Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27

En=r2 Sept cs--It is of vital con- -a1ue-ce tha- he relation of the late -aEemer1 ca the New ! ork- New Haven and Hartford railroad to the -zsehusetcs legislature should be rEI-F uuceVe-eu" said Governor Foss today Tn @ le-le- addressed to Frederick .L Macleod. eEa5CTna1 of the MaSsa- gr-Set-s pZbGc service commission In rsis letter the governor called upon 1rs41-lzu Macleod to IuTeSug2Te an expenditure o[ SS51. poo reported by the New 1are1 road to the public service Cc---zs sss1uu during the period sub s-a-E1sllT covered by the last session CT the AsssauhEsett legislature for Pc-sazz1 serTiccz' and for certain items lls-a1 under the unsatisfactory head tar of other eKpenseS
 l11liry zs to Melisu7s Services
 -I noze.- Governor Foss wrote. that tiaese sums are but a part of a total of ore million dollars said to have been c-rended dur5ug the past four years for slIl -uLher expenses not speclhca1- lr 6es--L3e6-~
 Besi6es ca1tu- for this 1nTes Igatiou 1he EUVs-nor also Wru1e- T believe il would te pertinent for you 10 ask for iufu-nzt6u- az Co the nature of the Fe-TlceE which lIr- NeIlen proposes to Fender iu hlS a5Tlso-y capacity to the raSlruzc G-ruE the next five years ~1ir- wl Ilss-fv thaC corporation in EaE1-- hEu sSV.Gll a year.
 Text of Governors Letter.
 Tae governors letter said in part:
 The people have a right to know sVarrfr vsisr the management did with t1eSe slDS. nracsa of which was spent c--luE Ci8e pendencg of the western rrnli-gS snd uuhlic service commission measures iE rbe legislature.
 Toe publication of certain eXpendi- 1rrres ftzzEHS5lss in my judgment proper bassiS for a searching invesdga-- ffoU c1 the relation of the railroad grisrGgezneuL t0 the Massachusetts leg tSiature and It certain partisan lead suS w1c. bs3islg handsomely retained by fss rzlEruSld. were in a position to q icfsre fsFuEa 5le terms for their client t1rQuEh the legislature.
 Publie Has Right to Know
 -7f lS relevant to ask what sort of heE1l services ere rendered by these Nsen. One ct these gentlemen who Fe-e5Ned The sum of $10,0 ,000 some six Fltsrc1ls ago is reported to have said fnat be had forgotten for what plrr- Fcsse Cn1s money was paid to him. If %. ! urEe you To assist his memory tc auy srsils ole manner
 believe thar the public has the r-E-T to know 1ur what purpose every Gl-41r ce railroad money is spent If rhese expenses had been published at Inc raCae J venture to say that neither fhe weSlegn trolley hiH or the financial re~lonS of IEe public service bin would have become lav-or would sven have reached ny desk t0 be ve- toed- and then passed over my veto Present Suspieien Should Be Cleared
 Up.
 -ft zs as important for the railroad ES for Ule public that the present sus- Eaclez. backed tv the revelations in cslTre4t publications. should be cleared
 -Ir ss my uuderstandlfz~ that the E-5eer conferred upon yOE by the leg tsls -tsrs of 1915 iu creating your com EllisSio1 surices for your purpose in rouGEeuus rhs inquiry which ] now cal Tor lt 1uu have any doubt on rtl-s r11ut. 2 Hlli ask fOF the CO., cpevas8an of -ae attorney generals of foe in determining rhe point"
 Motives of Railroads Allies in Legis-
 lature.
 AfteF referring Co the members of tle legislature wu3. he said voted to ~CsHfeF ordinary nnsHcis1 c0nces- E-eHs aI-en rhs railroad tine governor wrote.
 -vh=te ir is trBe that honest eensid- E-lrlsEs undoubtedly controlled the sc- Eruns 9f many members in these mat ters it ts of viEai consequence that the Eels1ion of the laEe railroad manage E1eDE E9 ras Massachusetts legislature slg21lc Hs fusiy BncOs cred with the tE-~F possible lapse of time In order t-aar rls public may have full informa- t1an ss tn the motives which scJuated Farh and every eRe of these allies of rils rasiFa-d ia the legislature iB voting ss t1eE did
 fHzFrePsr 6e=aRds Upon Railroads.
 -AEsap. ! tkiHS there is little del4,t thaG Inc exEeF8eaca of the railroad Gr6eE p~-t le~ielstuEes in Nassachu- sesss ard Dt her Ne+s Eaeiand states has bees a painfsS one and that many Improper demands have been made 1rnu the rsSlEosd interests in Consid- CrzfioH of the cooperation in favor PE supp-cssin- BnfaNorsb5e railroad Hs-islafion. ] believe thai thi- factor may have grown -o be a very potent one "a GeterEsl ming the disposition of thcse badly explained expenditures"