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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
FEDERAL CONTROL.
President Is Having Conferences With
Railroad Men on the Sub ject.

The interview between President
Roosevelt and Charles s. Mellen, the
president of the New York, New Hav-
en- and Hartford railroad, recently ar
ranged for the purpose Of discussing
the railroad situation, says a Wash
ington dispatch of the 10Th, took place
at the White House today. 1t lasted
not more than 35 minutes. No state
ment of the particular questions dis
cussed was made at the White House
and Mr.. Mellen declined to talk.
Mr.. Mellen's visit today is the out
come of a call made to the White
House last week by ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, the New York financier who came
to Washington at the request Of many
business men to discuss the present
business situation, particularly as al
fecting the railroads. At the time
Mr.. Morgan suggested to the president
that 1t would be greatly In the public
interest IL he would see certain rail-
road presidents and confer with them
"as to what step might be taken to al
lay the public anxiety as to the rela-
tions between the railroads and the
government" The visit Of Mr.. Mellen
followed the conference he had several
days aso with Presidents McCrea, New
man and Hughitt Of the Pennsylvania,
New York Central and Chicago, and
Northwestern railroads respectively.
These four were the names suggested
to Mr.. Roosevelt by Mr.. Morgan. It
is not known at the White House
whether Messrs. McCrea, Newman and
Hughitt will visit Mr.. Roosevelt. The
president will see them IL they come
So far they have not been heard from.
During the past three weeks Presi-
dent Roosevelt has had visits from
half a dozen we'll known financiers and
railroad men, with all of-whom he has
discussed various phases OF the rail-
road situation. These included: j.:
Pierpont Morgan, James Speyer OF
New York, President Stickney Of the
Chicago Great Western railway, B. F.
Yoakum Of the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific, E. H. Hartman OF the
Union Pacific and Charles s. Mellen
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad. All Of these persons
have made specific recommendations
incorporating their ideas on the ques-
ton whether the president should
recommend additional railway legisla-
ton and most of them have urged
him to make a statement defining MS
attitude in explicit terms with view
to allaying public apprehension on the
subject that may exist. He has re-
ferred his callers who want informa-
tion as to his attitude to his public
declarations on this general subject
and has told them that he means to
be consistent with what he has already
said.
The president said frankly that he
is learning all he can regarding the
railroad situation and that he intends
to continue to consult with railroad
people and others on the subject; IL
is understood he is making inquiries
on some points pertaining to Federal
supervision and control Of the rail-
roads, to the question Of an appraise-
ment Of the physical valuation Of such
properties and to the matter of the
issue of various forms Of indebtedness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

People who come in from the coun-
try, whether they be residents of town
or country, say the farmers are tear
ing up the EARTH" and that is evident
ly the situation.
The people. of Bethesda church have
always been noted for their kindness
to their pastors, but at no time has
this kindness been more marked than
at the present time. In addition to
raising their pastors salary more than
twenty-five per cent recently, on We'd
nesday Of this week they presented
him with money with which to buy a
new horse This kindness and thought
fulness which have always marked
the people Of Bethesda church, ac-
counts in a large measure for the long
pastorates which the church has. en-
joyed. In 113 years the church has
had only eight pastors. the last OF
whom is still serving the church.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

EVEN so large a corporation as the
city of Philadelphia is finding difficult
ty in getting 81 per cent money these
days. This was demonstrated few
days ago when the city undertook to
sell s5,OOO,OO0 of 81 per cent thirty
year bonds. The credit Of the city Of
Philadelphia is as good as that Of any
city in the country, and better than
many, but when the time was up for
the filing Of bids for the city's bonds
the authorities found that the only bid
that had been received was for $685.
900 at par. The mayor Of the city was
expecting a rush for the bonds and
was much disappointed when the rush
failed to materialize. People with
money to invest in bonds are looking
for something better than 81 per cent
and are not having much trouble in
finding it. The city having failed in
it's efforts to sell the bonds at par in
large blocks, will probably try to sell
them by popular subscription in slices
to suit the buyers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
PRESIDENT Finley of the Southern

PRESIDENT Finley Of the Southern,
is making some strong and convincing
speeches to the business men Of diff
ferent large Cities in which he is ar
guing that it is impossible for the rail-
roads to live or the south to pros
per in the face of so much hampering
railroad legislation. He claims that
much of the legislation is Of such a
character as to make it impossible for
the railroads to pay interest on their
bonds, much less to make a profit on
common stock. AS he sees it, the
period of railroad construction is not
nearly. over in the south. That is the
south is still short of having as many
railroads as are absolutely necessary;
but in view Of the sentiment that is
developing against this form Of busi-
ness, there is no longer much encour-
agement for investment in railroads.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
Federal Control of Railroads.

The press dispatches of the past
week or ten days have told of the WIS.,
its Of a number Of prominent railroad
men to the White House, and there
are being circulated reports to the Ell
feet that the president is becoming
pronounced advocate of the policy OF
Federal supervision of railroads.
One dispatch Of few days ago had
it that the president has expressed
himself as being of opinion that the
rate law recently enacted by congress
takes the whole matter Of railroad leg
islation out Of the hands Of the vari-
Gus state governments, and that after
the supreme court has passed upon the
question the probability is that all
state laws that are in conflict with. the
national railroad laws will become null
and void.
There seems to be no reasonable
doubt of the fact that much Of the leg
islation that has been enacted by the
various states has only served to ham,
per and embarrass the railroads with
out comforting any practical benefit
upon the public. A condition which
subjects an interstate railroad to diff
ferert and conflicting laws throughou,
each few hundred miles Of its route is
manifestly intolerable. On such a
road a passenger train making a
through run becomes subject to new
set Of legal restrictions every few
hours, and the disadvantage Of such
an arrangement is manifest.
The presidents alleged construction
of the present rate law, especially as
to it's effect on state legislation, raises
the state rights question with a venge-
ance; but state rights or no state
rights, it seems to us an utter impos-
sibiity that railroads can be operated
either efficiently or profitably under
existing conditions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
FRIDAY, MARCH ~, 1907.

ing down. The plant Of the Republic
Iron and Steel company, Chicago, Is
tied up by reason of strike OF 1,20O
employees, who want an increase In
wages. .... Harry X. Thaw has con-
tributed 500 to the fund being raised
in Pittsburg. Pa, for the relief Of the
sufferers from the recent flood In the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in
that city. -. Traffic officials Of eastern
and western railways have about
agreed on a schedule of increased
freight rates to take effect May 1st.
The increase will be from to 10 per
cent. .... The total valuation OF the
Northern Pacific railroad is officially
given at $324,675,4S The system in
cludes 6,098 miles Of trackage. ....
Three hundred journeymen tailors are
on a strike in Philadelphia
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

a very large sum in cash when he left
Sunday night. The figures s6S,Ooo
given above, are as ascertained by the
bank officials. They, however, do not
pretend to be expert auditors. and ad-
nit that the stealing may be larger
Expert auditors went to work on the
books yesterday, and they will find
out exactly how much has been stol-
en-. The bank and the bonding COM
panies have offered a reward of Sl.OOO
for the arrest of Jones. They calcu-
late that they will certainly catch him
sooner or later, as the statistics OF the
past dozen years show that not one
out of hundred of such people make
good their escape.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

HE WAS THIRsTY.-Walter Phillips
a nine-year-old negro boy, who lost
his feet under railroad train several
days ago and was carried to the Good
Samaritan hospital, did quite stunt
the night after the accident. Late in
the afternoon the doctors amputated
both of his feet, with part of each leg,
dressed the stubs and put Walter to
bed. During the night the boy be-
came very thirsty and having longed
for a drop Of water for some time
without a way to- notify any one, he
became desperate and made up his
mind to go after It, The spigot was
across the room and too high for a
sawed-of kid, but Walter let him
self down out of the bed, crawled
across the floor, climbed upon a
chair, turned on the water and drank
freely of the good. cool liquid.-Char-
lOtte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
The 4lorkrille Guq''irer.
YoRKVILLE, S. c.:
FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1907.

IT has developed that the story
published in a Galveston paper giving
the alleged confession Of negro par
ticipant in the Brownsville affair is a
fake. The story was probably near
the truth except that it did not come
from one of the discharged soldiers.
In the course Of time, however, all the
facts will come out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

If that state dispensary stock Is
worth s6OO,OOO as the Columbia Record
would have it's readers believe, why
don't the Clarke Bros. people make the
offer in that sum with the under
standing that the liquor be shipped
out of the state? 1t is quite probable
that the dispensary commission would
not only accept the offer; but be will
ing to pay the freight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22
LOCAL LACONlCS.


From this date until January 1st
1908, for $1.56.
Rev. Mr.. Leiteh In Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: Rev. Thos. H.
Leitch, the we'll known evangelist, and
his singer, Rev. ]. E. Marshall, will
conduct a meeting at the Methodist
church the coming week. The first
service will be held Sunday morning
at II o'clock and each evening follow
ing at 7.30 o'clock. Rev. Leitch Is no
stranger to our people, having con-
Quoted a meeting here some years ago,
and the announcement that he is to
again visit the town will be gratifying
news to all.
The Sugar Creek Bridge.
Fort Mill special Of March 21, to
Charlotte Observer: At meeting held
in the Commercial club rooms this af-
ternoon of the supervisors Of York and
Lancaster counties and a committee
representing the club, the contract
was let for an iron bridge over Sugar
creek, connecting York and Lancaster
counties. There were four bidders
present and the contract was finally
awarded to Mr.. C. K. Crietzberg, rep
resenting the Roanoke Bridge compa-
nv at $4,000. A hrst-class road will
be made from Fort Mill to the bridge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

original short story of bird life by Mr.
Robert G. Lee of Fort Mill.
If the two extra pages we give TO-
day are enjoyed by our readers as we
have every reason to believe they will
be. it is our purpose to show our ap-
probation of the fact by giving othel
extra pages from time to time, as oul
facilities NAV permit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

- Fire broke out in the property room
of the Gaffney opera house last Tues
day afternoon and for a time it looked
as If a good portion of the town would
be destroyed. The office of the Gaff-
ney Ledger is in the building and the
plant sustained some damage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-22

Mr.. R. NJ. Lester and negro hand
were instantly killed. and another ne
gro badly injured Tuesday near Pros
perity, as the result of a boiler explo-
sion
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

the latter part OF May, 1906. We sold
the gas company the latter part Of
1905. ] deposited my stock and / wrote
my resignation early in December, 1900
My resignation wasn't accepted until
January 2 or 8, 1906. I left San Fran
cisco in December, 1905. We were al
lowed to name two directors to repre-
sent the bond holders committee. Cap
tain Payson and myself were chosen
as those directors. We remained on
the old board of the old company. |
resigned as president. l returned in the
latter part of May, 1906. I went to one
meeting of the gas company, and from
the meeting / went to, 1 told Captain
Payson, the duties we proposed to per-
form there we could not perform; that
the only way we could protect the bond
holders was through that committee. /
proposed to resign from the board; he
felt the same, and we resigned. l was
at one or two meetings; that was in
May or June, June probably.
Q.-At that time no question came
up about the statement Of any money
paid to Ruef for service? A--Not q
thing; that was in June, 1906.
Q.-The rates had been fixed some
time before? A--Yes, sir.
Q.-And you were away at the time
the rates were fixed? Al knew abso-
lutely nothing of the company.
Mr. Heney: That covers all that we
are investigating.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

MIA and the san Francisco are sub
companies
Q.-Who are the officers of the Pa
cihc gas and electric company? A
About the same men as are here: some
substitutes and exceptions; about two
or three different, I think.
Odd you ever declare any stock
dividends2 A---Never have
Juror-Mr. Butler is the auditor? A.
He is the book keeper Of our COM
pany.
Q.-Who is the book keeper of the
Pacific gas and electric company? A.
! don't know. except Mr.. Conlisk. some
Office man. don't know their names:
they are in the same building. but we
are almost entirely separate. as if in
different buildings.
Q.-Who is president Of it? A.-Mr.
Britton.
Q.-Mr. Conlisk has supervisorial
control of the Pacific gas and electric
company Ale is secretary.
Q.-And a control OF the books and
accounts and everything connected
with the Pacific gas and electric COM
pany? Ayes, sir
Gle has been in that position since
the middle of January? Ayes. sir.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

you any idea where that came frouf
Al have not, Mr.. Heney, the remot-
est idea
Q--Have you any interest in the Bay
Counties water company? A.-No. sir.
none at ALL
Did you ever contribute any part
OF your salary or money that you drew
from the corporation in any way to
Mr.. Drum for any purpose OF any kind
whatever? A--No. sir, not a dollar;
not for any purpose. no sir.
Q.-So that if Mr.. Drum paid this
money. are you quite certain that it
did not come out of the corporation
first. we'll say A.-Absolutely sure
Of that as / testified the other day. SIR
Q.-And SO far as you are concerned
no part of il came from you? A.
Not a dollar.
Q.-Either directly or indirectly? A.
Either directly or indirectly in con-
nection with the corporation OF other
wise, never gave a dollar. My money
has gone to the support of my family.
exclusively. sir
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Mayor Was Aggrieved

Mr. IangdOn: Q--WaS there any un-
derstanding, express. tacit or otherwise,
among the officers or members Of the
corpor alton that if any one contributed
any amount of money for any purpose
whatsoever that at some subsequent
time that money would be borne equal
ly on shares by the other membersf
A--Not that ever heard of. Mr.. Lang
DON
Q.-Has any such policy ever been
pursued in that company since your
connection with 1T? A-Absolutely
not so far as I am concerned or ever
heard In other words, there was no
discussion in executive committee or
the board involving any matters before
the grand jury in any way.
Q--Had you ever expressed yourself
that you would not indorse any move
or proposition to pay money for Illicit
purposes in connection with the city
government? Had you ever expressed
yourself to your fellow members of the
board? A--Never had any occasion to.
Q--Mr. Britton, in order that you
may see for yourself that this is not
based merely in assuming that Ruef-
in something that Ruef may have said
here, Mr. Drumm appeared before Ruef
had pleaded guilty the other day and
when he was being investigated in re-
gard to the telephone company he ad-
mitted that he got the rooms down
thtCA g dcCu OiAlJ Onc OcJs IOI massey 10
see supervisors in. and I then ques-
toned him about the gas company, and
he said that he had never spoken to
Ruef about the gas matter; didn't
known anything about it. We called
Mr. Drumm the other day when we
subpenaed you gentlemen. and he stood
on his constitutional privilege of de-
clining to testify, so you can put the
two together for yourself. I am telling
you so that you. as president OF that
company, can figure out where that
money came from, if it came from the
company in any way think. as a
good citizen. you ought to advise the
grand jury IL you do? Aft I had any
knowledge at the present time regard
ing it. why / certainly would I have
told you all know OF it. The matter
was never discussed in my presence or
In presence Of the executive commit
tee or board of directors; never have
been cognizant OF any facts that you
have stated, Mr.. Heney.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Introduced by Tevis

Q.-How did you come to go there on
the first occasion? Al had visited
that Office to interview Mr.. Tevis about
other matters, Mr.. Tevis being an old
personal friend of mine. I had been
introduced to Mr.. Drum by Mr.. Tevis.
had known him for some time without
such Introduction, and on one occasion
when l called Mr.. Drum was there,
and said to me after ] had finished
speaking to Mr.. Tevis he would like to
have a little. talk w thine, so after
got through talking with Mr.
Tevts in another room I went into
Drums room, this room. and he
stated to me his folks or people whom
he represented were largely interested
in the gas company; they projected
making many improvements, pro-
gressive people, and knowing I would
be of great assistance to him in the
protection Of the people whom he repre-
sented, he wanted to know whether
was open for employment as attorney.
stated could see no reason why
should not be. and thereupon we talked
about the compensation and he agreed
to pay me this fee.
Q.-One thousand dollars month ?
A.-Yes, SIR
Q. Did you Ak any period of time?
A.-No
Juror: / understood you to say that
you gave Mayor Schmitz $4,000 of that
money. Al can't assert for GER
tainty it was exactly that amount, but
somewhere in that neighborhood. be-
cause l am in doubt in my own mind
as to how much Mr.. Gallagher may
have retained beyond what he may
have given to the others. and I can fig
ure, l have been informed that he fig
ured on is at $3.50. which figure to
be over $4,000. he probably kept a
couple of extra amounts for himself,
which would make $14.500. in my-jud g
ment may have been
Gle kept $3.50 for himself, he
says. Aft that is what he says, 1t
would be $13,500 which 1 had in my
mind, plus an extra amount which he
insisted upon receiving; in other words,
he took certain lump sum-what he
did afterward 1 never did particularly
inquire. although 1 had general knowl-
edge from what he said. I never asked
the supervisors or anybody else whether
he ever received 1t, and I was informed
at one time by Mr.. Gallagher that some
of the supervisors thought he was get
ting great deal more than he was
paying.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
McEnerney's Fee Large

Q.-You know how much it was to
each2 A-s20,000 or s25.000; that IS
why 1 asked you to be more definite.
Q.-That was Mr.. McEnerney's fea?
A-Yes.
Q.-And Mr.. McCutcheon's fee about
the same? A-Yes. sir. Mr.. McEner-
ney had done an enormous amount of
work for the year previously and had
settled for a fee IN a lump bill at the
end of the year.
Q.-The point is, after that fee was
paid was there any fee went to Nc
Enerney as high as $4,000? A-To
my knowledge, no; and think would
know.
Q.-You would know? A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Was there any fee. any compen-
sation went to any officer on salary?
Did you draw compensation as treas
urer from the Pacific, the holding COM
pany? Ayes, sir, I drew salary as
treasurer.
Q.-And all that salary went to you
and you only? A-Simply this; I can
account for every cent of that salary;
I am responsible for every cent Of that
salary.
Odd you pay any part of it 10
any one else? Al did.
Q-To whom? Al don't think
that. with due respect to the gentlemen.
I don't think that question is a ques-
ton concerns the grand jury; no way
involved in this case.
Q.-Did you Day any part of 1T to
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Salaries Paid by Check

Q.-They draw $4,000 apiece. Any
one else appear who draws salary?
A--Mr-> Conlisk, controller secretary,
S10,000-no, wait a minute, ! want to
correct that amount: that is the total
salary. don't know the salary, think
the salary is made by the Pacific COM
pany and the California corporation: it
is joint salary as I remember. have
nothing to do with the segregation OF
accounts, anything of the kind; think
the California corporation and the Pa
cific make up the salary of the presi-
dent.
Q.-How are those salaries paid--how
often? A.-Monthly by check. It is a
regular charge for officials when we
took hold of the company.
Q.-Was there any additional money
paid to Drum? A--No, sir.
Q.-Conlisk didn't get $4,000? A
No; $4,000.
Q.-You? A.-s1o,ooo
Q.-You represent Mr.. Halsey? A.
Yes.
Ole is a New York banker? Al
am manger of Halsey & Co. out here.
Q--When are the attorneys salaries
paid-at the end of the year? A
Why, Mr.. Bosley, the general office
counsel, think, was paid monthly. like
every other official of the company
Q.-How much did he get? A.-Don't
carry in my mind. / think, if / remem-
Der rightly. $4,000 or $4,000.
Q.-Any extra bills or accounts put in
by him in April, 1906? A.-No.
Ole is McEnerney's partner, is he
not? A.-Not at all; his Office is in the
corporation office-lawyer drawing con-
tracts. rights of way.
Q.-Mr. McEnerney is general coun-
sci? A.-Yes
Q.-You say since the 1st of January
1906, that he has not received any sal
ary except in some small amount? A.
To the best of my knowledge and be-
lief. For year and a half he has prac-
tically rendered no legal services. He
is only in special cases, like forming
the consolidation. Mr.. Bosley does near
ly all the work.
Q.-Then when the services are rem
dered is the bill rendered Immediately
thereafter or at the end of the year:
Al can't answer intelligently. don't
carry the run of those things myself.
Q.-You would know whether or not
attorney fees are paid out at the
tims of service rendered or the end OF
the year? Al would not attempt to
answer that question. i don't keep any
run of the books at all in any way
just the general financing of the COM
pany, l have charge of, that is in the
controllers department