The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-08
CASSATT'S MEN
SAY HE KEPT PURE
President of the Pennsylvania
Road Not Guilty of Any
WrOngd0ing.
MINOR OFFICIALS GUILTY
MORE TESTIMONY ON THE RE
BATE SYSTEM.

Philadelphia. June New light was
shed today on the motives leading L.
the abolition Of freight rebates 5y tue
railroads when james McCre8. first
vics-president OF the Pennsylvania COM
pary. appeared before tie interstate
commerce commission IT.. McC'rea IA
Nored publicity iu the rating If mite
md the distribution Of cars. He eur
nr.sed the commissioners hv 1nuouu'
ing that for nearly two years and ub
IL The time OF President Cdssatts ra-
cent departGTe for Europe the board
~ directors ti the Pe1usylvaui1 rail-
road. of which 10 is member. hud
been considering means for eliminating
thc private car. He declared that the
company has concluded that the use
~ theEe cars IS unwigg.
Toward the cenc.us on Of mis- tcstinu-
- Attorney Glasgow asked ar. Nc
Cred when President CassItt decided
90 stop r-oa tins
"J1st ae soon as he eot control OF
the pennsylvania rdilroad-th8t Was u
ia 1889" said Mr- NcCre1.
other Directors Pleased.
Tie declared that The. directors of 9th
er To#ds were plcS scd with the idea -
1boliehinE rebates whom the subject
was brought o. jnsir JttCut en-. Mir
IrtrC8 admitted finally that tie rebst-
i1iG stpUrCJ vh-1 tho community 0f in
trrCsts Ilru started lie asserted trGt
tho shipper WAS never 30 fairly treated
IS nov. He has stable rates and is
placed I'm a fcir position with his Cuu-
UHtituTg
There were other interesting develop
merits during the session which vJs
protrECtcd until IS O'Clock. Joseph h.
aiken. chief clerk tr 4. J. Mitchell
sUu' rintendent 0f tho Monou Eanels riv-
vr division, admitted Owning stock ID
numerous coal companies. some. or
which was given jn him while for the
other shares be paid q privilege price.
He also testified to having pad % JJ-
SeFh-BoyeFs former chief clerk to- \. "
Gibbs. > cents ton as commission for
fuel coal which UrC of his companies
furnished 90 tho railroad
X. =. Potter. president 0f tire pouo-
hoe Cuel and gok, company. charged
IHst the PENNSYLVANIA railroad had
pructiced gross discrimination in tEH
distribution Of GERS to- his company.
D. 0ne car p day was his allotment for
seven months. ne declared.
been chief clerk I'm the office of the
superintendent of tine MCnJnzahela riv-
er division Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
revealed almost as startling evidence
as that given Ly Joseph Boyer before
he commission yesterday. On sal
1rv which he sEid varied from $50 to
1925 Der month Aiken had purchased
stocks in different coal companies
amounting to nearly $4,000. He admit
led having received gifts Of cash frcW
coal operators on the Pcnnsy lyBuia liEes
and he'd also received so q month Cor
several m, nths from a company store.
Stopped to Reflect.
AR. Aiken gave some interesting tes-
1inuny. At the outset ne showed a dis
position to spar with Attorney glasgow.
after almost every question ne would
stop to reflect. cast his eyes upon The
ceiling ana then rcreat the question
Iefore- answering. He told Of large coal
company interests which ne said he had
purchased with his own money. When
Mr.. GlSsEow- wanted TO know how ha
got the m,nev he answered "hy jas
cioUs investment of my salary.
In 1900 witness turned q profit Cf 500
30 by selling an option on coal lands TO
the PittsJuy2 md BIffalo coal COM
rsnv. Witness confirmed the testiWo-
uy of Joseph 3. Boyer who sai55 yesteT-
9ay that Aiken had paid him cents a
ton for coal which the Duni'irk Coal
company furnished 20 tie railroad, Tor
which Boyer worked
Money Came Easy.
Mr.. Aiken candidly admitted that
the money was given 10 Boyer for the
business which Boyer could givr. Mr..
Vixen has received $3.50 from coal COM
uaniaS because his position with the
~ailroed made him valuable 70 TIE coal
,pmpanies. witness said ne owned 500
shares OF the Brc zneu Coal company
far which he had paid $4,000 This is
M the rate of $50 share, but the COM
pauN's books show that 500 n share
Uss paid Mr. Glasgow admitted that
the books showed that price. but doubt
"a that that price had really been paid.
ANOTHER CHIEF CLERK.
.PhlladclnhIa Iane I.-TcaLlfving be-