The morning call., 1892-10-04
They MET And TALKED.
Our Funny Railway Board
Still Mounting.
LITCHFlELD UNMASKS REA.
Stubs Was on Hand, but he Let the Res
Do the Talking-And Talk Was AL
There Was Of It.

missioners have it cannot be denied that
| the are en extremely humorous trio.
Three or four weeks ago they met and de-
cided that on Monday, October 2, the hear
ing of the notorious Shiyely complaint
| would be commenced.
There had been many delays and post
ponements and the commission emphatically
announced that absolutely no further con-
tinuance would be granted.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock was the
time set, but the Shively case stands to-day
just as it did three weeks ago.
If the Railroad Commission were not so
expensive nuisance yesterdays proceed
! ings could be called excruciatiDgly funny,
| but since the people of the State of Califor-
mia have to pay $4,000 year for Messrs.
Rea, Litchfeld and Beckman's services
| their action is more deplorable than mirth-
provoking.
Litehfield and Beckman were present, and
the former presided.
Jim Rea could not tear himself away
from the racetrack in San Jose, where
the Santa Clara County races are now in
| progress.
Secretary Kelly sent telegram from
Sacramento, where he was busy preparing
his annual report for the State Printer
| The dispatch said that Chairman Rea had
| ordered postponement OF the Shiyely case
| and that Mr. Kelly himself would arrive IN
the city al ii o'clock A. NJ. TO meet the CON-
| mission.
Litehfeld took no notice of kea's post
! ponement and never mentioned it until
after the meeting had adjourned, when he
said that Rea had TED without authority
and that he had no right to postpone meet
| lngs single handed.
Attorney j. c. Martin of the Southern
Pacific Company was in attendance and
asked that j. L. Wines of Reno, New, an
| other one of Huntngton's lawyers, be put
on record as his associate in the case.
This request was promptly granted and
Mr.. Wines, who was also present, was in
tr0duced.
Litchfeld called the case of r. o. Shiyey
VS.. The Southern Pacific Company up for
a hearing.
But it appeared that neither Mr.. Shiyely
nor MS formerly so very attentive attorney,
Mr.. Richards, was on hand TO represent
their side
Litchfeld frowned tneatrIcaly and said ::
| II have good MIND 70 DISMISS the COM
plant right now"
do not let US take any snap judgment,
soOthngly said Btckman.
but why are they not here, when they
know that this is the day set for hearlDg?
| Iitchteld asked, expecting 10 earn the ap-
prevail of every body for his energy.
Subsequent proceedings, however, proved
thai Lltehfeld knew all the time that Rea,
who, like Richards. lives in San Jose, was
the cause of the latter's absence, because
be (Rea) had told the attorney the case was
| postponed.
Then something occurred which made
| every body laugh.
II his effcrt tc act the part Of en- indig-
nant commissioner, the Post-street tailor
forgot his caution for moment and he
gave the whole secret OF the Shiyely COM
plant dead away.
These men, Rea, Shively and Richards,
| are absent, and they being the people who
filed this complaint they have right 10 be
| here" he blurted out, and only when he
saw everybody smile he realized his mis-
take and hastily corrected his statement by
SAYING that he meant Shively and Richards
| alone when he spoke OF the cOmplainantS.
A telephone message to San Jose had the
effect OF bringing an answer to the effect
that Mr.. Richards would not be in this city
to-day, and then the question Of postpone
ment came up.
Mr.. Martin wanted plenty OF time-three
| weeks at least-aud theeommisSion thought
it best in that case TO delay the proceedings
| until after the election.
| Litehfieid especially seemed to be anxious
not to proceed any further until he knew
the mplexion of the next Legislature.
J. C. Stubs, the Southern Pacitic's third
vice president. who had UP to this time
been silent spectator, announced that he
was there in pursuance TO a subpoena served
, ! on him by Mr. Shively as witness, and
that he as well as Mr.. Martin were about 10
depart for Salt Lake City on business FOL
the railroad company; so that ii his testi-
monv was desired the case must be post
poned for at least three weeks.
Mr. Stubs reSence, by the way. was O
surprise 10 Bailiff Stafford, because when
the latter served the subpoena on Mr. Hunt
jnpton's third vice-presdent he was told
that service would only be accepted IL the
customary witness fee OF 81 was paid III
advance.
Stafford had no money to give to Mr.
Stubs no matter how badly the latter may
( | have needed IL, and so he withdrew with
| out serving the paper.
Stubs, therefore, created some ast0nish.
ment in the bailifI's mind when he appeared
voluntarily.
There was some little discussion as tc
the best date for which to set the hearing
once more peremptorily, and finally Noyem
Der ii was decided on.
The board then adjourned until Monday
next
Shortly after the adjournment Secre tar,
j, Kelly arrived from Sacramento and said n
was surprised that Lltchfeld and Beckmal
; expected Rea or Shively's attorney.
He thought it was an understood matte
that there would be no hearing Of tn
; Shively case that meeting.
= Res, said Kelly. wants to see Colone
d Morgan's report before he hears testimony
and he believed the attorneys also desire
study the experts document before the
u proceed further.
Colonel Morgan's report is expeete
. very shortly according TO Mr.. Kelly.
! Litchfield did not like to have il said 8
I plainly right before the reporters that A
u torney Richards absence was lnstlgated b
: the chairman OF the board.
The Post-street tailor preferred to have
: 90 on record that Shively's attorney wa
dereliet and had no excuse for his moi
appearance
Tho falInuinp arc the vvitnescpq Wi
will be subpenaed on behalf of Mr.. Shiyel
n for November IA: J. C. Stubs. 4,
Castle, Barry Baldwin, Isaac UDham, A
l. vinza Hayward, A. S. Hallidie, A. \
q TowDe, C. F. Smurr. Richard p. Morgan
j. S. Leeds and w. Ii. Woods.