Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-01
COURT APPROVES
UP. DISSOLUTION
WITH APPROVAL OF COURT
HARTMAN COMBINE" CEAS-
ES TO EXIST.
ENDS YEARS OF LITIGATION
Early Handing Down of the Import
ant Decision Came NJ u Sur
prise 10 All.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 30-Federal
Judges Walter II. Sanborn, VIM. c.
Hook and Walter |. Smith. sitting as
the district court of the United states
for the District of Utah, approved to-
day plans agreed upon by the attor-
ney general and attorneys for the
Union Pacific railroad and the Union
Paciflc- Southern Pacific merger
known as the Hartman combine,
practically ceased. The decree signed
today will become effective with It's
hlin2 in the federal court at Salt Lake
City, which probab bly, will take place
next Wednesday or Thursday.
With the handing down Of the
final decree, years of litigation came
to an end, the first suit of the gov
ernment to dissolve the merger nav
ing been filed at Salt Lake CITY in
1903.
The decision today came as sur
prise. There was a brief hearing TINS
morning, at which the government
was represented by c. Carroll TODD,
special assistant to the attorney gen
cral, and the road by y. II. LOOMS
and "A. w. Clarke. The court then
took the case under advisement A
number of times the judges called in
attorneys for both sides To question
them further but there was no hint
that decree would be given today
Name Special Commissioners.
Shortly before O'Clock. Judge
Sanborn, presiding. announced that
.',o s ~. ,.;n,, niu ,ho ,l.n With only
,,nr,ort axcontion This ex-
,,,,a ,,,as rho naming Of Louis c.
Er"'',how ~ Nevy work CITY as a
.s.,.",,,t,s.,..n.,, cf the court to see to
=. .ha, ,ha ,ottor and spirit of the
.'',, a. nr,,od ont THE court also
s,ano,,'a sam hi,,, to renort 10 II from
.,,,' .. ,,n,a
'',e hr,of ,ho nlan which has the
.o,,ai of President Wilson. pro-
H. ~, ,ho Iniop pacific shall ex-
suaes @ 20 sss noo oao of ils s126 600 600
cnamse 'Vvv,ov ~, s,o,',i,ar, poc,hc for
nol"inNs ~ roods ortiro hold
me s"tas ~ paI,t,,ara .ai, ard Ohio-yir-
ms, :" ,,,at mount
''"rs n,,,a az ~ ro,,aininy sSs 600 900
Ia - no General nublic
,,,, sna, ~ Central Trust company
" -, VII. that no nresent stock
,,s Il, ~ lrn,op pac,Cc contipu-
;,ur' s,ci, nav Inv any of the
e,l- as pnoi,,o stu sold, that the
oo"' '.,.. ,,,l,,,5 hooin Novnmher
,o,, ,a ~ not comnIoted Inv Janu-
,o,e tbo court shou,d direct
~ 81, .,,,,,,tion of ,nv southern pa
.,o a,ol, ra,noining unsoId
,.. r,,o..,
ovcrruied Attorney ''e"c'"'
By the decision TO-DAY tne court us
regarded the desire OF tne a''o,ass ,,,,s
t'h'7ihi .."N 49,
,'' 'v'u ,,,,oro.,od na,i,as 70 which nor
., us s ~ ottnrnev generars nlan
A." ~ fo,,,i. nads ohiection at the
tndov NO. unfair tn the road
ne. M oooraI aiso bad askad
IT. oan,,aot,on That there no n,b
,,.,in, ~, tho nion az In the Amer
49, r. a,noao .or,nnorv case calling
t,am,ton 81 Interested narties
NJ ..a,,,a, ,,,,ht ha made but
th;a t,s., o,so u'as overrnled bv the hand
w.. .,'as a,,,, ,,'" 30 IN. decrae nv the court
'"e ..vVo Nv" doan, dacree of dissolution
ooossor,. Of tho nresent time
.hon any other action i" said Judge
snan any o."e, ounn;rg tha decree
M arnr,nmt however In tho
"e so,,,aa tndov and onnroved
r,a" thp ~ nonr, aynresslv stinula.ed
~. ~ n.or,d onv iilegai conditions
1t, frn,,, tba axcharca of stock
MS ] - ,,.ire o. f,,rro intor'
a.a,,on .,.ne 10y" hr tha cnrrts ~ nresent
p,,'.a ~ un,,ornuont would hoye
a.. .,fron,,, =, asso;i,. Tho ar
VI. w
r's ,,.i, 49, n,on 90 tbo oourt
,,, na,,,,. said.
''"''s' '''
WAS ihiru ran.
This Is the third and amended
plan Of dissolution and is offered as
substitute for previous plans. IL
differs from the others in the provi-
sion for the sale of sSs.o00,O0O
worth of ock-through trustee un-
der the direcuon Oh tne court'
also pio'iu.S ,,, a,.;ana,as of ~ tool,
Svou'.ms sec s,.,i,s ~, rians con,emniated the
lne III, 80 ,ha d;ssoI,,tion In fve
uon.pie''pun p'. ,hror,in. roat rintinns
Years d.! 20 80 Nv .soc,, cortiscates
auuu' a,.', @ ',,i,, o,at,o tt nossihla to
sn,s r',a" ,ha aissn,ntion hv January
eor'p,e'" ,a,e"
- A., roaa u.ho loft top,ybt for
wssh,nrton and Mr. clarke and Mr..
-, i.ft g. >rau Wi, ,rd