The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
TEXT OF THE PETITION.
What the Government Charges and
What Is Asked From the Court.

The full text of the bill filed yester-
day in the circuit court follows:
United States Circuit Court, District
of Utah.
The United States of America, Com
plainant. VS..
The Union Pacific Railroad company.
the Oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany. the oregon Railroad & Naviga-
tion company, the San Pedro, Los An
geles & salt Lake Railroad company,
the AtchisOn. Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way company, the Southern Pacific
company. the Northern Pacific Railway
company. Great Northern Railway COM
pany Farmers Loan & Trust company,
Edward II. Hartman, Jacob II. Schiff,
Otto H. Kahn. James Stillman. Henry
q II. Rogers, Henry c, Frick and William
a. Clark. Defendants.
p In Equity-Petition.
To the Judges of the Circuit Court of
the United States for the District of
Utah:
Now comes the United States of
America. by Hiram +. Booth, the Unit
ed States attorney for the district of
Utah, acting under direction of the at
tOrney general of the United States, and
brings this its proceeding by way of
petition against the Union Pacific Rail
road company, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the state
! of Utah:
The oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany a corporation organized and ex-
listing under the laws of the state of
Utah;
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the state of
oregon;
The san Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
Lake Railroad company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws
of the state of Utah.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company, corporation organ
lied and existing under the laws of the
state of Kansas
The Southern Pacific company. a cor
poration organized and existing under
the laws of the state of Kentucky;
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany, a corporation organized and eX-
listing under the laws of the state of
Wisconsin;
The Great Northern Railway COM
pany, a corporation organized and ex-
listing under the laws of the state OF
Minnesota;
The Farmers Loan & Trust company,
a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the state of New
York:
Edward H. Hartman, Jacob II.
Schiff, Otto II. Kahn. James Stillman,
Henry H Rogers, citizens of the state
of New York and residents of New
York City;
Henry c. Frick, citizen of the state
of Pennsylvania and resident ar Pitts
burg. in said state; and
William A. Clark, aacitizen of the
state of Montana and resident at Butte,
in said state and complains and says.
The defendants Union Pacific Rail-
road company, Oregon Short Line Rail-
road company, Oregon Railroad & Nav
Jgation company, San Pedro Los An
.eales & salt Lake Railroad company.
Atcison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
company, Southern Pacific company,
Northern Pacific Railway company, and
Great Northern Railway company were.
at the times hereinafter mentioned, and
now are. common carriers employed in
the transportation of freight and pas
sengers among the several states of the
United States and between such states
and foreign nations, and as such car
rjers so employed were and are en-
gagged in trade and commerce among
the several states and with foreign ma
tons.
That from and after January 1, 1901,
the defendants, Edward H. Hartman,
Jacob H. Sehiff, Otton H. Kahn. and
James Stillman. with certain other per-