The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
CARRIED INTO A COURT.
Huntington's Counsel Asks for
an Injunction Against the
Coal Line.
SCHEME TO CHECK BUILDING.
Advantage Taken OF Simple Error
on the Part of the
Graders.

STOCKTON, CAL, Oct. 1.-THE South
ern Pacific and the Alameda and San Joa-
quin Railway Company (the Corral Hol-
low have clashed. The Corral Hollow
people say it is all q mistake; that some
one has blundered; but the fact remains,
nevertheless, that the two companies are
now in the Superior Court for settlement
of their troubles.
The issue was declared this afternoon
when W. L. Dudley, the local legal repre-
sentative of the Southern Pacific, fled a
petition praying for an injunction against
the Corral Hollow Company, to prevent
the workmen of the latter from interfering
with the right of way and track of the
Southern Pacific at point near French
Camp, where the Corral Hollow grade
strikes the Southern Pacific line. Hugh
Foy, superintendent of construction of the
coal road, is named as one of the principal
defendants.
The petition recites that the new COM
pany is interfering with the rights of way
of the Southern Pacific, endangering the
movement of trains and taking other lib
critics not lawful without the existence of
written agreement between defendant
and plaintiff corporations. The trouble is
reviewed with the usual legal phraseology,
and the petition ends by asking that the
defendants be required to show cause why
q perpetual injunction shall not be issued
against them.
Judge James F. Budd heard the matter
and issued the usual restraining order, to
be in force pending hearing of the case
after the citations are returned. The usual
indemnity bond was filed, and all the legal
formalities peculiar to the movements of a
great corporation have been attended to.
The news of the move is topic of gen.
eral discussion here this evening. The
complaint was not filed until all of the
county offices were ready to. close, and
even II. E. Barber, the local agent of the
Corral Hollow Company, was taken by
surprise, refusing to believe the news until
he saw the records himself Most of the
attorneys and courthouse habitues had left,
and Judge Budd transacted the business
in the County Clerks office. G. /. Jones,
the local agent of the Southern Pacific,
made affidavit to the allegations in the
petition.
There were rumors around town to-day
that the Corral Hollow workmen ad been
ordered off the Southern Pacific right of
way near French Camp by Mr.. Jones act
ing under orders from San Francisco The
facts are that on Saturday the construction
gangs began throwing up grade on each
side of the Southern Pacific track prep
aratory to effecting crossing, and did SO
under the impression that an agreement
had been effected between the two COM
panies in San Francisco providing for the
same. Mr.. Barber, the local agent of the
Corral Hollow Company, was informed OF
the action by the gang, and fastened to
assure Mr.. Jones that no offense was in
tended and no further work would be done
at that point until the two companies had
arrived at a satisfactory agreement. The
men retired when ordered away by Mr.
Jones, and Agent Barber ordered the fences
replaced and every article removed from
Southern Pacific lands.
1t was supposed that this was the end o1
the incident, and Mr.. Jones was appar.
emily satisfied with the assurances of Mr..
Barber. That is why Mr.. Barber is mad
He feels that a mountain has come from a
molehill and that the incident is being
used by the Southern Pacific to delay anC
embarrass the work on the Corral Hollow
line.
cat 8 o'clock to-day was assured every
thing would be satisfactorily adjusted at
San Francisco and / cannot account tor
this paper, filed at the very close of court
hours for some motive known only to the
other company" said Mr.. Barber this
evening.