The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29

Mr.. Barber Is, further than he is . lawyer; be-
Mr. y
Pno@ paid 81 no them Legal sF ssees ss'vsSs sy
nothing about the legal business OF the road 1
don't know that Tweed ever appearedin any Court
% the rss Ss
been in the habit OF receiving large sus $1sl 900
was as beng paid to Mr. for legal
Senator at the time; l thought rer GA ta 4
THE SUNS PAID TO MR.. TWEED
sums paid to Mr.. Barber and Mr.. van yechten
beard they had rendered rel some A services IN
do at Albany; had heard they had per-
formed some lobbying services in Albany; 1 did Fl
purposes; those payments we're made without any
authority rom the Board Of Directors: the pay
nents were made BY the direction Of Mr.. Gould
1000; i received $4,000 myself at the time OF
the resolution for resigning my position; had o
ceive compensation Tor resigning; that was all
Mr.. Lane said to me Mr.. Homer Ramsdell came
to AXE acon Change IN
said ne mad no compensation to olIer me; u
went to my desk on the memorable Monday
morning and found that we were 100000 In
arrears; attended the meeting OF the Board. and
'.You have relieved me from the greatest respon-
sibility Of my life - then understood that there
was e. my oang debt
assets were in bonds; there was no cash; pre-.
sented statement to this effect at the first meet.
ing Of the new Board; the dividend which was
declared on the common stock was made while /
was still In the employ OF the road was not pres
that a dividend should be declared; Ihaye heard
that dividend should be declared, but not from
any one connected with the management OF
the road; think there was no solid ground for de-
clarlng q dividend; from my estimate made from
the ,lst Of December 70 the LIST Of March found
that on the latter date we should be
|si g. de A MILLION OF DOLLARS oAi f.llsg e.
deficient; that estimate came out about right; the
company hau suaSfea heavy LOSSES Dy nre IN tne
had increased the facilities OF the road, and all TINS
required large amount OF money; the amount OF
the dividend on the common stock came from Eu-
rope; it was about one million seven hundred
Thousand dollars; the money came from the sale OF
Co. the nnanclal statement OF the company made
on March OF this year proved that my idea Of the
dividend was right 1.-THE company showed that they
had increased the rolling stock, they would be en-
titled to have the amount paid out Of the sale OF
the bonds; 1t would be possible to charge expenses
myself myself the dividend was not, think. declared
dividend declared previous 60 this since the year
1855; had not seen the statement OF the Auditor;
out Of the sV earnings Of the previous six months
am at present suspended, awaiting the action OF
the Board; received letter from President
Watson. saying that my services had become
valueless; twenty-four years. service in the
company scarcely justified TINS action; the pub
licity Of the fact that had received $4,000, Mr.
watson said tended to impair my services; 1 as
sisted in the transfer and received $25 600 from Mr.
Barlow; did not know that there was $4,000
sent on here to secure the change; Mr. Lane told
me was to be asked to resign; did resign and
received the money; did net know from whom
reimbursed out of the Erie treasury up to the time
Twas suspended; they have withheld an account in
ana no settlement relative to the matter has been
had; two and half per cent Is not large
commission for executing bonds when, rail
tion; / don't know what amount Of interest
was paid upon consolidated bonds last year;
OF Mr.. Archers profits from his contract; do not
know whether the contract Is advantageous to the
company or not; have not heard stated that the
same work could be done for less money; have
particular knowlsdse Of what is called the ' Could
ment did not receive SPECIFIC Information on the
subject; the first knowledge had Of the resolu-
a for n
did not feel justified in paying 1t, and submitted
IT to Mr.. Watson, who directed that it should not
which was before the -. Legslature; but
Erie Railway in connection with the matter was;
l have no knowledge OF the claim Of the New York
Tas no 70 S me-
Vanderbilt the amount; the funds to pay 1t would
have had to come through my hands; do not
the company in connection with the bill; Mr..
Watson did not know anything Of the vouchers, he
TO Mr.. Beach, don't know of any guarantees to
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway OF con-
tracts; the business Of the tive companies is en-
tirely distinct; there is no different dealings with
the Atlantic and Great western and Erie than
there is between any other connecting roads.
some payments from the Erie Railway Company;
received one or two amounts of $4,000 each in the
early part OF last year; all the moneys received
lam m.
relative to litigation and many other matters az
$25,0OO my residence is In Albany; keep an once
there and am lawyer my practice has been large,
had xsfy no with sm
have never received frsm him or paid to him any
IN Albany b never received any
Mr.. A. d. Barber; have seen him in Albany FREE
quently; do not think he is a lawyer; he gene
rally attends during the Legislature; he looks out
for the interests OF certain parties who may be az
fected by legislation; don't know in what way he
does this suppose he y In the habit Of practis
ance he endeavors to affect legislation relative to
his own and other peoples interests; the legiti-
cannot call to mind what particular suit was en-
gagged in; have never appeared for the company in
nv services were not in connection with the
Legislature; l can't call to mind anything
else am engaged in, besides the Legislature; I
have kept no register OF the suits was engaged
in; can't recollect having received money from
the Erie Railway for Mr.. Barber; never received
any money for any member Of the Legislatures;
that swear distinctly; was asked by General
Sickles to take part in some suit, but declined;
have never received any money to be paid to Mr..
Barber to influence legislation; as to the receipt
o bill OF the 18th OF March, "Received by W. N.
Tweed: $35,o0o-W. M. Tweed. per A. w." re-
Tweed was member Of the Legislature then, but
the money received was to pay MIN in connection
with the Legislature; admit that l signed the
voucher, but l suppose the fact Of man
being member OF the Legislature does not neces-
state that all his transactions have connection
Herewith; can give no explanation of what the
$685. 900 was received for; my impression IL that the
check was merely handed to me to give to Mr..
Tweed; may think 1t over and and what 1t was
for; have no definite recollection OF what 1t was
for; don't, ~ said before, rec0llect any suit
was engaged in don't think the committee have
have appeared before the Legislature for the Erie
Railway Company; think appeared before
committee and made an argument upon the bill
for the appointment OF receivers Of the road did
not appear In the Pro Rata bill; ] had no connec.