The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-08
WASHINGTON STATE ASKS
LEAVE To FIGHT MERGER
Attorney General StrattOn Appeals to the Suprem6
Court for Permission to File Suit
Farmer Attorney General Grggs is One Of the Attorneys for the
Raiiways--Fsderal Suit at ST. Paui


.-yr,-e-0~ tnrfI Attorney
III ..-...... .,r tn. state of
III u,-s.-
~ Washington today olousAI 10
..- attention of the United States SUI
~or-- the desire of that state to
.-.-.,..-+ tho mercer of the
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northern fa.'-. anu que 1--'
f1 railroads. The attorney general
are FOR leave Co file "a bill. of COM
-. .r bahsrr of the state versus
- r..fe. and IN. cras+
pc N 49,
l5-iheih lpNil'a'li -i-
alrt.es COMPANY I'D making enc
frr Dir. sIattol said counsel for
- DEFENDANTS was present and pre-
Hrsi 20 proceed WIN l.-. an oLai 7Lgu --
-. 55i7g that tbe case Involves the
~. 4u--rinus as were presented i'm
y. u.rrteafs case. lie added that an
.--afi4fa hearing MAS desired because
= r.rI4 SAW. another trim from the
.-. III Washington
r.. t-tar1sr General CrfrEs who
--- .rasarr as tho rauresanr4riy-o of
,.. -slr-,a5 c,mo7nies ar0uiesced i'm
.5s- M Srr4tton said as 10 the de-
s.-.trifr of am a4riv hearing but the
.- Fs-.frei CD announce am imme-
r.t. decision an th.- noint The chief
--.-... said however that an esrIv
.-.sa- VaUi5 be- yfyeu.
III connection with his nation for
l..rs be- flo his bin of COMPLAINT MIR.
s-atton submitted copies of his bin
s-f 4 h-faf fr ifs suDrorr 70 avoid
-5s o1ise.iea under which This court
-.f-ssF g., entertain the hin of the
s..r. n Minnesota AGAINST the North
.r Securities company. the state Of
washington has made the Great
V5-rbar1 Railway e0mpanv ana the
y4rfHarr Securities romD7nv defend
arts
O'nsoIiealloA OF competing Lines
The bin asks for a general order of
restraint and injunction and is a gen
ea. recital of the acts of the merger.
which 10 is claimed are in c0ntraven-
ton Of tha laws of the state of Wash
asi@ 7roi5iblung The consolidation Of
his charged Specifically that "the
Northern Securities company was or
ga1zai solely for the purpose of carry
ilg Out and accepting the designs
rTreemcnt and plans os James = Hill
aHJ J. p. Morgan and their associate
stockholders TO ERECT a consolidation. OF
ths property railway lines. corporate
bowers ana franchises of the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern com
raHias rcs1eetivefv rhrourb the North
e-n Securities company
This continuation IS characterized as
.eorsni-se.. and if is ssserts'5 t,.9t
the interests cf -b. f-.7f,-i,5--.I -
holders u the uroperfv and franchise
ol The two railway comnsnias was .o
-z--,i-s... -,.5 ~. T. -.l.--lS5 80
interest in the pr5nertv and f~s s'r,J s.,s
Of the Northern Securities -or7nanv
The individual -rorIyboI5ers Uars mn
longer 20 hold I'm interest i'm or draw
their dividends from the earnings Of
either OF the SAID railway -omnsnias
bI- rather from the earnings M hofb
systems Elected and dietrihur-d Inv
such n0Iding CORPORATION.
Co. r.. - A. --
Aust ID Ihc u1alIdsS
lhal The defendant. the Northern Sc
or.ties company. is not only pxerciS-
ing 'he right Of ownership of effrb
stock 5ut also debating the manage
meD- of said railway comuauias.
The interest OF the state i'm maintain
llE independent lines of road Is fully
sl to7t.- and u the ACCOMMODATING
lis- 81 legal reasons iu snort of
.ll action are set out i'm detail Among
these IS thl plea that unless tho su-
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