The sun., 1910-06-30
iAMORY ATTACKS LACOMBE
SlIS THE JUDGE PROTECTS
TRACT on CRIMINALS.
OpesslnE ThIrd Avenue ReorEaniSatiOn.
Tells p. y. Commissioners mat the
judge Permits Orders 20 Be Dts
ObeJea LzSSmbs Refuses 20 aepiS

Judge Permits Orders 10 BE Dis-
ObeJe1 LasSmbs Refuses 10 aepi,
The Public Seryice Commission. which
has been listening for several months
to the arguments Of Representatives oi
the bOndhOlders of the Third Avenue
Railroad system ir favor of the rcoTgani-
zation oi the road, gave hearing yester-
day To those who object to the plan.
One Of thoss who oppus-Jl ,hs plan was
Col. William n. AmOry. who at one time
was secretary uf the Third Avenue com
pany and who sinoe Il went into tho hands
81 a receivsrship has charged persist
emily that the company was wrecked
Col. AmOry repeated these accusations
yesterday lie said that there had been
a systematic Juggling " the accounts
of the company which turned expenses
for operation into assets hy Transferring
such expenses 70 construction accounts.
/ Tie added
Who Can doubt that millions were
taken In loot and charged 10 cost of road
and equipment, and that other millions
for operating expenses and cost Of re-
newals. account Of depreCig lion. were
similarly charged in order 10 conceal
the unla wful the of Third avenue funds''
Col Amory was mainly repeating
things he has said in the past but he
urged the commission to make an inves-
tigaiiOn of the affairs OF the road. and said
III you do no some Of thsse big thieves
will he exposed and indicted. and with
an honest District Attorney like Whitman
will be put hehind the hars
After that Col Amory insisted in drift
ing on To an attack on Judge Of the
Federal bench. This Is a transcript of
the official stenOgp Pher notes of what he
said
There is Judge on the bench who has
prot--t-,! these criminals lie l. the creature
NJ otWilliam Whitney aud the TOOL OF Thomas
= Ryan llc has not even obli-ei the re-
reivers 10 obey hl- orders with Fcsle,t 70
transfer, and the public Is cheated out Of
Its right.
More than tNo years ago. on Marvh 70.
1905, judge larOmhe In a written order
nov on Me M the o1i'r OF the clerk ot the
nitei states Cirrut Court carefully
reviewed the transfer law and dire ted
The THIRD Avenue receiver and the Met
ropolitan receivers TO eN,hanse trans
fer~ between the Forty-s.-.ond street road
and the Belt Line IN Tenth avenue AMI
First avenue. where the Forty second
street roai runs .ts cars for more than
U'n teet over the Bet inc tracks
Mr. Whtridge and the managers or the
Belt Line have simply ignored he order
More than eirhtr"n months a-o CAUSED
the IL = % be- published and toot pains
to sc that Judge la'ombe was advised
vi .hH situation Ne dat nothing. hut has
allowed the ,Oa'ampfuous DISREGARD ~
f'S orders tO continue. ! am reliably in
formed that ,er1ain persons intend shortly
20 move thr' the receivers show cause why
they should not be punished tor contempt
of court.
ni-r iutg- lnom ba's r0niuct Of fra"-
t.on AFFAIR. - '1prt hls been mai, 20 fore
restitution 90 stolen millions aud the inter-
e,t- oi the tra tior thieves have been con
>ery"i Even the r0oT 'ud -mrnt creditor.
ai the street railways those e ho hR. = hesr
maimei sDt The u iioas ant orphans ~
ihozaihOs~ SCI ho have teen killed. have
suffered rrueI iniustic, hey have iouni
. .muu-stula to cole their judgments .
, 90 there are millionaire, IN New lorh
to-day who have the money bsionzina /
10 rhc~r V0or aoUlr and 20 he stockholders. .
Tb-, are holIinF On q" their o gotten mil .
lions and go gnguni.trd Of their rimr, 4
e.aI.' We have had pi-Jr.'' Attorney |
ige Jerome
The chairman Nr Amorv. o. seems 20 /
me- yor ought ~ D, careful N these -sncrsl /
.rmarks We have given good deal OF .
100 he rrco-i and u IA, no connec ton .
With this a.tion Nhytrins 10 connection .
Win tbi- l,rion you .~'ull refer 20. hut I
Il is not rroIEr 20 maze at'a ks on on, iais |
have uo' spI-ar'l here ~ anv nay /
lui concerning ahrm evidence has not 1
been given ! hope ou viii refrain from D. /
any furtHer
Despite this Col Amorv continued % I
speak in a strain which Chairman Wilcox /
leld va taxing too much advantage of |
,he LATITUDE which the board had given to /
him. tOl Amory. ,hleCting % having
the closure put on him. said
There hss Teen a plan successfully nut
m foot to keen the traction thieves from
prison and from disgorEing the millions
thew have done away With. RYAN still
controls the street railways of this city
Back 0f the@e reCeivers, Who DEFY the
Public S~rvice Commission and treat IL
with cuntemut and ignore the laws Of the
state is Judge | acOmbe 8lpDorting the
In their hostile attitude and back
" lacomhe stands Ryan
Mr. Guthrie. Who appeared Tor the bond
holders committee. Interrupted Amory
saying that such statements should not
no Uermitted because IL was evident that
Amory was merely using the hearing as
vehicle for CalImny The commission
q greed with Mr. Guthrie. and from then on
Col Amory was compelled 10 disciss
merely the proposed reorganization
scheme
John Applehy. whose family - one
u the Argest stockholders IN the Third
Avenue company, also opposed the reor-
ganization scheme The commission will
hold a Hnal hearing on the matter on
next
When the transcript OF Col AmOry's
was laid before Judge acombe
gith a request that he should look through
{ for comment he refused tO do ~.
I am not Interested in ANYTHING that
hat man Amory may say, he said. and
d. not propose % give any importance
q his statements by cOndescenoing to
InsNeF them