St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-18

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North Dakota, through Grand Forks
| to the northern boundary line of said
| state in Neche; another line of railroad
extending from Grafton to Cavalier IN
North Dakota; another line of railroad
| extending from Wahpeton, North Da-
| kota, to Mayville and Larimore to
| Langdon, North Dakota; another line
of railroad extending from Everest in
North Dakota, through Ripon to Port
| land junction. North Dakota; another
| line of railroad extending from Ripon
| in North Dakota, to Hope, South Da-
| kota; another line of railroad extend
| ing from Church's Ferry, in North Da-
| kota, to st. John; another line of rail-
| road extending from Rugby Junction
! in North Dakota, to Bottineau, North
| Dakota; another line of railroad ex-
| tending from Rutland Junction,
North Dakota, to Aberdeen, in South
Dakota; another line of railroad ex-
tending from Pacific Junction, Mon
tana to the western boundary of Mon
tana, and thence across the states
| of Idaho and Washington to Everett
on Puget Sound in the last named
state; all of the said railroads so
owned by the ST. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway company, and
leased to and operated by the de-
fendant, having a total aggregate
mileage of nearly three thousand eight
hundred miles.
In addition to the mileage owned by
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail-
way company, and leased as aforesaid,
the defendant, while not owning any line
of railroad itself, and having never
operated a railroad ownsd by it,
owns the entire capital stock of
the following mentioned railroad cor
porations, which own and operate rail-
roads as follows:
BRANCH LINES.
The Eastern Railway Company of
Minnesota which owns and operates
the said railroad extending from
Hinckley to Duluth and West Su-
perior; the Willmar & Sioux Falls
Railroad company, which owns and
operates a railroad extending from
Willmar, in Minnesota, to Yankton, in
South Dakota; the Duluth, Watertown
& Pacific Railroad company, which
owns and operates a railroad extend
ing from Watertown, in South Dako-
| ia, to Huron. in South Dakota; the
which owns and operates line of rail-
road extending from Great Falls,
Mont, to Butte, Mont, and divers
branches extending from the main
line to various important mining and
industrial points in said state; the
Seattle & Montana Railway company,
which owns and operates line of rail-
road extending from Seattle, Wash,
n IN No
tory; the Fairhaven & Southern Rail-
way company, which owns and oper-
ates a railway from Sedro, Wash, to
the northern boundary line of the
state Of Washington; the Newninster
& Southern Railway company, which
owns and operates a line of railway
in British Columbia, extending from
the northern boundary line of the Uni
ted States to New Westminster, in
British Columbia. All the railways
hereinbefore described form and are
operated as combined railway sys-
tenn under the name of the Great
Northern railway line, and comprise
an aggregate mileage of nearly 1850
miles.
A. The said Eastern Railway Com
pany OF Minnesota is a corporation
duly organized and existing under and
pursuant to the laws of the state of
Minnesota.
5. The Northern Pacific Railroad
company is a corporation organized
and existing under the following-men-
toned acts and joint resolutions of
congress of the United States, to-wit:
An act granting land to aid in the
construction of a railroad and tele-
graph line from Lake Superior to Pu-
get Sound, on the Pacific coast by the
northern route, approved July 2, 1864;
a resolution extending the time for the
completion of the Union Pacific rail-
road, eastern division, approved MAY
Z, 1855; a joint resolution extending the
time for completion of the Northern
Pacific railroad, approved July 1. 1865:
a joint resolution granting the con-
sent of congress provided for in sec
ton 10 of the act Incorporating the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
approved July 2, 1864, approved March
1, 1869; joint resolution granting
right of way for the construction of
a railroad from a point at or near
Portland, Or, to a point west of Cas-
cade mountains, in Washington terri
tory, approved April 1, 1863; a resolu-
ton authorizing the Northern Pacific
Rallroad company to issue it's bonds
for the construction of its road, and to
secure the same by mortgage, and for
otner purposes, approved May 81. 1870
The plaintiff asks leave to refer to
each and every part of each of said
several acts, and joint resolutions of
congress, and to have each and every
part of the same taken and consid-
cred as If the same had been herein
quoted at length.
NORTHERN PACIFIC LINES.
o. Under and in pursuance of the
said several acts and joint resolutions
of congress, the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company had constructed and
put into operati ton prior to Jan. 1, 1880.
all its main line of road extending
from Ashland, in the state of Wis
consin, westward across the state of |
wisconsin, and across the states of Min
nesota, North Dakota, Montana and |
ldaho, and in the state Of Washington |
to Wallulla Junction therein; also all |
tnat other part of its main line of rail- |
ROAD extending from Portland, Or, to |
Iacomas Wash; also the whole of it's |
Cascade branch, extending from Pasco |
Junction, in the state of Washington. |
TO Tacoma, in the state of Washing |
ton. The Northern Pacific Railroad |
company had also prior to said date |
acquired all the stock of the following |
other mentioned railroads, to wit: The |
st. Paul & Northern Pacific Railroad |
company, which owns a railroad ex- |
tending from st. Paul. Mimi, to Brain
erd, Mimi, and front Little Falls, |
Mimi, to Staples, Mimi; the Duluth &. |
Manitoba Railroad company, which has |
line of railroad extending from Win
nipeg Junction, Mimi, via Red Lake |
Fails, Mimi, and Grand Forks, N. D., |
to the international boundary line of |
North Dakota; the Duluth, Crookston |
& Northern Railroad company, which |
own railroad extending from Fertile |
Junction, Mimi, through Crookston to |
Carthage Junction; the Little Falls & |
Dakota Railroad company, which owns |
railroad extending from Little Falls, |
Mimi, to Morris, Mimi; the Northern |