Show HARRIMAN nIMA DEFENSE PONDEROUS AffAIR Local Members of Wizards Col Colony Colony Colony ony Are Arc Hard at t Work On thi It M HUGE BULK OF EVIDENCE f s ut of f fluid In lit Arc ro Only A That th the ot or the In th thi C cue eai K Instituted by b tho the against two of or the to tending f mer or the tr t of f ln that the merger of 01 the Uncut minted Is III In violation of or the II or nf tile the Interstate commerce net act In hi tIt It Il stifles stifle competition and M lu In restraint re tIlt of or trade ami ad a asking th I the merger ef be hf h dissolved will aili m be an elaborate an anI I la Is evident from the preparation pCt bellS being toad made by b the railroad for m their An nW Up lp to lo date In th the tM of uI the teal ami nd auditing department of r the th Oregon Short Une a leading branch of ur title owe of or the lines Unas concerned like ite ot of niru timid and t tl tlc hAve been already AId complied compIled for foe pit before the I r rIn rIn In iii charge of Ui the hearings and this thi rep represents resents perhaps only about of or the total m n mass s of ot evidence to 0 b marshaled by b the Ibe roads worth OF OP MANY T MONTHS I F Fr r months pelt past In fart fAr ever ter steer finer the lon of nr the tho hearings on the thu 1 merger suit Milt which hegen In New N York and continued at 1 tilt lIt different over a year Ial ao ago ferent Intervals at pittsburg Chicago Si St and early this thu year al exten ing Log to Salt City it Portland Seattle San Sen Francisco IIII llIco and d Do ta Angeles th the of 01 de do departments d of the tho legal and Ind statistical of the lh Short Line Une In till this city olt have ha been working early tarl and anil Int statements of ot earn compiling cO reports report anti and of ot accounts sched ea operating expense of rat AtM w etc te coveting covering the perla in the charges made bv by b th Ih lie and It I Ii s from fran SAIS present that 1 remains before the s work yet teak tak is II 10 III d The Tho next It It I I 1 will some tinte In when the of f sod nd the defense e 11 a III have Ita 1111 facts furta and Ou mIlking making up the bulk of nr cur more pages ge er burled lit the Uta thet will b II t tiN 1111 t tiC r the concerning the big merger suit TO COLLICT DATA DAT Under the th direction of or trained ex ox experts practically the tile whole force of ot auditing l or of orth i to III the lilt J n nyc h lies been workIng the th Short Lute Line In tim hours overtime every CI dRy dIU this evidence together Every Eer deta of or hilt In connection with is Ith hh tho the mat matt t bearing on the cae all t ter hr o or having any Into old files have been ben been hi tui gone brought forth front from tI m their muni mut musty P aces rifled for anti ami 1 their contents of m se ae 1111 RC Information affectIng freIght rates rate and ww fl and by hy bythe hyth bylie the th lie time tinie the hearings are next month whether they bo be convened In Halt ARlt lAke City It ity New York orl or Ington the tIl roads will ivill be hue armed with their evidence and ready to 10 their ido of or the cn CAse e eAt At t the lisa ring I in III Salt Like hike rity It tty during the lie th latter parl of at last haut April AprIl the bulk of the testimony n pr by lIy byth th prosecution tended ll t tu allow that Hint prior to the me run of f r th the and Southern Pacific Pall fir roads rO there was U a 1 hauls hlll III fOil competition for freight between the lit roadS and their which the tho II testified w HII completely done away wa with after the merger was w c 4 It was wu ulso else tea tes tilted that Ihal thi thu freight schedule prior to lo the mrA r lx tw en nd ng n en wu hours whereas berea at al t the time of or the Ih evidence a schedule of ot M hours h was 88 In III effect between th iii points 1 AS TO nATI It wet wan claimed that rates rale m J were Axed 1 by the harriman roads road attar Iter the miter mer merger ger end and thit all other t mild entering th the territory of nr the must conform to the rat Ill Instituted by theft a an a they hwy were In a 1 posItion to tn dominate the rate mate situation In this the wa west t tand sail and nl Ui and southwest In tan II wro d showIng wherein rein the lobber of or Portland and amid coast COUI had hid UI ad ov r Salt Lake j even vIn with the tho haul baul to tin thus coast It and ROO beck back In certain of or tire lie and altri All the I a tAts were said mid to I be lie 11 responsible In III discriminating against the lh country It alo Lao Ie etl In the th that during the th titer time Whoa the th of if the hi Mis working to g get lIel t tite bill Ull through th tho the le l the tee i to tu merge a number of item H maJi to the pao people peole l nt or this lit I were k kI t namely lh Ih the cf of H from In to SIlL galL Lake Lak tic tI of o a cutoff trout front to t Halt lj Lake X mild the con coil tl of ot M ii line II to 10 tuii U ap pu Creek |