New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11

the whole meant to Ssssss
IN the eseG Of the company
3-After looking over the plant what Ssd You You
the T Ss rss TSas IS
az tnaa y saw them Seinf sh that Rosns business
S reI sDYT kn sssn thu, 1ns' they they
areproofns. but IT is all wire Their system Oh
yo Is see any work done for getting the
concrete and cinders? A.-They do not make IL
c-Tsey just buy the concrete and s Sinders and
bring 70 yo a' Ss Sc there
was to be used in the nm proohns business? Nov A
csrs,cuariy what it was VA ed in
CARELESS OF THE FIREPRooF1Nd.
o-You did not particularly notice the nreproof-
Ing part of their business. Id you? Ayes SIR
7 noticed that they were ma king wire centering'
that is al-malnng wire cloth and they USED 'na'
for different thngs-used It fot screens. etc
o-But your mind was not Especially directed 10
the freproofng part? A-No.
o.-whom did you consult with about what you
had sssps AID did y ss say to him. hrOd him
had been through the works there saw, A-No
Odd you understand what you saw: A'-->o'
NO oi ala not suppose that you would What did
;ton Of plant YOU Intended to vest In. or TO be-
s sS%s w ns! Of o. saDS 0t
oWha did tell your father , ySg b haa sad
seen them making wire; 49,, .,uoth,rr mar.
SWhst aia he say 1 G; thit' N0'n'ns par
o~Thai was whole of the ,,a @ ls :, y
have seen them making wire Dh you ""e IT.
o'~what was the next occasion at which y you
sscTSse' next meeting I remember was over in
iC omWith whom? A-with Mr. Briggs and Mr.
"Cces"DAnd what was the CONVEX sation? AmWsi,i :
aho this company, biis
Roeoling Construction COMPANY, counanvq A
YES. sir.
WONDERFUL, BUSINESS CELEBRITY
o-That is the next meeting You remember after
that short conversation with your father ihen
.hey were all ready TO form a company were 'hey'
Ayes. sir. ,
o-who first proposed forming company IN
hat meeting? Al don't remember
Odd YOU know that you were going 10
meeting at which a company was going 10 oe
'o omWbo told you that? AIR Hinkley told me
o-wa. Mr. Hnkleys statement . that "a, COM ON,
3any Nsas going TO be formed the "fS' '""' ''1
'1 owW vi did he say to you? Ale said COM
sany was going TO be formed
Whare did he say IL? Al think he said 1t
o~Ddn't he make an appointment srt with you TO
o~You had not proposed forming company
'se YOU you had not thought of it. had,you? A-No.
o.-And were you surprised when Mr. Huxley
't opWhy were you not surprised Al was not
d ahst ne s Expect to become stockhoder
you told sx Ss to get in in some minor
.spacty and finally become stockho'oer' A.
ewas 1T proposed to you that yG %s. we're ss going
be Of the sto ,Sr,s. Tonr Nc sir.
You proposed to any .,O O@S that SS%
coming out OF cOleet,
beginning business ne fba {0 kind Ge should come
q YOU off-hani. were you? A'-No SIT
Ev1NcEp NO CURIOSITY.
o-vss IT stated to you how much stock you
could have? A-No. sir.
Odd you ask? A.-No SIT
o-Dia YOU ask why they were forming the new
company? A.-No sir ,
Q-Didnt you ask what the company wa" e'
o~what was told you? A.-That they were go
ng 10 do freprooflng. 81 49,. ,o. erarrooenq
Odd you really then KNOW ~na' "'ep'''''''
o-pid YOU inquire of Mr.. Hinkley? AdNo; sir SIR
,S 4.p asH1s? you a!I l,nN sir 'lp'' '"'
Q-Why didn't you? A.BecauS Ss 81 knew rot into INTO
sa sGSD be so'a al right i1 ~ .o.,, ,ou vsr.
Sw{ 70 hs did not csTs s sGw '"D'' ''
'oeof course l understand you were not ai tr
~ ANYTHING that your father was guoing or steer
nS-1ut am speaking from the ground Of na i,i
,s, starting out in life. Why 1t that you did
20 Sd make inquiries knew what was going on
was surprised at being S XXI, that
espcd TO in ma S sSSor3 wshou cf haTng
md work for nso hs sHH Eng said anything with
tut having promised anything or given anyi UNI o
sere to be- stockholder and that new company
going to be formed in y 0Srre no he od
iary details OF It want to get at that ana ma Tus
uas NOT formed in honor
ODD any one have any more STOCK ina" 'OD
o.-some Of the Roeolings had? Ayes
REMARKABLE IGNORANCE
o-Do YOU know why the freproof construction
,u,iness was taken out of the general corporation
md made into separate corporation! A.-No' BIZ
Odd YOU ever inquire into that? A-No' SIT
O-They were doing their freproofng work IN
me old corporation were they not? Ayes. sir.
O-why was II necessary TO take the hreprooi
rork ont of the general corporation and put 1t into
new corporation with relatively small amount
u capital and take you ana Nj, hi"AieS i"' a.
saon rs ~ ,bsse men already had the business
ar Roebng had before exactly what ne mas 81 tSs
was in the original DusTI stockholder. are
'9 S nO,. hundred and seventy shares? Ayes
81 ask now all fairness as man Of in; Sdl,r
yence. was not that company , hat FORMED ]" your
oYou are iitte nc bSg 10 more 5nen than was
oHPefhaps it was compliment to your father
A<They were not looking for any compliments.
O-After Mr.. Hinkey told you that you were 20
m over there and you had made your mind 10 De
sbedient 10 his request how much time elapsed
before you went 10 Trenton? A-After he spoke
o-About becoming a stockholder in a company
aot vet formed A.--Not very long.
O-Severai days. then? A.-fes.
Q.-Then you knew that Mr. Hinkley had mace
proposition 10 you which was far above any
hing YOU had thought of? Who did you talk with
about this venture between the time II was pro-
nosed 10 YOU BY Mr.. Hinkley. when he told you
You were TO go Trenton. and the time you
actually went? Who did you talk TO about It?
WHO did YOU talk to In general? Al spoke
10 my father about II.