The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06

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Insid er, Fl sburg Dispatch.1
IL IS NOT generally known that Dan:
lei G,Day. he "a nous official OF the
rs aldard OIL Company, wa 8 one time
ID possession OF an order from Jay
sIsosll d, Il len IN control OF the Erie,
sEaIlEoad IN association with Fisk, to
seize sink cars Wherever he found
them and send them wherever he
flat the a aEs when
n of tran spoTted on rail-
roads and IT. sstas also at time when
SDsBsy desiresl ger t3i1c ,'ct.Sfsis.Ss:g5
of oil sport alton from the Penn
hal been an
q len. G5s3s1fle had stssrt-
BAD revolt on
ing Business. and
N csfogsss rsas eae only
sfasg2rse frt;2 So .'s9s U
Isssss:s Taiis,oad system.
2st,:a;5a oa7
81 tl.ca l5s;z5i-
~ cat Eci ts
lJy nj - ne
h5sfi made e9sgg E5rcyi-:
cat aI':ng 10 the leeds Of the
9sDag Determined to Dir
silaess TO tiie Erie but
some reason here was strong op-.
pos mon tfla. officials tssof
sg1.eat deal oi friction
& en- asisted bet Waan the FennsyIva-
he shippers. and the Erie,
eoui5 was anxious 10
gcares business as tapFed The
s ans Gus 10 we every possible en-
he necessary arrange
made and the Pennsy-l-
forrnaI notified that e,
contracts were TO be broken.
ennsy leania treated the mat
conn osnre, as it felt that in
Is q hort me iloWed the Erie. could
not posgib secure sufficient equip
gnent 10 hand e She business. as tanks
necessary barrel racks and a.
il satl zion TO the rolling stock.
II stoaei Back and resolved that in
Il interim II would be absolutely
FraniI,ai Isory upon the shippers to use
/. En- nife line. and then the rates
pou!d. made 50 stilf that the Eric
a severe lesson 1t
ed make the traffic 50 ruin
olssSt lle.t ippers would be glad
So turn he Pennsylvania.
Days determination,
81 character and tireless ener-
~ icl, l,reVanted the success OF the
Penn ssslsaIiia scheme He had I'M
raveled SOM pretty bad spots in the
freisll tatgle Of he oil county be-
Il was prepared for almost
s3sal lergency. he expected every
+ distance, howeYel:, at the hands OF
y q f6ciais and one day he dis
sscaeereds that instead OF assisting him
INV hey ere placing every obstacle in
Il had been called to New
" Could for conference,
and he vas Informed that the general
manager Of the system had reported
1t he Erie was wholly unable TO
s3Escopa ith the Increased business pro
S#possa He had stated that any such
ssai ditionaT business would mean loss
J: her points and in addition the
company had not sufficient cars. II
re- ACT lle Eisa IS told the road was not in
proper condition TO increase its traf-
nay nIfolded his plan for the
N sEricoth t ing5ol OF difficulties ana he
sserted that he was perfectly willing
s suf1sl ertake the task if he was Civ
y en- the, support he should receive from
sest 4 go al Mr.. Gould assured him
s5s every s1ap port at the hands OF the rail
.5sssroafd and went further Re sum
ssssr1onsd5 the general manager repeated
ia "a ssnrances and requested that Off
GER; seefer 70 enter into further details with
81 r. 9ay, The latter retired With
ne General manager, who became en-
raged AZ the seeming eGrontery of
s VIZ Day IN going over his head and
3 IN interfering with his business. lie re
pea red hat he had told Mr.. Gould.
nat The read could not handle the
business