New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-14
thompson Committee to
nelye Deeper Before
Asking Removal.
WITNESSES FOUND BY
OFFICE BOYS AID
lads Are SubpGnaed En-
oIoyers Who Couldn't Be
coached Soon Follow.

Whitman may nov het a"
O' ..r 10 remove Public Service
opp ,nsr Robert c. Wood tor
''" ,, vet. if the plans discussed
''. y. thompson committee yesterday
@ W. led out. Il had been the in
"' - the Investigators to prefer
en.y .. AGAINST both Wood and Com
''" &c, Williams carly this week
. a.',i refusal. however. 20 tell the
.;..es Of the use to which he put
'O'''1 ..;o,s loans he obtained before
.'' .';,c a commissioner has angered
:. nyesticstors. and they now pro,
" . exhaust every means to hnd
,or themselves before formally
y. "a Governor Whitman 70 remove
IN from Office.
The committee, meanwhile intends
:, ahead with its charges against
,s,;.s;oner Williams. These will be
,.,.d primarily on his opinion IN the
49,, County Lighting Company rate
-, in which he fixed a rate OF 20
-. The committee expects 10 show
~, williams's own figures do not
u,,ify a rate higher than 90 S0-lOV
cents
,.r.,sd by the elusiyeness OF
.,,s..ss wanted in connection with
=. awarding Of the Fourth Avenue
,gbvsy signal contract, the committee
y,,,.rday afternoon subp@naed two
foprtesn.year-old Office boys with the
,..ul, that the men sought quickly
Al, in an appearance and accepted
service.
Quickly Follow Office BOYS.
One Of the bows was in the office OF
Herman H. Westinghouse, a director IN
N. Union Switch and Signal Com
,s,v al l65 Broadway. Mr.. Westlng~
sopss proved a difficult person 10 ind.
finally. a subpoena for the Office boy
vas handed to Sergeant-at-arms HOT,
,lipe. The diminutive office boy had
INST been hailed before the committee
when Mr. Westinghouse walked IN and
,eeepted the service Of subpoena TO
sppear this morning.
The other boy is employed in the
ciTee OF the Federal Signal Company.
When the process servers found 1t i'm
,sssible 70 locate Mr.. Renshaw, the
rompsnv's president. the Office boy
vas subpqnaed. He was in the hear
n room only a short time when MT.
Renshsw appeared and accepted service.
Another witness wanted by the COM
ni,,ss is Sydney J. Johnson, now
,slss manager Of the General Switch
and Signal Company, Of Rochester, but
formerly e-president Of the Union
Switch and Signal Company, the con-
csrn which gave Commissioner Wood
6 $500 fee for his assistance in land
NJ contract with A Kansas City rail
cad. Senator Thompson sad the
yubprna servers could not End him.
The committee chairman said that
n. ". Salmon. president Of the Cen
trsl Switch ard Signal Company, and
lhomas Finucanc, the Rochester poll
,eisn, who is a director. have promised
10 appear before the committee this
morning.
Beekman Winthrop. brother-in-lsv
Of Commissioner Wood, told the com
uiiise yesterday that he had advanced
$500 70 pay Woods debts. and that. IN
conjunction with Woods uncle, he had
gusranteed the payment Of about sl0,-
700 additional II subsequently de-
'sloped that Mr. Winthrop had re-
ssiyed $3.50 back a few days afterward
rom R. c. Colgate, Woods uncle. and
nat he had never been called upon 20
make good any part Of the sum he had
g1aFsnteed.
Brother Refuses to Answer.
P Erskine Wood refused point blank
70 tell the committee anything as TO