The evening world., 1906-06-07
ANOTHER CLERK
Of PENNSYLVANIA
GOT EASY GRAF 7.
AS Bower Is Fired by
CaSsatt Aiken Makes
Confession.
GOT $4,000 IN STOCK
"Paid for IT. Out of Modest
Salary, but Then He Got
Cash Gifts.

PHILADELPHIA. June Joseph X
Aiken. who has been chief clerk in the
superintendent office OF the Mononga-
heia division o, the Pennsylvania Rail
road. is another OF the employees OF
that company who grew rich on graft.
His testimony to-day before the Inter
state Commerce Commission was quitc
as startling as that OF Clerk Boyer
Aiken declared that on "a salary which
he said varied from $50 to 1886 per month
he had purchased stock In dlneren; Goa!
companies amounting TO nearly SIS 1000
He admitted ha'.ns received gifts OF
cash from coal operators on the Penn
sF!'ana lines. and also had received s..
month FOR several months from
company store
when he took the stand Aiken showed
disposition to spar with Attorney
Glasgow. Alter almos, every question
Fe would stop 70 rec,ct. cast his ewes
upon the ceiling ana then repeat tho
question before ans aering lie told
or !arge coal company interests whlrl.
ne said he had purchased with his own
money When Mr. Glasgow wanted TO
Know how he got the money he an
fwefei by judicious !nvestmen; OF my
salary"
Turne1 $4,000 in Deal.
What is your saiary?" asked Mr
Glasgow
"wha; Is my salarv7 Oh. +, has
varied from $50 to $50 a month"
IT'S sio6 now"
Yes. +; IS 'les now"
We'll. Will you tell the comm,ssI,,
how you could save enough money out
OF ,ha, salary 10 make such large pur.
chasos OF stock"
don't care abou; giving my pr
Ss'e history 10 tho public san /.
turned $4,000 out OF coal deal in 1900.
How was that2"
How was that? Well. Ind some
options on coal LANDS which sold 20
the Pittsburs and Dunaio coal com
paHy."
And they gave yn ,2oooo1"
and they gave me 5000"
IN stock or eash?'
Joseph b Boyer CHIEF Clerk IN Mr.
Gibbs offlce.' said Mr. Glasgow. tes
uIitd Yesterday that you sen, him
II did"
How nluch7" I
How much ! gave him nye cents
Company furnished the railroad"
Paid for Business.
"why w did you give him the nve cents
"oh. I though, we would Ike some
OF the company 5 business and | paid I
Boyer fve cents a ton commission for |
getting the business for as. Iaat / be- /
live. was the recognized commission"
You wouldn't have paid Mr.. Royer I
that commission II he did not hold the
position he occupies with the railroad. /
would you
Certainly not. wouldn't pay him
I've cents a ton for nothing"
Asked II hc ever got any money from
coal comparic7. Mr Aiken said Cau
Hicks had at various mes sent him /
checks for $50. lie received about $50
in TINT way.
III Hicks hadn't had an operation on
your division YOU wouldn't have got
that money. would you?'
Price Of the Stock.
That's explanatory" intcrjcc,ed
Comm. ssloner Cockreu
Yes self-eXplanatory. repeated the
witness.
Asked as TO his stock holdings. Mr..
Aiken said he mas 5o0 shares IN the
Braznell Coal Company for which ne
paia 5000 cash. That's so a share"
said MIR GlnSrow.
NO it's slo0 share"
You only paid So n share"
NO. paid 500 share"
How do YOU figure it?"
I'm on tho books for 500 n share"
on, rs plain enough what YOU pa "a
ror H." said Commissioner Clements
'Whnfs the use OF quihblng?"
A W Gibbs. general superintendent
OF motive power OF the Pennsylvnnia
Railroad. stationed at Altoonn. was re-
called TO-DAY. and asked whether It was
not n fact that most of the fuel coal
purchased by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company came from the keystone
Coal and Coke .Company's mines and
Mr.. Gibbs answered that that was SO
Mr.. Glasgow wanted To know II II
was merely a coincidence that the com
pany's coal was furnished by the
were Interested. or whether he had .
been instructed by any higher official
as to what companies were to furnish
MT Gibbs explained. as he aid when
on the stand Yesterday. that II was the
custom for the railroad to assist new
operations by purchasing fuel coal ]
Cut Pattons Company.
Mr., Gibbs further said that he h,d
rot the authority to order fuel coal
from particular company.
The companies. were designated by
they, mott queried Mr.. GLASGOW.
''fhe orders came from the general
mannger,' replied the witness
Mr. Gibbs said that he exercised his | :
prerogntive OF reducing tie supply OF
fuel coal furnished by a particular op- :
sration. II he thought conditions war
tanted H. The records showed that
the supply furnished by the Lucesco
company had been cut down 1000 tons
in 1904 =
Mr.. Gibbs Wis asked n he knew that
w. a. Patton. assistant OF President I
Cassatt. was interested In fhnt com q
Jany He had heard So He reduced
the supply however. because the quail