Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-28
Vermont Central Railroad.
TIE HEARING AT ST. ALBANS

: | ~. II.
| Mr. S. C. Rogers, of Troy, was appointed
court reporter.
Mr.. Underwood, for the Trustees, referring
to the deposition of j. C. Pratt, President OF
, the Ogdensburg Railroad, objected to its in
PRODUCTION unless Mr.. Pratt could be
brought here for cross-examination, which
being done, the deposition would be ac-
! cepted as evidence in chief
Mr.. Brooks said that Mr.. Pratt was ex-
pected to come until last Saturday, when
out of Difference to parties connected with
the Ogdensburg road, he had declined to
come, lest there should be an impression
that he was hostile to the Vermont Central
Railroad.
The examination of witnesses was then
commenced The first witness was
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
formerly Treasurer of the Vermont Central
Railroad Was in the employ of the Cen
trail road and Private Secretary Of Governor
Smith from the last OfDecember, 1865, I'M
til May, 1871, when he went to Rutland
during this time had no duties to perform
| L.
Putnam, who was in the employ of the
managers in the year 1866. lie left the
Company two or three months before witness
went to Rutland; Putnam was clerk of the
managers. Money was frequently paid to
the Superintendent and Assistant Superin-
| tendent and by them paid to me.
Q. BY Mr.. Hard-What was done with
the receipts of the sleeping ear traffic?
A. They came into my hands; they
amounted to between $500 and S4OO a
month this continued during my whole
term of service: most of this money was en-
tered upon the books of the company: the
conductors were paid from the receipts. and
the net amount came into my hands; the
accounts were kept on a separate set of
| books; three-fourths or more went into
the common fund of the receivers the re-
ceipts were entered on a cash book
which was not labelled; at the time Mr..
| Putnam left he turned over this fund TO me
which | presume he called a secret service
fund knew nothing of what the money
was used for entered it upon the book |
with the receipts from the Sleeping ears.
Had no recollection of seeing any book be- |
longing to Mr.. Putnam. Ny orders to paw |
out money always came from the Governor. |
Don't know that he ever examined the cash |
book. Received somewhere in the vicinity |
OF ) LOW from MI futnam. One thing
Whlch ne lurReu over was my individual
note oil SOU I2T money borrowed OF Put
nam. " men / lelt inc ROAD turned the
iunGs over 10 Governor smith the amounts
received after Putnam left and the amount
turned over to Governor Smith were en-
tered on the same book Governor Smith
was present at the time. At the time |
received the money from Putnam looked
over some receipts for money which he had
disour7ed' fnlham received the fund
y I many from lle oo pne payment was IN
Tue NIclnlIS o. S-!OVu' the balance was IN
s "a. Vi ~ a. NM presume passed
thlS money over 10 Iutnam, by his saying
thS AZ me Governor y, wanted IT,,
Nr iiaIu 70 w NOR 1ihith III You
produce that oooS' Governor SMITH
Governor smith les at the proper
'ii,S' I'M
=, M, Ila i., "S ak tue court TO order
"oE- oulltn 70 PrQIISe the DOCK.
.uo': smith W nen my testimony Is
gwen IN VIII produce the book, and ut
proper time VIII make my explanation
Inc Chancellor SAID that IN the course Of [,
the trlal the court might grant the order :
ior the production oi TINS book IN question :
ana perhaps others Out at TINS time he did
not deem II essential
witness reSnmed ~, Kept tins fund with /
me other money. Inc only entry OF this
GIhalh payment j. on my memorandum IN n
- ta, -. -. - wv eIlnonl NcnlTai
~ NM, ,,r;ra,o casI, 81. ~ - - X
ne ,tot No No. -, 80. .''oT Ct
-, Ia ''' WI III NY seneral b
NJ -. IL, .;-... a.. W
to : a. ~ 'i ~ i5'i' ri w 'ne purchase uICllaSe Oh a
On 600 - ii ~ ne nG'es were ior W
}sDI ~ 49, - n;.hI ~ d. le le
III. w -, IS - tne 'Ius'
ritb The Ndrtbern poc;s '' p p ' 'Sii.ive.lol
eirered IN Tho Gorerra -
att he astn5 me - 'so,i..,'S Sone Re
~ a. a,,,c,rtoj 49, -, 30 aaao VI ~, r,io
M TLeso draf+s - LaI5 80 b'
arr If tho time as o,sb III - IL
81 az Tho 80 aL,.oJ . 'n
he General booIS - ~ 90. ." TO
IA ~ ,a,- c,,, - ~, ' 70
no NortbeTn Pacifc JnrirS, tbe Ia, ~ IT
a. bere The ~ ~ 10 a. al
-inr,;n,, in ,po,s,, ana ,ol;,,, ~ -,;; vi
no f,T II eil,6t nor con, -. ,,i5 IN
tho Governors rr;vats acco,,,,.s ia
Cross-exomine1 Inv Mr. Fiselj~Nr pr.- qu
am Ief, tho road t,,-o o- ,br,a III - ce
NO Isft fsr PntlenJ 10 Nc '' S;l.,;.I
have ol,Fsys rn,ie-S,o"j Co. -, Ne
.unk ''' '''"s wi
Mr. Hard. The c,p,sei bsd b,,,sr l,.,1. otl
II then py
STEWART SrP,x,u,x 20
-.:e.i Il. /. -,,,r III;
aliueu ',at ne succeeded MI futnam IN
-nuaIl lo'l' Am treasurer oil the Nation the
- 49, m ri-"' NoinPI"S va VI ~
.. - IA i"V sVoyA was M
i subscribed i9r III Montreal. ana there OIL
quite HuAuer 81 SHoScrloers there. am
y sIilnI S'ocAhoiIerS' as lar as the by
rue are IN ~ SouTt, We're .. NJ Plnkerton, me
= Sna''9 ''iS bIuIS, MY shsFes d. u an
ilth' TWO hundred shares Is. !. he
leney', TWO hundred shares Lawrence bui
aiheru' Two hundred shares Joseph poi
lrS' one hundred shares, and Robert any
isy!or' TWO hundred shares. Some nov
the GhegfS OF 'he lower connecting wa
. ~ l helu sLlAres ~ we company nIt 90
AnGN nov nuen. Nors % +eSs OF All the Ii
yer lin ne are now interested IN tue com the
81, " Wh !. smith was a stock smi
on noo Zen 1 went IN Inc STOCK was rec,
NV I - = d LlilIloh anu eaeh oil tick
re Of the increase can't tell how much toe
ok Is held by employees of the receivers.
1t is very small amount The station trea
, ,h Is urover, oil mite RIVER junction, tru.
iIone' ~ "ortPe!itr; hoiu STOCK IN the oil
lpdhf. ~; Minis subscription was one PEN
iu ~ Gu emu my Suite 20 H. iatch noids 900
than hity shares shares. ,, The first issue of the sink
n wa. a. MY uoiIars per share. Inc uon
rage was seventy dollars. After the hrst ed I
5 have been ten per cent. per annum on to
par value of one hundred dollars There mon
er was stock dividend. When | went the
re they were paying two and halfcents of
: and now they are noving two ce5t. COW,
re are only FIVE platform car r Tbere of An n
paid three cents Tor car eerr;cc on tbe
final cars. The redpct;oa IF Two conf
made in January Tho ore.,;o~ IF rc- clerh
ton has been aritated fdr - ve.r bnt read
car company did not feel able to do Il. t iS1
reply to Mr.. Brooks-Five hundred -'oo
were sold to the Grand Trunk Rail maui ma
r. They came to the line bnt not Smit
his side. We have disnensei with the share