The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-18
OF Pennsy Employees Is
Carried in a Report.
CHARGfSOF GRAFT
And Discrimination in Coal Ship.
menls are SAID by Directors TO
Have Been UnlOunied.

New York. Feb. ia miital,cr
public opinion, mlslnrornlcd as 10 tic
facts bacGtisc ot Tie publication ol
portions, and not the whole OF che tcS
umony of the Witnesses before The
Interstate commerce commission and
therefore basing It's conclusions upon
Insufficient premises. has done grave
Injustice to The whole service of tht
Pennsyvanla Railroad Go. That
service is of moro than 60 years
gtuwih; II Is constituted IN the main
oi educated. trained and Bcll-rcsprct
ing men whose honorable lives
nave won the cstccm Of those wht
Know them best it has its traditions
OF loyalty, and il has had in its sue
cessive officers examples OF msclish
devotion 10 duty aud stcadrdst nd
herencc TO. The right.
herence 10 The right"
That IN bfef IS The report of the
directors OF che PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road Co. nearly year ago to examine
ilio the facts connected with the ac.
quisition and ownership by officers
and employees Of the company OF stock
or other interest ia any company The
holding OF which coud affect the per.
formanca Cf their duty or the com.
pany's dniy 10 the public. The al.
legged acceptance of gratulcs by EN-.
ployes Of the company was also in
q,ired into by the committee.
As Il result of its examination OF
2,O55 officers and employees. including
every officer of the several COMPANIES
whose individual action or whose or.
der TO any subordinate could effect
any discrimination the committee re.
ports IL found hat 26G had interests
iu coal or other corporations or firms.
or with individuals With the eXccp.
ton of 10 all OF these had acquired
ihcir interest by purchase The Is
admitted that they had received gifts
of shares in various corporations ana
their names have been reported to the
presidents Of the several railroad
companies for action
On the whole. the report vindicatcs
the officers and employees of the Penn.
sylvania system.
Allegations Of favoritism to certain
shippers of freight, mainly coal. are
treated by the committee. which sums
MP the result of IT'S investigation of
this subject with the statement that
there has not been and Is not on the
part of the railroad company any dis.
elimination as between shippers In
the facilities given for the exercise
OF that legal right"
Much Of the trouble which led to
the allegations, the committee be-
lieve, was I1ne TO The so.calcd indi
vldual cars and service on the Penn
sylvania railroad For the use OF
tllesc cars The railroad pays six mills
per nile, loaded or empty. and
charges The regular freight on the
loaded cars. The Individual cars
caused suspicion Of preference and
lead TO ",mIounded but veXatious"
charges Of discrinlpatiun. While rec
ogulzng all the Disadvantages, how
ever The r,dldad ''company has not
Yet seen It's way clear 10 do away
With The Individual tcars, The prlnci
pal reason given for Inability to dis /
continne the bndiyldual car service Is ,
mat equipment soaEnOt DE provided :
rapidly enough lQ .pQcct the growth OF
business a4YFs,{3SI4ss
ON charges Of discrimination to
favored shippers in the biIminous
coal fields liz cpniMiitee quotes the
report of n 6cqiuaQN, Qf,. expert nc.
counlanis wha naa NATURALIZATION OF
the matter A'i'hc accountants report
declares that the officers Of the rail }
road company have fair operating on
othGr reasons 10 present In cXplana
lion Of snch seeming DETERMINATIONS"