New-York tribune., 1908-07-16
ROAD HEARING ENDS
Carr and Black Principal Speakers
at 4IbaHY.

Albany. July 15.-After devOting fifteen DAYS te
hearing testimony, covering period OF several
months Chairman Stevens OF the Public Services
Commission IN the I'd District to-day declared
closed the hearing the application OF the Buffalo,
Rochester & Eastern Railroad Company for
thority build double track steam road from
Buffalo to Troy. In closing the hearing Chairman
Stevens said the commission would Immediately
proceed to the consideration of the case and render
decision at the earliest possible date
Lewis Z. Carr. counsel for the Delaware &
Hudson Company made the principal argument
against the appIicatio He was followed by
Thomas w Watkins. who opposed the application
for the New York Central * Hudson River Rail
road Company. Ex-Governor Frank 5 Black and
Henry w Ely of Westfeid. Mass. summed up
for the Buffalo, Rochester & Eastern company.
In his argument Mr.. Carr said;
This is the frst important application to this com
necessity for the construction Of a new road and
the policy to be pursued 0y II should Dc caIeLun!
Having in mind tn broad powers granted TO this
commission TO require of existing roads changes.
OF n new road appears unless it is plain from the
changes. improvements. additions or extensions as
quirements for Transportation. In the absence Of
such real public need certificate should De re-
Delays in transportation Of which complaint has
t6i proposed road rests nave not been the
of decrease of traffic through Buffalo The "a oui!a .
place traffic that now makes its way oy othsr
No tangible and reliable evidence has been pre-.
sented jIstifying the conclusion that this road L
built and equipped as proposed would oe pTohi
does fairly appear it would be insoIyent from 'hs
We do therefore respectfully submit that the csr-
tifcate asked for should be denied
connect. is a branch from the main line OF thaI
road The freight it brings to that g9 abs II lines lines
and they give to it some portion OF the Wes2oIHG H
road is built that that road vii give 20 bIs IL 81
brings? If It did. another drop In me oucAe1 a.
solvency 1t must be remembered. however we
main line of the Grand Trunk reaches into tns
area of grain production and grain trdrnc one
started on it for New England points will not Leave
its rails iso1 until thg New % @ Enganq 6 HIS ro read consists
of the seal OF its promoters and the hopeI,un \,
pectations of the people in the localities where
begins and ends and along its line Those clemens
are too unstable to justify authority ioF us OuND
Mr. Carr admitted that the proposed road was
feasible from an engineering and operating pon'
of vieS but said that 1t could not operate -
cheapIy as the New York Central because ol 1
nature of it's grades
Ex-Governor Black spoke at some length IN l@'S. az
of the application. He gave figures to show th'
great increase IN traffic and the inability to NOV
it Our position he said lis that no dog eitne
ours theirs. should be allowed TO sleep N ~ -
manger. If the existing roads cannot DO ousiHs
under normal conditions. let US in Every SOS~
cradle town in the state cries for help -.
Mr. Black said that up to Buffalo there were . -
Grand Trunk Pere Marquette and Naoasn " "
no Eastern afiliation, and at Troy was the -
ton & Maine with direct afhliaton west - - a.
was this gap of three hundred miles "Ii'N
company wanted to I'LL. lie added. -.
II controls. addition to all its steam -snss
a network of troeys to keep conlpetitve bisiness.
out of the state. This is not the spirit OF ondi-
It is the essence of monopoly. ll : - country
tions as these that have justly stirred He which
and brought into being that spirit . oCe demands
came the Public Service boards ana tnSS0
for public regulation - -. everything
The motto in this country is TO take go s@ bsvs
YOU can get fairly but other man ~. siafss
an euuaI chance. Occupancy IN the Jnteu .SsIrv SIr
must never mean anything more than oppO - Sis
When il becomes exclusion somebody mus nsr1r that
hand on There is hand big enough eNcePSS eNceP3S-,,sr
of the government. whose agent IN thlS p0-
case is this commission hat will
This Is an unprecedented country ana is N.I rov
be the actual state Of affairs IN 1913 NOs,t OF
seem a business dream. and the uloNs.sTI III bs a
laundering volume in 1915. The thing 70 &C. % ire
cut the dam of traffic at Bunalo now anu '0
food come this way -1 ,.-ss- ths
dam of business at Buffalo and let tfis VII
spend 81 90 600. 900 I'm this state 70 90 H.
you by refusing this consent. allow tls ~ Tsw
TO go south to the ports or GaIVestOh az
We will provide the money. We will oalTi o.i nig
equip the road as it ought to be We We W. as
boats on Lake Erie and the ocean, u OooS-eooyfded
needed The necessary capitaI, iWti1g WI doubt IN
when required If there i EngS5,iiiis s.,oocs r.
the minds of this commission we vii Li.aS cap-
we will if required. enlarge our authol4S0~
tai and pay it in in cash, ,- ,,,rposs
We will satisfy this commission OF -ouL . 5sxf~e
and our competency in any way IL niSy ~ VTiii Re
And IN this enterprise does not succeeu - those
the first discordant chapter in the career %
behind it,