The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09
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HARRIMAN'S DEALS
FACE sE',ARCHLIGHT
The Capture Of Illinois Central
Likened to Northern securi-
ties Case.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plans Probe-Fish to
Testify.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Washington, Nov. 9.--As result Of
E. H. Hartman extending his control
over the Illinois Central railroad. the
interstate commerce commission has
taken up for iconside the question
Of Investigating all the Hartman rail
road enterprises. It has been decided
to institute an investigation early in
the new year. fss s7g-sl .,.
2 This investigation will bet;of as much
in all probability, as was
that which the commission made into
the combination Of the Northern Pa
cific and the Great Northern. which.
as. the; Northern Securities company,
was dissolved by order Of the supreme
court under the antitrust law.
In one way the action Of Hartman
resembles that of. Pierpont Morgan
and James j Hill in allying the North
ern Pacific, with the Great Northern.
He controls the Union Pacific, the
Line, which should be competing roads,
in the Judgment of the members of the
commission, and now he has the Illinois
Central, and the Baltimore & Ohio,
which, makes him big factor in de-
terInining transcontinental rates.. 8 49,.
Fish Will Be Called.
The investigation of the Hartman in
terests will be taken under the amend
ment to the Interstate commerce act,
which passed congress in 1891. So far
as the commissions has considered the
matter, 1t has determined to: inquire
particularly into the relations Of the
Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific. The Illinois Cen
trail and the Baltimore s. Ohio will come
In only incidentally in order to estab-
lish the full extent Of Hartman Is op-
erations. 'i IS =. .z.t5s I
PROFESSIONALLY Stuyvesant Fish, the
deposed president of the Illinois Cen
trail, will be called upon to state what
he knows, and it is expected ahe will
furnish information which. will he Of
the greatest value 10 the commission
in determining whether there has been
any violation Of the law.
begin the farss1 Investigation before
to obtain q. sbasis Of facts which will
enable it adequately to CROSS question
Hartman and other men, associated
with him. .-..@~tiGz:It VI. ! 80"
~ Coal Land Frauds One Rap.
{; AS the state Of Illinois is financial
ly concerned in the Illinois Central, the
Investigation must be of first interest
to it. The Dubuque & Sioux City
section Of the system was constructed
upon a valuable land grant and this
could be used as an excuse for fed
eral INVESTIGATION if the commission:
considered it necessary. But no excuse
is being sought for. The commission
believes that under the interstate COM
merce acts, it, has ample power to pro-
coed. -. 80. -
Already the commissions has made
one report adverse to Hartman, aris-
ing out of the gross frauds alleged to
have been perpetrated by the Union
Pacific in connection with it's enor-
mously valuable agricultural and min
eraI2 lands. This report was referred
by the president to whom it was sub
mitted, to- the attofaey general, and
the latter is about to institute proceed
ings for the cancellation Of many of the
patents. 49, $!
The agitation which = has resulted
from the throwing out of Mr.. Fish en-
phasized the necessity Of inquiring into
The activity Mr.. Hartman is display
ing in obtaining control Of railroad sys-
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