The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-21
DETERMINED TO FILE


of which must be dealt with at once.
He said. in addition. that he did not
consider that he had the legal right
70 enter into the proposed agree
rnent. Following this anal statement
II the attorney generals position.
PresidentHustis made the following
announcement:
The directors find the lives I'M
able To recede from the position which
they have taken. and presume thar the
attorney general viii, therefore. de-
eide TO file his bill in order 10 deter
mine the questions between the COM
panv and the government. but II IS
hoped that after the bill is filed Il
viii be possible 10 make such ar
raugements as Will reduce the points
of difference To q minimum md secure
n prompt settlement OF whatever re-
mains ut issue. The conference was
marked by it's traighforwsrdness and
friendliness on both sides"
This statems ut was made by the at
torney-Eenerat.
The attorney general will take the
whole subject up with the president
at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. In
: TIT hat tfrrTp trr- witt ryut-nzrve aT1v
statement TO make
May BE Filed This Week.
II was announced that no further
negotiations between the government
and the road are pending 1t was
confidently predicted that Special AS
sistant Attorney Gregory the man who
has worked up the case, against the
! New Haven. will Ale suit In the United
States district court at New York be-
fore the end of the week
This suit has already been forrluiat-
cd II demands the dissolution OF the
New Haven from all its subsidiaries
named in the agreement OF January
- 7. "a ~.
luton OF the road from the so-called
sound steamship lines
Under the agreement the order Of
dissolution Of the steamship lines was
left TO the interstate commerce COM
mission which body was authorized TO
prohibit the retention OF control by
the road Of the steamship lines II
was learned from an authoritative
source today that the purposes of the
New Haven management IL to make
only a technical defense against the
chief demands Of the government suit
In so far az II seeks only the carrying
out Of the reorganization agreement,
save In the case OF the Boston and
Maine dissolution The nlanagerr emit
ii Is said. practically will concede
the Justice Of the dema nds OF the gov
eminent for the dissolution from its
other subsidiaries II was added that
this was indicated in the sentence az
President Hustis' statement which ex-
pressed the hope that arrangements
could he made after the suit had
been filed which would reduce the
points of difference to a minimum
and secure a prompt settlement Of
the case
Says \. Fl. viii Lose $4,000. 900.
The New Haven viii make a hard
fight against the court deorseing that
tt must be dissolved from the Boston
and Maine under restrictions placed
by the Massachusetts legislation in
IT'S recent enactment amending the
charter Of the Boston holding com
pany. through which the New Haven
controls the Boston and Maine.
The committee contended that the
New Haven would lose $4,000. 600
II forced TO sell the Boston and Maine
under the conditions referredt to II
has heen brought TO the attention OF
the New Haven directors however.
that the State Of Massa chusetts In
tends to exercise It's right To inter-
vene I'm the suit against the New Ha