Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-19

company was called upon 70 make were
too large and that the directors OF the
company were not satisfied. The lines,
he said, were in unison aud harmony all
the way through. He did not want TO
say one word against single member OF
the TruLk line organization, because In
some cases IL was Impossible
10 control other lines aiiil-
iating with their roads in tho
transaction OF their business. In the
course OF further examination Roberts
said the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal
timore Railroad company, for which the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad paid something
like S2l 200, 900, was not purchased for
any such purpose as controlling freigbts
between Baltimore and New York.
Answering Mr.. Cassidy, he said: 'Jn
point Of fact the combination OF railroads
had established a schedule Of rates, which
Mr. Fink was instructed TO maintain"
Mr.. Cassidy; "Have you not paid as
high as u 81 900, 600 into .he pool to make
good that agreementY"
"Not quite, think but l may say our
company has contributed largely for the
purposes I have already enunciSted
something Ike $3.50, 1000"
Cassiday pressed the witness very
closely upon this matter Of steadying
rates. and Roberts finally declared that
the course they hsd taken was forced
upon them by the governor OF the state
countenanci1g by his signature the start
ing of Corporations organized by fictitious
issues, which condition OF affairs being
allowed TO exist rendered IL necessary to
adopt some remedy for the protection Of
ourselves ard the public.
"Then you think one ROAD can give bet
ter service than two competing lines?"
asked Cassiday.
eyes, | certainly do"
nWas it for that reason you built q
road to Atlantic city when two already
existedgh
ooh, don't go into that" said Mr.. Nc
Weigh.
ord like to answer that" said Roberts.
Il withdraw it,n said Cassidy.
'But want to answer" insisted Rob-
erts
Cassiday very evidently did not care TO
hear, and refused to have the question
nut on record. 1t was the only evidence
of any warm feeling during the hearing.
care not goods manufactured, say for
instance In Phllade phia, shipped west
through by way Of New York at cheaper
rates than when shipped direct from
Philadelphia west?"
Mr.. Roberts-"That's very likely, but
IL is due to the fact that goods are
destined for other lines over which we
have no control"
els it not so from Philadelphia to
Johnstown, Pennsylvania"
II iberts-'I have answered that ques
ton before, and say again positively, no.
This is q thing that has been hammered
at 10 this community for a long time, and
| want to deny It emphaticallv so far as
the administration OF the Pennsylvania
road is concerned, and insist my answer
shall be taken as denial so far as | am
concerned"
Under cross.examination by Mr.. Nc
Weigh, Roberts said that the pooling
arrangement was merely an attempt at
doing what the aw failed to do. With
out such an arrangement the widest com
petition would take place, and one ship
per would never know whether his com
petitor vas getting better rates or not.
Any such arrangements as would
hurt the public would be ten times
more hurtful to the railroad companies.
Roberts said also that the Pennsylvania
Railroad COMPANY has frequently been on
the eve of withdrawing from this CON
tract The directors If the company have
raised the question of legality Of the con-
tract and have only remained In 1t for the
purpose Of protecting the state in the