New-York tribune., 1910-04-04
u. P. CASE NEARS END
Final Government Witnesses r,
Be Called Tomorrow.
TESTIMONY IN ReBUTTaI
For Over a Year Legal Fiyb,
Against the Transportation
Merger Has Gone On

There viii De several witnesses .,...
morrow IN rebuttal by counsel eor .ts.
eTnment. q. \ Severance. n zoe =
sainst the railroads and individuals -
20 have been responsible for wra4 "a. -
monty called the Union Pacific r7s-va- -.
which tire federal Authorities declare -
IN restraint of trade. in violation - 81.
sherman antitrust act. The defs-os -.
call a few Witnesses. and then VIII cro-.
t1e long hearing that had It's origin "a, :,
investigation o. the rsterstate Coro--s--.
Commission. Briefs WI, b submitted 49,.
tiIs date TOR argument fUsd.
The Union Pacific merger case ass,.-
about year ago before Sylvester 6. WI
f7-ns. es special examiner The a.-o--.-.
for the government were Frank 3. Kel,o-,
uho prosecuted tn the standard on ga.
aUI his -aw partner. NJ Severance -
hearings have been conducted from tas AZ -
Isutic 70 the Pacific I0 this cirv. s--r
elmo % time. the case vas heard Ts.-,
were sessions also in PittsDurz Ciave's,a
Cincinnati Chicago. 81 Louis salt Lac
city. Portland ore. san Francisco ara
Ios Angeles.
In the course % the various hearicez N,
hundred witnesses have been heard iner.s
irS The late r.. H. Hartman. Jacob s-s.-
Otto Kahn and Others nearly. ~ not qu.-s
as well known. There have been s6oat a,.
hundred exhibits and t7a printed testi-nonv
embraces twelve Volumes. or about -s-
thousand pages There wfrr be- anothr- vol
umc added before the briefs are Submitted
T7vo % tho DEFENDANTS and one - ne p
GcfaIs - me railroad - stem have dis1
since the case was beglu-E. H Hsr-ira-
and H fI Rogers. and Judge Cornish. uhp
vas president holding the position r.N
below thar occupied hv Nr Hartman
Several witnesses have died a-d rc-iuss.
For the railroads was changed a. t7c resll-
of Mr. Hsrrinar.s death.
F-x-Judge I.ovett. who r4s succeeded NJ
Hartman. was counsel from t-s beginning
90 the suit When NJ. Hartman died and
.Tudgs Tovett was called % take I'd taa
work Of administrator. Peter 2 Uu1rs.
VINO was counsel for tho southern Pacific
was called m. and he and y. A. rOoris. ~
the Union Pacific. have taken care - t-s
interests Of the railroads in the hearing
-he whole workings Of the sreat Hart
man system have been barred In t1s govern
ment examination Of witnesses. The sc1ui-
sitiou Of lines. the extension Of railroad.
into proftablN territory. manipulation 6
gain important advantages IN shipping. 4I
were brought out under the careful qles-
tioning az the federal counsel Wat --a
inquiry into the Standard OIL Conpanys
growth was IN the revealing - the metn.
ods % a great mercantile business tn" 80
called Union Pacific merger su.l vas 20
gardirg transportation
In tho biT Of complaint those are t7e L.
fe-dan+s. The Union Pacific Railroad cow
panv. the Oregon short Line. the '-szor
RAILWAY 4 Navigation Company. the >a1
Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
Conpanv. the Atchisor. Topekz s. santa
Fe the Northern Pacific. the Great No-t7-
arD the Farmers Loan and Trust COMPANY
r.cob IT Scbir otto Kahn. James Srf'lrs'.
Henry e. F'rirk and William a clark