The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-02
ROADS SHOWED
FAVOR TO RICK.
Alleged Triple Contract Between,
Pennsylvania, B. & o. aid
Coal Company.
HOW PRICES WERE KEPT e. UP.
Reported Agreement Not to De-
liver for Less Than $500 a
Ton in Washington.
HOW PRICES WERE KEPT UP
nv AssocIatcd 1,rcss.)

Will, coal and oil companies, under the
Tilman-G gillespie resolution, was resumed
here to-day j. e. Mulfcld, Of Balti-
more. general superintendent OF motive
power Of the Baltimore and Ohio, was sub
jccted to q searching inquiry by William
A. Glasgow, Jr.,. special counsel OF tho
government, with regard to on alleged
triple agreement between tho Pennsyl-
vnnia, baltimore and Ohio nnd II. c..
Trlck Coal and Coke Company regarding
tho payment Of bills for car repairs. III
which lie sought to show that tho Frick
company was favored In the matter OF
chargesj Witness declared he knew Of
no contract, but admitted that lie had
heard OF some such agreement. The wit.
ness admitted also that so far as tho
Baltimore and Ohio was concerned, tho
Trlch company was not on4 the same
bhsis as :.son1c other people,
The witness was excused after agree.
ing to produce at the hearing IN Phlla-
delphia on Wednesday next any records
in his office which would help establish
what the agreement is between the Bal
tiinore and Ohio and the Prick company.
Mr.. Postlethwaite's Holdings.
The first witness Of the morning was
L. T.. Postlethwnite, assistant to Presi-
dent Cnssatt of the Pennsylvania. Hei
said he had been In his present employ
since 1887. About the only attempt to
get anything out OF him was concerning
his relations with the coal companies
and the land companies along the line
OF the Pennsylvania. he was rather
gruff in his replies, but said In substance
that he had held some comparatively
small interests Of this character about
15O shares, In the Keystone Coaiss and
Coke Company and some 500 In the Al
toona Company. but that he had got
rid OF oil Of these holdings two years
ago and now owned nothing Of the sort.
He was questioned about how he came
to get hold OF the shares, and replied
that he had bought them in the usual
course Of Investment an. had paid for
them partlysin cash and partly through
dividends.
Repairs Of the Frick Cars.
]. E. Mulfcld, general superintendent
OF motive power Of the Baltimore and
Ohio, was the next witness. AttorneytW.
A. Glasgow, who was examining for the
commission, tried to get out OF MN
some facts relating to contract be-
tween the H. G.. tFrlck Coal and Coke
Company and the Baltimore and Ohio
and sP Pennsylvania Railroads. He sTsid
that there was no 4 reference shown 60
hts company IN the distribution OF cars,
and at first denied the existence Of
contract with the Frick company
on the subject Of repairs. Then he adj
mitted that he had heard Of tie exist
ence Of such q contract. but had never
seen II.
There was an objection from the at
torney OF the Baltimore and Ohio, who
suid IL there was such q contract, 1t was
proper to have it called for and pro-
duccd in court.
z Mr.. Glasgow replied with some heat
that lie had bean trying for weeks to
get on the track OF this contract. but
that, though there seemed to be O gen.
ernl understanding as to the existence
no one he had questioned had ever
seen It,.
Preference Admitted.
il There was long wrangle and the W.T.
ness, owing to defective memory or lgno-
rance OF details. was unable TO answer
numerous questions. But finally he ad-
mitted in substance that the Frlck COM
pany was given some preference in the
repairs to It's cars. He said that when
car was brought In for repairs the
eight repairs" as he termed them, were
not charged up to the Frlck company. but
were done by the railroads as matter
of courtesy and good will.
Heavy repairs, such as We're necessary
to keep the cars on the rails, were done
and charged for. but he knew nothing
4 of the details Of the bills. how much
was charged or whether the bills were
ever paid.
Mr.. Glasgow tried to tie him down to
statement Of how much the gratuItoEs
work amounted to In the course OF a
year, but beyond the fact that It cost
from s45 to SIS year to repair each OF
the baltimore and Ohio cars he was
unable to say anything about the repair
bill He was instructed to appear before
the commission In Philadelphia and to
bring with him all the data and clerks
necessary to show how the bills In qucs-
ton were made out and how much was
charged for, and how much was not
Testimony Of Collins,
J.. a. Collins. Of this city, told Of his en-
deavors to get large shipments OF coal
from a West Virginia mine into Wash-
ington, which, however. he was prevent,
ed from doing because Of an alleged
general understanding among the various
railroads not to deliver coal In this city
for less than $500 per ton. He said he
believed the rate was dstrlnatory
parties, The $500 rate, he said com
tpellcd him to abandon his scheme 70
witness stated that the dealer In ques1
ton had been receiving his coal from N
said was the Washlngton end OF the
Mr.. Collins said that no had never been
in the. coal business, but made an unsue-
cessful effort to break IN two years e, ago.
IIe said at that time his son was working
a contract by one miner for run Of 5,na mine e
coal q 90 cents ton at At the m MN
though, coal was being shlpped to- TIE se ga
It was really going for 81 over some Of
the roads. ANYHOW M; Collins 4! thought u i
Into Warrington no would be able 70 clean
UP u fair profit on the W-cent e4al a. 81 th ,e
tons Of the coal in Washington, a. = n
ton, contingent on getting satisfacIpry
end Of ihe problem 10 found that NJ mat
ter how no tried to get, this, coal into
Washingt ten i would cost him $40 , ton,
He said that he tried four or I'VE differ
ont roads and routes, even tried having
he coal SHIPPED UP BY the river from M %
railroad point. But tho com bnntlon ratio