The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
NEW HAVEN TANGLE
is BEING SOLVED
Ono of Most Perplcxing Prob
lens Settled After All-Day
Conference.
DISPOSAL OF TROLLEY LINES
Department of Justice Denies
Government Is Making New
Demands.
DISPOSAL OF TROLLEY LINES

Washington. March 15-Although
hnal settlement Of the New Haven
tanglc was apparently rar distant last
night. an all-day conference at the De
partWent of Justice between attorneys
representing the government and the
railroad resulted in an understanding
upon one of the most perpl"xint, prob
lens Involved In tho negotiations.
Nlt"r several days OF outspoken op-
position 10 the demand OF In. depart
ihent mat II give up Its Connecticut
trolley lines. the COMPANY agreed Inn,
they should be placed In the hands OF
trustees.
with this understanding the confer
once adjourned, md the lawyers viii
not meet here again until Fridny. In
thc meantime I, w. Gregory and Jesse
t. Adkins. the government attorpcvs
VIII he furnished with additional in
formation which they desir. and
Chairman Elliott. OF the New Haven.
VIII have an opportunity TO consul,
again with the New Haven directors.
The New Haven board meets in New
torf on Thursday. and although II was
denied last night that the Adjournment
"as taken With this meeting for prin-
ripal reason. IL WAS understood that
the attitude the department. toward
many OF the questions involved VIII
be taken up at the time by the board
New Haven officials In the interim VIII
acceptable 10 the Department of Jus
ticc 10 take over the Connecticut troll
!eys and I'VE TO take over the Rhode
island troll"Ys. II was tho belief here
that If the New Hovcns choice OF trus-
tees fer the Connecticut lines Is favor
ably received by Attorney General Mo
Reynolds there will be little diTiculty
in deciding upon the length of their
service.
Department officials were placed With
the New Haven's attitude in this mat
ter, for It has been well known here
that MIR. McReynolds regarded the
Connecticut trolley lines phase OF the
The New Haven insisted that tn" Con
hcctiCut lines were merely feeders Of
the New Haven system ,tscIf. ana tina,
did not contribute TO the alleged mo-
nopoly the department says 1t has over
Now Englands transportation.
40 other agreement was reached ann
the other big point In debate. tho length
OF time the proposed trustccsh!p tor
the Euston and Maine shah last was
not brought up at all yesterday rurth-
or details w'th regard TO the troilcys
and the problem OF the disposition OF
the New Haven'a steamships VIII be
arranged before an attempt IS made
to get together on the Boston and Maine
trustccship
Department stntcment.
The Department issued last night the
following statements:
within the las, twenty-four hours
several newspapers have published
statements 10 the effect thar ia tho
pending negotiations between tho De
partmcnt OF Justice and the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad
Company the government is making
new demands upon the New Haven
agreement reached January 10 last;
that IL Is demanding that tho New
Haven part with its holding IN dock
o 1qPT iavs ana an E @ter a on
ana river ports in New ENGLAND, and
have intimated that tho department is
ATTEMPTING in the pending ncgotia-
dcrstanding that the Interstate Com
m"rcc Commission shall pass upon the
right, Of the New Haven to retain its
There is no foundation for these
statements and this intimation.
Gnd"r The terms Of the agreement
OF January 10; synopsis of which was
given out by officials Of the New Haven
company 1T the time. II is provided
,,hat the, New Haven shall. within tho
time ana IN the manner to be agreed
upon, dispose Of tho stock ana obliga-
tons held by it in the sound steamship
lines, unless the Interstate Commerce
commission permits ii TO retain these
lines. In case the Interstate Coiniilcrce
COMMISSION does not permit 1t TO rcta In
me sound lines the wharf and dock
"a.
course. pass with them from the con-
troll OF the Sew Haven when IL dis
poses OF ta stock In those lines The
department has made no demand on
lNe Sew Haven TO part with dock ana
wharf holdings not covered bv the
terms OF the agreement Of January TO-"
Mere Skeleton of Agreement.
With the issuance OF this statement
II became publicly known for the first
time that the synopsis" referred to in
II was merely the skeleton of an
agrecmcnt which went into greater de-
tail That synopsis given out by Chair
man Elliott plainly said that the dispo-
SltIon of the sound steam ships OF the
New Haven was left 10 the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Comment was directed hcrn also RI
the declaration in last nights state
mcnt as To the retention Of whNrves
and docks by the New Haven I'm case
INC commission does not permit IT to
Keep It's sound steamers. il was point
eel out that the statement makes no
reference TO what the departments At
ttudc VIII he il the commission docs
permit the New Haven to retain these
lines.
Those familiar with conditions I'm
New England called attention to The
fact that the New Haven itself owns
IN Zee the WhaTvcs and docks in sound
cities, Whiie the steamship lines arc
owned through other corporations. 1t
was argued that if the department in
sisted that the New Haven get rid of
thc steamers II must necessarily insist
That 1t give up Its wharvcs and docks
when they could use. and vice versa
1t was said that discovery of this
fact by the department. led to the an
parent disagreement between tho con
fcrccs over the wharvcs and docks
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Double Tragedy Revealed.
Columbia. Miss. March ia DON
bic tragedy was brought TO linbt win
the nnIiDg carly to-Jn,, &c 81 -.