The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-10


examination in the trial Of the former
New Haven directors yesterday at'er-
noon by the emphatic declaration tna'
he had never consplred with any person
or persons TO monopolize the transpor'a-
! ton facilities OF New England.
1t was at the close Of u day IN wn'en
| the questions Of Charles +. Choate hau
taken him from the Roosevelt approval
of the ACQUISITION OF the lines
To shu, out Charles A. Morse 10 inc
trolleys that Mr.. Meilen summed up tue
purpose of the New Haven directors
This was evolved in a series OF ques-
lions and
.Now, at any time during your con
,.o,,o, u,,h the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad u'o
,o,, combine or couspire with per-
.o, IN monopolize in any way Interstate
,o,,msrce between tho several STATES
=, N.w England and the states OF New
worry and New Jersey and the o.heI
states OF the United states. OF 10 oo.a'r
a monopoly OF the entire ransporta.io
OF New England. New YORK ahu We"
Jerseyy' asked Mr.. Choate'
..t never c~onspired in n way. shape
or manner on either subject was INK
answer. to,
81 was attempting to build up 10,
S.w England an efficient system %
ran.nor,ation to secure SUFFICIENT m,e'
49,. 10 enable the cost OF the terminals
witch was something tremendous. 10 o.
distrlbuted over as large a mI,eas'
=. no.,,h,e. There was no p~reconceiVet
Nan Of how this was to be proush
about. Each days work broush . wv
consideration OF myself n d,ree.or
numerous matters and the neat va
brought some other thing.
1T was a process OF eNolu' -,
do not know but that We would al
sa,s heen scared to death X We MAJ
annreciated in the first step what IN
last step was to be-
s.,,e. Of Daily Problems.
Z .your nroblems came up from day I
49,. ara You met them as best 20
could as time went On
: Choate softly.
. ave did" was the answer.
: .you have spoken OF New Ef'g'an
M a terminal yard. Won't you descrto
5 !. Ut,ie more fully what you mean D
: that?'' asked Mr.. Choate.
Z ..vv,th all the six or seven tnousah
e r,,.. ~ railroad that was at the tiu
: of my retirement in the contro' Oh !"
New Haven road the average nau, -,
every carload OF freight on the Ne
. Haven was not more thah hlhe'y"
mil.. For that movement we mao '
n".u,a. ,ha EXPENSIVE terminals to TAI
= care Of freight perhaps from san rIa'
- Ga t&oston. We could not 40 'h'
with so short n haul. -
..rhe cost OF those terminals nau
no distributed over a large m'Ie's
There was a demand on the part VI. : :
rnhii, for more and We tried 10 me
Y ~, demand Blu in meeting mat u
:. ,nand. for every million We eNpenoeu '
e had 10 look for the interest or return a.
IN that meant we had 10 secure INV -
II ~, ,h. business 20 make the eNpehd''u
r Iemunerative ..uo, tho NJ
lie u,,.n IN reach out all the time TOT .
I'd control OF more business, to suppoI' .
an snnrrors expenditures mace an" :
&c ouired-and there was no emu III S
IN M the time OF my retirement
We ~exnenditures had TO be suppor'eu' "a
er ,hay mad 10 be supported by con'fo'll
sources Of business. otherwise !. "'s
is have been possible for speeu'a.o.s
&c hava built A line from we" ..
w weston and spoiled the whole matte,
We MIR. Choate pulled down a map "
~. pointed IN New Ell
,a,d Nth reference TO the rest OF
zee I-ri,ad states. up here in one CORNER
er 10. and al. YOU said. without any "
as materials produced within 1t wh'eh
lid "a will YOU state how important
ST. IRA. TO that territory to ave an e
Ter c,.nt transportation system" -,
w "It needs il almost beyond any on
ed ..o,,,, NJ the country was the reply
Just q Terminal Yard.
81 ANY one looking at the map can
RI that IL is nothing but a great ter"hI
ard. as have said. There ave 81
manufacturers. and everything the! g
.un,s Is brought from other sections
the country and everything the! y
the d,ce ia sent out. An equality or +
on and the %cheapness OF raw na,e,.a'
Sc absolutely necessary for the no'oihE
IT: that Industrial supremacy that Ne" T.
au Ia nd has so far enjoyed
yri- Mr. Choate made another point WI
hat he read that portion OF the indictm
ron charging the defendants win consplr
'er- IN monopolize the transportation rae
the t,es OF New England, New iorh
XII New Jersey. r,
ger Have you figured up the ptopo''
nile 30 New Haven's holdings in the te
tory named?" he asked.
dis ~ burned the midnight OIL up a'
the --