The evening world., 1910-12-30

tnn10at ! owes against William i.
Sheehan on the alleged ground that Mr..
Sheehan and certain associates of the
latter had brought about the %organiZa-
ton OF the Suffolk Traction Company.
one OF the rivals OF the Sou.h shore
Traction Company, and tina, in bringing
about the organization of the Suffolk
Traction Company william +. Sheehnn
had In some wa" become responsible In
damages 10 me. and that proposition, so
far as material. was stated In the fol-
lowing manner 10y hume In "a letter
bearing date OF Sept. -. 1907:
lat the suggestion and request OF
Mr.. Robin ] herewith submit to you an
assignment of any claim which YOU n
have against the i~ncorporators Of the
Suffolk Traction Company and their as
sociates by reason of the fact that the
confidential papers of the South Shore
I Traction Company Were usef by these
individuals for the purpose of rganlz-
ing the competitive company instead n
the purposes for which they were sub
mitted.''
The agreement between Bobln and
Davis was Ia on March . 1907, in
the presence of Clarence Lexow. the
lawyer Since the downfall OF Robin 1t
has become widely known that the
pennsy1vania Railroad had opportunity
10 buy out Robins interests In the South
Shore Traction Company for s2,NO,Wo--
these same interests which DAVIS claims
cost Robin nothing, Friends OF Robin
say that he refused an offer OF nearly
81. co. 900 made by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road
The South Shore Traction Company
was orga nized in 1904. the old Railroad
Commissioners giving the company a
f..-,Isu. fn, tftV-pnA ptilna of nrOipptp1
railroad from the boundary of the
Greater City In Queens Borough to the
Csyman River In suffolk County. In
December OF that year the Railroad
commissioners authorized the issuance
OF s., 600, 900 In stock and S3.OOo,o00 Of
bonds,
Got a Sweeping Franchise.
When Robin got control OF the paper
railroad In 1907 he announced that a
high-speed traction line would be bull,
and he applied for and obtained from
the Board of Estimate In the closing
DAYS OF the Mcclellan Administrative
"A franchise for thirteen additional miles
across Queens Borough to The Queen
boro Bridge. and one ana one-hllf nile
over that bridge TO Manhattan. This
gave the South Shore Traction com
pany rights to construct and operate
slxty-fve and one-half miles OF rail
ROAD principally In opposition to tn
Long Island Railroad, owned by tn
Pennsylvania Railroad.
REPORTS made Ivy the South Shor,
Traction Company 10 the Public Scr
vice Commission under date OF June
20, 1910, state that s2j1.0lO bonds wer,
ISSUED under construction contract
and that out OF s600,0N stock issue,
; the cash actually realized was $50
n. The gross income from the car
operated over the Greensboro Bird.
was given AS SIG, i9l. -. while an eX
pendi.urc Of ,s7G7.2o for ten cars wa.
. reported. This was from the operntio'
. over the oueenshoro Bridge where tn
= 'rac's arc owned Nv the city.
The only other portion OF the Robi
$ system reported as In operation was
8 one and "A half mile horse car line he
tween Amityville and Sayville, wher
the receipts from the two cars wa
s3Os.i5 for a year, The total deficit 10
the operation OF the "Sayville Division
was put At ~$2,S0j.o5.
: ON June S. 1909. tina Public Serv!C
Commission denied the application {
the ompan for authority to eNerci'
the franchise obtained from the Boar
a. OF Estimate.
= The compin appealed from he ord
OF the commission denying the appll
ton. and the Appellate Division of Ii
Supreme Court reversed the order al
~ directed that the application he gralte
- The Court of Appeals affirmed this d
- cision. and the commission In due tin
G. followed the mandate OF the court al
| granted the application.
According 10 a export on file with 1
" Public Service Commission there u
VI b,99h shares OF stock OF the South Sho
Nrartion Company outstanding, and tn
Nv are held as follows: Railroad Tracti
" Construction Company Through viii
tr Robin exercises control). 6,6yi snar,
William II. Lomax. leo, Theodore We
c.
he On, Uns ..nKOMO QllNiNE,"