Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-16
lone More Witness Will Be Examined
in Behalf Of the Prosecution.
Interstate Commerce Commission Investigating the
Existence Of an Alleged Grain Trust.

that their firm had been boyCotted be
cause it persisted in buying grain from
farmers elevator companies instead
Of solely from members Of the Grain
Association.
A number of letters were introduced
in which members Of the Illinois Asso-
citation protested against the firm doing
business with men whom it termed ir-
regular.
Because the firm declined to follow
the expressed wishes Of the Illinois AS
ISOLATION all the members of the or
ganization. it was said. had refused TO
DO any business with il.
NJ. X. Carr an independent dealer
in grain, claimed that he had been ru-
ined by the grain combination and by
the discrimination Of the railroads.
The witness then broke into TRADE
against the President, attorney general
and the members Of the commission
for having paid no attention to the
statement which he declared had been
submitted 70 them in the past
Findl|y. Ohio. Oct. 1.-THE trial OF
the Standard Oil Co. Of Ohio for alleged
conspiracy against trade was resumed
today
The prosecution occupied the day
with witnesses who are connected with
the Standard or its alleged constituent
companies. The trial attracted few
persons. today.
John O'Brien. Of Lima. Ohio. superin-
tcndCllt Of the Buckeye Pipe Line Co
was put on the stand Immediately after
the opening. When asked what was his
business. the witness appealed to the
court. He said the answer would tend
t. incrininatc him and asked for i'm
munity from further proseC ution. At
torncy Phelps for the defense remark
ell
We'll. | guess we will have to make
him immune" and the court ordered
the witness to answer questions. This
order extends the immunity. No more
objection to answering questions was
made ana the witness. after stating he
was superintendent Of the Lima division
of the company. gave the geograp nical
bounds Of his division.
Mr.. O'Brien described the process Of
gathering the oil from the producers
tanks. which hold from 60 to 100 bar
rClS each from where the oil is run into
storage tanks. In the several counties,
comprising the Lima division. the COM
ranY has between 500 and 600 storage
tanks. each Of which holds about 80 900
barrels. On the west Of the division.
the connecting line with that Of the
company is the Indiana Pipe Co.
Although Attorney Phelps said it was
well known that the Indiana Pipe Line
ran to the refinery at Whiting, Indiana
the witness said he had never been to
Whiting and could not testify from
knowledge. There was also an eastern
connection for the interest Of the Buck
eyS. but witness could give no details
Mr. O'brien said he had for more than
a year been a director in the Buckeye
90. lie was present at the last an
nual meeting Of the company held at
Lima ana voted the proxy Of the Stand
ard Oil Go. Of New Jersey. At this
meeting there were present Il. l.. Bates,
secretary Of the Buckeye: r. A. Nc
Laughlin. and Mr. Bell of Oil City, Pa.
The witness said his company gathered
from between $4,000 wells whose aver
age daily production was less than one
barrel. Other gathering lines in the
field included the Manhattan Oil Co. the
Paragon Refining Co, Sun Oil Co., the
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