New-York tribune., 1910-01-20
cLouRY TESTIFIEs
TELLS ABOUT ". Z.
uarara J. Conners Accused
p,fore Legislature Commission.

v--ssre~- I-njon Telegraph NolnpaiAS'
re tas,sf suggestion that the members
- so,nt legislative committed before
hs was the principal witness al the
" h-,.3on Of their meetings n the Conn-
--a-,hs- OF he City Hall yesterday
z 80 z-ss.t the ofsces OF the company and
So he operation Of The system at
sesdouarters- ao..-o,i-.
a. rbe cha.rmanship Of Senator George
ravis CT Buffalo, whether telesraph
= -ejeuhone corporations also sn0u4c De
- lnn6er the jurisdiction Of the Public
sc Commission. further learned from
- western Union president that ne con
-sss,ss re principle Of governmental or
- cantrol TO De correct IN connection
x-.h the telegraph business
WANTS CONNERs PRoBED-
=. ne opea.ag OF the hearing Ephraim
- of syracuse counsel 10 the com
-asa q letter from James N. E.
o-r-ssv of Rochester ex-Speaker OF the
vo-x safe Assembly and former
-N--esenan -fpcn the activities Of Will
~arne-s. chairman OF the Demo
- s-a-e Committee, with regard 70
- of telegraph and telephone COM
-. The letter was as follows;
p,,bes-a-- \. =. December 10.
- cs1-se 4. Davis, Chairman Legis-
Iative Committee - - ..z
De- -S-,,ra-9s court al Rochester be-
- y = s-aarles " Lane. as plaintiE. and
tsSse-- q Fern and others as oeIenoantS-
ms action Involved the Pfotlollon. Or
--e-1zsrion and sale q The SecOrlles OF the
sa------15 S-s-ss fyCecen6enC Telephone Com
eS e----S- CORPORATION organized for the pur-
!A--:: - aneratLng telephones IN the State
and
= c----g re stocks OF subsidiary companies
1-s-ssc1.ng ne same business
= re course CT Lne evidence Whlcn was
,--7,-eed or the trial OF that case II was
= M Albert O. Fem president
ri ne Alliance Bank o. H.ochesIer, tnat
- rad issued cerl---c-le @ STOCK OF tne
.. reire OF g 1le, go 70 William ]. Con-
- - - P5ffalo w--lO-t any consideration
LS--e I'D therefor. NJ. Fem stating that
= sSe;,si this certificate OF STOCK 70 NJ
r-,-ers q the request and unCe- The ci-
---.o- ~ Thomas " EtnUcane, president
-re United states Independent Tele-
Lorz Company and co-d-reCuor with Fem
: - Alliance Bank
L ne F7-Irane 5A51- tesrised that this stock
- even 10 Corners because he was an
s~Tuertisi nan and owned Two news
---s~e h ne civ OF Buffalo. and at an
--5s- ---,e Fiuuca-e testified that the stock
- gsrsn % Corners because Corners
- 5e4r conducting some investigation
- ~eis-,hone franchises n the city OF
Nsv YORK and I was thought advisable
~ YFi1ucsnei 10 buy him (Conners)
"A bT ne payment OF this S2,o0o.oo0 OF
re desire 70 cal your. attention and the
s--e--io1 of you- committee 70 this trans
srfon believing. Is We Go, that II IS z
--g--e- that vou- committee should inves-
-7rste snd prone 10 the bottom in order
-Esr he real reasons why this stock was
-rY-ned over L Corners should De known
sr6 in order ths- proper legislation may
= had 70 forbid similar transactions N
the fu-ure Yours very truly,
JAMES Il. z. O'GRADY.
4 resolution ot he Rocnester Chamber
af Coune-oe epproving the proposition OF
placing telegraph and telephone companies
under the Public Service Commission was
rsad
Colonel Cow began his testimony with
ths z-acensrr thar he was president Of
f-az t0--y 70 fifty telegraph companies
zhlch ere owned OF controlled by the West
en- C1io-- As . the American District
Telegraph Company OF New Jersey and the
company q the same name IN New York.
Colonel Clov-v said me New York company
operated The messenger ser-tce IN New
York CIT.
q thtns the New jersey company has
some signals this city. said Colonel
-orrv
The vice-president Of the company. who
vas present reminded the president that
re New jersey company was merely e
hol6iag company. Colonel Clowry amended
l-s answer n consequence
NJ Page Inquired which OF the subsidi-
~ companies did business in New York
s-ztg
c-oTRv REFERs TO RECORDS.
to--y-siZ states SC 7 am not altogether
nh
S-z-e- The records VIII show that"
Does nor The American Telegraph and
Telephone Company practically control the
Western Union he was asked.
Vel they have large interests"
and the same company controls the Bel
Ieep1o1e Company as weu2''
= urde-s-z-d that IS Sc"
Ee could not give ofhand. ne said, Lre
snou1- received from business wholly with
y t1e state and from Interstate business.
"= have hundreds OF Offices in New
Eo-E Srs-= -aar GO not pay more than 3
q month he said
coione- C-ow-y explained that railway
ronCan.es allowed their operators 70 take
messages for Cne Western Union. and some
u IAese o@oes did not pay, but he ad-
El--so -1=v Loz- 10 money, however
sa-d, Is . words Z minute. though an
Austrian had developed E system by which
ze@ words 2 minute could oe sent
has oeen stated - added Colonel
--o7T-- hat We have not adopted I'M
proTe1e1-s 5ur thar s nct 50. We use
NJ Bar--zy printing machine which IS
1ssc w--1 z cvpewr1te-. This Is used on
aAorI lines znc Is placed IN banks and such
--s-----o1s Then. we have the Wheat
7lone which transmits in the Morse sys-
n On -crg lines ana must be translated
: - c-l=E end We can send ninety
words -a1-e IN that way on z first class
''pper T-re when there IS no induction
--ou5-e
ne De-z1ey system can by means Of
-e-@I1cCo' SEND one thousand words z
--1-e L re could get enough MESSAGES
maze Il worth while 20 adopt that sys-
@e coL-d charge smaller rates"
ne average pad for z message Iast wear.
= SAC, was e Genus and The cost 10 tbe
~--Iy@--y vas ~ cents
-@12-zs 2 C-a-k. vtce-presieent for rair-
= years snd for more than forty years
s.-'-e-'eo W1-- The Western Union. testi-
MAJ il vas diEcult 70 compute the
---- q business done IN New York
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