Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-24
HARTMAN MERGER
SUIT COMING BACK
Special Examiner Williams Will
Resume Hearing in This
City April 27.
ACTION BEGUN A YEAR AGO.
Session, Have Been Held az New
York, Chicago. and Lastly az ST.
Luui--Ii~t of Defendants.

The suit OF the federal government
to dissolve the alleged merger of tho
Hartman railroads, which was begun
iu salt Lack city Jan 2s 1905 win DO
resumed iu this city on April 27 at 10
O.. m
The hearing which has at different
times been held at New York. Chicago
and finally at ST. Louis since the ses-
sions in this city adjourned. has been
taking place before Sylvester c. Will
lams special examiner appointed TO
take testimony by the federal court I'm
This city where the dissolution suit
was started. Tho case began again
in Chicago ON Tuesday OF this week
and was adjourned 90 ST. Louis for
the purpose of taking the testimony
OF j. q. Lincoln. commissioner of the
81. Louis Merchants Exchange traffic
bureau. and Mitchell S. Markham as-
sistant to- @. S. Clark, vice president
of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
After adjournment of the hearing at
81. Louis Yesterday one OF the gov
ernments attorneys, according to
dispatch from that CITY, said
our only purpose Ia coming here 90
take testimony in this suit was 90 es-
tablish the fact that competition be-
tween the Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific roads for freight business 20
the Pacific coast does not exist now.
and that 90 did exist before the merger
Of the two roads. This fact we were
able 90 establish through the tcstimo-
NY of Nh j. O. Lincoln. commissioner
of the St. Louis Merchants Exchange
traffic buroau-H most able railroad
man and a splendid WITHSTAND Mr.
Mitchell $. Markham. assistant 20 G..
s. Clark. vice president of the Missouri
Pacihc road The testimony of am
other witnesses called amounted 10 lit
tlc.'
RAILROADS SATISFIED
a. j. LOOMS chief counsel for the
Union Pacific, would not discuss the
import OF the testimony taken further
than 10 say. 1--WE are entirely salts
fed with the facts developed at the
hearing
The governments attorneys nodded
their heads today when persistent ques-
tioning elected this expression from
r. Peachy. traffic manager OF the Ches-
ter Perryvllo G. ST. Genevieve railroad
aud the Illinois Ceutrars assistant gem
eral fire. Eht agent here. testified.
IAN tho time the Union Pacific IS
trying 10 get california business routed
VIA the Ogden gate way II Is earning
money for the Southern Pacific It is
at this point that the Southern Pacific
takes over the California business o.
the Union Pacific"
The lmparuaHty ~ tho Joint agent
OF the two Hartman lines I'm ST. Louis
in soliciting Pacific coast freight was
point the railroad ATTORNEYS and their
constant adviser J. G.. Stubbs OF Chlca-
90 traffic director Of an the Hartman
lines. constantly kept 10 the fore as
an offset Co the evidence produced by
the government
DEFENDANTS IN SUIT
Tn the suit which was commenced
in this city In January a year ago
and which viii probably be completed
in this city Edward ii Hartman.
Jacob Schin OTTO IT, Kahn. James
Stllman. IT. TT. Rogers and Henry e.
Prick are charged with conspiracy to
restrain competition among western
railroads over which Mr. Hartman
and his associates are alleged to have
gained control In attempting to dis
solve the alleged railroad trust the
government has made defendants Co
the suit the following corporations and
individuals. Union Pacific r. r.. Ore
gon Short Line Railroad e Navigation
Co.. san Pedro. Los Angeles g. salt
/ Lake. the Atchison Topeka g. Santa
| Fc the Southern Pacific the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern roads
the Farmers a Merchants Loan &
Trust Co. Edward H. Hartman. ia
cob II Schiff. Otto H. Kahn. James
StIllm1n Henry III. Rogers Henry G..
/ FriCk and William A. Clark