The herald., 1896-01-07

| erninent to intervene creditor of, the
Central Pacific company, whose lines form
part of the Sou heru Pacific system.
Last Saturday the attorneys for the rail-
road filed an amended complain, and to-
day the attorneys of the commissioners
asaed that the amended complaint be
stricken from the rec ord, if the case was
to be proceeded with today. If admitted
delay of two weeks was asked by the
commission to permit time to consider it.
Judge McKenna declared there could be
no further delays. Attorney Herrin, for
the railroad, said nothing new had been
injected into the case in the amended COM
plant, which was simply a compil alton or
combination of points in the original COM
plant designed to show the financial con-
dtion of the road in California as seggre-
gated from that portion of the road outside
the state. Judge Mckenna suggested the
amended complaint be withdrawn, but
Herriu urged that it be allowed to remain
on record, promising to make no use of it
until the defense had ample time to famil-
iarize themselves with it's contents. The
court said if the amendment was not with
drawn he might not have power to throw it
out, but that he certainly could dissolve the
temporary injunction granted the plaintiff
to prevent the commission from enforcing
the reduced freight rates. AT this ra her
pointed hint, Herrin, for the railroad COM
pany, withdrew the amended complaint
and proceeded to open the case for the rail-
road by reading the original complaint.
Then the court was asked to restrain the
commission from reductions which, it was
claimed, were ruinouS to the business of
the road.
After concluding the reading of the COM
paint Mr.. Herrin proceeded to support it
by presenting to the court number of af-
fdavits signed by various officials of the
Southern Pacific in regard 10 the business
of the system.
United states Attorney Foote then pre-
sented his amended bill of intervention,
after which Attorney-Generai Fitzgerald
read lengthy affidavit from Chairman La
Rue of the railroad commission, designed
to controvert the statements which had
been made on behalf of the Southern Pa
cific in reference to the condition of its
business and the effect which the proposed
reduction of rates would have.
THE GOVERNMENT DEBT
WASHINGTON, Ian. 6. The house COM
mittee on Pacific railways within few
days will begin to consider plans for adj
JUS ing the debt of the Pacific roads to the
government. Chairman Powers arrived in
the city from Vermont and called a meet
ing of the committee for tomorrow for or
ganization. Mr.. Powers supported the
Reilly bill in the last congress, but it is I'M
derslood he thinks the plan can be i'm
proved on. He has not framed any plan
himself, Mr.. Powers says, as he has not
known long that he was to be chairman of
the commit tee. Several bills will proba-
biy be introduced within week which will
give the commit ee plenty of ground to
work on.
Mr.. Powers says it is absolutely Eeces-
sary that some disposition of the question
should be made by this congress, on ac-
count of the approaching maturity of some
of the bonds, buc he does not yet know
what is the temper of the committee or the
house regarding the problem. Two-thirds
of the committeeman are new, for the last
speaker dropped from the list certain
members of this congress who served on
the committee in the last congress.
While in the last honse the railroad bill
received a larger proportional support
from the Republican than from the Demo-
cratic side, no inference can necessarily be
drawn concerning the present large Repub-
lican majority.
A SANTA FE SUIT
New YORK, Jan. GA jury was today
sworn in, efore Judge Lacombe, in the
United states circuit court, to try the suit
brought by the Prescott and Arizona Cen
tral railroad against the Santa Fe Railroad
company and about fifty other defendants,
including the railroad companys directors