Show state of minnesota seeks to bestrain merger 0 I 1 railways attorney tre allace doug las of minnesota tuesday filed in the united states supreme court the bill or complaint in the case of the state of minnesota compla nant against the northern Nor thein becent es company defendant it is a long document about 10 words cover ng thirty two pages of printed matter the b 11 first po ants out the direct interest the state has in the proposed consolidation it still owns more than 3 acres of abl land valued at more than and traversed in part by the 1 nes of the great north ern and northern pacific railroads if the merger is effected tl ese roads will cease to build spurs into these lands or compete for their business tl e value of the lands will not increase as it has under the spur of competition and the state will lase in the taxable value of its property the lands will not be opened for years and develop ment will be arrested |