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Show oo MERGING : OF PACIFICS Federal Judges Will Secure Authority of Supreme Court Before Granting Lovett's Petition Pe-tition Asking For Extension Ex-tension of Time St. Paul. Minn. April 21 Federal Judges Hook. Sanborn and Smith to-da to-da took under advisement a motion made by Judge Robert s Lovett, representing the t'nlon Pacific rall-way, rall-way, thai the time of submitting a plan for the dissolution of the merger of the t'nlon Pacific and Southern Pacific be extended until July 1. Tho judges, before giving a decision, will ask the Cnlted States supreme court whether they have authority to permit per-mit such an extension ol time Indue Povett's motion for an ex- tension of time was at first denied Pudge Sanborn stating for ihe court Unit it was not certain that it had authority, according to ihe mandate of the supreme court of the United States, to grant such an extension Later ihe denial was withdrawn and the motion was taken under advisement advise-ment An early decision is looked lor from the supreme court Fudge Hook stated that he heartily concurred In the opinion of his colleagues col-leagues that the extension should bo granted and Judge Sanborn made plain 'hat the court believed the rail-waj rail-waj company was doing everything in Its power to present n plan of dissolution that would bo acceptable to tho United States supreme court and the attorney general Telegram From Attorney General. I I'nlied States District Attorney C C. Iloupt read to the court the following fol-lowing telegram from Attorney Qeu-cral Qeu-cral McKeynolds. dated April IS "Judge Lovett of the Union Pacific railway expects to have a conference with the United States circuit Judges at St Paul on Monday next in reference refer-ence to 8 plan ror carrying out the decree ol the supreme court In the rases of the United States versus Union Pacific Railway company. In view of all circumstances It seems plain to me that the public's Interest Inter-est will not suffer, but may be ran-terially ran-terially advanced by extending the time expressed in the mandate until July 1, and I am willing to assent to i such enlargement of time, all other provisions of the orders and decrees heretofore entered, to remain In force as at present Please communicate this to the Judges when they assemble assem-ble Judge Lovett presented informally to the court a tentative plan for the consolidation, which will be presented formally when final action is taken In the matter of extension of time Late this afternoon, howeer, the court, after a consultation, agreed to give out a synopsis of the plan pro-I pro-I posed today hy fudge Lovett. rh. chief feature of the plan, In brief, is i that no Union Pacific stockholder I una ajom jo spurns noo'gi 9uS99ssod i hold an) Southern Pacific stock Tlilb affects 368 stockholders, It is said. oo |