The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-06
CONCEALED JOY
LINE PURCHASE
So Former President Of
the Company
Says
AT THE SUGGESTION
OF MELLEN
New Haven Control Did
Not Change It's
Policy

New York, Nov. 6.--Frank NJ. Dun
baugh, former president of the 10
Steamship company, took the witnes
stand again yesterday at the trial OF
former directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railway company un
der the Sherman law, to continue hi
story, begun Thursday, of the ALLEGED
steps taken by the New Haven road t
crush the competition Of the Joy line anc
eventually gain control.
The witness said that when in Novem
Der, 1908, he sold out the Joy line to the
New Haven, he delivered the stock en-.
dorsed in blank. He turned the shares
over to President G. S. Mellen and E. G.
auckland, attorney for the New Haven
for 100000.
"Mr Meilen surprised me-" continued
the witness, "by asking me to manage
the line. asked him what / would be
expected to do. He said that | was to
recognize no one but himself and name
such rules as | chose. III there is any
business you think the Joy Steamship
company should have he said, go after
it. Someone, l don't know whether it
was Mr.. Mellen, said they did not think
anything should be said about this sale"
1t was decided, the witness testified,
that nothing should be made public about
it. ''Mr. Mellen gave me very broad
powers" he added.
Except for the management of Mr..
Mellen, you continued to run the line as
an independent line, didn't your" asked
Attorney James w. Osborne, for the
government.
Eyes, for two years"
"And you did not publish the fact of
the sale in any newspaper"
well, there were some reports made
to the government, | think"
Answer the question yes or no."
mo" replied the witness.
Mr.. Osborne questioned the witness
about the Enterprise line, which the gov
eminent alleges was driven out of bust
ness through competition from the JOY
line under New Haven rule.
"The Enterprise line went out of bust
ness in 1907" said Dunbaugh; "they
failedp
About week after the Enterprise |
line went out of business, the witness
added. Mr.. Melen told him the JOY line |
was TO be turned over TO another line, |
md he wanted the witness TO quit.
The JOY line boats and properties were
turned over TO the United States Trans. /
company and eventually TO the
Hartford & New York transportation
company, he said.
Dunbaugh was asked whether he rep.
esented the New Haven in the negotia-
ions to purchase the Hartford & New
Iork transportation company. He said
hat at the request Of Mr.. Mellen he had
made proposition to c. C. Goodrich.
manager Of the line for the purchase Of
he property, which was accepted.
Goodrich, when on the stand last week,
estihed that he did not know who Dun
augh represented until after the trans.
ctions were over.
Testimony brought out in the cross
OF Mr.. Dunbaugh seemed to
ldicate that the Joy line was the ag.
ressor in the traffic war with the New /
Iaven and that the latter company I
ioved in self-defense. The agreement
rought about stable freight rates, the !
illness said, and this worked 10 the ad. !
antage even Of shippers. He stated that I
is people were treated with absolute q
'irness by the New Haven after an I
was reached. He thought the a
'ilure Of the Enterprise line was due TO {
Dot management. n