United States v. Terminal R.

FINKELNBURG, District Judge.

The matters now submjtted to the court arise in a suit brought bjr the government of the United States against the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Eouis, the St. Louis Bridge Company, the Merchants’ Bridge Company, the Wiggins Ferry Company, the Merchants’ Terminal Railway Company, and 14 trunk line railroad companies engaged in interstate commerce to and from the city of St. Louis, besides some other parties defendant unnecessary to mention for the purpose of this inqüiry.

The bill of complaint is lengthy. It is largely historical. It recites the history of…