New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16


o.rIave YOU stock in the All and Power Com
ogI asked you about that while ago and you
declined to answer A-You have got the "r0"s
oEMy questions perfectly plain that It w sns
ss AR ssvs and oc s%o4 o your
Il and TO the stock and TO the ADVANTAGES and ,he
1 the msea
company at all: to the Auto-Truck Company pover
cS 8pna you Ae eysG 0e0ns 10 '"e a.. w ...a
O-You belonged to the american "a AT b ann
| Power Company? A-No. sir; you have got thei"
ooNo. have got nothing mixed: evidently you
have sot It mixed yourself. A.-No, sir.
FORMER TESTIMONY CONFRONTS HIM.
OIL read from the verbatim report of the pro
| ceeaines Yesterday: "Q-You are a member of the
| Air ana Power Company? Ayes. Q.-What is
| the capital stock of that company? A-Ten miihon
dollars Q.-Ten million? Ayes Q.-how mucn
stock do yoq ho S9, on hs market has a
SHow much n have you subscribed for? ANons
ds Il. much is g e S0S ought TO
some? ' A-Yes. o.You are taking very lively
eHnd N me aSs @ f.
that to be sNGd thing 70 an% dn ms who
e. air and power all over the n cy o se
sey gse so@ 1sd Ways 'D Of maRns
c Dossse AL n no Not s Son o.
Are you cSnsiderns that? o am ,b mot x tne
should 60 into that company A-We Mr. Hoad
himself Mr. Knight the ,S ensl To nut an money new
into it? Al decline to answer that question 81 l
SsSss that w0ud private RSt
ihs tssmC@y TT susT A Of se thine srSe
In placing tin organizing lit is the AutoTruck
Company that the organization Of the c9mpan a
erday; the questions were put to YOU car t N
the and Of n h osf
Do you mean to say that with all your appearances
that You led to testify to what was not S tine
At is only question Of the name OF the .nhg
be run by air. You could cali it by whatever name
you wished it didn't make any dneIene e 10 cone me
pany in which am interested is the Auto-IrucK
| Q.EDo you feel that that answer is sufficient ex-
when you stated the stock Of 70 ,b be COM
pany? Ayes that Is what II is ORGANIZED under der
| $40 100000 the AutoTruck Company 1t has peeh
| organized
TAKES REFUGE IN REFUsALs.
o-The American Power Company is local
thing to run air power Of the International Power
Company, is not that true? A.-That company has
been organized long ago and known to be the
American Company.
O.-And the Auto-Truck Company is some one Of
the ramihcations of that company? Ayes sir,
only have the right to run trucks that is all
o.-Are you not a member of the international u,l
H Secpne o h
Dd not when s 9Sa 70 y yos
about he A 1nd w TOmpS So sd
| terday? A.-lnternationa, that goes all over the
Oh know: what is the property of that COM
pany?. Al could not tell you -, .rrrok
Company? Al decline answer that question
You the ros Of the EfecAvS
oDd you pay for S oT s to- n 1ht that Au'o
Tuck 0Y SSR have TAXED ABOUT si the
pany for publication. have you not? A.-Before?
eo'-yes you have not made that sufficiently a
1$s;: $Ts} = seen re-
sSt hs wgFS anS %cS gets into
oEf say the world; do not mean the news news,
fTr tRe cempany! AYs
Wy do OS haze this Nb shd v6 hnSe
already published? A.~And tell the business of
c?%p fa your Pslaons to the company A
To tel my private eh Business IS ,S to you'
Dor course you do, at this time A;-Yes;
Dit is significant that YOU make the objection IT,
living my private business.
Mr.. MOSS PUTS 1T PLAINLY.
| O-When one man. who holds no official position
and in receipt of no official salary controls the
| city departments, makes the Offices. dictates the
policy of the officers in all directions and then gets
into companies without having to pay anything for
his stock Allow do you know that?
o.-I want to find out; Al won't let you know
Q.-You see the position you are in, you? A.
| No-to tell you my private affairs? .
lar A~Yes Sir they are;
9We have right to knq Know A how s man that
controls the municipal actions Is able to go and
his si pO sana on nOhns don't
o.~Will you tell me? Have YOU done it? Al -!
Pay o@You dare not say that have not done IT,
1 do A-Dare. / won't tell my private
o'HYou dare not. Al won't tell you my pri-
Vs oT That is an answer You have right to cloak
private AFFAIRS; they don't concern you any more
Affairs HGr S sneee f have let you make
so many times. You cannot say that you have not
gallery aH oO as You Charged me YESTERDAY Ayes,
you are playing them pretty good
ls: when Mr.. Croker was seen at the Democratic
last g he spa ha me nS n the
Wv sSng e DO nnd esey oaT nd
Suburbs adjacen Mr. Croker also said that in his
opinion the horse. a pet for pleasure driving.
NoSd fer p ali o place affections q
but r ard the
wharves and piers and In the streets OF the larger
a. d he amy must the
present inventive age As POPULATION becomes more
pSSs welfare TssSTes yeef FG%
possSS sRen to aid IN the Cities
The carting OF coal In New-York City while repre-
sening an annual expenditure OF N5c0.oN Is only
very small part Of the amount expended In New
York for the carriage Of freight and goods. Our
Auto-Truck company is COMPOSED of practical me-
| chancal and business men. " That Is a fair state
ment Of your business. isn't It? Ayes.
HE WILL NEED A LOT MORE MONEY.
Q-Now. Mr. Croker. It will take lot OF money
TO launch that company into business. won't IT.
Ayes
Q.-The building OF plants and buying Of all that
Is necessary TO operate tit will take lot OF
money won't IL? Al presume IT will
Oft Is one Of those colossal enterprises which
startle even US who used to the rapid ad-
vancement OF science in this country. 1t Is colossal
isn't It? Al expect II will be.
Q-It looks like one of those things that Is going
L 10 he mt ed "a man decades d.