The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-14
READY FOR
RAILROAD MEN
Presidents to Be Heard June
Fl, In Washington
NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED
BY the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion The Heads of the Big
Systems May Give in
Testimony.

| Philadelphia, June 14.-Nhen the iii
4 terstate commerce commission resumed
/ its sessions Yesterday, Commissioner
\ Clements announced that the commits
sion would sit III Washington on June
len, when presidents Of railroad com
/ panies which have been under invcsti-
CATION would be permitted 70 make any
statement or present any defense they
may desire. Previous to the opening Of
| the session the commissioners telegraph
ed their secretary at Washington 70 for
ward official notification to the railroad
presidents. The appearance Of these otii
cials IL optional AS 10 snbpocnas will
be issued.
The presidents invited to attend the
Washington hearing are A. j. Cassatt,
PENNSYLVANIA railroad: Oscar G.. Muir
ray, Baltimore Il Ohio railroad; /. i.
johnson, Norfolk & Western railroad;
George ~ Stevens, Chesapeake 4 Ohio
railroad; VI. II. Scman, New York Cen
4 trail lines, and "A. G.. Yates, Buffalo,
I Rochester n pittsburg railroad
Charles Heebner, counsel for the Bcr-
wind White coal mining company, yes
/ terday fled with the commission as re-
quested. statements of the coal ship
ments by the company To Ilarsinus pier
! during the year 1905, together with the
ear numbers and stenciled weights.
+. II. Whitney, associate counsel for
the commission, flied d statement fur
nished by W, III, Smith, general manager
OF the New York central railroad. cDn-
.cernmg the number OF sidings placed
on the Pennsylvania division in 1905.
\ together with those denied.
Unexpected information was yolun-
4 tccred BY Francis L. Gowan, counsel
for the Pennsylvania railroad, concerning
private ears. VI. herman. secretary DIT
| the STANDARD steel car company, and II.
H. Swartz. chief clerk IN the sales de-
partment OF the Pressed Steel car com.
pany, were examined concerning orders
from the Pennsylvania railroad for ears.
Mr.. Swartz testified that the Pressed
Steel ear company had received orders
\ from the railroad for cars intended for
I the Berwind White company and the
keystone coal and coke company
Who paid for them n asked MIR. Glas-
gov.
| Lawyer Gowam interrupted with the
statement that lie thought It was I'M
derstood that the railroad. having made
the contract, paid for the cars and set
Element for made by the coal companies
with the railroad.
Does the railroad get better price
than independent coal companies" ask
ed Mr. Glasgow.
by ordering large numbers OF cars
the railroad gets the benefit Of q special
rate" Mr.. Swartz replied.
Then | infer that coal company
which gets it, cars through the rail-
road gets the benefit Of that rate, said
Mr.. Glasgow
The witness said he did not know
what price the railroad charged The coal
company.
W. f. Mccullough, auditor Of freight
receipts of the New York central rail.
road, gave considerable technical testi-
mony concerning the company's system
Of auditing coal and oil charges. He
was asked by Commissioner Clements
ii the New York central ever made use
OF blind billing.
/ No. sir; We don't believe in it,
You know what it nIeansf'
"0h, yes; some roads use the term.
II Is charge which does not show
I the rate. and Is marked S. G. o.. which
means that settlement is made through
4 the general Offices"