Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-12

whiskey bottled? a. Well it seems t,
run little bit toward the bottled whis
| kcy-I should say very nearly half o.
them.
Q. So that while the quantity seem.
large enough for all reasonable pur
poses. if the barrels of whiskey repre-
scented bottled goods it would not be 81
large in extent as though they repre-
scented bulk goods? A Well, the bot
I tied goods usually weigh -,~~about IS,
pounds, SO you can draw your own con
illusions what the quantity would be
| @. What did the bulk goods weigh
A. About 400.
Q. SO there will be some rather less
| quantity brought into Lewiston-I don't
assume any of it is drunk there-rathc
less OF itxshipped into Lewiston on the
| supposition that good deal of it is
! barrels containing bottles than if we
| were thinking of it in the other way.
| That would be correct, wouldn't it?
| a. That would. "a 5
+ Q How many freight depots has the
Maine Central at Lewiston? u Two.
Q. And was this compilation taken
from the freight receipts of one depot
alone? n. Both. of Lewiston upper and
Lewiston lower.
@. So that it includes all the ship
ments. of liquor over. the Maine Central
| into Lewiston? A. That is right.
Q. Now where does the Grand Trunk
run to and from in connection with Lew
iston? A. Lewiston to Lewiston june
ton. / should say
Q. But do the Grand Trunk trains
come into Lewiston from Canada? A.
No, sir They connect at Lewiston june
ton.
O. OF course there wouldn't be any
shipments of liquor over the Grand Trunk
from Lewiston Junction to Lewiston-I
am gettng at the points--he spoke in his
opening of shipments over the Grand
Trunk-now the Grand Trunk coming
into Lewiston doesn't come from Boston
to Lewiston, does it? a. Well, there
was only one connection They run
freight trains from Lewiston to Lewis
ton Junction and connect at Lewiston
Junction and transfer.
q. Connect with what? A. With the
trains coming from Portland-the train
which runs from Portland to Island Pond
and then up through to Montreal.
@. The Grand Trunk runs from Port
land through Lewiston, that means Lew
iston Junction. and through Island Pond
up into Montreal? A. Yes, sir.
Q. That is correct, is it, A. That is
right.
q. Do you know anything about how
your freight shipments of ordinary mer-
chandise compare over the Grand Trunk
and over the Maine Central into Lewis
ton? ~. No, l do not.
Q. By far the larger freight, without
attempting to make comparison, by far
the larger amount Of any kind of freight
shipped to the merchants of Lewiston
comes over the Maine Central as COM
pared with. the. Grant, Trunk, doesn't it?
a. Well. we have always thought We got
the most. but haven't known what their
spoken. IL
Re-Direct Examination.
. Q. Mr.. Weber. just a question sug-
gested BY Bro. Pattangall. Do the re-
ceipts by the American Express Co
show in your freight records? A. Not
by the American Express Company.
Q. So that whatever may come in by
the American Express over the Maine
Central would not be included in your
freight records? A. No, we have no rec
ord of that whatever
Reeross- Examination.
Q. l don't suppose you are familiar
enough with the business perhaps II
answer this question but will try
it and see if you cam. Do the men
whose names have been suggested ia
Mr.. Skeletons opening as liquor deal
ers have their goods come in by ex-
press so far as you know? A. l.
couldn't say. l couldn't answer tina.
question.
Q. You do find the names on your
freight bills? a. ! do. yes sir.
Re Direct.
q. Do you know whether the
amount of freight receipts lessons ana
express receipts increases when en-
forcement is strenuous? A. Well, yes
I should say they are considerably
less.
Q. OF freight? A. Yes, when the
enforcement is strenuous.
q. At the present time there is no
difficulty in getting them by freight
A. There doesn't seem to be.
Recross.
y. That is to say, when you have
enforcement, the consumer has the
goods shipped direct to him by ex-
| press, and when it is little looser the
| middle man comes into the games
that is the idea of it, is it? A. Well,
| it seems to be when there is no en-
I foreement-there seems to be more oil
! It than when there is. ..s.5.,s. -.
i~-sQ More liauor?-aA. Yes. When
| there is no enforcement.
Q. More by freight you say? A
Yes.
! @. And when you have what is
called enforcement. you have larger
| express business? A. They have.
+ Q. l don't mean you have, / mean
there is a larger express business? A.
Yes, sir.
E. R. PETTENGILL having been
| duly sworn. testified as follows;
Examination by Mr.. Shelton.
Q. E. r. Pettengill of Auburn? A
| Yes. sir.
| Q. Are you in charge Of the freight
office Of the Grand Trunk Railroad in