Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-09
soLoN cARPENrER's TESTIMONY.

Al am.
Fifeld-Is the report of the amount ol
money paid for legal services which appear
,, ed in the Irqreller Of Saturday correct!
, Alt is not altogether; IT Is not printed
. as | reported it; in some instances they
have printed dollars in tile place OF cents
The testimony of Mr.. Carpenter was
renewed he had until recently been EN-
ployed as a clerk in the freight department
was discharged for furnishing his brother
: Nj. b. Carpenter a pass to ride TO kutlahu'
the brother of the witness appeared a. at
torney against the trustees IN the late
Chancery Suits.
At this point the committee retired, to act
on the admissibility of the books Of the sec
rotary and treasurer of the Montreal Yer
mont junction railroad.
Have issued very few Communication tick
ets-perhaps half dozen in year | do
not recollect giving any member of the
Legislature a Communication ticket ! think
Senator Ballard had a pass | do not think
| ever furnished any member of this com
mittee with a Communication ticket Cen
eral Pitkin had pass when he was State
official. in common with the others, but not
since: | do not recollect of ever furnishing
Communication ticket to any attorney in
franklin county.
Mr. Davenport-NOw, Governor Smith,
think | will not trouble you any more.
Governor SMITH would like to make n
word of explanation, in regard to the list
of passes. The foreign exchange passes
number forty odd; they are given to rail
road officials, etc, and most OF them are
not used at all or seldom, 1t has been the
| custom. for years, to furnish State officials
and officers of the general government with
| passes, and we have done 50. The total
| r. cornr,l on n ~ r.a.s..s issued 70
attorneys, etc. Is reduced to siXty-seyen,
| which, considering the Importance Of our
| interest in the State. Is small. The pass
| system grew out of the fact Of there being
| two rival lines. but We have tried hard to
reduce the number. We have passed the
whole Legislature 10 Burlington and 10
| Waterbury once during the session Of the
/ Legislature, members pay full fare TO Mont
pelier and have certificates Of return-thus
making hall-fare. This, however, has not
| been done with view to influence legisla-
| ton The officers of the United States Court
1 have passes as that Is the custom.
The following is copy of the pass, or
| letter. given NJ. B. Carpenter by ;. f. Car
penter;
VERMONT CENruAL RAILROAD.
! GrN'L FEEIGHr OFFICE. 81. ALHANs, May D. -
Mr. T. Carpenter is employed a. clerk in the
General Freight Office % the Vermont Central ral-
road and Is entitled To- ride irec on ' Z X X anu
| roads under its mana cement.
J. W HoBARr. C. F. \.
JOSEPH CLARK
Don't think | have memoranda to show
where | got money to pay for the Montreal
AZ Vermont Junction railroad cannot tell
| how much / furnished from my private
means don't know As the company's books
will show how much Smith and paid
think smith and | have received about
: 400 200. each one-half; keep very few
books. neither cash nor check-bOOk. / dld
not know Of the royalty on ear wheels and
castings until this Investigation; ! did not
give much attention to the matter OF ear
wheels and castings at the time; 1t was lett
To Mr. TAYLOR and To Mr. Brainerd; 1t Is
three years since Mr. Taylor withdrew from
tie management, don't know who has at
tended to it since. Think die not know
of the SO 900 paid Judge Brown until the
hearing before the Chancellor; don { know
Governor smith had shop stock, and never
endeavored to ascertain whether he paid for
it: / know he had some brick don t know
that the brick Of the old depot was moved 70 |
Governor smith : premises: do not know Of |
any wharf built at Burlington by Colonel |
Platt: Lin,ley Il Co did build one had /
no interest in it. nor did receive $4,000 |
from the profits or as salary as -uperlnten- /
dent. nor did Governor Smith. My salary /
has been 3 800 part Of the time, 3 1000 /
part. i. 800 part, and $1,000 the rest OF
the time from themanagement, and nothing .
more, except when | was a director. l /
then received = per day when out OF the I
State.
Cross-crauiued BIZ M- tlfed-Think
have endorsed the paper of the road for two
or three millions. am seyenty-nlne years
old my health has been poor since l-67,
and have not attended much to the road
the most | have done i to make myself La
BE for their debts Think never said To
Perkins we had better work for the Central
road and not for st. Adams. don't know
why we should not buy wheels and castings
here. if theyare good. The average amount
received from the Montreal Vermont
Junction railroad Is less than seven per
cent. The first and second yeas, | think II
did not pay interest The Central pays
eight per cent. on the SwantOn Branch To
the Vermont * Canada road The corpo
ration pay all the expenses Of the road. a.
ballastIng, depots. bridges, etc; don t know
a. it was any of my business what was paid
TO Brown.
C. MERRILL.
This paper shows the gross receipts Of the
Montreal and Vermont junction railroad,
and also the earnings, from Jan. l, l96j to
June l. lS72 the Montreal and Nerm0nt
junction proportion i $685.. 500 50, out of
which | suppose the expenses of the organ
ization have 10 be paid the account for the
last year has not vet been settled dom
know whether Clark and Smith have drawn
their proportion that is the balance Of the
80 per cent. after paying the expenses OF
dep0ts, bridges, etc the managers pay all |
the running expenses except those covered |
L.. zoe ltll. Il = 81 ID %. D
pretty level country, there being no heavy |
grades or rock cuttings; the rail l. about
a 81 70 - : rail on the main line l. so
n. raIl ties, hemlock and tamarack; at |
present prices, think the road would cost |
about 50, O0O~ per mile. not including /
| cannot give a good estl-
mate a. am not an engineer there are /
three miles on the other end of the Montreal /
and Vermont junction railroad which
belong to ;. ;. x c. x. r.; the distance
from White River Junction to Essex June
ton goes into the Vermont Central division
as % miles the actual length Is little less
from Essex junction to the end Of Vermont I
Central line goes in al about ~ miles think ,
it goes in little les the Central have ]
always tried to get concessions from the {
lower roads on mileage; concession of 81 l
miles was given on account of the difference 9
Of currency at the time of construction the .
Oirand Trunk road charges more than than
that concession ; on freight from Chicago
we get more than 30 miles think there v
would be the same discrimination on ;
Montreal and Vermont Junction if Clark |
md Smith were not the owners: think it {
was about right then, but think 1t 4 little :
TOO much now might have been too little D
then can't tell the proportion of net to v
gross on the Montreal and Vermont June v
4 . 10, H. NJ
md Vermont Junction railroad should pay 4
more pro rata in proportion than Vermont t
Central, Is because it is less expensive to e
'pesate; the reason why the Sullivan road :
pays more IN proportion is because it has a i
better paying local business First learned
IF the royalty when W. c. Smith testified {
would not be fair for the railroad or securi-
y TO pay the royalty if they did | see no [
objection To the Foundry Company paving q
my royalty | cannot tell what we get for
ar wheels; Mr.. FOss has that business
,nOw the Washburn wheel and kinslyaxle y
ire very good, though the wheel Is nor 50 fl
good as some don't know of Ramopo q
Wheel. Burlington to Essex Junction is a
light miles; to the river Is two or three ii
niles; Is the only part of Burlington branch h
'uilt since this management. Swanton n
ranch Is eleven or twelve miles long. :
Trough country SIMILAR to the rest Of Yer
mont Central line don't know the cost
hlnk 1t would cost now about $50. 900 n
er mile. Think Governor Smith il
aid me for freight and shop stock o
fhen was treasurer might not have taken / Ii
eceipt, he took very little then, but has II
ad more since think my books will show oil
he payment. M
CroSs-eTGmned by Mr.. Effeld- Orders I'll
-ere to charge Gov. Smith ali he had; al m
'ays understood Gov Smith had no interest in
l the Foundry Co.; know of no reason why in
he railroad should not pay a fair price to ii
nc Foundry Co., for car wheels, even if II
ley pay n royalty; consider them supe- h,
or to any know of; the V. c. proportion W
ON the NJ. x '. Junction is Si33, 1863, IN
nd is larger than Smith and Clark's m
lli because they pay expenses; the aver OF
&c proportion to Smith and Clark i less br