St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-16
The Railroad Investigation.


The Railroad Investigation.
The investigation of the management
of the Vermont Central. ut st. Adams
last wcek-thc committee to meet June
Goth to make up il final rcpoit--was
ended 10y three hours speech by Mr..
Davenport for the State. and brief re-
marks hv McSsrS. Fiiield and Under
wood for the managers. Last week We
gave as fair a report Of the main points
of the evidence as we could, hut omit
ting some not then fully developed we
copy below certain other points brought
out more fully 10y Mr.. Davenport. in
his closing arguments. The st. Adams
Messenger says Mr.. Davcnport'~ preSen-
tatiom of the ease is fair. After detail
inc the history of certain prior chance
ry proceedings. Mr.. Davenport proceeds
To examine the specific charges of the
resolution inStitutiu% the investigation.
First. hc rccitr> the history of the trust
and declaring that il has not been car
ricd uut i'll accordance with the terms
of the same. but that Il large use had
been made of the funds If the l;.oi
wholly unwarr,ntcd. He then ,ruccedS
as follows:
THE -. ALRA\H FOUNDRY co..
and the contract made hy lis pIuprictorS
with j. Gregory Smith. by this cell
tract the l.. i. co. have purchased car
Wheels aud castings at Il much higher
rate than l. charged elsewhere. ilv p 90
fits uf which ." tn the >l%ECI> ii the
contract. 1t i H>>Umcd that j. G..
Smith Transferred his interest IN the
Foundry business to ". &. Smith in
l-.j~. retaining au undivided haltin ~
al estate and personal property. he
QUESTION j. WAS this transfer. Il bDH0 nj,
transaction. OF Ms ii ,"lur;lhlc ! We
have only tu louk at the contract ul
i~,O made, with Gcu. j. ,tannarI and
Edward T. smith and signed hs th.lr.
ami both J. CrrsolN and W. G. Smith
to haNra ~utl-i..,.tnr, rcnI,. II -.rur-
Times occurs that an i.rlut;lIi p,I~uI NOT
yrr>rd ia l,,rIi know lrtior vtltlI draw
I,, =, ,.nr,fl-,rf :, I,i,h vnuId Lr Ii,t,',. IN
lac misunderstood Lrr this WI. ,i,:,.,,,
i, W. &. smith. a man educated in.th.
Law. and am excellent dr;,u"lIt>m.Ir. Il, T.
shown by Tho. rrI,iiri,,. of This ,lucllu..,f.
which prnir,t~ and .riily,i. ih,. l,.>,.,.-
from ali mint, rI ,.,,.u,
This c,,pir.Iri contains an ...urcr.cu,
that , r,,..,lt, shall a.. n.id tn ! t;r.m-
ar, ~ruiiL and " q oun;th al, ali 49,,
wheel. md ,.,.,ir.u. sold tn r,r T. T.
r,,,,,,..,,.. t.,,I,,.,,,1,,,,,, mn =, Al,
and -, ~, .,,, ,I;,,,,,,,,,t ,.I.. -. ,,,.,I.
.,nJ ,,.,., ~, ,.,,,.,. ,,nnmd ~ ,.,.,i,.,..
TL., lava -,i,i,.d L,,,.',t., / ,.,,.,[-,
-, S,,;II, -, 49,, i,,,.,,, j., III. .,,,,,7,.
,.,,.,,,t II, ~. jc.,.i,,,, ,Ln ,,.,I c.,.,t,.
.r,,I i.,,,. J.tf..,,.,7 If. tL.,r,i,.,. III,
rnmuitrr. refused ia produce, fine book,
tie Foundry Co. one of these mrl
h"> had the example -! Amos and
BIo"k> and Patterson IN t"n@rc~> he
foe hiln. wli" have mad some cNpcrl,uc,
IN swearing around then actions. ! ho>'
al" pcJurcd men but then acts at
rca>ouahic compared to IN" doluG> aH'
statements OF th">" men here. L""k 40
III" dcp">itl"n> ot Perkins sessions AMI
and AldrI"h. VIII" swear that they could
procure the same materials AT 4 'hcdlr!
rltr than the Ii. Il. Co. pald I" th'
fnundcrI TO. and they are iUiiI cog
infant of the worth. lhct" has been
II" such pre- cmincnc" III Val ne IL these
other men tell Us. Fraud la> Ic'l
accompanied with ml>mdlI@'m'Ht an'
mI>appr"pl Iatl"h "i the monty 81 tn'
lrH>t. all "i which l. on the SAINT
ground AZ rmncZ/lrlhcht. ne counsel
al al it,l ISL