Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-05
NoTfMUcH JOY
 FOR THE JOY LINE
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(continued from Page One) the influence of Mr. Rockefeller with the late Henry M. Flagler, his fellow to prevent the Joy line chartering
 boats from the Florida East Coast
 Railway company; of its own irIf1u- ence with the Long Island Railroad
 company to prevent the line from chartcring boat from that road; how
 it rewarded a steamboat captain with
 an annual railroad pass for refusing to charter his boat to the Joy line; how it paid another steamboat captain $10
 day to discontinue lightering service of
 the line between Fall River, Mass, and
 Providence, R. l.; of concession in
 rates made to the American Sugar Re- fniTg company if it would divert its
 shipments from the Joy line to the
 panies temporarily buried the hatchet by entering into secret agreement to fix rates and how the Joy line suffered
 a decrease in it's traffic as a result.
 Secret Traffic Arrangement.
 The government had just begun
 through F. M. Dunbaugh, former pres
 idcnt of the Joy line, to disclose the alleged circumstances under which the line was acquired by the New Haven when the trial adjourned for the day. DunbaCgh said that he had begun bus mess in 1899 with one boat and that when he sold out to the New Haven in November, 1905, the line was operating six boats. The secret traffic arrange
 men5 had then been in effect since October, 1902. he said.
 Kept Tabs on Traffic. The New Haven during this time, it was brought out. had kept tabs on the traffic of the line through agents sta- toned on it's piers and a report was
 made to Charles s. Mellen, president
 of the New Haven, that the lines pas senger traffic had decreased IS per original. agreement with us they ad- vancsd rates.''
 How long did this espionage con tinue?' asked James W. Osborne, at- torney for the government.
 Tt went on all the time I was in the business. I was keeping tabs on
 them, too," replied Dunbaugh. Protested introduction of Letters. Attorneys for the defense protested heatedly against the introduction of the letters, but Judge Hunt admitted them on the ground that they consti- tuted a part of the effort of the gov ernment to establish a prima facie
 case and that if they were excluded the defense might have right at tl-is time to say that it had failed to do so.- John M. Hall, president of the New Haven during most of the Joy line transactions, and other authors of let ters introduced today did not mince words in their characterization of the Joy line interests.
 Pirates at the Best. Pirates at the best" Hall described them il: a letter to Percy R. Todd, then vice president of the New Haven. We must all the time realize that we are dealing with cutthroats."
 Their hides will be taken off and laid cut on the Long Island shore to l dry, wrote R. L. Haskins, general
 traffic manager of the Metropolitan steamship line. which at that time was working in cooperation with the the New Haven.
 We will take their sugar for noth- have it." wrote Haskins in reference to
 American Sugar Refining company | shipments.
 Must Keep Matter Secret. eve ought to keep the whole matter a secret from the public, if possible" | wrote Hall to Todd in reference to the agreement which the New Haven en- tered into with the. Joy line to fix rates, and which also restricted the | lines service between New York and Providence. Board Gave Its Approval. The initiative in seeking the agree ment. it was indicated by the corre- l spondence, came from Dunbaugh, but | it appeared from the minutes of the l New Haven directors authorizing 1t | that a question came up as to whether | it was legal. The board gave its ap- | provai provided that the president was | satisfied that it can be legally done but in case it proves, for technical or | other reasons, that it cannot be legally i done by the railroad, then he is au- | thorize ed to execute the contract in the
 name of the Providence and Stoning- ton Steamboat company Ca New Haven subsidiary). The contract was, how | ever, made in the name of the railroad
 company. according to copy of it put | in evidence.