| Show B H Harriman Files F His Answer in in Federal Court n of ot literature down I II Wre cre are arc reams federal ot at the tho clerk cork of ot the i c h te much for tOI a aaU bo ho I may not 1 rt not read with aU bo be r it will H but i by thousands of ot breathless Interest it women when once i and men Ulel Includes thu tha literature gH eti out This II answers ot or defend defendants joint j anil ud orl separate tremendous merger suit stilt ants In Ia the fled against E H Harriman Hariman et al 11 by b bythe the tho government aro are all In the tho case caso fl The answers the tho Union America vs nl States of ot tle pacific Facit company compan E B II IL I lIar Har Harriman lar riman t UI ul Mr Ir t answer signed sIgne Dy hy himself Parley L Williams his solid solicitor tor tar and Sad counsel Is most l t nil 1 1 of ot his 1115 a 5 H I C I wonderful achievements In tho the railroad stilted legal phraseology wor doe docs oc not nol wako make the th story told tol any an less wonderful Other individual and sep irate rat answers arc are those of Senator W WA wA A Clark president PIe of ot tho the Stilt Salt Lako Laho Route of at the tile Farmers l Loan LOII and Trust TIlst of or New eW cw York of ot II IL I C trick 1 rIck of or the Ihl Union Oregon Short Shor Line Oregon Railroad I and Navigation and Southern Souther Pacific companies UM t 1 cover curtain cartain mado In the papers filed by I tho the government so joint raper were necessary Mry and Ind these are ara I on file with the tho local court All Mi Al Miia It ia Iso describe tle them wih In a rough rO lg anti and most moral war atay arts denials of or allegations rf af consolidation cO for fOI purposes of ot re TO Uda ade and competition commerce n ii Anti and Mil monopolizing r Mr answer cap can bo ho used as ai tM an illustration of ot all aI nl for tOI tho rca rea reason son Las given fn One n of Ut the thoy very ry first paragraphs In Inthis Inthis Inthis this Is I a I denial denol that ho with Jacob SeM Otto Olo IT Ir Kahn Kalin James Jlmes or cr others othel with wih others have owned one or controlled a majority of oC capital stock of tt the Union Un 1011 Ho lie lo admits that M li Is president and tho the other oIlIer men nien were directors Sehl ehi and a Kahn resigned In ISM l O ned In 1308 1908 Ho lie 10 admits a anti and Kuhn Kubli vero oro members of thu tho 11 Iol loh oh Company and ald that this tills him bought b and nn sold stocks and bonds of or the II U P 1 and O 0 S L L 1 but bul It IK is de do denied donled tiled nied that 1 thu tim company was WIS a fiscal I ant agent ag nl of ot the tho U P 1 TELLS OP OE O RELATIONS m Getting G closer to homo Mr Mv 1 Harriman Is about tho relations existing be bo between tween Iwen what are aio known as us lS tho the wm laIn lan lines and an the tho Salt Lake nd ad al that numerous contracts have barn been boen drawn up but d that they were to restrain or between tho tue Clark line and the Harriman roads lads running la II the coast That ThU directors of ot tho tIme O 0 S I 0 O It n IIa 4 a N slut and U 15 I p uro selected through the Itt ownership of or stock by lr tho the U V P Vl 1 PIt l 1 It admitted but it Is explained these Initiate controlled managed and oper operal al d in III Ii their own mimes and by their own 01 officials anti and agents lie admits that tho the lutes linos of ot owned b by the thc V U I 1 P O S L and an 0 O II n have operated as al ono one system and an that the th lines lilies Included aro 10 from Coon Conn Wl Bluffs Iowa anti and Kansas City Mo 0 ant Ogden Halt ull aIt Luke Ilko Butte Mont nod m Portland Or and still compose con COl Unous through lines operated harmo harmoniously and antI to so o tar flu as affecting tho the bl and traveling public as mis lS it if own fan pany and Sad operated by a n single com cool Sn COMPANY COMA Y Jj that the 0 II n N owned l I three thrle steamships plying between I Irand d San Francisco and in I IMI tito 2 S n Francisco co and Portland I company was organized so 0 ot tit tho the steamships and arl Mr tow operated 11 by tills this Hw I lv company HI MIdas en e that tho Ilic o 0 H It N over opec oner I aC leum 1 Ja JO JI JIan I fi an ChInn C 7 or ports but hul ad a Mi that In iii January tOOl 1901 time tho Port Pori ld hull Hl Steamship company n Si NI 0 Flie ho capital stock 13 a qU red bl b time Iho w 0 II H N nna nn nm th Lit ha all Id company cOlpany has between Portland ba lorts under charter but hut buto hutor o 0 or cr any tl regular hue lino J I V It Is Oo li lion 1011 ml m campol cn on uI ih I l I companies me parlor of harriman thelo organ a ho 10 I Ct Ao in pui C Wine rorI r Ic J MO jig lo 01 Ul tho ii an answer or tho ilie H f 4 P 1 owns the IOV II a J P I uit at or OOOO ot of ran pan V Mail Steamship com r I wih h between J I I I co I In I time tho I c HI o and Japanese i ci ad vi luo line Sun Sam tf Ihal Iha 11 I l 1 lu nult lula hut but It i I Is IH denied snit bid naS road n tit or Of f with wih rail 11 an n romp com r ork or arm i through hue lino Now No mu 0 1 1 vm via the tho ihl I IX IN COMPETITION I h l la Ihl time l Wl fn tromp ki alty t 10 0 Olt I ld via hl Ms Ios Anso ami an I hu Hun 1 i in were ow II for Ic tHon Wih tue or time tho 1 IT I lr I ot e hot oli t I aim und interior the Ih II I I 1 It Im Also mb 1 th le of tho Iho H P InQ 1111 N C nut nn New 0 I 11 rail con coil coilS S Ih i a lm u II Iii act ivo competition I it ion ll or of V limo tho U 13 l 1 P rr fIr 1 ti lo II I IOU illie 1 Iho Aa lo cout ami 1111 in InI I the tho Northern Int I 1 ace alO i UI oi of tho time u h I lt lI tor ill r hint if lit h C U 1 q l II Iii 1 a COl COOl Itil le l 1 to tu a lt l extent Wt th bv b n Ho l I ho I Iti l ala ti n l m nt theme 11 im I tw hI t iop 4 i f t l II l l C P I lime 10 Suit Sell UKo Hi I I l I ii I commune coup IIII Ii los Me Mei he 10 Ie i r s lQ Is la a I competitor of tho the U P 1 1 but bUI not of thc tho tiiS thoS i S P I Pt I II 1 t DENIED Ho lie le denies that In III the time spring of or 1001 1901 or 01 at any 1 other time ho he and In the time defend defendants nuts ants or any al of or them conspired to re rc restrain strain trade and In commerce among amons tie the several states ane foreign countries or 01 to restrain competition among de do defendant and amid Ind railroad lines hues or to 10 deprive tho the public of ot o advantages l of o trade t e and commerce through inde independent pendent competition If It any there was or Ga 01 to effect a 1 consolidation with tho the thoI Idea of monopolizing or controlling or orI I restraining I trade and commerce admit ting tn however that tho tile U P 1 acquired n a majority of ot capital stuck of the tho var ious bus defendant ant lines and In steamship systems Ho flo lo denies In each euch Instance that the tho acquisition of o this stock sloe was commerce to kill Idl competItion or business or monopolize trade I I I I DIRECTORS ARE SAME SAI SAMElie Ho no admits that hat ho directors of ot set sev eral crl defendant companies aro IO all time the th 11 same men inca but denies donis that tho the U V 1 1 had control in iii management ment or oper operation alon of O time the th affiliated II lines Ho lie ad nib mits mil tho the Incorporation of or tho the North ormi Securities company and amid Ilso also tho retirement of the tho preferred stock sloe by b an am additional Issue of or common stock of time the Ia denying that ho Ito or 01 any ally an of ot tho Iho th defendants Oro caused the U P 1 1 or O 0 S L I to acquire stock sloe of ot tho the Northern Pacific toy for to I purposes of conspiracy The Tue he O 0 S L acquired ed d a majority ot of stock hut but lies has sold old it I having rid Ild itself ot of o most of It when tho Iho governments twit suit against tho the Northern Securities I was wa tiled filed CLARK AGREEMENT ll I Ho admits the tho effecting of an agree aroe lament ment l nl with wih William llamA A Clark July 0 1 followed by b other oth r contracts anti and agreements a but denies any un were for or 01 monopoly or wrong wron pur pm poses whatever Time The agreements made as a I part or thu lions Hons gone Iono through when Clark lansac got gal a n lenso upon of or the tho Con Cen trai Pacific and to tho comma com of ot the tho Salt Suit COl Lako LIe Route Houle be c tween this city and Los Angeles JUST A LINK LINKHo Ho 10 hI avers ncr that in the transcontinental lines hines of reaching the tho coast south of ot Portland the tho Union Pa Ia cilia was IS but bUl a u link about 1000 mIles 10 In 11 length and Ind time the Union Pacific mies rail rul road merely nn Intermediate carrier without un power to make rates upon such traffic that the tho Southern Pacific owned and anI lines hues between bot Ogden Ogdon and the tho coast with wih no power te to tt make mako rates on business cast east ot of Ogden that no rates rales could be bc made mid a on truffle traffic consigned from Missouri l river point to 10 the Iho th const could bo be o mado Ildo without tho the Joint content consent of tIle the U P 1 I and S Pi P that time the U P 1 1 company and Its constituent companies own owma owned ed cd connecting lines hues lles operated as a I sin simm single gle glo gb system extending extend Ins from Crol room the tho Missouri I river 1101 to Portland Or 01 and operated certain small sinai 5 I I 1 o steamships tt between Portland and San Sami Francisco yet ot ho avers such uch u mm 1 route roulo via Portland was not only Impracticable us as a n competitor of ot the Iho S 8 P 1 I but hut any attempt to ut use uso o it t tas as such would woul have havo greatly Injured time tha U P 1 1 because tho the S 8 P would thereupon on Ol havo preferred tho time rivals of ot thu Ihu ho U P 1 in tl routing and ald Interchange traffic tat lit lt Ogden and Ild tho the business in II lounge and revenue thus lost host would have hae great ly I exceeded the tho total volume of at business received over oer such sich an nn Impracticable route rule in Ima competition with titIa time tho Southern Souther Pacific J so that tho time Interests ot Dt tho Iho U P I 1 and the com coun companies COI panics formerly owning tho time lines hues al nl always ways wa s prevented It II and 11 them theuma thol from frona using or em attempting to 10 use uso tho thu said route roulo via vi Portland in II competition with the time S B P upon any nl aIm business to 10 or 0 from frol from limo tho Pacific coast nf of o Portland or to 10 or 01 from Asiatic ports NO O COMPETITION CO Ho I eo 10 donjon donlo that tho tue roll rail mi hue lino of ot time the S P between San Francisco I und Portland ant woo was In ill 11 native competition with time the ships of l If time tho 0 O II 11 1 N between time the two points named explaining competition was waR Impracticable Ho lie ln dummies that ships by b l the tio Portland and amid Steamship earn puny jImmy Portland and all Asiatic ports borts In lum II connection with time tho rail mi hues linos Inel of ot the tho th U P 1 wore vero Orl ever oel In II Im competition with time the Pacific Mull Steamship remit com company pany pal Ho Ito 10 denies demurs that any competition huleen thu Iho system of or railroad and owned by y time tho U l P It H 11 It co 1 fl himm and a the lie I 8 f p 1 I or 01 If Ir I C any nn such ilCi competition did Ild over ever exist It wan Wil wai not nol substantial or 0 that aunt It II Included u mu largo large volume of at l traffic of ot mummy any 11 kind lie 10 a the tho U 1 i P In hum II connection with the tho Central Pacific la Is a tor lt i t tho the Atchison und Bantu Fe 10 o for tor a n largo volume ot af t to 10 and ammi from coin time tho coast e |
