The evening world., 1915-02-11

requiring greater seating capacity.
Mr.. Cram implied that Col. Hayward
had omitted reading this letter and
the Implication nettled the commit
tees counsel. A . mateer Of fact,
the letter, Mr.. Cram said, was not .
part Of the record Of the proceedings.
Col. Hayward then demanded to
know how he could bs expected to
know of its existence. Mr.. Cram
could not answer this directly. but
he insisted that the letter should be
placed in evidence as . matter Of
fairness.
DO you mean to say that delib-
erately omitted reading anything In
this record. Mr.. Cram ." Oel. Hayward
demanded. striding to within q foot Of
the witness and thrusting tho tran
script toward him.
CRAM INSISTS LETTER SHOULD
GO IN RECORD.
Mr.. Cram settled himself further
back in the chair and repeated: THAT
letter should have been put In the
record"
How did you expect me to get It.
q letter from you to the counsel for
the Commission
II can't answer that"
1T isn't a part Of the record Of the
hearing. Is it7"
The witness finally admitted that the
letter was not in the record, and q
minute or two later the atmosphere
cleared.
Mr.. Cram made another protest. this
one In tho matter of his use Of the
commission car which Col. Hayward
showed yesterday tho witness had
used for moro than 1900 miles In q
year.
ITS unfair. I think. to have read
from those chauffeur cards." Mr.,
Cram said. land suppressed the fact
that Chief Transit Inspector Hutchin-
sons name appears on . great many
OF them as user Of Commissioner
Grams private car" Tho Commis-
sioner gave careful and smiling ac-
centuation to the words ''privats car"
Col. Hayward retorted that In his
computation Of the mileage Of the
Commissioners car. he had used only
those cards which showed Mr.. Grams
exclusive use of the machine.
II have excluded every card" Col.
Hayward added, which showed the
use Of the car by two or more persons
on any day"
BY way Of rejoinder Commissioner
Cram fave q slight sniff and leaned
back In the chair before replying. IF
you say that I'll accept the mileage"
Col. Hayward then took up the mat
ter Of the New York and Queens Rail-
road. Mr.. Cram testified yesterday
that owing to the financial condition
OF the road the original order for sixty
additional cars to provide adequate
seating had been reduced to thirty
The representations made to the Pub
lie Service Commission were that the
purchase of sixty cars would i'm.
poverish II not bankrupt the company
Subsequently the commission was pro-
hibited by writ from reducing the
thirty-car order. by the efforts Of John
HALEY Clark, representing the Flush
ing Association. q taxpayers orsani-
zation.
INTERsoRoUoH SOLD POWER
TO THE QUEENS LINE.
It had been brought out yesterday
that the Inter borough owned 30 pol
cent. Of the stock OF the New York
and Queens and to-day Col. Hayward
sought to show just why the Queens
road was In unhappy financial condl.
ton, From a report OF the affairs oi
tho road. Col. Hayward read that m
1904 the expenses of tho road In pro.
viding power for Its cars was es4.731
In 1905 and 1905 the power plant cost
was S65.00o and osS.73e respectively
In these three years there haA been Z
surplus on the books Of the company
In 1895 there wes Q nttls purchass
e pover from tie lntDrbsgeugh." !" cua
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