The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
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There waa aisn fnttch eufSuhotative
evidence N DISCRIMINATION IN i9vof N the
tHfwlhd White and keyH'one Coal and
Coke c%ompariea
Tho moe, aianlh,an, fact IN regard ~
IN Vuftisfn ~ the two rrHl rptntanies caHne
through IN IN stter'si sdtnittance ~
tawyet tnwen, ~ orunael fut Tho railroad,
Vim Interrupted M = " iniha'ion dfa wi,ness,
~ aay that tho Pennsylvania Railroad al.
mtted having permitted the B-rwinds
White and Keystone cpal cpmranieat n ave
rrrialh ara Witch wrre beina constructed,
W. had been constructed. by the railroad.
The railroad. he nald. would not dispute
tina, " raid for tha cars and that payment
was afterward made for them by the cpal
oointanies sho reCpiyed the rolling stock
for private cars.
Mr. Gowrn eaid ha understood that this
fac, had zen brought out. but he looked
aomev IN, cha grined AZ Rviug made the
admission when lawyer Glasgow said no
record ~ such facts appea red In the evt-
dence taken so far. and that he hae heen en-
dea voring to secure such facts Tor some
time,
Va Guthrie n large coal operator test.
fed that two years ago he had informed
Vice. President Ptigh OF an attempt 10 make
him pay three cents per ton to a CLERK in
W. " Atterbury's office upon any order Tor
railroad fuel given TO him. A Representa-
tive Of Mr.. Guthrie visited Mr.. A~tterbury's
Office. and, according to the witness. re
ported back that TO get an order Tor com
pany cool he would have to agree TO pay a
clerk named Hot three cents upon each ton
40 shipped. This ia an arrangement similar
10 that worked by Joseph Boyer the clerk
who was dismissed by President Cassatt.
Guthrie called this TO the attention OF
Vice President Pugb, but according 70
the witness no action was ever taken IN tine
matter
Mr.. Guthrie also told Of having relin-
quished when engaged in the organization
OF coal companies a portion OF his stock
which he understood was TO be gwen to
certain railroad men who had TO be taken
care Of" He also frankly admitted at
W klNc OWN W ,''oh
field, who retired from the railroad service
on June /. Schoield refused it. In tell
some of the stock OF the Green
wich Coke Company was disposed OF the
witness said that he had secured an option
upon most Of the and taken up by the
and that he had a gentleman's
agreement with Congressman George ii.
Huff that he was to get one-third OF the
What he did get was s25, 900 worth OF stock
z. q - t-tol ,aa,,a nj q 4 DEn nn0
Attorney Glasgow received a letter to-day
direct demand from the secretary OF the
Of managers OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, giving the names OF the SIX
managing directors Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. They are:
Decatur Axtelle, vice-president, Chesa-
peake and Ohio; W. H. Newman, president
New York Central: Samuel Rea, vice-presi-
lent Pennsylvania Railroad; George w.
president Chesapeake and Ohio;
j. r. Thayer, vice-president Penn
Railroad.
With four members of the six on the
executive committee the Vanderbilt-C assatt
is supreme.
1t had been supposed that the Pennsyl-
road alone was interested and the New
York Central interest came as a surprise.
In the Baltimore and Ohio community
Of interest it was shown that the Pennsyl-
vania alone ia Interested. having four OF
.t VI IDtiDDtlr' I've ANSi ioih oi'' N'
srn Railway executive committee has
two Pennsyivan MIA men ont Of five on that
body. Two others are officials of the
road, while the fifth seems a stranger in
his community OF. interest idea, He is
Victor Morawetz Of New York. Who he
represents is more or less Of a mystery.
MI. Mora wetz is chairman Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe road, which would
a Gould influence.
That President Csssatt Of the Pennsyl-
r lilroad or the chief executives of the
other roads whose coal traffic cuisines has
or invited to testify before the commission
was the announcement made by Commits
sioner Clements at the opening of to-day's
session. The Commissioner gave the an
nouncement in this manner,
we hereby announce that beginning with
June FL the commission will sit at Washing
ton and be prepared to hear any witnesses
OF any testimony which any of the railroads
affairs have been inquired into may
deaire TO bring before us"