New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

sssoolelef g ne. ipio us ays LED this oifer with
much pleasure. whereUpon kogers y y y s ~. ss
9 e. e sSSSsa ssssIsa "a aaf zsSr f hs hSa sseSsss
psnyy raiehf not 50 business is business ,- sna
os rom ths sss9ry % 9f sss H
Who's nssenos in thai IosIe members hae elc en-
sue way which . syo,e ne 5s Tss0ts faP ad6cs
OF sueh freeze out sno tssr.ni Ia With Rogers
sns @ bs hs associates lnoeT which me Rogers parry
ssouls ss Sas 8, y9Rs serssy exercising te power
q S9ntrS o. 49, se eAseereatiis r1st Company having
rsssTvs6 to tbe Bay STATE Gas Company s OF Ae% ",
sssy "a, ne sompsny Tqny TIE PFeposo PH was accepted
sne 95 oeSSsT s .srbss y 3 10 IA Rogers he ss
Iobs n Moore and FredeTick W. Nhitridge al the
SsPiSal stoss os9o5 q 5he 6ted cas- bonas rst series
shue hsye been retired y t6s 5 s Sreees 81 es
5aeed the Rogers party "a fun control Of the & tSsr
Is authority rhe trustees IN S MSre5 iobn S ssne d.
Roger SsIsTS .sSSey 1sG comSSny, these three
constituting majority o. he Board TIE maeriy y
shS" ROGERS SUCCEEDS ADDIcKs.
h majority q e ROs aea sAeoss0R4Rs 6s RRseks ese'e9 john
bushnell yiee-2Esseg5sr s ,siss Kate aarri. on, Nj
RoeeTss private secretary as secretary o. me COM
prgt gt about four years ago M began 70 appear that
were also desirous 9f osio seeoTns IN Whitney and
s3s BUSINESS associstes hsd been intsrested in eoSI
SaSshg S55sss y hSS S's been organised wheh said
0Gs y ow sf sai ssis gss ss Hs' 9as so' e
without expense the proceeds OK ne TSs
TSifney interests believed they saw IN this the
o.slSs SeasOTsng 81 % contro an he gas cOpiss IN
boston. charter o. liberal proSslghs yS ne eSis
iaiGTe in isse for company 20 be snS"n s Ss
nay aefs9 sgs8t sgSR @q " someb6dy nS dy
lars for certain purposes wnleA neeo as;, 10 pS
sRssShess S s esy y f6e session to the oonsenon
a various legslators They hse oSInlt & so Ss5s
Der. boTsTer. 50 they went ahead and passed the
seihs from 81 10 60 osSts thoussnd cubic fess
ths price which the company vas 70 p SeltroxeS
the value Of the charter, WHICH instruineht We We
SsmSspv II N whitney is now president The
charter subsequently passed TO the Nhtney N
Al the time the Bay State eompany's deed OF
tTss' " Ss % Mr osers 20 Hd certain q his
stes hss ss 9lsEsa p ~ ne oi s q o3I sa o5 cai
sl soos q The SrS6eSEemr e. , m Gas s, ge toF of the
Proollline Gas Lght Company. eertineates OF , ia,
debtedness OF the Bro96ine company g tne 15
Gas bonds. arst series
WHITNEY INTERESTS IGNORE ADDIcKs
The whitney interests, II is alleged, learning OF
sro T TRorers a. his gas property for s. oOOOO6
rsnized an uninsorporsted voluntary association
called the New-EnRland Gas and COKE company;
with Henry AI Whitney president. Rogers ana
his associates. the bin alleges ignoring the ar
raneement previously made with Addicks. agreeo
20 turn over for &09loO0 TO the New-Eng lanS Gas
tSss enc S' sa 6nes ana tae Boston United Gas bonds
slready mentioned as owned by them. and allegeS
les W man o55 600: and also 'tse right to vote
stock transferred 20 The Mercantile Trust Cona, ON
Boston Uaitcd Gas bonds series No. ! and No 2
h rssiar. S9S r sad 20 sPbosTs sPis Of the said
Jersey company, and further agreed TO vote 81 OF
aforesaid 10 said Mercantile Trust Company as as
trustee az a.! meesiis % OF r,IS ne Css and Coke
COMPANY should direct snd upon the request OF the
sS last HSmSd 6ts2 5P dr9e6s Tea a9' tsat
company should direct BY saie & agreement saia 10
The NewIsrssy company eonteSsTsRhs wlIn tn mem
frust powers. SO thar the said Boston companies
whose stock was and is owned by salo NeW-JeFsey
annexed. marked Exhis.ts. 2. sEd b are now az
ministered and manager 9n1 nave 3een Shce .ar tIe
ests Of rival, competing and hostile concerns a ane
Boston eompanies. whose stock Is owned by the
New-Jersey company as atoresalsG; %heIeoy me ne
trust for their ineyidpsi profit by which they oo %
,.-,.t 49,, u-svo eDtitlaS n sell az
could Otherwise have Obtained
ROGERS TRUSTEES BAD CONTRACTS.
The Rogers trustees having made this bargain
p1ooeeoed 10 make effective their part of the agree
ment. the narrative continues, by causing nc
composing the Bay State Ges Company Of New
the Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company (owned
by the NeW-England Gas end Coke Company ali
companies gave up he manufacture OF gas prae-
tesy siossthsT 1Bd & agreed a 70 p1rShSSe 6T 5p
period OF fifty and have purchased, from
ssroT qualify al prices which made il unprOhtable
for such Boston companies 70 continue business business
Gas and Coke Company and the persens composing
that association and thereby he ss5a persons A as
pany IN the year 1877 oy reason ot Us eentrel OF
S rs sas S9s'5egles m ~ saTSssS thToIeb the u5isV
~. conspiracy aforesaid with the said Rogers and
his associates. was able 20 claim and DID aetually
snasxed marked xhibt p 70 control he total
. output OF gas in the city OF Boston and vicinity
ans by reason Of sueh claim was able 70 market
Of the said New Eng 'snd Gas and Coke Company
70 he extent q ss5 OOo 600
IN he year 1885, the complaint further ALLEGES
the said Rogers and ms associates as trustees,
ard Then owning TIE BrOokline Gas Light com-
eompsRS ana he Boston Gas Light Company,
Prooine esnpsnv Al, is expenses of every nature
vhetsoeysr including . per cent dividend on its
without he purchf-e OF any gas wha ;soever, and
during nc years from thence hitherto the said
sn 70 Sa re saia BrookSs company On I an sTsrsse
~ about the sum of Si5 900 per snnum."
MONEY BORROWED TO PAY DIVIDENDS
The Boston Gas Light Company is the largest Of
the four concerns controlled By the Bay State Gas
Company OF New-Jersey, supplying tour-tenths OF
hss also been a serious impairment Of the capital
e the Bostop Gas Lght Company. the biil alleges.
lssee, has from 1891 70 the present shown con-
S5sll; and Us three sister companies also are
tallng behind, with the result, as alleged. that
Bostoa companies whose stock IS held in pledge
with the Mercantile Trust Company, the dividends
them The necessity for 50 borrowing has arisen Il
pnniss ShrouSh ths eontrsets Teb tsT sose So
controllers. the New England Gas and Coke Com
VIII the companies organized purchased directly