Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-10
RAILWAY BOARD
HOLDS RECORDS
GREAT NORTHERN PRESIDENT
EXPLAINS ACTION
DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE GIVEN
TO GRAND JURY
Corporation Adheres to Rule That Pri-
vate Papers Shall Not Be Taken
Out of the state of Min
nesota
Inv Associated press.l

Icy Associated HTessj
ST. PAUL, June 9.-Louis w. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail
road, this afternoon gave the Assoc
ciated Press the first authentic state
ment of the position of the Great
Northern Railway company relative to
demands recently made upon it by the
grand jury of Spokane county, Wash
ington, to furnish certain documents
in connection with indictments against
it's former attorney, M. j. Gordon. The
statement says:
1.-THE interview credited to James j.
Hill at Spokane is stated not to be
authentic, as Mr.. Hill refused to dis
cuss anything connected with the
grand jury investigation after leaving
the jury room.
However, he did agree to lay the
question of furnishing these documents
before the board. This was done today
and the secretary, by order of the
board, has sent the following COM
munication to the foreman of the grand
jury:
Reply to Grand Jury
''The board has carefully considered
the request made on it's chairman by
the grand jury of Spokane county.
Washington, to send to it from the
Company's files and records in st. Paul
certain papers and documents. Some of
the documents requested have never
existed and as to the others the board,
after full investigation and report by
counsel, is of the opinion that there
are no records in the possession of
the company which would serve to give
the grand jury any information in addi-
ton to that already in its possession.
Cob hn adx
of its own and outside counsel concern
ing it's duty in the premises, the board
has reached the conclusion that 1t will
not in this case depart from the rule
established many years ago and almost
invariably adhered to that the COM
pany's records shall not be permitted
to leave the state of Minnesota. For
the foregoing reasons the board de-
clines to surrender the records to the
keeping of the grand jury of Spokane
county, Washington"
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shipper, and was frequently called on
for use of his expert knowledge of ship
ping and freight rates. Frank Simpson,
leading wholesale produce dealer,
also aided the work of the committee
by his familiarity with the traffic situ-
alton and it's possibilities. NJ. II. New
mark, the wholesale grocer, is president
of the Associated Jobbers of Los Ange-
les, and he brought to the committee
an intimate knowledge of factors in
handling business in and out of the
harbor. H. Jevne, head of the well
knSwn grocery house; j. M Schneider,
president of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association, and head of the
j. w. Robinson company, a large dry
goods firm, and Frank j. Hart. presi-
dent of the Southern California Music
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prominent in the progress of Los Ange-
les, and their appreciation of the bust
ness possibilities of greater city ma
terially furthered the decisions of the
committee. The realty interests were
we'll represented in o. e. Parish of the
firm of Mines G. Parish and president
| of the Los Angeles realty board at the
time of his selection as a member of
the committee. Homer Hamlin served
on the committee in a dual capacity
standing for the engineering and con-
struction interests of the city and rep
resenting the city as city egineer. He
was active In developing engineering
phases which engaged the committees
| attention, in which he was aided by the
action of the city council.
80 representative and prominent a
! body of men has never been gotten to.
| gether before in Los Angeles" said
/ Willis II. Booth president of the cham
| Der of commerce, at the time the COM
mittee was selected; and at the time
he predicted that Los Angeles and the
other cities concerned would be inn
mensely proud of the work achieved by
the committee. Mr.. Booth believes with
the submission of the committees re-
port that other leading business mer
will agree that his prediction was vel
| founded.
San Pedros petitions for the consoli-
dation election are in the hands of flvs
voters who will secure the necessary
signatures in that city today The five
men were appointed by Dr. w. A. Wei
don. chairman of the san Pedro com
mittee.
AT meeting of the San Pedro con
solidation committee last night 1t was
decided to hold a big mass meeting OF
consolidation next Wednesday night,
meeting of the San Pedro board o.
trade will be held Saturday night t.
complete the necessary arrangements
A campaign committee will be appoint
ed for San Pedro by DR.. Weldon today
or tomorrow and the consolidation
movement in San Pedro will be pushed
| vigorously from now on.