-17
AGAINST THE SOrTHERN PACIfIc'
PETITION IN EQUITY FILED by ATT'HNhi "r''-
ERA. OL.NEY-CIlARGED WITH IN
LAWFULLY COMBINING.

LAWFULLY COMBIN1NG.
Los Angeles, Cal. July ia petition ID 'q''S
WAS filed in the United States Circuit court ne'e
to-day which Is OF startling chhf"c'c'' 81"
petltion is instigated by Attorney-GeneraI oIh'!'
and Is directed against the Southern Paclhc h"'-
road Company and thirty other railroad coh'pa-
nies besides many prominent ralifoau "''.
the suit is successful. It Will effect every IAN
road I'm the United States 1t Is staten 'i'"' '''
.nect will be 10 make every corporation no" "
mart OF the Southern Pacific Company o' NJ"
lucky operate under separate ana diS''hcl '"'".
aeement and make void all monopoly OF ire'sn'
and passenger traffic The petition IS IN the "T"'
Of the United States and alleges that tn' '"''-
roads in the corporation form continuous i"e
from Portland Ore, by way OF San Francisco
and los Angeles. Call Yuma. Ariz: FL Paso'
rex. and New-Orleans. with connecting iihes e.
from ogden San Francisco from h;i - iasT iGsiyes ~
ton. from Houston to Albany Tex ,n ana NATE L@Is,
from Los Angeles to san redso 0a,'an Trancisco 10
santa cruz and to various other points ana places
The defendants are charged WIN co,ilplns s a,d md
cornorations whose names are unknown, but wheh
ascertaned. Will be inserted as aelemuan.d nnd a1oonr
several States of the United States ana "a Se 1e
tween and among S'sfs hs Tned a% states and foreign
n,,ntries The petition questions the corporate
existence Of any r"i;road G bs Seeed unianfl
sc,s OF the companies and violation ara apuSe 81
1be charter powers OF said companies; asks i s,ii
w, ~ aranted relief sought and matters a.eBt'
determined and rights OF peutloneiS oI,.
uures the company 10 show the oi ma " o,H,or
ae ae nar,s ~ he books OF stockholders or otber
odi,,d " "a ~ aid companies. showing names ana
reside nee OF holders shares OF capita stoch oi Wv, W.
companies and the number OF SHARES ailr r III C Gov
now held by each owner; original cop'N ol az sona
,rac,s leases and agreements between ea'h ol f''
companies: prays that the cohtiact "a "a ~ c,u,b-
twepn the Southern Pacific company ana IN" gu H,u ~
ern Pacific Railroad Company, dated ..-IF ,LL,
1885, be annulled: that the aHreGtheilt po' h ,he
Southern pacific Company OF KENTUCKY hhu t.s
Central Pacific Railroad Company. datcd f'piu
- Iss5 he annulled; that the pretended al ,eh VI
,,aIra ,on and consolidation between ,outh-
arm Pac,0c road and seventeen other faiTDau 60, ~
porations dated May 8. lsss be ann a com
rretcnd.d mortgage OF the Southern lacinr III
nanv 10 The Central Trust Company, OF .Nt", ioin'
Tor t37 900 900 annulled: that all contracts ,m
a,reements and cancellations between thc u.I,i
ants and @ ach defendant railroad ana trahspo
company be annulled that ALI Transfers " -, n apy
of capital stock OF any OF the corporations W any
other corporations be annulled ~, o,,r,
II also prays that by the proper decree OF coui'
ouired through its own corporate ohcr.S ,,nr
cmpoyes TO maintain and operate without .dnO, M
or dIscrimina ton against any person coIpa"s
or corpora ton in the United states is respec'tVe
raj road or transportation line Aof railroad iof
cran,,,srnmenta, commercial. or other public pur-
"sss ana exercise by Itself a.one al the respective
dutles required by charter and by the lave oi
,be United States and the state OF CaIllorna;
,ho, the defendants. their servants agents anu
moves be perpetually enjolned from COMBINING
or cor nsplring together or with any othei PER- ,
VI cornoration to restrain trade or commerce De
'..n states or with foreign nations 1ne peti-
.,on il signed by Attorney Genera. Oney, He2ise
iDaris District-Attorney Of the Southern DIS
Iii, ~ california and Joseph II. Call. special at
,nrnev for the Government.