Northwestern governors meet to block Northern Securities merger
Governors from five western states and their attorneys general convened in Helena to challenge the planned consolidation of the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington railways. They endorse court proceedings to test legality and back Minnesota as the site for any suit. The group also memorialized Washington Governor Rogers and discussed federal railway policy.
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Standard
Helena
G. R. van Sant
Minnesota
Northwestern
Northern Securities Company
Governor Toole
Governor Hunt
Idaho
Auiorey
Douglass
McBride
Stratton
Washington
Pyle
South Dakota
Herreid
Donovan
Montana
Martin
Northwest
New Jersey
Star Chamber
Rogers
Toole
Hunt
State of
van Sant
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Imag
Resolutions
United States
Injunction Against Northern Pacific Dissolved in Court
Judge Lochren dissolved the temporary injunction against the Northern Pacific Railway, allowing the company to issue no new indebtedness for preferred stock and prohibiting actions to merge via the Northern Securities arrangement with Great Northern or Burlington. The decision, rendered orally after argument, kept bond issues for appeal in question and denied a supersedeas bond.
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Lochren
Federal
O Ae
District
Northern Pacific Railway
Pee”eas Special Dispatch
James Staneaes
Minneapolis
William Lochren
Three States
Circuit Court
Pitio
District Court
Hennepin County
Northern Pacific
Roar
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
Burlington
Plain
Tiff
Leehren
W. J. Mean
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John W. Rosters
Congressional Investigation
Northwestern States
Pader
Power
Bend Ils
Ee Northern Pacific Company