The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-23
TEXT OF PETITION
AGAINST N. Il. ROAD
Voluminous Document Charg-
ing That Control Of Boston
and Maine Is in Re-
straint of Trade.
TR0LLEYS UNDER BAN
Petition Claims That, Unless Restrain
cd, Consolidated WIN Have New
England in It's Grasp for
All Time.
TR0LLEYS UNDER BAN

Boston, May ga bill in equity
to restrain the New York. New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad company
from exercising any control over the
Boston and Maine railroad and to
separate the New Haven road from
the various trolley lines It has ac-
quired, was filed in the United States
circuit court here at o'clock this
afternoon by United States District
Attorney Asa p. Fitch, acting for the
federal government The documents
in the case, which are voluminous and
explicit to the highest legal degree,
were prepared under the direction of
Attorney General Charles }. Bona
parte.
The bill in equity was brought un-
der the sherman act of 1890 and
charges that tho New Haven road ac-
quired numerous trolley lines ana Is
attempting to control the Boston and
Baine railroad in restraint If trade.
The petition claims that If the New
Haven road Is not restrained from
holding the trolley lines and voting
stock of the Boston and Maine road
that a situation will be created with
respect to the transportation hstru-
mentalities and facilities of New Eng
land which will eventually enable the
New Haven company to control for all
time the interstate transportation not
only among the New England states
but between such states and the sew
eral other states of The union.
The defendants In the bill are the
New Haven company, the Boston and
Maine railroad company, the Consoli-
dated Railway company ana the
Providence Securities company.
THE New Haven company having
prior to the year 1904 acquired practic-
ally all the steam railroad facilities for
the transportation of passengers and
freight between Southern and South
eastern Massachusetts Rhode Island
and Connecticut, and between those
states and New York city and the
SOUTH and completely suppressed all
interstate competition in transportation
by steam railroad In this territory,
did, thereafter, In violation of sec
tions and Of the act Of July 2, 1890
an act entitled an act to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and monopolies,' knowingly,
unlawf6lly and wrongfully combine
monopolze and attempt to monopolize
certain other steam railroads and cleo
trio railways, and did suppress and at
! tempt to suppress all competition be-
tween itself and such other steam
railroads and electric railways In the
4 transportation Of passengers and mer-
chandise} and that in the prosecution
Of such combination, monopoly and at
tempt to monopolize and in order to ef'
feet the same, did unite and bring un-
der one common management and con-
control substantially all methods OF
transportation Of land between the sew.
eral state Of New England and between
said states and the several other states
Of the union; and thereby has become
and is now a combination in restraint
Of trade or commerce among the sew
eral states In violation Of said act OF
congress Of July ., 1890,
Tho declaration is made that the
electrical companies were brought uu.
der tho control and domination OF
one subsidiary holding company, the
Consolidated Railway CO.
After recitng In some detail the
5tockholdng3 of the Consolidated ii
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