The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31

unhappy Of them all when he fonud
himself face TO face with the dilemma
of swearing that either he or j. G
Stubbs had wandered from bhe
straight path OF veracity.
Schwerin had testified that prior TO
the abandonment Of the line OF ocean
steamers which the Santa Fe had oper-
sted from san Diego. he had entered
into no agreement with Paul Morton
or any one else for division OF Pa
.cifc Mail cargOes between the two
.roade The attorney for the commits
H. allowed him TO explain his inno-
r31nce at length and then read to him
from the testimony given by Stubos IN
chicago {n January Of 1902, where the
traffic director OF the Hartman lines
said that just such an agreement had
. been made AZ that time, 10 take erect
In the following April when the Cali
fornia and Oriental line was to be dis
continued by the Santa Fe, and that
road was 20 receive in return division
of Pacific Mail cargOes. The situation
Tor the astute vice president and gen
ersl manager Of the Pacific Mall was
exceedingly embarrassing
w. D.. HERRIN ARRIVES
". r. Herrin. senior counsel for the
Hartman lines. came 10 the door OF
the courtroom before the afternoon ses-
sion for q hasty conference with Dunno
"a md alHTf
oomature on the witness stand, but he
did not venture within the courtroom
where SO many railroad secrets were
being revealed under the fire of the
ouestions asked by Severance. He had
fust arrived in the city. after hur-
ried frip across the continent, 70 be
near and give his aid TO the assistant
w a. BisseIl. assistant trafic man
sve- for the Santa Fe. started OF well
ard IL seemed for a time that he had
Toet eli documents and the larger part
~ his powers OF memory IN the recent
disastrous FIRE" but before he was done
he had confessed that there was an
,,nhe-standfng between his company
nd the Southern Pacific whereby the
e-Iiit traffic Of the south was 10 be d.
--l5ed equally and that any infringe
,oe,,f ~ this understanding on his part
would be followed by complications
,-bich he had studiously avoided.
A Graham the man who made
-tea 1flre an honest man" when he
r-s+ ENGAGED in railroad Affairs. didn't
\ en- arect reticence and told a story
, ? rrerzfed transportation finance when
I,e or,erated the Universe or 4OVo tons
,nrden that would have made hipling
green with envy II he could nave
heard IT,
SEVERANCE GETS FACTS
When the day was done IL nae Deeh
shown that competition had been ef-
fec-fvelv stihed from san Diego TO
Portland and FOR a considerable dis
rance landward and seaward- Off1ciais
- the Gould lines had testified that for
fbe time they were strictly out OF u
,,-ben III came TO getting even pound
~ california freight at ogden TO carry
raat and Graham. who had operated
re Universe. had told how his char
cred feet had been swept from the
face OF the deep. leaving him quite out
Of business.
a. Severance. the attorney who
5s5 the questioning. overfat but cool,
er,-urp half around in his chair after
eacb thrust and gazed innocently over
Inc chimney tops OF the Potrero. Only
orce when Peter i. Dunno came 10
,be assistance OF a cornered witness,
Tfd he appear TO be interested in any
tb5nq buf a troublesome cold IN his
hasS from which he was suffering.
- he lost his wheeziness in an In
sa1t. and shouted.
I'VE won't interfere with each
others questions. Mr.. Dunno and
I'VE" didn't after that.
In answer to the question OF what