The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
More Sensational Testimony in
 Pennsylvania Gases
ONE EMPLOYE IS BRAZEN
Commissioner Almost stupefied When Boyer Openly Admitted He Had Ae- cepted s46,ooo From Coal
 Companies in 3 Years.

 abolition of freight rebates by the rail- roads when James McCrea, first vice president of the Pennsylvania company. which operates the Philadelphia lines west of Pittsburg. appeared as witness before the interstate commerce commission.
 MT. McCrea expressed himself as favor able to publicity in the renting of mines and the distribution of cars. He sur prised the commissioners and their coun- sel by announcing that for nearly two years and up to the time of President Cas- satt's recent departure for Europe, the board of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad, of which he is a member, has been considering means for eliminating the private car from the lines of the company. He declared the company had concluded that the use of these cars was unwise.
 cassatt Decided to Stop 1t.
 Towards the conclusion of his testimony Attorney Glasgow asked Mir McCrea when President Cassatt decided to stop relating.
 Just as soon as he got control of the Pennsylvania; that was in 1SS9" said Mir McCrea.
 Simultaneously the community of in- terest plan was adopted. was it not?' was Mir Glasgow's next question
 MT. McCrea said he was not certain as to that. He then entered into a lengthy explanation of the rebate system and declared that the directors of other roads were pleased with the idea of abolishing 1t when the subject was brought to their attentie He said he thought it ques- tions if rebating would have been volt. lily stopped by the railroads Afterreplying to numerous questions MT JfcCrea admitted finally that the relating stopped when the community of inter ests plan started. He asserted that the shipper was never so fairly treated as now He has stable rates and is placed in a fair position with his competitors.
 Admits Owning Stock.
 Joseph K. Aiken, chief clerk to A G. Mitchell. superintendent of the Mononga- hela river division of the Pennsylvania railroad, admitted owning stock in numer- ous coal companies, some of which was given to him. while for the other shares he paid a privileged price.
 S. r. Potter. president of the Donohoe Coal and Coke Company. whose operations are located in Westmoreland4 county, charged that the Pennsylvania railroad had practiced gross discrimination in the distribution of cars to his company One car day was his allotment for seven months, he declared. He said also that a detective sent by his company to de- termlne the rating of the Loyal Hanna mine had been fired upon.
 Joseph Boyer Dismissed.
 Joseph Boyer, the Pennsylvania railroad employe who yesterday testified before the interstate commerce commission to having received large sums of money and other gratutious from producers of coal on the Pennsylvania railroad lines, was dis missed from the service of the company. When the matter was brought to the att tention of President Cassatt he directed the immediate discharge of Boyer.
 Boyer in his testimony yesterday said that he had accepted more than $46,0O0 from coal mining companies during pe- riod of three years. He chief clerk in the office of A. w. fsfSbs, superintend- ent of motive power for the Pennsylvania Railroad company and purchased the fuel coal used in the locomotives for the com pany. The doners, he said, were five diff ferent coal companies which furnish coal to the railroad. Boyer's testimony was of a sensational character. He testified he had been allowed from to cents on each ton sold to the railroad company in such matter of fact manner that the commissioners were almost supplied by the startling admissions.
 MT Gibbs further said that he had not the authority to order fuel coal from a particular company.
 "rhe companies were designated by or ders from Broad street station, were they not?" oueried MT. Glasgow. ',The orders came from the general man. ager" replied the witness.
 MT. Gibbs said that he exercised his orerogative of reducing the supply of fue. coal furnished by a particular operation if he thought conditions warranted 1t. The records showed that the supply fur nished by the Lucesco company had been cut down 40O0 tons in 1904.
 MT Gibbs was asked if he knew that w. K Patton. assistant to President Cassatt, was interested in that com pany.
 He had heard He reduced the sup ply, however, because the quality of the coal was not so good that furnished by other companies.
 Shows Disposition to Spar.
 Joseph K. Aiken. who has been chief clerk in the superintendents office of the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvana railroad, gave some interesting testimony At the outset he showed a disposition to spar with Attorney Glasgow. He told of large coal company interests which he said he had purchased with his own money. When MT. Glasgow wanted to know how he got the money he answered by judicious investment of my salary
 What Is your salary?" asked MT. Glas- gow,
 ''what is my salary? Oh. it has varied from sSO to s126 a month."
 Its s12s now?'
 Yes. it's s12G now"
 \''Well. will you tell the commission how yIou could save enough money out of that salary to make such large pur- chase of stocks?"
 T don't care about giving my private history to the public. Still turned s20,0O0 out of a coal deal in 1900.
 How was that?'
 'fIow was that? Well. had some op-