The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-07
Railway Officials Get a. a.
Neat Rdke.Off7 From
Producers Of Coal
THE TESTIMONY
WAS STARTLING.
Three to Five Cents Allowed on.
Each Ton Of Fuel Sold Rail-
roads, and Gifts Accepted Y
by Officials Because
Predecessors Had ~
Done Likewise. !ssg
iIBY Associated Press. J

(By Associated Press. S5s
! PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-That he 6
accepted gifts OF stock amounting to &
$1,000 and money aggregating more than n
$4,000 from coal mining companies dur,
ing q period of about three years, was Y
admitted to-day by Joseph Boyer, chief
clerk In the Office Of A.. w. Gibbs, super
3lntcndent OF motive power Of tho Penn-@
sylvania Railroad. S!SiSSg giissi
Mr.. Boyer purchases the fuel coal
used In the locomotives OF the conl-s M
pany, and the donors OF the gifts were
fuel to the railroad. Mr.. Boyer named
five companies which allowed him from
three to five cents on each ton sold a i;
the railroad company. He declared that
he never asked for the allowance ,g but
accepted It.. because he believed he was \
following q custom Of the departments .aH
In fact one OF the coal company ofIicials
told him that he had paid itn bel fore and 4
wanted to continue paying II to- q the Y
witness. # i($tt
Mr.. Boyer denied that Is he d ivided the
money with any otller official 4 or mployes
Wrestled With Cons science: igS
@ a. 81 W. #%3 Gibbs, Mr. Boyer9s superloEs
officer. on the stand, said lie was un; ;##S
aware that such Conditions existed d 4 inS
his department. SN1r. Boyer sal q; he was Y
at first dislnclined to accept the money
but. after thinking It over, decided that
he was doing nothing unusua s
b How long did you #Wrdstle With tsybi1tss u
conscience J. queried Commits n ionsr clelll;ssI
ent 8 The itness Id; no Z, kIio w. saS
NJ *. Reeves. assist ri Is Ice sPresi Nh
dent ad nj ted tist llad
David vilia rs Colonef shsSs
said purchased some OF; s5lifs holdings sffg
the Keystone Coil and Coke Comp y.aI
paying him sac, 900 for It. M r.f Reeves
stated that he has known Col onel, Hum
since boy oyl1ood, and declared the la tier II
knew he was. not In a position to favor
him when stock was presented SSa
NJ a number &&of employees Of "a TIL eS Balti.$
more and Ohio Railroad were examined
during the afternoon session, 81 and 81 tho 4
commission ndeavored, throug h sz ..33S
Aluhlfed general el ; superi|ntt ttender,t
81 Tive power, to learn something concern.&
ing the arrangement q between the ra il-SSs
road and the II. 4 c.. Frick Coal Company
concerning the repairing Of cars. IS ss2
Some Startling T Testin ony.
i Mr.. Muhlfeld admitted that the Frickss
Company had an advantage over other
coal 3lconlpnnies,s but was una BILE TO tell
why. He said 1T had been. the practice
for the past ten years. but he did not
know the terms Of the agreement; II one 4
existed + s!ggss s$53i4 s3$S
.In It's entirety the testimony of Mr.. "a
Boyer. who took the stand when tfaS;
hearing began this morning, was Of d "
startling character. Bs III 81
His stockholdings were only a small
portion of the gifts he admitted recatving
( from coal mining companies. /. In 4 his Ca =
,pacty as purchaser Of fuel coal, he tes-
titled that he had received from five;
companies an allowance Of from three 4
10 five cents a ton on coal used BY the
railroad for fuel kpurposes. ~ 856s
81 During the period from the la tier part Il
of 1903 to date he has received a total
OF more than SAC, 900. The money was Il
first sent TO him IN cash. but Il later.
Hastings, of Second National Bank Il 81
Altoona. and placed on deposit for Boyer,
Tho companies which made him the nl-SS
zloWnnce were tho Graft Coal Company 3I
the Clearfield and Granton Coal Cons Az
pany, the Dunkirk Conl /, Company,
Thomas Blythesand Company, and Smith
and Turner. The Graf Con Company a
allowed him tlve cents ton, and the
Clcartield and Granton Company gave
him share In the profits, which amount-;
ed to not less than four cents ton,
Blythe and Company gave him three cents
q ton. & Isffss ss82$8
No Discrimination.
b. Fle was asked why he discriminated In
favor OF Blythe and Company. He re-st
piled that he did not discriminate as R
the money came to him without solici-4
taton or any effort on his part. He be- III
lieved that the money had been paid In KS
the same manner to his predecessors III 9l5
office and believed that he was only fol-#5s
lowing the custom of tho department.
What did YOU do with the money ?''I8
asked Attorney Glasgow NJ
1T kept 1t all
did you not share 1t with others I'm
tho employ OF the ralroad?"
"No, SIR ! kept 1t ALL" sa$
Mr., Boyer said thta for the money n,
lie received from the coal companies he 4
did what he could for them.
Asked to explain this. he said he dis, Il
trlbuted the orders OF fuel coal among "
these companies TO the best advan ntage
did you ever refuse any money ~
Yes" sSl3 f5gs
"Why?" ss,iF9
We'll didn't know the people who
offered IT. 3l
Estimate Of Allowance. 5s
y Mr.. Boyer said his salary is seas a ~;
month. His stockhodinss are worth at Y
par somethlnB more lhan Nl l,OOO Mt
Glasgow read from The records the pur- ;
chases OF coal made from the companies, e,
which gave tho allowance showing q a.
steady increase, Roughly estimated, the s
money received BY Mr., Boyer from the s
company mentioned, was as follows: 81 55
Graf Coal Company. $1,000; ClearAelds
ana Granton Company, 5000; Dunkirk
Company, Sl,S50; Smith and Turner, SIS, 4. "
80: Thomas Blythe. 2,00o. NM sSEsS
Mr. Glasgow said he understood thar ~
these payments had ceased last March. s
He wanted to know Why,
Mr., Royer said he had no, Inquired tha
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