New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
SAYS MELLEN IS FRANKLY HOSTILE
 TO GOVERNMENT
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York and New England, and the New Haven !" he asked.
 The worst I ever knew-just cut throat work on both sides" was the reply.
 MT. Swacker wanted to know if c. P. Clark, then president of the New Haven and named as a co-conspira- tor in this case, had had converse tion with the witness about the conl- petition.
 Claimed Reduction Unfair.
 MT. Mellen said at that time the New Haven had announced a reduc- tion in the running time of three pas senger trains from Boston to New York and that he went to Clark and protested that this reduction was un- fair to the New York and New Eng land.
 'I persuaded him not to make Q change in these trains," said the wit ness.
 What did you do to persuade him?"
 T told him all the things that were likely to happen"
 What were those things?"
 Well, I had in my pocket a CODY of an advertisement which I said 1 was going to put in the papers that afternoon announcing that we would run a train to Allyns Point to connect by boat to New York and that the fare between Boston and New York would be $1. Clark said Is thai. honest. Injun?, and I said, It it. ["
 Hired by Clark
 Two months after this, Mellen said. |, ryfaA charge of traffic of the New Haven. Who employed your" Charles P. Clark" What duties were assigned you ?"
 "To look after the traffic." replied the witness curtly.
 Did he say why he employed you ?'' "He said I made too much of q | nuisance of myself on the New Eng | land"
 Takes Up HouSatonic Line. MT. swacker then teok up with the | witness the New Haven's acquisition of the Housatonic. which was one oi the New York and New England con nections with New York. This was freight connection by car floats iron | Wilson Point, Conn. The New Eng | land also had a passenger connection
 
 which the witness described as hay 1 ing only a nuisance value"
 When the New Haven got tn, [ Housatonic, the car float connection was discontinued, he said. The Hous atomic, owned with the New York and New England, joint interest in the | New England terminal company which operated the car float connec- tion and which operated at a deficit After the Housatonic was secured ''The New Haven," said MT. Mellen, Showed a disinclination, to come for ward with it's proportional share ot | the deficit"
 Not Sure on Foreclosure. Whether the New Haven then caus- i ed the foreclosure of the terminal companys property, the witness said he was not sure. It was possible, he thought, that the | New Haven purchased outright the | New England's interest in the com. 1 pany before the foreclosure or thai it was a joint foreclosure. At any 1 rate, the New Haen gt the propertJ in the foreclosure sale. Do you know whether J. P. Nor. gan participated in the negotiations
  l ic?"
 "Only in the most general way l said the witness. Clark Wanted Suit. Returning to the subject of his en- trance into the New Haven, MT. Mel len testified that Clark asked him to institute suit against he New Eng land and that he did it through Bos- ! ton brokers. The suit, the government alleges, was intended to embarra ss the New England. MT. Mellen then described the New Haven's absorption of the Connecti- cut river road, another of the New York and New England connections and a connection also of the Boston and Maine. Next he told of the ac- quisition in 1893 of the Old Colony railroad, which had steamship lines from Fall River and New Bedford to New York
 Goldsmith Suit.
 Switching back to the New Eng