New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-27
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
ONLY ONE WITNESS WAS PRE:ENT.


TIE PORT READING INVESTIGATION PROVING
FARCE.
n par,or r. At TayIor's HOTEL Jersey City, yester
aav tho committee of the New-Jerscy Assembly, ap
noInted under Assembyman Lanes resolution 10 i'
a,ioa,. tba ,eo whereby the Port Reading haiiIoao
comnanv was said to have obtained conToi Vi uio
De,avarc Iackawanna and Western Kaiirodu, .'o
Central Railroad Of NewJerscy and the Leh'Sh .'es
Railroad companies held mccting' 1>s'''. A.
Thomas F. Lane. OF Union Comfy chairman "
committee was absent George II. Iieaney oil Hndsoh
County, acted as chairman EX'Jnugo Ai'"" "
Dermott was present a counsel TO inc oo"'" ',s,,
Renrcsentinc the combination were present frcuc''n
= Chambers of the Delaware, LacRa"ahh" """
Western Company and ex-governor Bede' .
william Harrigan was the first witness caiieo' i'o
testified that he had been Instructed l"SO "'D1
TO serve a number of subpoenas lie serVeu ono
: " Williams controller of the Ncw-JeFse' Ce"ua''
and one upon Samuel Knox, secretary Oh inc SAM I'm
many Frederick +. Chambers was next c"eu' N'''
COS the only witness examined concerning the oe"
,rc soId he was secretary OF the Delaware LAIN"
wanna and Western Company, ana had ei'a % " -,
contracts and agreements lie asked II inc
delaware Iackawanna and Western Company nav
entered into any contract concerning inc ma' Ae 80,
Of coal. and replied cmphaCay "No." Inc wi'"o'.
did not know whether there had been any transfers VI
stock recently, because tue s'oV"oooh wa ANi -
trea surer OF the company.
.Uovs YOU any knowledge of any contract or agree
ment between the coalcarrying copahieSF e~'u'e
McDermott inquired. ..
81 have no Official knowledge of any asreeme""
All know Is what have read In the newspapers
The witness said that he had noticed an advance III
Tho s,osk OF the company, but he did not know tho
,easo, for IT, This concluded the testimony. tx
Judce McDermott said that most OF the witheSSes 'o
committee desired to examine were out OF inc o'ao'
The committee adjourned, to make It's report W t"o
Assembly next Monday. When the comml'ee l'i
finished its labors Ex-Governor Bedle was asked VIM
the result OF the investigation would be, ana nc Fc-
piled ." 1t won't amount TO MI Oh beansi; Ia ,ade
1t said hat RcraPs an eHSr' Williams HHun In con-
cmpt and cause his arrest. 1t is not believed tha'
this viii be done. "a r, poa,no psiIro,d
from ali appearances has come TO an nnderstaha,S
with the Individual coal operators ~ tls Jt,y that
humber OF individual coleres to be closed ou. 70
the Reading within the next few gay ,o.t ndiwdnai
psnt IN this region closed bargain YESTERDAY Win s
keadng Company for the Reading to take an Ih1 e0
gers OF other individual companies refuse to say yeth s
Thing at present upon the subject Iey VIII 6a S
nnr nen np' hass viii be good thing for the Wyoming
region. II the Reading Company seIis 'o gt three
nj Underwater the individual operator VIII set rS VI I
dfths. which Is looked upon as fair price, ihe ia
dvidual operators pay no to rr,st Individual opera
TOR. in The Wyomins coal field seen by an Ass9
ciaed Press correspondent today ne ue INC P the
ONertuNS N1n W
po,dinS Company FOR the sale Of his coal Il oeheVe
| however' he continued "from what hear 10 eou
cir,lcs that other operators have been approochu
have no reason t doubt that the basis on tie asece
As published by the Newiori and Philadeipha PaIh
| is correct but have no personal Aho"ieueo Va '''
natter NJ o., Aha paod,nc
philadelphia Feb. 26At the office OF ue head'l h
Railroad Company no further li'iot I,h ,h oSJvdua
operaiors President Mcleod could not he sesn; ou,
officials close ham said that nobody tncic oouu say
'''i nnrrisbnrg Penn Feb. 26-Atorney General lien.
| Wcr cod - the Reading Railroad Company
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt OIL
your favor OF the a3d inst. notifying me OF the re-
CENT Of certain complaints from Messrs Powdery anu
cassatt and Informing that you have iiNeu lhui'
| t"y Mach q M IL m as the time and the supreme
Cn;;r, chamber AT Harrisburg the place for the
| hearing Of their complaints -, a.. cor,so,
Mt the time and place appointed for the hearing and
Lnva referred 10 counsel your request iOr thc pr
d"ction Of copies Of the agreements or leases re-
.erred 10.