Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-15
Laid at Rest.
THE RAILROAD INVESTIGATION.

The Further Hearing In Boston Yes
 terday-Vice Presldent Futile De-
 fendS His Road-The Committee
 Favorably Impressed by His Argu-
 ments and PFoPOsition-Other Rail-
 read Notes.
 The New York, New Haven and Hart ford investigation at Boston was continued before the legislative committee on rail- roads yesterday.
 Relative to the charge of discrimination against the New England road at Black stone Junction, the New Haven people stated that this was owing to the fact that tho New England would pay no part of the expense of transferring freight, although requested to do so by tho New Haven road and the latter then gave notice that trans- fers would be made either at Valley Falls or Worcester.
 ''I was not aware until yesterday" said Vice President Futile, "that the public are inoonvenienced." He then read letter written yesterday to the New England peo- pie offering to restore the transfer at Blackstone, if the New England would pay its fair proportion of the expense.
 MT. Futile considered this very fair proposition, and that 1t showed the dispo- sition of the New Haven company.
 MT. Benton read correspondence between officials of the two roads to show that the New England did not satisfactorily dispose of freight turned over to 1t at Hartford, and MT. Futile added that necessity caused the diversion of business to the Shore Line. More correspondence was read to show that the New England insisted on local rates If 1t was not guaranteed @ certain volume of Pennsylvania road business. MT. Futile said if the New England was willing to re- trace its steps the New Haven company was willing to give to customers the through rates that existed before the with drawal.
 MT. Benton said that the New Haven road would make arrangements for fruit transfer at Readville.
 Governor Long said this proposition was l satisfactory to the fruit people. All they cared for was the terminals. The committee thought the offer of the New Haven company @ fair one, and then called up the complaint of the Boston chamber of commerce.
 One teamster testified that if his goods came into the New England station he did not care how they got there. Adjourned to Monday, when President Searle of the chamber will testify. THE NEW ENGLANDS SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
 The Boston News Bureau yesterday says: President Clark's extreme declarations regarding New York and New England are extremely foolish in view of his well known interest in the New York and New Eng land second mortgage bonds and the con- tinuous efforts of the New Haven people to extract from the New York and New England all credit, all brains and all pos sible traffic naturally tributary to this route.
 .It Is we'll known that the New Haven recently contracted with the Boston and Maine to divide the territory of New Eng land for the express purpose of reserving to itself the swallowing of the New York and New England property, but it is not SC we'll known that tho New Haven interest has recently, since the failure of the Read ing company, bid $25 per share for the control of New York and New England common stock, and par for the preferred stock, but it is only fair to say that the bid was invited from the New Haven people"