The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-01
Bridgeport Man, Roads Auditor, Asked About Political Contributions SAYS BOOKS SHOW NO SUCH PAYMENTS Railroad Company Got Bil- lard's. $2.41e,ee3 Note
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washington. May Political ac- 4fwss1es of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad were brought to the front today in the interstate com 1nerce commissions investigation of axFafrs of the road
 Julian M TonaIinson,s of Bridgeport. auditor of the New Haven, was ques- toned at length as to the campaign comtrSbutions of the road which he said ~d5d not appear. on the comz panyss books He told of A stock ac- count of former President MeIlens a part of the earnings of which were Gevoted to political purpeses-
 MT Tosn1inson was called to- the 4tRnd bv Joseph ". Polk ehief coun- se1 for the cornmnissaon, who tfssazay- ef tFaa app%arance of Samuel Fem arzrwa seeHetary of the BiIiard com sDsny. whose transactions with the New Haven have been under investi ka&ion-
 MT Tora4inson said that his exam arsatzon of the books of the New HaL~ ven showed no expenditures for cam paagn contributions
 ssDzd Mr-MeTben say anything to you hs tr political contributions? asked Counsel Polk
 .sHe told me at one tirne,'' said ar. TcrxHnson, -sthat $50, 900 was giv- en to the Republican national com rafktee and $6s50O to the Rhode Isl- and Republican state committee''
 MT Tornlinson further said these urontrfbutiors did not go through his hands but he had heard MT MeI1en explain that he had made a. profit of S102 ,OOo in dealings in stock and that the political contributions were made out of this profit
 MT. Mellen had given the company s. note when he purchased the stock, MT. Tornlinson asserted, but he did not know how the note was paid off
 MT NTeIlen never gave me any vouchers showing the payment of cam paign contributions said the wit xe@-
 sspo you think your books, would Bhow faithfully the political coHcribu- eions of the road?'' asked-GarI Cart ner examiner in charge of the i'm auiry-
 .-rhere were no such entries as can recall said MT. Tomlinson-
 He recalled, however. seeing a vouch- xr of the Consolidated Railroad Conn uany, a. New Haven subsidiary, show anx the payment of $1e0, 900 to Edward D. Robbins, then general counsel for the New Haven which he believed was for political purposes
 Wasn't that charged to the account of construction and way2'' asked Mr. Eartner-
 1T couldn't says'' the witness answer hdg
 IT. books would show a payment of $23, : 600 to John Hall Mckay, from the New England Navigation Company, another subsidiary, and said he would supply any vouchers he could find bearing on that payment
 Mir Folk questioned MT. Tomlinson hs to the relations between the Bi1- lard Company and the New Haven Company as shown by the books He asked Mir Tom1inson about a state nnenx which MT Folk said showed Mow much the Billiard Company owed Nhe New England Navigation Com pany and asked him to read the f1g- ares He said he would not do this But would prefer to go by what was nza the books. at New Haven
 Further questioning brought out that Billiard had given a note to the navi- gation company for $2.z19.9s3.71. The New Haven held the navigation com pauy's note for $11, GOO, ,0O0
 Billiards note, held by the naviga- eion company, was turned over to the New Haven to apply on this.