Show i I > WANTS A SETTLEMENT i N W Raphael Claims Bing W I ham Branch of R G 1 I SUIT INSTITUTED HERE j I I i I 1 The Old Wnsatch Jordan Valley I Line From Bingrham to Alta Via I Sandy the Line Claimed Dates Back Over Twenty Years Wants 0 I Beceivor St John Has Resigned Reading Deal Approved by Directors Direc-tors Milwaukee May Be Leased to I i I I 2TP and G N Jointly I I i I A suit to secure the foreclosure of certain mortgages on part of the lines I now operated in the valley by the Rio Grande Western Railway company was I filed in the United States court yesterday yes-terday The title of the suit is Nathaniel Na-thaniel W Raphael vs the Wasatch r Jordan Valley Railroad company the I Rio Grande Western Railway company I and the Union Trust company of New York as trustee The case dates back I to the early seventies The bill Inequity In-equity alleges that on May 1 1S79 I Jordan VnUe railroad the Wasatch Valley rairoad I conveyed to the trust company to secure se-cure mortgage bonds to the amount of l200OQOall that part of tho line then completed together with all appurtenances appurte-nances comprising thirtythree miles of main lie with eleven and onehalf miles of tramways running from Bingham Bing-ham canyon via Sandy to Alta The plaintiff claims the property was foreclosed fore-closed for default of payment of principal Ii prin-cipal and interest on the bonds and 4 came into the possession of the Rio I Grande Western through collusion and I fraud The plaintiff sets up his claim to the property through twoprior mortgages I mort-gages given in 1S73 and 1S74 and asks I the court to set aside the foreclosure sale to demand an accounting from the Rio Grande Western with payment for the use of the line the appointment I I of a receiver and a writ of injunction restraining the Rio Grande Western from using the line pending the determination I deter-mination of the litigation Pierce Crltchlow Barrette of Salt Lake and 1 Charles L Easton of New York are I attorneys for the plaintiff who is a resident of New York I The suit Is an interesting one as It Includes the BIngham branch which Is l most important one to the Rio Grande The line from Sandy to Wa I satch and Alta however Is worthless I and has been abandoned by the company com-pany for a long time as far as operation opera-tion of it as n railroad Is concerned i St John Has Resigned Norfolk Vo Jan 7E St John vicepresident and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line railway has I I tendered his resignation to take effect not later than January 15th He declines de-clines to indicate his future movements I move-ments I Railroad Cases Decided V Washington Jan 7The United States Supreme court today decided a number of cases involving the right of the State Mississippi to tax railroads I rail-roads In that State The roads involved in-volved were the Yazoo Mississippi I I Valley Railroad company and the Illinois Illi-nois Central In the general proceedings proceed-ings against the Yazoo City road the I court held In an Opinion by Justice Brown that the road was not exempt from taxation The decision in the I Illinois Central case was to the effect that the cases involve a Federal question I ques-tion The Federal Circuit court for Mississippi was revered on this point i I 1 Lease of the Milwaukee I New York Jan 7The Mall and Express Ex-press says All statements about the terms of the lease of the St Paul to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific I I Pa-cific Jointly are held back to await the arrival here tomorrow oj James J Hill I who its credited with planning Its details I de-tails The Northern Paclllc directors I will meet tomorrow afternoon and following this the terms are likely to be made public I Thursday the St Paul directors will I have their monthly meeting In SL Paul Roswell Miller chairman of the board I loft here yesterday to attend It The I death of Philip D Armour will leave a vacancy in the board This Is likely to I be filled by some ono representing the now Interest In the road I has been believed for some time that Mr Hill would tor shortly become a SU Paul direc I More Double Track TRIBUNE SPECIAL Cheyenne Wyo Jan 7 I is announced I I an-nounced that the Union Pacific will I also build a double track from Green I River to Rock Springs Engineers are I now making the surveys Traffic on account of shipments of coal from I Rock Springs is frequently blockade between these two points and the company I com-pany Is said to be anxious to eliminate the difficulty I I Reading Deal Approved I I Philadelphia Pa Jan 7The board of directors of the Reading company today decided to accept the proposition I made by J P Morgan concerning the I purchase of the central railroad of New Jersey and President Joseph S J Harris will tomorrow go to New York to confer with Mr Morgan and I hr1tt tp1C rCpnrrl th n i u r vtv 4 HULIllill IK I of the deal Mr Morgan at the head of the bankinghouse will present the terms upon which the sale can be I effected and Mr Harris and Mr Steele a members of the executive committee of the Reading company will take them up and later report to the full board ful While It Is generally believed that J eventually the Lehlgh Valley Railroad company will pass under the control of the Reading company nothing was done in regard to that company to days meeting of the directors of the Reading company Railroad Notes I IS W Eccles will be home on Thurs I day I dayThe Eastern combine takes In 1 the I big coal road The Baltimore Ohio also Is to be bought by tile J P Morgan company I CoK D C Dodge vicepresident and C general manager nf the Rio Grande f 1 Western will be here the I last of the week r I Assistant VicePrcslSi nt Albert W I Sullivan of tho Illinois Central was in i I the city yesterday He was entertained I A by General Agent Donald Rose who I Showed him about the city Introduced I him to railroad men and otherwise made hiS visit 1 pleasant one Mr Sul lan Is one of the prominent operating opemtng officials of the company and has r charge of the operating department of the system ot |