The Washington times., 1907-01-07

Green allied himself with one Helfen-
stein. and Samuel n. lie Wis. comp
troller OF the Pennsylvania railroad
Incidentally Henry H. Houston. the all
In those days, was Green's srother-in-
law. Samuel N. Lewis remained comp
troIler Of the Pennsylvania for three
years thereafter, then resigned. He
told an acquaintance. now resident In
Altoona hat he wanted just three years
OF partnership In the printing business
90 h1 himself for life.
Rise Of J. T. SInsL-
About twelve years ago. J. II. sinsx
We a ticket agent al 90 q month In
EdEsWzter Park. N. ]. His one best
assst IN life. seemingly. was that no
was brotheF-ln-iaw to Joseph II. VIII
klnson. then chief clerk and now chief
accountant IN the purchasing agents
once OF the Pennsylvania railroad
Sinsx gave up his ticket selling fob
and went 10 Philadelphia TO improve
his condition, and In time became q
paper salesman for the Whiting Paper
Company IN It's Philadelphia once
sineX began 10 sell paper to the rail-
road. but did not long remain with the
Writings. He started IN business for
himself under the name OF J. IL. Sinex
Company. occupying the second moor OF
iH7 Arch street
sinea'a alleged chief asset, his
brother-in-law. Joseph IL. wilkinson. Is
now chief 20 u. 8. Newhali.
the purchasing agent Of the road.
Sine made the admission &c {. II
Clinton, prominent paper broker. and TO
Allen Whiting, Of the Whiting Paper
Company, both OF Philadelphia, that he
Company. OF HolyOke, Mass. for 2 cents
a pound. which was 11-cent grade.
sinex owned the ~oopyrKh-. tie s9id
this paper. which cost him 1 cents. FOR
~ anA 81 aanu- --w
This paper Is made by Jessup &
Moore. paper dealers aud manafac-
turers. OF Philadelphia. and Is their
regular mo. / Canary Writing pApe,
which they VIII sell to anyone In any
quantity. from e case TO a carload. at
4 cents a pound The only difference Is
that sinex has . dandy roll passed over
the a In the mill. so as TO have The
words Canary Telegraph" imprinted
The purchasing department or the
Pennsylvania road - one OF the most
important IN the machinery of the great
corporation. II buys everything needed
along the miles OF tracks. n the num-
be- less stations. the on1ees. In the vari-
ouA yards and depotE. from q paper OF
lacks 10 q great passenger locomotive.
Its disbursements in a year run into
The standard Supply n Equipment
Company is in tile business OF selling
nearly every conceivable thing the road
NEfQE LEUM a eLEuCA fhllEE . QEGlAaIt
picks and shovels TO a steam shovel,
q contracting locomotive or q stationary
engine. u
Company wa6 the inspiration OF +. =.
CasanaTe, formerly chief Of motive
poweT OF the road who founded II In
1854 The stock was appoFtioned among
his feliow-onieefs and the concern at
once jumped into q business OF several
million dollars q year. directly with the
-PennsyiVAniA and indirectly with the
road through the contractors controlled
by the chief engineers m other Of
The immediate result OF tbs organi-
ration OF the Standard Supply and
Equipment Company wRs the ~crowding
out OF competition and the Increasing
OF prices for supplies n equipment TO
the railroad.
Conceal Their Names.
Just who all the original stockowners'
In the STANDARD Supply and Equipment
Company were Is carefully concealed.
The following sworn statement OF a
name is Withheld for the present. lie n
up to within a few months I was
connected with the standard Supply
and Equipment Company IN q resDon-
sible position on the inside. and am
we'll acquainted with the identity OF
stockholders and with the Standards
method Of doing business. The ON
pany was organized and was run by
Pennsylvania railroad 'oficers.
Il Know that II. s. RerbauEh 10 .
stockholder IN h company. (Kbrbaugh
is the principal and most favored Penn
syivaniR railroad c~ontrRctor.) r. d.
CasanaYe. ST., former chief OF motive
power OF the Pennsylvania. railroad and
latteriy supervising mechanic OF the
Baltimore and Ohio road, Is \ stock
holder. He Is the largest single owner.
A son. ]. II Casanave, is president OF
casanave. jr, is vice president.
John Lloyd. partner OF Kerbaugh In
the contracting business and partner IN
the banking firm of J. Gardner Cassatt
& Co, OF which Robert Kelso Cassatt,
son of the late 4 J. Cassatt, Is a
partner. was a stakeholder. as was also
Capt. Alfred Hicks. who was implicated
In the Pennsylvania railroad coal
freight rebates. He is now a million
aire. but used TO be a conductor on the
Western Pennsylvania road"