New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-06
People Got Low Freight
Rates After Sale, Former
Manager Asserts.
RAILROAD FAIR
IN DEALING, HE SAYS
More Documents Read to Show
Efforts to Sway Action by Cor
necticut Legislature.

told yesterday By Frank VI. Dunoaugh'
who continued on the stand as gov
eminent witness in the tr!sl OF the
eleven former New Haven directors.
The wind-up OF his testimony was
something Of happy ending also 10
the defence, for under cross-examina-
ton the attorneys for the men ac-
cused Of conspirng 20 absorb weaker
competitors got from Mr.. Dunbaugh a
version Of the matter that seemed to
color the New Ravens actions as good
for all concerned
After Mr.. Dunbaugh left the witness
stand the government attorneys re-
verified TO their former method OF read
ing letters from the files OF ex-Presi-
dent John NJ. Halls correspondence
The Dunbaugh testimony related TO
events "a late as 1905. The letters
were dated in 1897, having to do with
legislative maneuvres on the part CT
Tho New Haven men to block, the gov
eminent alleges. the development 0i
competitive traffic.
Fight Against Montville Line.
Ons Of these from Mr.. Hall. under
dote Of Nav IS, 1897, was to E. D. ROD
bins. one of the defendants, formerly
oorr,e, FOR the New Haven. 1t read, IN
part:
"The Montv,lle charter was passed
IN the Senate to-day over an ADVERSE
report Of the committee. Lee spoAe
IN favor of IL and no one against IT,
and It passed on to vote. Inc
Senators had evidently not been seen
at all by any one, unless they had been
,lopghed with by the other side.
noticed that Plympton and Goodrich
voted for the bill. They should be seen
AZ once. Lake, Vinal and Wright did
not vote, nor did Lounsbury or MARI
GOLD. Warner and Herman voted ior
the bill.
eve arranged for reconsideration
md had IL laid on the table, but you
sbould set Lake to work against thaI
charter at once or the whole thing VIII
he lost. | fear II it gets into the
House Colt will have to favor II, ana
ther. will be danger that the bill VIII
oo through. Please get on 70 IT as soon
a. possible. | think If you had been
on deck you might possibly have hxed
II this morning. ! do not think our
mutual friend Harrison has lifted ms
snner n ss.ist in defeating that BILL
Taken Up by Lobby.
Another letter from Mr.. Hall In the
same matter, addressed two days iater
10 Charles F. BROKER. also a de1ehu'
ant, read: g., d;,.
abled from attending the Senate 1ur.
Their this session. We wish 10 pea'
the Montville electric road; the lobby
have taken hold of this matter ana are
irving 70 put It through over the re.
mort Of the committee. what we wan
Il TO have Senator Steele write Senator
Kendall that he is against the con,
.,rnct,on OF the Montville road, and
get him to arrange a pair for STEERS
With some one who favors the road,
CO. vou arrange to attend TO this? !
write YOU thinking that you would be
more influential in this matter than
anv one else | know. We wish to peat
us nil ON account Of our New Eng
I'D extension from Norwich to Gro
ton"
Counsel for the defence objected 70
tho reading of these letters as being
merely cumulative evidence bearing on
matter remote to the issue. X. V. LIN
d,bury In his effort TO stop what ne
termed as simply wasting time, at last
offered TO admit that all the things the
government sought TO prove by the let.
ters were done simply in the course OF
legitimate business by the New haven
Persist in Reading Letters.
But the government attorneys per
sisted In their desire TO go on reading
ana the DAYS session ended with the
reading of the following letter to Sam
mol Fessenden, of Stamford, Conn,
from Mr.. Hail. under date OF May ~
1897: =.
1--WE are interested In defeating the
Nontyille electric road charter when
"a parallel road to the New London
Northern and will also be parallel 10
our extension Of the Norwich q
Worcester from Norwich to Groton.
To-day in the Senate Kendall tried to
indefinitely postpone the bill. but was
,nable to do so. Now, we want TO
reach Lounsbury, who voted against
indefinite postponement what want
10 TO get Lounsbury to support the
unanimous report Of the railroad com
nittee. II he proposes 10 run for Gov
ernor he will have the very best Re
nublicans In Norwich, men on whom
he would have TO rely TO carry Nor
wich. and who are unanimously against
this proposition. against him, besides
other interest that could and would DO
him more harm than any friends he
can make by voting for this parallel
scheme.
"Bob Colt, In the House, president
Of the New London Northern, com,
mitted himself to vote for this road
when he was nominated, but at hear
he. of course, does not wish IL, bu'
vsrv foolishly committed himself FOL
the sake Of getting into the Legislat.
ure. think | should have preferred
&c stay a. home than to take such a
humiliating position.
kindly give this attention as quick
IL as possible so that we may know
how We can count Lounsbury.'
Tells Of Joy Line Sale.
In Mr.. Dunbsugh's testimony part
that was particularly pleasing 70 the
defence was when he told OF the sale
of his line 10 the New Haven.
president Mellen Of the New Haven
sent for me and asked me what I'd sell
the Joy Line for" he said. 81 named a
figure. which he said was entirely too
much. We argued for an hour. and
finally ! agreed 10 accept $4,000 for
the controlling stock. Later there were
nhhitional nAYments. which brought the