The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-17
SUING THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
A Request That the Various Conn
pnnies be Separnted.

A Request That the Various Com
panies be Separated.
Los Angeles, Cal, July ia most
States circuit court today by United
States District Attorney Denis and
Special United States Attorney Call
under the psecial direction of Attorney
General Olney, it being a bill in equity
against the Southern Pacific company
of Kentucky.
The bill asks that all corporations
which have combined with the South
ern Pacific company be separated from
that corporation and the agreements
under which they are now working be
annulled and cancelled.
If the government wins it means that
| the Central Pacific, of California, of
| Arizona, and of New Mexico, and the
| Santa Monica branch. the Long Beach
| branch, and in fact all lines which go
to make UP the Southern Pacific sys-
| TEN, will be separated and operated by
their own set of officers. The combin-
alton forming the Southern Pacific of
Kentucky is alleged to be in con-
spiracy to retard and restrict COM
merce. The bill is brought under the
| same United States statute, under
which proceedings against the South
| Gil dCIllC 6IuplOySu were commenced
! as contr1Ving to retard commerce.
The different lines of railroad which
are embraced in the alleged combina-
ton, are as follows:
! Southern Pacific company, organized
under the laws of Kentucky; Southern
Pacific railroad, organized under the
laws of California and the United
dhe Galveston, Harrisburg & San An
tonic Railway company the Texas &
| New Orleans Railway; the Louisiana
western railway; Morgan's Louisiana
e Texas Railroad and Steamship COM
| pany; the American International Rail-
way company; the San Jose & Almeden
RallWay company; the Pajare & Santa
Cruz company; the Monterey Rilway
company; the Monterey Railway Ex-
tension Railway company; the South
ern Pacific Branch Railway company:
| the San Pueblo & Tu1are Railway
company; the San Pablo & Tulare Ex-
tension railway company; the San Ra-
mon Valley Railway company; the
Stockton q Copperopolis Railway com
pany; the Stockton & Tularo Railway
company; the San Joaquin Valley &,
Yosemite company; the Los Angeles &,
san Diego Railway company; the Los
! Angeles q Independent Railway COM
pany; the Long Beach & Whittier and
Los Angeles County Railway. conapanv.
the Long Beach railway; the Southern
Pacific Railroad Extension company:
tine Ramona & San Bernardino Pail.
way company; the Texas & Pacific
railway company; the Central Pacific
hallway company: the California &,
oregon railway; the Oregon Central
galway company; the Pacific Mail
steamship company; the Pacific I'm
proVement company; the Central Trust
company, of New York. c0ncIudino
with the names of C. P. Huntington
Charles F. Croker, Mrs. Leland Stan,
tord, in her own name and as exec1I-
trlX OF Senator Leland Stanford. de-
SGdSeo' MI. StllIman, Mr.. Hubbard, A
Lloyd Tevis, T. H, Goodman, John A
Muir, and D. Burkhalter. who are
named as citizens and residents of Cal
norma, and Edwin r. Searles. either
and resident Of Massachusetts.
1t is alleged that the line from Sa7
fIdhclsco via Los Angeles to Yuma anc
from Ogden, Utah, to San FranciscC
: were constructed by the United Sfatas
through the agencies of the differant
companies in the sections for the pur
pose OF securing safe and speedy trans
portation of the mails, troops, nun
ltlons OF war, and the public stores O.
the United States, and the defendant.
nave combined and conspired togathe,
| and with other persons and cornora
|
between ana among the several sI5fe,
OF the United States and foreign ma
tons. and that they have fprtheranc,
OF said conspiracy combined all lines q
railways and transportatio companie
under single management.
1t IS further PRAYED that all contracts
leases, agreements and consolidat ton
between defendants in any wise re,at
ing to the leasing, operation or confro
OF any of the roads mentioned may b.
annulled and declared void
1t is also prayed that all the trans
ters Of shares of special stock or an,
corporation defendant herein to an,
other corporation defendant herein b
: annulled and declared void.
: It is further prayed that each rsiIroa,
: or transportation be required beraafte
to operate and maintain through If
own corporate officers and EMPLOYEES
without favor or discrimination agains
any person, corporation or the Unite
States, its road and exercise by itsel
: alone all its respective duties require,
: by its charter and by the laws of tn
United States and Of the state of Cali
fofnia.
1t is further prayed that the defend
ants be perpetually enjoined fror2 i
any way combining together or wit
7 any otner person or corporation t
restrain trade or commerce betwee,
states or with foreign nations.
The complaint concludes by Stain
, that all defendants mentioned ar
: : necessarily parties to the suit. and tn
PRAYER is that the court order all o
them to be summoned and tina
subpoenas be issued for them.
Spain, Italy, Sweden Hanover Russia
Austria and Turkey receive dali
: weather reports from Paris and London
S The science of meteoroIogy dates fro-
y the time of Aristotle, who, so far a
1 known, made the first weather observa
tons.
n Storm warnings have been displayed /
: the principal parts of this country with
! since 1861.
: The annual rainfall in the Atlantl
e states is So inchesy5in the southern, So; i
e the western. rs; in the Pacific, 81.