The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

Q. What has been gaur under
standing as TO the use y thaj terri
tory by the citv Elm perrissive2
!. i permis-ivc use 81 IN" x OF
way a. they z not Use Tor i hem
selves. and allowed the to~n 70 Use II.
f. what / have always understood.
on ernss-eNar1ina1ipn the witness
said in part.
-. 1t is still your understanding
that the citv 81 High Point uses what
il called High street II the pleasure
% the railroad
4. Certainly.
Q. And the same him is true. I
suppose. VI Broad street,
\. Yes. sir
And again:
Q. I believe YOU also are interested
in the Southern Railway or some Of
its branches
4 l have a small amount Of stock
in one Of the branches.
= = Tnl'f High point. RsndIeman.
Asheborc Z Southern.
g. How much
a. ] have forgotten, think l. Is
three or four shares.
@. Who did you get that stock
from?
A. I obtained it from, the company.
@. Was il issued To You from the
treasurer
A. It was issued to me from the
treasurer 1T the time that / bought
and paid for il.
@. When?
A. When the road was built.
@. Are you a director IL that road
A.. Yes. sir.
@. What dividends do YOU get on
that stock?
A.. have never received my.
- ~ ,rI,- 90, ar,r aN~ - a1.
privileges by reason Of your being q
director?
a. Yes.
O.. What "a YOU get?
y. 7 have a pass.
@. A pass over the High Point,
Asheboro and Randleman road?
\. Yes.
@. Does it pass YOU anywhere?
a. 1t passes me ON Bart of the
Southern.
q. What cart?
\. From here to Washington.
@. From High Point to Washing
ton?
a. Yes, in North Carolina ana Vir-
ginia.
@. It passes YOU ali over North
Carolina, Virginia and on TO Washing
ton?
\. Yes, sir.
@. Do you use your pass much?
A. Occasionally l DO
@. How often?
A. | cannot tell YOU; / have occa-
sion to travel some in my business.
@. BY reasOn of your having stock
0 are given a pass, and by reason
of our having a pass the stock is
very valuable to you, is il not
A. Yes. sir. l should have stated to
you that | got the stock from the
company before it was acquired by
the southern. when the rOad was first
organized. | was made president OF
the original company. Afterwards it
was transferred to the Richmond &
Danville.
@. How long have YOU been given
a PASS over the Southern"
A. l have had that ever since the
Asheboro road was built.
Q. How long is that?
A. / do not recollect the year. !;
think it is some dozen years or more.
Q. Do YOU know why the Southern
Railway gives you a pass to Washing
on, because of your dictatorship in
the road to AsheborO?
\. 1t is customary to give directors
passes, | believe.
@. Do you know w that custom
is established between the roads and
the directors?
A.. | do not know that.
Q. Can YOU give us any reason why
the Southern Railway should furnish
You transportation TO Washington and |
Charlotte?
A. No. no more than thew do for
others. They do the others the same
way.
@. Do YOU understand thai the
Railway Company extends
The same privilege to theirs as we'll
as to yourself? |
A. 1t is the CUSTOM, | OF |
the
Q. Do YOU know why they make
custom?
A. No, except that it is just the
custom of the road.
Q. Can you imagine any reason |
they established the custom. not
only in your case. but generally? i
a. 1t is Z custom that is followed, |
suppose, by all railroad companies. |
Q. Did you ever know a man who |
held a dictatorship in q small road
and had a pass over the Southern
Hallway, as o have, that was not
friendly to the Southern Railway?
A. Well, ! suppose they are likely
to be friendly, ii they are directors
in the o they are very likely to be
friendly.
G. Don't YOU think that the reason
they give passes is to get riends scat
tered round over the country?
A. Possibly SO.
Q. This is not the FIRST time they
- Z civ oii Soo GS q 4
a. L think l nave never been a
witness before.
@. They have had, some little agi-
tation recently in Washington about
freight rates suggested by a man
by the name of Roosevelt, l believe?
A. Yes. sir.
@. There is a great deal of talk go
on about it?
A. Yes.
@. l believe You must know the
that public sentiment is VERY
strong with Roosevelt on his propo-
sition to give some legal body power
TO regulate freight charges.
A. There is a great difference of
opinion about that.
q. You do not think there is much
doubt about where public sentiment
is?
\. I question whether all the SEN
timent is with Mr.. Roosevelt now.
g. | mean a = ajoritg
A. | question neither the majority
IS.
Q. | believe you Went TO Washing
as a witness before the Senate