The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07

the New Haven was virtually only n
switching yard for all the United states
and Canada.
New England wac in competition with
the rest OF the country and 1t a to pay
! freight in and out. Il had Urgent neci
of the highest and most effective form
of transportation or the community
, would fail. II was losing Its manufac-
lures. Many of them We're establishing
branches IN other parts Of the country.
Mr.. BROKER there pointing to Charles
+. BROKER. established a branch out in
Wisconsin and other men did the same.
Rema rkabIe Memory shown.
The firs, stop toward the prosperity
OF u community Is an efficient trans
| portation sysfem," said Mr.. Mellen az
no entered upon another stage Of his
cross-examination. which made the men
| who knew already that lie had a good
memory marvel. New England In the
old days. he explained. had a network
OF railroads. but no efficient system.
Railroads had been built everywhere. a
'1ittle piece here and a little bit there"
all 1--we corporations, Why, a man
could rebuild the entire New England
/ transportation and make II better with
about two thirds of its present mileage"
he said.
Then Mr.. Choafe had him toll about
some Of the many railroads. There were
about 800 of them in the old days and
just how many he ratified off no one could
count, Ths railroads ran from ten miles
up. "a 100 mile road was Il whale" ne
said.
JUS, here said Mr.. Nicoll, IT want
TO say that In 1870 ! was going TO school
up at Concord. l would like to know
how I got there, started In "A horse
drawn car at T~wenty-sixth street n
Fourth avenue
without a moments hesitation Mr..
Mellen told Mr.. Nicoll and the court
that he went In the horse drawn car 10
Forty-third street. where he rode on the
Harlem River line. At tho end of the
city he went on another to New Haven.
then on another to springfield. then on
another TO Worcester. another TO Nashua
and still another 10 Concord. Ho changed
cars three or four times.
Just after that ne took up a trip from
Boston to Ogdensburg when he went into
the railroad business In 1869. There
were seven or eight different roads. each
with q separate set OF officials n poll
cies.
VIVA was the first evolution In this
s~ituation?" asked Mr.. Choate.
About the first thing they did was to
agree on a through traffic manager. He
was a man who arranged for through
freights and through trains with the va
rious roads. The separate management
continued. but he had charge OF those
matters"
There was another question about de-
velopment, and the witness continued :
at was the observation of any intelligent
man that the longer tho road the more
efficient the service. Therefore the States
began to pass enabling acts which per-
mitted consultations"
He ave an Instance where the Boston
and Lowell grew slowly from twenty.slx
miles to 800 simply by acquiring In one
form or another the little lines with
which H. was connected.
New England began early with rail
roads. II Was ut a time when affairs
were smaller" the witness said. land
roads were shorter" II was different In
the West. where development came when
the country could handle big things.
There Mr., Mellen's first afternoon under
cross-examinat!on WAS supended. II will
go on this morning.
The Government cleaned up loose ends
In its two hours of direct examination In
the morning, II succeeded In getting In