The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-20
SENSATIONAL
ALLEGATIONS
Brief Filed in the Suit of Keene
Against Hartman.
UNION PACIFIC IN CONTROL
MONEY EXPENDED TO SUIT GER
TAIN PURPOSES.

n INCINNATI. June 19-Contrary to
| the report that a(comDromise had
been effected in New York between
the Keene and Hartman interests, and
that the Southern Pacific railway suit
had been settled. a brief containing SEN
sational allegations was filed TODAY by
the appellants. The original suit in
vowed Ine question OF the right of the
Dnlon Pacific directors to vote in the
stockholders meeting of the Southern
racine The Hartman interests which
represent the Union and Central Pa
clLlc roads. had secured Il controlling in
terest in the Southern Pacific road and
at the annual election to have been held
last April expected TO control the meet
ing and elect their officials. Suit for an
injunction was begun by the Keene in
terests, representing stockholders of the
Southern Pacific, the action coming to
from the Louisville district. The brief
Tiled today was prepared by Senator
toraker Of Cincinnati, August r. Wilson
OF LOUISVILLE, Edward LauSerbach of New
FORK and Eugene Treadwell of New York
Sensational Brief.
Twenty-six arguments are presented in
Dehan CT appellants to restrain the Har-
rlman element from voting the Union
Pacific holdings in the Southern Pacific
election. Among these arguments are al
legations that the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific roads being competitors.
II was a violation Of public policy and for
lIldL reason lISSal Tor the Union PaClIlc
to acquire and maintain control of the
Southern Pacific by purchasing and vot-
ing its stock; that discrimination has
been pracuced in making expenditures
on the Central Pacific in that twice as
much money had been expended from the
earnings Of the Southern Pacific system
on the 81 miles Of the Central Pacific
between Ogden and San Francisco as
has been expended on the remaining
S.000 miles, and that the immediate pur-
pose of such expenditures * to make the
Southern Pacific line a direct through
route from Chicago to San Francisco by
way of Omaha and Ogden for the Dur-
trdnsfOntinental business Of other trans
continental lines; that the result would
be to give the Union Pacific q haul over
its entire line between Omaha and Og-
den and the Southern Pacific only the
short haul between Ogden and San
Francisco instead of the long haul over
its main line from New Orleans
How Money was Expended.
The pleadings show that since the
Union Pacific management has assumed
control of the Southern Pacific the sys-
TEN previously in vogue of keeping &C
counts of disbursements has been dis
continued anC that il is impossible TO
give figures accurately. It Is estimated.
however, that out of about S43. 49,, 900 eX-
pended for bettermentS, $3.50 600 is now
being expended on the 81 miles of the
Central Pacific between Ogden and San
Francisco S6.650.000 on the Southern Pa
cific between San Francisco and Port
land, SZ,200,000 on the "a miles between
Sacramento and Bakersfield, branch of
the Southern Pacific, or a total of $685.
$4,000 OF of Sc. 900 on go miles of
the Southern Pacific system IN which the
Union Pacific is directly interested