New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03

connection with the New York &. New
England that the New York Central IL
named rs conspirator. IL being
charged that the Central and the New
Haven By traffic arrangements forced
the New England into the hands OF
Thomas {. Plat and Marsden J. Perry
as receivers, from whom IL eventually
found it's way into possession of the
| New Haven.
/ Lawyers going over the case yes.
/ terday pointed out that while the gov
| eminent, by its decree in the civil suit
| to dissolve tho New Haven, agreed and
admitted that the holding of the New
England, the Old Colony. the Rutland
/ the Ontario & Western and other rail
roads was proper and legal, the indict-
ment seeks 20 make IL appear 70 be
criminal. The matter Of holding the
/ steamship lines is left by the civil de-
cree TO the Interstate Commerce Com
mission; in fact, the New Haven is
enjoined from disposing of any OF
them. yet il is charged with breaking
the law by holding them since that in
junction issued.
The lawyers were OF the opinion that
the only reason the steamships were
brought into the indictment was 10
bring the case within the statute Of
limitations, the acquisition Of the lines
formerly controlled by Charles w.
Morse not being completed until De
cember OF 1911
OF the ;wenty-one men indicted IN
the New Haven case william Rookie
Teller and George +. Baker are the
best known. Lewis Cass Ledyard was
the intimate friend of J. p. Morgan,
the elder, and also his counsel. Charles
". Pratt. like Mr.. Rockefeller. has
been prominent in the affairs of the
Standard Oil Company.
Theodore n. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company, figured in New Haven affairs
as the representative OF large Boston
interests. as did Alexander Cochrane.
William Skinner, ID. Newton Barney,
A. lIeaton Robertson, Charles +.
Brooker, Frederick f. Brewster. James
Elbon, Henry X. McHarg, Edward Mil
ligan, Robert W Taft and Francis T.
Milligan represented Connecticut hold
Ings in the company, the character of
which requires that majority Of the
board shall be residents of that state.
John l.. Billiard was unknown in
financial circles or in Meriden, Conn,
his home, except as proprietor of
coal yard, until he became the instru
ment by which the New Haven took
over the Boston & Maine and other
enterprises. Just now he is defending
n suit for 100000 brought by the
present management of the New
Haven. as is James 5. Hemingway, his
associate in the Billiard Company and
in the indictment.
Edward d. Robbins, who was general
counsel for the company for years and
director of it for a short time, has
been described by Charles S. Mellen
as the lawyer who could always find
way to do anything. He is prominent
also as an educator
George Macculloch Miller was the
director who, with William Rockefeller
and Mellen. made up the committee
charged with the acquiring of the New
York, Westchester & Boston.
Thomas De Witt Cuyler. one of the
wealthiest men in Philadelphia, repre-
serted Pennsylvania Railroad inter
ests in the board. In the efforts TO
rid the road of Mellenism and rehabii-
tate the property he has been most
conspicuous. He has been on the board
but a few years, being elected after
most of the transactions complained
of we're completed.