The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-22
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 .aThat was the same sort of a trans action. We paid both the same price. We tried to treat both fairly. I think both might have made money on their stock if they had held 1t. was per- fectIy willing to leave the price we should pay to & dfsinterested party. The price finally paid was fair. much less, in fact. than we paid for shares held by others ,,
 Tells of a ssHoIdup.''
 Mr FOX interrogated MT. Mellen concerning the acquisition of stock in various other subsidiaries of the New Haven. MT. Folks line or Ques- tionfng Indicated that the New Haven had been .held up', in some of the pay meuts for the properties. .Who was held up ?s' he asked. was if anybody.s' replied MT. MeHen. 1t takes two to make 9 transaction of that kind"
 Ir4terrogating Mr. Mellen as to the acquisition Of the Worcester Railway & Investment Company, MT. Folk ask ed Mhy William A. Read & Company, of New York, got s1o more share than had been paid to others.
 Mellen.
 "A holdup by Read Company ?s'
 Well was not holding myself up.,'
 MT. Mellen added, t.a.n intimation came to me that if we wanted legisla- for stock Es
 was this in writing
 These things never come in Bzrdt- ing. but they reach the spot never. EtheIess.s .
 MT. Melien, repeating previous tes- payment of $l40.000 in comnission to s. F.. Kealy was asked b. MT. Folk. Have you told us everything about this transaction ?'s
 Well, after go to bed at night since have been testifyfng think of things that might have been brought out and turn over. and con1 gratuIate myself that they were notsr
 Grand Trunk Affairs
 Tn the. last five min s1tes of his tes- tirnony MT. Mel1en was led by Chief Counsel Folks interrosatories to dis cuss his negotiations with the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada ass result federal grand jury in New York for alleged conspiracy.
 It developed from MT MeIlen's tes- tixnony that the late J. Pierpont Mor- gan was an 1rnportant factor in the Grand Trunk transactions which in yoIved an exchange or the New York, Ontario & western for the entrance. Into New England of the Grand Trunk ssDtd you have opportunity to sell the Ontario Western stock ?'s asked MI. Folk s yes to the Grand Trunk and to the Delaware & Hudson-s Regarding negotiations to the Grand Trunk. MT. MeIIen said: I have been accused of many things I never dreamed of and as result now I am under ind dictment for some If
 stDid yeu ever give tho Grand Trunk s4 1000. 900 or any other sum of money 2'' / < ;tsSs # ssNo.ss sS ss5 1 s.Did you try to trade the Ontario and Western to the Grand Trunk ?s' .sThere were some attempts along that line made by MF. Hays.
 What resulted from these att Yell. following the negotiations there were efforts made to provide for the construction of trunk line in Providence. R. T.
 Did MT. Morgan have anything to do with negotiations for this ex- changer
 Morgan's Active Fart.
 ssHe took very active part. did I not know Mir. Morgan knew anything about the matter until he came to my office while 1dr. Snfthers and Mr. fChamberlain were there. He told them what they could do to bring about peace between the New Haven and Grand Trunk interests He told of previous negotiations. saying he 1 had bought 9 steamship line on the understanding that he was to have I the New London and Northern raiI- road for the New Haven.
 | This arrangement, he said. was 1 made with MT. Emithers predecessor, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson. He said 1 the agreement never was carried out He spoke enphatica1ly. as you know 1 he quite often did. He told them they Northern road. that being the only thing that could. bring about peace. | He left the office and said that lWe only could continue the confereI,ca