New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
TIE COMMODORE'S ACIIVITT.

MANAGING RAILROADS AT EIGHTY.
INTTkEsIING TESTIMONY or EDWIN j. WORCESTER,
SECRETARY OF THE NETWORK CENTRAL AND
Ike SHORE RAILROADS, IN TIE GREAT WILL
SUIT.
The morning session of the Vanderbilt will
ease Yesterday ys consumed IN the nomination mainly
by Nj Cnotrc Of Edwin D. Worcester, secretary Of the
New-Y RI Central ana the Lake shore Railroads. The
cro examination hy Nj Lord occupied thr afternoon
Ex-Judle James c. SPENCER Augustus schcl and Jacob
Vanderbilt were among the attentive listeners to the
proceedings. william II Vanderbilt ~ ms accus-
toned A. but Mrs. IL BlB rgr did not appear, nor
WAS any llJv present during .hc day.
H.. tr-tm ny OF Edwin II. Worcester Illustrated the
remarkable business activity Of Commodore Vanderbilt
in the We r. before and the year after the making OF the
wi A. secretary OF the two railroads MI Worcester
at ud,d almost , the business meetings ct which the
Commodore was present and lie enum rated them IN
succession a. he remembered them.
On FRIDAY January 1G. 1874 the witness testified to
An interview ~ the CommoGorc's house, in which The
latter Examined q declaration OF dividend Of the Lake
shore road and said that he thought dividend Of per
cent SHOULD be made A. an interview on February ..
the Commodore said that IN a short time he would DO
,isnty years old his eghticth birthday he was al
most Inclined all direct connection with rail
road enterprises and let "Bily" take them. IIo added
that "Ri IL would have them soon, and he thought 1t
better that he should be managing them while ne NM
Sc was su here than 70 nave tnrm pat upon 'biliS
after he was gone" On April 10 ne Commodore at
tended meeting at his Office to hear report OF the
Lake shore road ana dictated paragraph ~ H. At
4 meeting on October l. the Commodore took part IN a
discussion of the saratoga compact. fnd expressed
doubts about the operation Of II. On OctopcI the
W tne,s went West with The ComnoGOTc at Buffalo. on
October the CcunOd0rc drove out tO look ~ rHl
road ma the afternoon went tO Cleveland on Jan
NARY H. 1875. three after tue making or the Will
there "a discussion at the Commodore house In re
gard 10 oba control Of the quadrupleN system OF
telegraphy by the Western Union telegraph The Com
mudpIe took p,rt It, and said that the proposition
should be adopted 10y all means Ca January IA the
witness stuc ed by the Commodore relative 10 an
injunction restraining the Lake shore road from paying
0yIeHd. He jolG the Wltness 10 90 20 see Augustus
Sehril IL expressed tho opinion that the proceeding
81 stock speculation, and che thought the
Judge mixed the trans action" The tonInO-
GOrc attended February /, 1879, meetings "f the
committees ~ tHp NrW-YuTk Central and OF
Lake Srhr roads. Wbcn the witbcSs went with hm
10 evcand May 4the Comm d"fe endured very well
the IalEt II journey Oi nt,cu hours. After tn cleo
ton next dav, tie CObmcdorc returned Ia Ncw-iork.
He al ended railroad u"-tH-- on May II. Nav ~ June
=. s. q ana %, on July TIE d}y following the making
oi tie oodic on july 10 and - and ptrmbcr .. the
-jcc disc .sAcd Ju l9ws the proposed "iasi-nau
tram The Commodore nd not approve OF II the cen
Ial road, lee sid, would lose money bv IT; such iacnes
fo th" Pablo would NOT be appreciated. SuH. De- sand
n William II. Vanderbilt aud rae witness would Lake the
reeFCus.Di n.y. he would Hnt "ppo'c d" scheme