Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-08-17
ICE INQU|RYA TOLEDO
CONVICTED MANAGER TELLS OF
DEALS WITH ROAD
PAID NO RENT oNFREiGhT
Eneiays es tine RairruSs Astss ~
ssillas Assns for the ses csa-
ssrns His Salary osIaG Paid
~ ene 7ar,nt Company

Tcbsstcs O-Iusun C. Clements.
member cf ths tntsrs-ats cpumsrcs
ernmt:sstcns Tuesday began IN In
auirT Gu behalf cf thu government.
into the rSlRaions between the rail-
roads entering Toledo ant the ice
csmcantss zh1pptaS ever thass lines.
Josarh 4 Miller manager OF the
Toie,ta Ice 4 Cral COMPANY, and ere
of the usn senaencs,. to the weak.
house hy ,Tlntga EtnEatss far eccsyir.
acT Ii restraint OF trade. WAS the first
witness called ey the gcTsrumsnt.
Mflfer7s testimony WIS to- the effect
thar grsviGUa to tTs YEARS ago, when
he became mlaagsr OF the tee crrI-
gangv he WAS purchasing agent for the
Ann Arhsar raiIrunsts huI while IN
agent tor III. road he had sold tcs for
the ice company and Wis gans By
the rcad. amt sh.fr Wellington 2. BURT.
president Of the Am ArsUr. dmt Ear-
TT AxhIsy, general u1a1a.gsrs ware I'll
rsc1nrs ct the ice company an6 that
practically all the stock In the tea
crc13aay was owned by the ratlruaii
pecple.
lie further tssrtta,t that the of.ica
Ct the ice company is IucaEeti CO Al1
Aracr railroad property but that nG
rsn. was rasi The TOO or tai MEN
SAINT each year by the trs c9ngans
To cut les were CARRIED free by tina
Ann Artcr rras u11tI tsd4, when Z
4eus-- .,f
Caa- Is manager OF the aes cgEeaa!
be travelled ever the rua1i On III an
ntlaT pazs.
Tte HcaE iMgcr-a1. WITNESSES OF 1hH
Rtssrucun session Wis Wellington Il.
srr-. cncs receiver ali president Gil
tts Ann Araor rat1ruaa Mir. Burt
ssstlsf,sG he VIE president OF the ruat
when the Toledo Lee Z Coal cprIpan-
WIS organized. thar he ssIggsasIsat Iits
aud cGaxsi the eupIoFet
at tire ratlrcai to hs.nme z1ncahoLtJ
srs IN the cunesrn. but that he did not
know the read Carried freight for tint
iga ccuga1g trss Of charge. He lnew
the tca company wa.s uai1g the rail-
rcni real estate Is q basis Of opera
tMnlz suI thia WIS done hF other
which pruGl1cs freight.
In regard TO free CT re,snIca.t freight
rates. fur the ice cCmga1T,, Mr. Balrr
said It Is the cE1sEnm It'd hIll freight
Ii hall raEgs tar building up INDUS
tries.
%l1an asAEd bg Commissioner
-IsmenEs II be did rot think 1T Bad
gslScy for III official OF d railr1n; tG
D. intsrss1Esf IN t1siIsErie=s along TIE
11s. a1tt THIS be IN Engi-i1n to- dis.
IN ra1ss MIR BRIrt repliett
mat If be had Il. To to Qger again ha
would Go exactly Al he dir; In Grttsr GlsJ
aIlili 10 the BUSINESS Gf his ruHd.
Employees CT the AMI Ari,Gr GEssEitits.i
thai supplies aud nen were CARRIED
1Eer the rsad trsH ct Charge Ton the
TCieiC Zee & CGaI cnmvanE.
E.. FL. Msggrs. local freight agent of
he. Fers Marguen1s rai1ruai., WIS the
asE wfrnasa tGr the, aIy.. He, s;If5 the
Michigan Lake Iesy campany WIS the
;ri1ctgal shipper OF ice over his road,
INT he had n0 rscnr,.s El1 show rt1ad
ne camaauy ~a4 given 4 lcEer rare
LII cIdar iee shippers. When aska,i
n furnish tha3 f,,ss rates. OF his ruaIt
e Ia himself would want TO KNOW
INA. tdag wsrs, the wtI1esa laughing
r satE he: did aGE think he w1llEt l2
rncT, nut vGuIt try End GET lils i'll
armal1cn.