Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-28

New 10rk, fcD -o.-N ueil tHe TIT terstate commerce commission re- stunned it's investigation of the Harri- man lines to-day 1t was with the un- derstanding that few hours would conclude the hearing. It was said by counsel for the government to-day that no steps had yet been taken to place before the courts the question raised ivy the refusal of E. II. Har- riman and Otto II. Kahn to answer certain Inquiries relating to indiyid- ual holdings of stocks. Mir Kellogg of government counsel said he was not prepared to state what action would be taken in this matter.
 Before the hearing began it was said that contrary to expectation Will liam G. Rockefeller would not be called to testifying regarding the al- legged sale to him by Mir Hartman of 100000 shares of Union Pacific at the time of the so-called Keane raid in 1908.
 Samuel Felton, president of the Chicago & Alton since 1899 was called to show that about one million from income as against proceeds from the sale of securities was in- cluded in the statement that showed that $22.000,000 had been expended in Improvements. The $22,000,0O0 also included $2.7S0,000 expended since last June and paid for by car trust certificates. This reduced the expenditures from sale of securities in the Alton to between S1S,000,00O and 19,000,OO0.
 Charles w. Hilliard, controller of the Chicago & Alton. who was on the stand when the hearing adjourned yesterday was then recalled. In re- ply to Mir Kellogg he explained that the branch line, or cutoff from point near Murrayville to Springfield, which he yesterday testified had been mortgaged before it was built. was on which the Chicago & Alton had a right to build.
 The proceeding was not unusual. The enterprise and the method of mortgaging were legitimate. The line of inquiry was evidently meant to correct the impression left by Mir Hillard's testimony yesterday. Then Mir Kellogg elicited statement of the Chicago and Alton's assets and liabilities in 1898 before Mir Harri- man entered the property and at the present time. These figures were taken from annual reports, showing that before 1898 its capitalization was in round numbers $33.000, 900 against s122.s72,32S on June last.
 The witness said the car trust cer- tificates were not included in the capitalization. so the total should really be s125,000. 900 and not s122,- 100000. Mir Kellogg examined the witness as to the books of the com pany and had him produce and ex- plain many of the accounts already covered by evidence. The witness produced a record showing the stock standing in the name of the syndi- cate managers.
 Mir Kellogg endeavored to show that the Hartman management of the Chicago X Alton had capitalized the old debts of the old Joliet k Chi cago road. prior to 1s,ss. but Mir Hil- larl said his knowledge of the roads aaffirs did not go back that far. It was clicite-i however. that there had never been a foreclosure of the Chi caro X Alton railroad or railway. while the Joliet & Chicago had been forecIoss.d- The witness was exam med as to the s12000eD which it is claimed the Hartman party added to the capital of the Alton because that amount had been expended on i'm provemenfs or had been lost ny form er stockholders
 No New Cases.
 Washington. Feb 2s.-The seri- ousress of the typhoid epidemic aboard the battIeship Connecticut, which arrived at New York today. is stated in a wireless message to the navy department from Captain Swift. her commander. He stated that of the thirty-lve cases. thirty-tvo are in critical condition He added that no new cases had developed since Monday last and that all the eases are among the enlisted men