The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-21

as represented by Mr.. Adds and The
Reformer, so he said:
'"Shortly before these articles in
The Reformer began to appear did
you have some difficulty with one of
the editors of The Reformer; difficult
ty, mean, as manager of the gas com
pany?"
This question brought forth an OBJ
lection from Mr.. Hughes and Chair
man Bacon remarked that neither Mr.
Rice nor Mr.. Crane, both of whose
names had been mentioned a moment
before by Mr.. Daley, were named in
the petition as pertinent to the in,
quiry. The witness was finally per
mitted to answer, yes
Mr.. Daley persisted: 81 am not
asking what the trouble was, but did
not one of the members of The Re
former office express some i'll will,
Mr.. Hughes interjected an objection
and Chairman Bacon said he would
leave the matter where it was.
Secretary A. D. Foster of the Twin
State Gas & Electric Co. was next
called. His testimony was concerning
finances and he submitted figures of
the earnings, expenses and net profits
of the company for the years 1913 and
1914. Mr.. Hughes wanted detailed in
formation, and after some discussion
to determine exactly what could be
furnished and what was wanted, it
was agreed that copies as desired
would be furnished.
The totals as given for the year
1913 were: Earnings, $24,791.22; ex-
penses, $2l ,302.39; net profit, $3,4sS.S3.
For 1914 the figures were: Earnings,
1914 1912; expense, $20996.14; net
profit, SO ,9S2.9S
The testimony by Supt. A. L. Tripp
concluded the hearing He said he had
been superintendent seven wears and
bfore that worked under Supt. Jones.
| He testified as to what new parts had
| been provided for the three closed
cars, giving them in detail Cars
and s are in good condition. Car No.
is not in such good condition and is
used only as spare ear. In l6 months
| 25 new wheels had been put on
and in the last four months eight new
ones. There are now no fiat wheels on
any of the ears.
Mr. Daley called his attention to the
fact that one witness had testified that
there had been fiat wheel on one OF
the open cars. Mr.. Trip tapped his
head and replied: Sup here.
He had heard no complaints about
poor ventilation until that day. He
heard complaints about the roadbec
every time he met knocker.
New motors he said had been placed
in cars / and ), that in car ! having
been put in three years ago and il
before that.
Car No. 5 Is in bad shape as to tbs
body, but the trucks and electrica
equipment are as good as in the othe
cars All the cars, he asserted, wer,
safe and well equipped. Nos. and
were painted last summer. Ii has beer
the custom to give them one coat o.
i paint and one of varnish every year
No. 5 has not been painted for thre'
years.
! Mr. Hughes, on cross examination
; wanted to know about the time No.
caught fire. The witness replied tina
it was out of commission FIVE days. H
. heard no complaints of the smoke smell
: after it was put back in service.
Mr. Trip said he had been with tn
5 road 10 wears. When on track work j
was his plan to get the spring wor
done about July. Last year he starte
D with six men, later reducing that nun
, Der to four and still later to two
| They continued to ''pick up joint
f until the ground froze. There az
I many poor joints that if fixed woul
t save many fiat WHEELS.