Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-06
ANSWER IN THE
BIC MERCER SUIT
,,,t !, the United States Circuit
Court in ST. Paul.
divided INTO TWO PARTS
mail. Largely with Dental OF
first p'"' s..ood TelI. About Pure
r'' base of the Burlington

M,rn., May SAN enter
St r'u a,d Of a great competitive ~
prs, ~ and international commerce. so',rI.
the deso ,naoy given in the answer i ,e,
ties cO'''p ,,oyneys for that corporation
BY IN ,ne .ol, brought by Atty.-Gen' h A,",n
IN t aa,oIf Of the United states , 70 en'O
On "a. so.caed merger Of ,, the No'' rail-.
1 1 pacific and the Great Northern
4 ways. e,od late this after
TINS a4 ,So United states circuit court
n rs ,sis city and at the same .l% ne,n III.
IN .,i' '' onsvers were filed by James
oN w" w p clough. D. Wits James,
,tns kennedy George F. BAKER H nS S" !
q JohI Fat ?. Northern railway anu "
the ulea Robert Bacon, Dallei o.
4 , MV' and the Northern raci'io ''''
&way ,one,,s follow the same
"a the Iai' Dns,ysr of the securities com
\ lines III, elaIdsd into two parts me
s. pany Is u, LII denial Of the peuuoh
a irsI y a ting any charge OF conspiracy
az ana as respecting the purpo ,st,ss y, com
Limitation Of the secuIls stn,1tv Of
"n Instead Of owning a majority ~
.sn .hsrss Of the Great Noorthern ,o ~
s 49,. snS Pacific companies II Is s'" tsa
4. Noru' Nc who are interested IN tle
'raI s~ "tgstion company do not own
ieVi se'' sSs on0 900 of a majority Oh 'he
Nlunin ,o@fbern shares. and little more
& orea' NV, ,nerter OF the Northern IA
I#tlfc. -, ~ the answer the
M " ~" If the Chicago, Burlington *
nmncy Railroad company Is tan ha,t ur
mi ~ reasons for such purchase na ,otaS
tssp Il is alleged, "erroneously x s'S', ,o
- ,bs netitlon." Attention Is calleu "
y. u snarsely settled or unsettled nature
~ he country through when the
$50 Northern lines pass the apuhu.
+ 80 ~ raw materials to be hauled az
W w., mileage rate. the great tlmDeI
|t ,.iai,b IN the Pacific northwest anu
X M necessity OF q return ioad lor w
III cars taking this timber TO the praliie
4. ',s,es, tbe DEVELOPMENT OF trade WIN
s Eastern Asia as means OF seVu.aIs
+ sncb return loads. and the estapii ,l
(. mani Of a connecting steamship hne
##for that purpose -, ,,,ocod
MA II il said that both roads were placeu
IN disadvantage with other trans
h t continental roads as well as with hu,
q II ,,,oaor co,nDetitors. by the want OF
& g sufficient direct connection WIN w,
territory Offering the best markets lol
tba products OF the country along thell
H'1Ilnes and with the places OF production
and great centers OF distribution IRON
which their traffic must be suppled'
The lines Of the Burlington, better
Than those Of any other company lul'
fned the requirements Of both ROADS u
k,esnect OF markets for eastbound anC
= sreIqht for westbOund traffic. The an.
swer recl.es these various markets an6
Itheir products, and says
.. oThe price paid for said Burlington
}ftoek was lower per mile OF main tract
( 8,oyered By the stock than that tol
Z |whl the stock Of any other large anC
well established system, In the sam'
general territory, could then have beef
.38 boz yht.
THE purchase OF the Burlington
stock by the Northern Pacific anc
Il Great Northern companies In equa
81 parts served each company as well a
II Il were the sole owner Of such stock
2 while such purchase might have beef
MI beyond the financial means OF eithe
company Of Itself
M "The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific companies, therefore each pur
chased an equal amount Of shares o
,he Burlington stock as the best mean
fnd for the sole purpose Of reaching
The best markets IN the territory al0ni
their lines, and Of securing connection
(which would furnish the larges
amount Of traffic for their respective
Iosds, Increase the trade and inter
change Of commodities between the re
TIons traversed by the Burlington line
and their connections and the region
iTayersed or reached by the Grea
Northern or Northern Pacific lines am
BY their connecting lines Of shipping oi
The Pacific coast"
Ana, further the purchase Of IN
ouilIslon STOCK was not made In VieS
oi The formation OF this defendant, bu
soely from the motives and with tn
purposes already stated
The history Of the formation OF IN
Holding company is given very fully
lne Nroiect having It's inception man
Years prior to the decision OF the su
pFeme court In the Pearsall case, whic