The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-26
CASSATT HELD
RESPONSIBLE.
Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany Proves Rotten to
the Core.
SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL
DISCRIMINATION IN ITS WORST
FORM.


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= Philadelphia. May 25.-AnnouuCe-
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= railroad office in this city that Pres e
= dent Cassatt sailed for home from =
= CheTbOUrg. France. this morning. y
y Mr. Cassatt went abroad for hOli- =
= day trip on May Q. It is believed y
y that the revelations made before the y
= Interstate commerce commission are =
= responsible for Mr.. Cassatts sudden =
y change of plans He IS expected TO =
= reach this country Saturday, June . y
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Philadelphia May 2J.-SeversI interest
ing developments marked the closing ses-
sion of the interstate commerce commits
sion's investigation into the alleged dis
elimination by railroads in the distribU-
ton of cars in the bitUminOus coal fields
The commission adjourned today 10 meet
at time and place 70 be decided upon
later Next week the members of the
commission will 60 10 Washington TO eT-
anime the evidence presented during the
hearings in this city. and II IS likely the
examination will be resumed in that city
either the latter part Of next week or
early the following week.
Cassatt Held Responsible.
Testimony Of a sensational character
was given today. Albert Won BoyenbuTg
general manager of the Reakert Brothers
company, coal operators with offices IN
I
l that within the last two and half years
his cOmpany's car supply had been 50
inadequate that the business had been
practically ruined. He declared that 9th
eT companies had been favored in the
distribution of cars. and said he had no
doubt that discrimination had been pr8C-
ticed against his company because II had
failed 10 make gifts of stock TO the rail
road officials. He gave il as his opinion
that President a. J. Cassatt was TespOn-
sibIc for the discrimination
Favored Companies.
Through railroad employees it was de
Veioped that for number Of years and
until recently. the BeTwind-White com
pauys coal was shipped TO tidewateT
without being weighed Instead, the rail
road estimated the weight of each car
by adding Z per cent to the capacity fig
ureS stenciled on the car. 1t was also
shown that the SUsQuehanna Coal COM
pany- which is owned by the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad company, has the CXClU-
Sive use Of the GTeeuville pier. New York
haTbOr. and has a virtual monopoly Of
/ the sale Of bunker coal to tugs and small
steamers.
1t was brought out that certain coal
companies are given allowances for op-
Grating branch lines or spurs from their
lines to the main lines. and that the rail
road made this allowance to the LatTObe-
Connellsvilie company when the spur was
operated by the railroad.
Evidence Of an Agent.
Joseph L. Crawford. agent of the
branch lines of the Pennsylvania railroad
testified that ne held stock in the Cam
bTia Coal company and the Big Coal De
veIOpmeut company. Other Pennsylvania
railroad men interested in this latter
company he said. were Effingham 3
Morris and Samuel Rea, fourth vice pres
ident. Mr. Morris is one Of the directors
Of the railroad appointed on the special
committee to investigate the connection
Of company officials with various coal
companies.