The New York herald., 1879-07-12
ERIE'S MANAGEMENT.

FURTHER TESTIMONY BEFORE THE LEGIsLATIvR
CoMMIrTEE-THE SPECIAL RATE scHEME-
WILLIAM PITT sHEARMAN's ANSWER.
The Assembly Railroad Investigating COMMITTEES
resumed its session i'll the General Term room Of the
Supreme Court yesterday. The arst witness called
Mr.. r. c. Villas general freight agent Of the Eric
Railway, who produced several documents contain
ing Information called for ut . previous session.
Among these WAS the contract between the Erie
Railway Company and the National Stock Yard
Company, dated February. 1870. which he did not
think now in force; he next produced the con-
tract with John r. Mcpherson, which Is still In
force; among the other documents was one setting
forth ovcrcharges and rebates on oil in 1875 these
were paid to several parties. and the total amount
was s205. 40 Go; Of this amount there paid to
the Standard Oil Company $469 IL; there was no
part OF this amount paid to Bostwick Pratt. Tho
witness also produced statement Of rebates and
overcharges oil from June. 1876. to 1879; the
total amount was $102.7 .773 "a; of this the paid
the Standard Oil Company was 410 q. and to Pratt
Co., 81. .3Gl "a the lowest rate on -four in three
years was twenty cents per barrel. on grain about
ten cents per hundred pounds. on salt meats about
twelve and half cents and on horned cattle $40
per load. or about twenty cents per hundred
pounds; this included the carriage of the man in
charge; the Erie Company received for the haul
from Buffalo New York. tho ten cent rate foR
grain, proportion Of six and half cents for deliv-
cry about the harbor OF New York; what he called
way traffic amounted, for the year ending April 3O.
1879, to 4.7O4, ,922 tons equivalent to mileage OF
.0S3 tons for mile. for which the average
receipts per ton per mile was 16-l00 cents; the
through freight for the same period WAS 1888 420
tons, equivalent to 742 OS9 tons for mile-sn
average Of 7oa170 tons per months the total recepts
for local traffic amounted to $6,67O 7OA W, and
for through traffic. $5.22a.7Sl II. a
MR.. sHEARMAN y. TESTIMONY.
william Pitt Shearman testified: IL was treasurer
and assistant to the receiver of the Erie Hallway
Company.
Judge Shipmsn that you were dismissed from that
position the Erie? A. When Mr.. Shipman said
that (warmly) he stated what was not true; re-
signed OF my own free will; when the reorganixa-
tion schen,e on the Erie Railway was adopted and
going into effect my services as accountant to
O. In Colonel Bsich's interview with Mr.. Jewett in
your presence did the former admit to the latter
in relation to tho McHeury party2 A. Not to my
knowledge; Balch admitted that he criticized the
action OF Mr.. Jewet and that he gave information 70
More; never knew Mr.. Balch to be anything but
gentleman; never had anything to do with Mr.
McHenry and his party. nor did ever get any Of
their money; advised Mr. Jewett to abolish special
drawbacks aud rebates particularly the local
traffic than three times as great the
through traffic Mr. Jewe. replied that his experience
larger than mine and he did not agree with my
views. (rhs was in direct contradiction of Mr. Jew.
etts statements In his letter to the Chamber OF Com.
merce in which he stated that he knew of any
special rates having been charged on the Erie Rail-
wayJ witnoss contis :-Mr. Jewett was dissatis-
McHonry party; in 1874 McHenry obtained judg.
mcnt against the Erie Company for $4,000. which
was paid partly in cash. the remainder being cred.
tied to his account although it was claimed that
McHcnry indebted to the company In the sum
OF about si.Oooooo. lfi lusa.a
TERMINAL FACILITIES
The investigation was then adjourned till this
morning, and the committee spent the afternoon
q trip, the steamboat William Fletcher, on the
North and East rivers the purpose OF examining
the terminal facilities Of the port Of New York.
Among the places visited the grain elevators OF
the New York Central Railroad, the stock yards and
abator ut the foot of West Sixtieth street and the
oil docks in Weehawken. The steamer then cruised
along the Jersey shore. affording . view OF the
German steamship wharves. the Hoboken
coal docks of the Delaware, Lackava anna
and Western Railroad Company, the freight whArves
OF the Erie near Pavonis ferry, and entered she
mouth of the now basin ON tho south OF the long
dock. whore the new grain olevator IL being con-
structed by the Erie Company. A. stay OF hfteeu
minutes was made here aitcr which the party was
conveyed down tho river, passing close to the
Pennsy and Central Railroad ferries. and the
East River WAS then entered and the trip con-
tinued up reenpoint, whence tho party proceeded
to the Atlantic docks and Red Hook basin. %
Among those who went on the excursion were As
ssnibl lyien Hayes of this city, and Wells. of Wost
chester; Speaker Hustled. Mr.. Simon Stern. ex.
Judge shipnian, Mossrs Blanchard. Little and
Thomas J. Brown. of tho Erie Railroad; J.. N. ,
Toucey and Frederick g. Fairchild, Of the New York
Central; Chauncey M. Depew, Frank Loomis and
John d. butcher. The members Of the Assembly
Committee present were Messrs Hepburn lchair.
MANI, Low. Terry, Bakor. Duguid and Noyes.