Show WOULD FORCE SA LE OF CENTRAL 11 C government ENT FILES SUIT AT SALT LAKE TO ENO END SOUTHERN PACIFIC MONOPOLY action acton taken would force helln ment oe of ninetynine ninety nine year lease violation of sherman antitrust anti trust law charged salt lake city suit was hied filed by tho the government on wednesday in the federal court for the district of utah to compel tho the southern bachle corn pany to relinquish its control of tho the central pacific railroad wbk it holds by virtue of a ninety nine year lease of the property the suit was filed flied by united states district attorney william W ray acting under the instructions of united states attorney general J 0 me reynolds violations of the sherman anti antl act and of the pacific ral railways lays act of 1862 are charged in the petition for the dissolution odthe of tho railroad interests the allegations allegation i of the complaint aro are that the combination of the interests of at the two rail roads Is in restraint of trade the petition filed charges also that the southern pacific company Is discriminating against the transcontinental line formed by the union pacific cefic and the central pacific railroads in favor of the longer route via the sunset lines all controlled by the th southern pacific company in many ways tho the suit is one of at the ret important in the history of western railroads should the governments ern ments contention prevail the southern souther pacific 11 will lose control of the central pacific from ogden to san francisco and it is considered more than likely that the union pacific at the suggestion of the department of justice will purchase the lines of the central pacific at the very time that the suit was being filed in salt lake delegations from california and oregon were ere trying to urge upon the department of justice a delay tor for thirty days in order that a further investigation might be made the business men of california and the other coast stated strongly oppose any curtailment of the holdings of at the southern pacific company the central pacific road from ogden to san francisco with its connection with the union pacific at ogden the petition alleged forms a line to the east competitive with the sunset route of the he southern pacific extending from san francisco south to southern california and thence east to new orleans where here the connection is made with steamship lines |