The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-02
Mr.. y Unterrneyer and Counsel 60
There After Application Has
Been Made to Judge WaddilI
Here Statements as to
the Affairs bf the
Road. 8

he hearing en- route to this city, So. !
Samuel Cntermeyer. of New York,
who left Richmond yesterday u after
noon on a special train for Danvilte,
said that g. full statement would be
given out upon the arrival OF the spe- :
ia this morning. IT was known, how
aver, that to prevent many attachment
suits 1t was desirable to have the res
sewers named before banks open to-
lay. IS
Had the matter been pressed before
Judge Waddill. to whom application
was made yesterday. 1t is believed that
The receivers would have been named.
lawyers. however, were OF the opinfoE
that 1t was best to seek the decree
from a Judge OF the Circuit Court. 81
Conference9at Dnnvillc.
( The following dispatch was received
from Danville at 2:l5 a. NJ; 81
The private car containing the
seaboard Air Line counsel. headed
by Samuel UntermeYer. 1ot New g
York: Judge Leigh r. Watts, OF
Portsmouth, general counsel for #
the seaboard Air Line Railroad.
and Eppa Hunton, Jr.. OF Rich
mond, reached here at IL 40 o'clock.
There were aboard the car about !.
fifteen tor twenty men. mostly law
yers. but among the number Clerk
Of the United States Circuit Court
Brady and Court stenog pi,er Ray
smond Brown. The names OF the
other gentlemen could not &bs. !.
learned. as they refused to- give
them. and would not talk.
Mr.. Untermeyer was questioned bS
an, Associated Press correspond
ent and stated that no. application N
had been made for assreceirssslfip.
Iis would not say whethersa an ap-
spitcStion would be made. Is Mould !
say nothing further. but said thar
full statement would probably
be given out on the arrival sof. the 4
) party in Richmond. !. Jud Ea &
Prttchard reached the city about |
+ l2:16 O'clock and was at once
taken to the Seaboard pricate car
He would say nothing regarding
the object OF his trip to Rich
mond. He left at g o'clock with
a the Seaboard counsel. with Clerk
Brady and StenographerBr Brown,
and will PROBABLY hold hearing
en- route to Richmond.
Great Interest In Matter. "
3 From the moment 1t became known
that Judge Watts; and other lawyers
had left Richmond on "a special tratr
Vile and apply for the Injunction, this
greatest interest in newspaper, railroad
and financial circles was shown In the
scant bulletins. The public was MOI
surprised. Generally, he impression
had gone forth that the Seaboard anc
ent directions. Yesterday. however, Il
was evident that they had decided tt
proceed Jointly for the con1mons good.
Judge Pritchard met the lawyers a
Danvtlle before midnight. and was II
conference some hours. little informal
gained by the correspondents there
q Oheycd the Rate Laws.
With laws adverse to the transpoI..
tatton companies being enacted IN 1T.
territory by Legislatures and corpora<
ton Commissions. the Seaboard Al
Line was the most docile and sobedieni
OF, all the railroads; obeying ever,
tempting by due process Of law Il
eyade what We're regarded as severe
regulations, and the Seaboard was til,
first to fall by the wayside. WIiel
other roads In North Carolina wer'
and made the lower rate.
effective. In Virginia 1t announced 1t
Willingness 70 obey, but prohtedi to
a time by the action OF Its Scompeti
tors. which held up the orders OF tl,,
3 According to Baltimore dispatches
S. Davis Warfield, /, Of Baltimore, ar1s
r. Randolph Williams. OF Richmond
will be; made receivers. Members 20
Mr.. Willfams's FAMILY, however, X e
MED last night that he would be named
is said that Mr. John SIX ton Viii
5llams.5 former president OF the Sea-
board, named one of the receivers. q N,
that he Is a close business associat, I,
of the Williams Iiddendorf part
Applied to Judge Wnddill.
Failing tor sa tisfactory reasons yes,
terday to secure the appointment q
receivers for the Seaboard Air Line
from United States District Judss
Waddill In this city, counsel for tn,
company chartered a-SspectaI train ans
hurried to, 5panyille at SO 0So' clock las,
night to make formal application De:
fore United States tssirsutt JudSs
Pritchard. Messages \, received dufillss
the evening announeed that JudGs
Pritchard was on his way to Richmons
this morning. but there Were cert "
cond ltions which made prolnpt actioi
neces sary. ,iib: ;ssE sya5 II 4;
This was due to the fact that In
terest on large bonded indehte ness
OF the companywouldb beco me due Wit
the opening of the ban RS this morn
Sing, the first legal day OF January,95a,is
that failure to- NEE this Interest pan
ment would probably result In attach
ments on the s'eaboard's propert,
throu ghout the South. I'm.
Decided tn See PrttchaEd .
The application to 4dg ge8 SsNNadatl ., Y:
was made by J udss Leigh r. Natt.s
general counsel for the Sea boa I'd. q alls
~ representatives Of the H sprlncipa
creditors Judge Mad di n xpres ssst
his Willingness ia grant the lecrA,
under certain Fcond Itions, tlso 4
was pointsd out that nile this va
the company being IN Norfolk. ~
United States Circuit Court had slayge
|jurisdiction. Had the Arece I'VE rst In bee,
ordered byeths Ioistriet Court It sWolti.
h@va haang necessary TO tl1e anci illAw1