San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-08


about the other rate?"
1T was 10 find out what he would
do TO get the rate to our rate. Gal
braith was figuring on q so cent rate.
He told me he was willing to accept
As cent rate from Houston to Gsives-
ton, but wasn't willing for it 20 be
open
Didn't you tell Galbraith that your
road could not haul this for less than
81. 0O?n
II don't think 1 did,"
"You didn't tell him your road
could haul from Muldoon to Houston
at a 81 10 rate ?"
II don't remember of ever discuss.
ing a rate of Sl10 rather based our
rate on the Santa Fe rate. They were
quoting 81 40 rate, and If we quoted
81 10 rate to Houston 1t was with the
expectation of getting it down to 80
cents"
"The Santa Fe have kept this rate
up, haven't they ?"
LAS far as know"
What interest did you have in the
rate of the International ?u
Any railroad or transportation COM
pany's position Is fortified by reason
of having as low arbitrary rates to
work on as they can secure, as item
ables them to meet competition from
other quarters where competition is
liable 70 arise, and we having both
sand stone and granite TO figure on.
as the owners of the property always
contemplated building our Llano
line should they he successful in Sc
curing this valuable contract.
chasing this interest in the jetty con-
trac,?"
Just before the purchase"
"Was 1t after the letting to O'Con-
ner. Lang and Smooth"
"Yes, sometime afterwards / could
not very well buy what was not TO
buy"
February 49, 1891"
How long before The change did
you know of it?"
mot until il was made"
"Y9u knew of its contemplation"
"Oh, yes, knew the change would
be asked for but 1 didn't know
whether it would be granted or not"
Ibid you GO to Washington In the
month Of February"
'1 went through Washington on
my way to New York, but not on that
business "
what time was this?''
81 left here the latter part of Janu.
ary."
ibid you stop In Washipgton?n
"Yes, from morning to evening"
ibid you see any government Off
cials in Washington"
mo"
How long did you remain in ew
York;" 49,
"Five or six days"
Ibid you see any one conn :
with the governments while Their
"No."
Ibid you see George Gould VIII
{ .er.?"
81 generally call on him when in
New York Don't know whether /
saw him then or not. 1 talked with
Mr.. Clark when in st. Louis.n
Didn't you try to get Mr.. Clark
to instruct Mr.. Campbell to give
35 cent rate from Houston to Calves
lon?n
mo. I discussed the advertising
of the / Il g. N. and the Arkansas
Pass road securing all the business
that was possible to secure. / told
him that We were willing TO haul the
rock at IL cent per ton per mile if
we could secure all the hauling. This
had in contemplation the construct
ing the line to Fredericks burg and
the delivery TO them of all the ma
terial, both sandstone and granite.
This trip had nothing to do with this
con tract. | went there for the pur-
pose of raising funds to be applied in
ashortage caused by the recent strike.
IL was The trip homeward that / saw
Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Gould did not send
me to Clark. Clark is the general
manager of the Iron Mountain
did you tell the New York owners
OF the road that you had third liz
terest in this jetty contract at that
timt?n
"I did not 4"
"DId you ever go north after this
con- p
"No."
Did you ever go to buy out the
Newton contract" -
"No."
Some kilograms were here intro
duced which had no bearing on this
contract and are not published.
"You had no interest in this con-
tract?n
II think the contract am Interest,"
ed In WAS in March,"
"At the time the telegram was sent
TO Mr.. Galbraith did you have any In
terest in the jetty con tract?"
Nor
"Do you know J. P. Nelson"
II do.n
"Wbat position did he hold with
the Arkansas Pass?'
HE was superintendent of con-
ctruafinn ~