The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14


 charged us interest on $4oo,OoO from such a date to such date.
 MT Wheeler repeated this to me several times with his own lips before he died.
 Morgan had control at least for those he may have managed the stock for and when it became necessary to control the situation in New England George H. Waters became president of the road but not for long. Charles P. Clark was another president but later died in Italy and John M! Hall followed before Charles Mellen.
 The Connecticut Company, other trolley roads and, the Ontario & West ern, a leased line of the New Haven, ate up morep rofits of the few paying l tines that were regularly dumped into the New Haven system.
 Giles & C1ancey for nearly 30 years had made thexcastings for the engines used on the .Naugatuck division. I was closely acquainted with Edward M. Read, president of the Derby road, and we were interested in much of the stock transactions. Later Thomas NCou1ter was associated with Giles & Clancy in the machine end of the casting business.
 .sIt was through my intimate asso- citation with MT. Read that I met the late fnancier.
 tI have met the late MT. Morgan on
  ii ons with the Eousatonic and Nauga- tuck railroads. He was quick, snappy man, hard to secure a direct reply from, yet with the keenest per- llception and the faculty of instant dee cision think one il1ustration will serve to give an insight into the char acter of the man wTlo had much to do with formings the big New Haven sys- tenn of today.
 ."The occasion I shall relate was fwhen the first debenture5 bonds had a. first instalment of 25 per cent. to be paid -on or before the 1st day of April, 1893. I went down in the mid dle pf1 March.
 '"fhe moment had put my nose in the door someone said, What is your busines here?' I told him .
 Take your place in Hne,' he said.
 Finally got up to the. chief clerk.
 You are MT. Giles?' he question ed, sA1r.5 Giles, of Bridgeport
 -''I claimed to be.
 eHake we ever done any business with you before he continued, and then, Have we your signature? 2
 'I told him that he had not, to which he answered with inality, T am sorry but I cannot identify you
 Thinking quickly. I asked if there was any member of the board of di- rectors of the Housatonic railroad there.
 Yes MT. Morgan
 -sVVilI you take these papers and me to MT. Morgan and I will undertake to Identify myse1f?' I asked. s James, take this gentleman to MT. presence of the great hnancier.
 Well. what can do for you?' he began at once.
 'T am here to try and identify my self,'' began.
 Proceed. was all he said.
 t<N. .1.rAH- e7 . last you were in Bridgeport.
 ,.s T might have been.'
 You were there attending the meetings of the Housatonic, Norwich and Danbury railroads.
 e.'' T might have been.'
 stDo you remember that the Hous- atomic railroad. meeting took place first and that an injunction preventing you from voting on 25,0Oo shares of stock had upset your calculations to such an extent that you had to ad- journ the meeting?
 T do not exactly remember
 Would you deny it?
 sNo.'
 Do you remember Lucius M Tut tie?
 I remember him very we'll
 well, will tell yous'' I said, be- coming somewhat indignant at his ap- parent forgetfulness, MT. George Me- Cul1ough Miller, William Rockefeller Rof New York, were there, William D. Bishop and Nathaniel Wheeler. of Bridgeport and you and were there. You will remember a conversation from the chair to the effect that the only member of that board who was behaving himself was, MT. Giles-''
 't 'No; broke in Mir. Morgan, T not rem aember that-Bil1! This man is all right; see that he gets what he is entitled to. Good day, MT. Giles ,"
 cV1 RTid dOnT col , xrro1I it's west end instead of depressed tracks to Park avenue is stold by MT Giles, who was. then a member of the common council and the member who introduced a resolution into that. body to "see what might be done regarding the 28 grade crossings in the city of Bridgeport 's
 ''The matter had come to a head" said MT. Giles, when President Clark of the railroad appeared before the. committee one night. and said, Don't be bashful, gentlemen. Bridgeport is one of our principal stations. We areswilhng- to spend two or three nail-l lions of dollars ifsyou will tell us what you wantS Again during the conver- sation he repeated, We are not here engineer of the road) has drawn up plan which I think will be satisfae- tory, but if any of you gentlemen have a better one, name it.
 MT. Curtis unrolled a map which called for the depression of the tracks from what is commonly called Sher- woods crossing to Park avenue. If you will furnish the land for the wid- ening of the approaches we will build five. elegant bridges without acent of cost to you.' It was found that the land would cost Ss,160. The offer was rejected and MT. Clark then said that the offer never would be made again and it was not. The city paid $40o,O00 for stone wall that spells it's West End.P
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