The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

contract resulted in better service at
a lower cost to the public.
Il was asserted by the New Haven's
president that the trolley lines owned
~ controlled by the road would be pay
ing ! per cent. on their full cost and
expense TO the company with the end
Of the financial year June 80, 1914
Il would rather have trolley lines
than good deal " railroad property"
Mr.. MelIcn remarked.
Against acquiring westchester Line.
concerning the building OF the West
chester road. characterized as the "one
million d mile line" Mel,en remark ed
that ne was in an embarrassing posi-
ton, II" was never enthusiastic nor
optimistic that il WAS a good investment
FOR the company. He believed from
III" hrs, that the cost o. il would be
too great a burden to the New Haven.
Lowering his voice, when asked why
the New Haven spent so much to aC-
9u!re that property, Mellrn said an "au-
thpr!ty h!che" than mine" believed il,
vas Wise for the New Haven 10 pur-
chase the property. The road Ia barely
paying operating expenses, but Melleu
IS coniiden; that when the New York
subway system now projected WI. have
been completed Tho Wcstchcster will
see great advance in business
should Hav. Sold 10 Morse.
An interesting statement from Mellen
on IN" steamship properties dealt with
the offer of Charles W. Morse Ave years
az" lo huy the property from the New
hhNtn and the unanimous vote OF tn,
directors against selling MelIen re-
Earded this decision as one OF the most
serious mistakes OF the road II Morse
had secured IN" property ne would
nav" had control Of the entire seaboard
steamship business and would have
made great success Of it, Mellen de-
Clared.
speaking of Intangible assets" Mr.
Mellen said h" would not sell the trade
mark or the Fan River Line for 81. 500
""". II ha1 cost huge sum OF money
L" develop this property, and the good
VIII to-day constitutes a most valuable
asset OF the New Haven road
i always regretted that We did not
sci! the steamship lines" said MIR. Mel
zen. and ! think the directors regret
II now"
Mr.. Mellen said he believed th;. under
she law the New Haven must DISPOSE
of all the steamship property by July
!, 1914. So he said the New England
steamship Company is now practically
Tor sale. He said, as he has often said.
that he knew nothing about the Ameri-
can Express Companys contract with
tn" BostoI. and Maine At the time his
road was buying Boston and Maine
stock.
Mr Choate asked why the New Haven
bought the control of the Rutland. and
Meiien said 1t was natural extension
Of the Berkshire division of the New
taNen and also a natural extension of
the Boston and Maine from Bellows
Falls north.
THE Rutland Railroad has trackage
rights into Montreal and a boat line on
the great lakes from Ogdensburg" said
Mr.. Mellen. by the acquisition of the
Rutland Railroad New England lines
were for the first time in control of
the rate situation between New Eng
land and the West as far as Buffalo,
Chicago and Duluth"
In connection with equipment pur-
chases from companies in which Dia-
mond Jim Brady figures Mellen en-
phas'zed the long practice of the New
England roads of buying from the
Keith and Osgood- Bradley companies
and the benefits resulting from giving
business To these plants, pointing out
that the enlargement OF tho Keith plant,
made possible through the giving Of
business Ia it by the New England lines,
had resuscitated the town of Sandwich
following the decline OF its glass indus
try.
Regarding the fifteen mile Hampden
Railroad Mellen went into thorough
explanation of the reasons which ac-
tuated him in building il, the advantages
expected TO accrue therefrom and why it
warranted an expenditure Of $4,000, 900.
He made the point that the road Is not
Intended primarily to originate traffic,
but 10 improve the existing service be-
tween Springfield and Boston and Bos-
ton and the north shore summer resorts
as far along the coast as Portland.
1.-THE line" he continued, "is going
10 be good line and profitable invest
ment for the Boston and Maine. 1t will,
to my mind, prove to be the salvation
of central Massachusetts"
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