Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-25
RH Large Vas The First. Witness
B.lOlt ibo Interstate Commerce
Commission To-day.
QUESTIONED BY LAWYER
he Admitted That lh1 HarsImus Pier,
id JIay City, IS Operated Only
Oj Ile BtlT ad- White Coal Co.
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fmedclphia Pa NAY 25.-R. r.
iJlie ass.s'ant coal hcglt agent of the
fennsy,ama Rmhcad wac the hst
Nl'h.ss l~ioia the Interstate Commerce
'olnmisson today He was questioned
con oinmg coal tariffs ffcm thc bnumi-
nous -g.ers 90 tie HmMmus pier. in
Jtisy 3 NY Counsel fer the commission
iead a clause in the tauf schedule 20 the
clisc. that The rahoad hae facilities at
The pier and asked Mr. LARGE If that
INFANT that the pier had hocn ensed to
the tefwpd-Nhle Coal Go. The wit
ness said he understood that the land had
Been leased TO the Perwind- White Co
and that The pier had been built by the
coal company He admitted that Il was
operated only hy the Berwind-White Co
ana any other company wishing 70 dis
charge coal al Harsimus would be com
PEELED to secure the consent of the Ber-
wind-Nhie Co He had no knowledge
Of any other company ever having used
the pier
The witness was next questioned CON
oerning allowances made bv the Pennsvl-
vana Railroad 20 coal companies which
operated spurs or branch lines from their
lines 10 the main line of the railroad. He
said an allowance Of 10 cents ton was
given TO the Millwood Coal Co for this
service, the Latrobe-C Connellsville Coal
and Coke Co. receiving an allowance Of
II cents and the Glen White an allowance
OF % cents a ton for similar service
Attorney Glasgow asked the witness
If It we're not a fact that for u years prior
to 1902 this allowance was made to the
Lstrohe-l onnellsville Co.. when that COM
pany had no engines of its own and the
spur was operated by the railroad. Mr.
Large had no knowledge on the subject
but J. G. Searles. general coal freight
agent, who was sitting close to the wit
ness, told the commission that such was
the case and that It was after 1902 the
railroad learned that the coal company
had no engines.
Mr. Glasgow asked the witness if the
Susquehanna Coal and Coke Co. operates
the Greenville pier, in New York harbor
Mr. Large said yes This company
is a hard coal concern owned BY the Penn
sylvania Railroad Mr. Large said the
pier was leased by the railroad to the
coal company and was used for loading
supply coal on tugs The Susquehanna
company, he said. contracted for soft
coal and handled both anthracite and
bitminous on the pier An allowance
was made to the company for discharg-
ing the coal. No other coal companies
made use OF the pier.
when trains OF coal were made up in
the Pennsylvania Railroad territory for
the Berwind-White Co. they went
through without stop at Altoona, did
they not ?" asked Mr. Glasgow.
'Yes."
1T was not weighed then ?"
"NO."
"Why not ?"
Principally because Of freight con-
gestion in the Altoona yards.
Commissioner Knapp wanted to know
how the weight was determined and the
witness said the rate was applied on the
maximum capacity Of the cars. Mr.
Large was not certain whether the coal
shipped by other companies was allowed
to pass Altoona without being weighed
The coal is now being weighed
"What ] am trying to determine,
said Mr.. Glasgow. lis that large ship
ments Of coal made by Berwind-WhitC
20 tidewater were not weighed. "
THAT is true