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Show WILL F! G If T TO RETAIN ROAD San Francisco. Oct. 20. Julius Krtlttachnitt, chairman of the Southern South-ern Pacific board of directors, lntl- ! mated tonight that the retroactive-ness retroactive-ness of the Sherman anti-trust law will be tested when the government brings suit to wrest the Central Pacific Pa-cific from the control of the Southern South-ern Pacific railroad. The test will be made the objectlvo feature of the railroad's fight to retain its ownership owner-ship of the Central Pacific, accord- I Ing to Mr. Kruttschnitt. who arrived arriv-ed here today with President William Wil-liam Sproule, Yice President E. O. McCormick and General Superintendent Superinten-dent J. O. Davis, all of whom have been on an inspection trip over the Southern Pacific lines. "We are making no threatts." said Kruttschnitt. "but we will fight to retain the Central Pacific If the government gov-ernment brings suit We are violating vio-lating no law in holding the Central Pacific." He said that this road has always bfen a biK and important unit in the Southern Pacific system and both roads were built by th same people. He denied that there Is any trust or (Illegal combination about the railroad. |