The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
DEGREE AGAINST NEW HAY EN ROAD. IS FILED TODAY
Government Proceedings Arc Begun in U. S. Court in
 New York.
EEORGE E. HILL NAMED
 AS TROLLEY TRUSTEE
Bridgeport Man Among Five Who Will Take Charge of
 Connecticut Co.

Connecticut Go.
 New York, Oct 17.-The disiute- gra1A0n Of the great railway. trolley and steazmsh1p trazsporta1fon naonoso- n1y built up i'm New England during 4he past 12 yesEs by the New York, New Haven 4& Hartford Railroad Couanmny is prescribed in detaiI by the decree filed today with the fed- era1 court by Attorney General Greg ory i'm the governments dissolution sutt-
 BraefIy, the railroad trust must di- vest atseIf of vast holdings of trolley and s6eams1fp lines and uazst part with certain railroads brought under its domfnazton, including the Boston & 1zaane, forever and by public auction If necessary.
 The contrl Of many Of the New Haven subsidiaries passed today with the dI1nR of the dezree from tho roAdss directors who have So long managed them, into the keeplng of d5 men, trustees and acting officers for the federal court These men will rule these subsidiaries unfH such time as they arc Heaned, by saIes per snanent1y from New Haven donina- don The time limit set for the final parting Varfes, but i'm no case Is 1t to be deferred beyond July 1, 194s. x Whether there will be lSn11ed under one unanaGem1ent in the future the a4- YafRs of the New Haven and the fleet of Sound steamships operated by tho New England Steamship Company Is .fo R,e determined Iater by the court after the Interstate COnnInerce Conn mission has passed upon the apEfi- Sea4aon of the New Haven Company Tor auGhor1ty to retain stock in the. stea1nsKadp comxa1y-
 Tn cerfaan steamship companies, however, the New Haven Railroad. Yrlslst surrender its cOnfrOlIing in15u- ence.
 nection with the gOveE1l111s 's tzayesta- eafion of tz1e zzss4xg EEzsFg1 l1sss Fsai11ai1azaI end of the invest ssztzpez is stf1 under way
 rTezv york. Oct 17.--T4ae dissoaHtaon ] agai1rsf the New York, New Haven & H9artford Rada1oad Company was nled with the federal ddz11ct court here ho- day.
 sy The Rovezn1nentss oounxdai1t IS daE- missed by preaininary agreement tn- sofar as it applies to the defendants, 5I1t79vidra1 and corporation, with the rnxxe,sua4oua of the railroad cUnx,any ft-, seRs fRae New England NsBV1Ea210n irsuxnrRxrT the BUEtcn RRd1rpeEd 5702d-s 1z,r Cunanaxy. tho Erow1IzkHpCe and Danaszspn HtzEFEEay cgnpaz1y and the E51ston & AHadne Ba1EDad C1anpany- fT9res Aernee prUF1laes for three sets Of BosDon Ns 1Ea5ne holdings of rhe New H4avun. che second Do faA1e over the frD4Iev line holdings in ConnaGdCIft, and taaay <frzrd to taz1e over the fro11ey line holdings 1n EsE1ode Is1anc-
 These trustees are to act as officers
 e. of the court in caEzyazzg ozfE fr'esno.1s a. .ofuvdken for fa1e u1t1mabe sale Of che EosdinEz The decree was dzed with the caerk Of 1zae cSuzt by Attorney 1serera1 Gregory and bears fhe sigma t1zr,e Of Bseaszaz Judge Mayer Eaae three sets of trustees mentioned insofar as tho Boston & 1dazzSe and trolley holdings 3n RhOde 1saaztd and Con s,ectiont are ooncGned are to manage a1ae properties, subject to the orders of fz1e court uzatn they are .euzd-
 Ezzach set Of trustees is composed of Hve men
 All the remaining defendants with. h5,e arcepfi0n Of the Boston 6 Maine abv &are Boston Ra11rcad Holding Conn pany, are declared by the decree to be scoxnf,zrastaca1s i'm restradnt Of trade and 4o have afteunpted monopolizaf1on and are nnDnopoafzing trade in violation of the Sherman law
 GE17ELSS9 <snoIdaugg are Marcus F. KuowIbon, of Spr4ngdead; Henry B. Day. or Newton: C1nax1es P Hall Of 9TewtDn; Janaes M D0a1erty, of Springfield, all in Mas ssachusetts, end Frank F. Carpenter, Of ndazchster, N. H
 me decree provides that tlrey shall. sfaaua over fhe stock of the Boston OWES a znasJoz4Ey Of tho stock of the FF5cgton g. Maine Ra1lroad and shall sen fane shares of the latter company a4 aa1ct9cu or by przvahe contract not ,earner Enan July 1, 1915, and shall use st1,ekr best efforts to complete the sale beGgre Jannary 1. 1917. The New Ha- wen Company must, under the terms. ztransfer bo the same trustees to be seoafI during the sa7ne time limits all teqlareg Of various small railroad lines an New Eng7azad which are leased to 4he Boston & Maine C'ompany.
 The trustees named for the Connect Hcue Trolley holdings are Walter c. .Mnyses. of Old Lynne aLyman B Brain .erd and w. Hdye of Harford; Charles Cheney. of South Manchester and George F. HdlI of Bridgeport, all in Connecticut These trolley holdings are held by the Connecticut Company, the majority Of whose stock ds owned by the New England Navigation Com pany This stock the navigation com pany is ordered to transfer to the trustees who must complete it's sale before July I. 1919. It is provided in this case, however, that if before such sal9 is completed reorganization oe the ConnecticIm shall be proposed. the exchange of securities in new com pany necessity t1aereto is permitted, but these securities so exchanged shall be subject to the same provisions as the s11ares surrendered.
 The Rhode Island trolley holdings
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