Northern Securities Company

Northern Securities Company was a large railroad conglomerate formed in 1901 by financiers J.P. Morgan, James J. Hill, J. D. Rockefeller, E. H. Harriman and others. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway, the Great Northern Railway, The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy line, and others. The companies had all formed a large trust, which had been outlawed since 1890 by the Sherman Antitrust Act. President Theodore Roosevelt sued them for violating the Act.

Related Topics:
J.P. Morgan - James J. Hill - J. D. Rockefeller - E. H. Harriman - Northern Pacific Railway - Trust - 1890 - Sherman Antitrust Act - Theodore Roosevelt

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