New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-18
CAPTAINS TALE
AIDS NEW HAVEN
Transfer of Yale and Har-
ward 10 Pacific Not Mo-
nopoly Move.
STEAMERS EARNING
POWER INCREASED
Mellen Tells of Morgan Upset
ting Agreement About Provi-
dence-BOstOn Trolley Line.

witness from the Pacific Coast
testified in the New Haven trial yes
terday, explaining some OF the imam
cial dealings concerning the hye-ply
Metropolitan steamship companies. The
witness was Captain Harry Goodall,
president OF the Pacific Navigation
Company
His testimony had 20 do with the
transfer OF the steamers Ncle ana
Harvard from the Atlantic coast ser
vice to the Pacific He was brought
from the Pacific Coast BY the govern
ment to help make good its contention
that the New Haven had these two iine
steamers banisned out of the New Eng
land service 20 eliminate water Inc
competition and tighten its monop-
olistic grin on New England.
In 1907. Goodall said, he first tried
TO sell TO Charles :. Mellen. president
of the New Haven. the METROPOLITAN
Steamship Company's property with
the exception of the Yale and Harvard
Mr. Mellen wouldn't. have anything
to do with the proposition to buy the
property" Goodall said. "He said the
New Haven did not wan TO touch any
thing connected with the Morse line
4 deal was finally put through IN
1910. he said. whereby he got the boats
for the Pacific Coast. re gave the de-
tails of the transaction with the Met
rouolitan and the Assets Realization
Company, which took over the affairs
Of the BANKRUPT Metropolitan. The
boats were operated on the Western
run by the Pacific Navigation Company,
as aeerts OF the Metropolitan Steam
shin Company Of New Jersey, under an
agreement by which the Metropolitan
was guaranteed $50 1850 a month.
+: cost. he said. about S21O,O0O 20
take the two steamers around the
Horn and get Them ready Tor their ne"
cork. To carry out the operation, ne
said. the Pacific Company was organ
lied with a capital of Sl,OOO.0OO. lie
sail he thought part OF the stock was
held by Edward ID. Robbins, former
general counsel f the New Haven ana
on of the defendants in the present
case.
On cross-examinatiOn by Charles f..
Choate. Of counsel for the defence, the
business advantages OF sending the boats
West were brought out. Goodall said
that about S3e5,000 year. or total OF
81 100000, had been paid for the use or
the boats, which was n.Lch moe than
they were making here.
"in the Atlantic service" he said,
"the boats had season OF five months,
during only three of which they were
run at z profit. The other two months,
June at the beginning Of the season
and October at the close, they Just
about held their own. During the rest
of the wear they were laid up at heavy
expense.
But on the Pacific Coast the season is
all the year round, and at less expense Tor
running. Also, making two round trips
a week each. we get a fare OF 50 trip
from San Francisco TO San Pedro. and
$40 to San Diego, about an eighteen
hour run. When they were in the
Boston-New York service the fare was
only 1885,"
Mellen resumed the stand after
Captain Goodall had finished, and
through him the government attorneys
continued putting into the record cyl
dence concerning the purchase OF troll
ley lines.
A large part Of the evidence had TO
do with the projected line from Provi-
dence to Boston, backed BY hldder,
Peabody & Co. and Robert Winsor.
When the interests behind the line
persisted in their Plan to put it
through. Mellen drew up an agreement
in four parts with Wil-or. 1t developed
that he later had TO abrogate this in a
formal withdrawal. and the wish. as
he wrote to Winsor, that it be for
gotten transaction
az found myself unable to carry out
the agreement" he testified. ION ac-
count of the attitude of Mr.. Morgan,
which made my previous harmonious
dealings with Mr.. Winsor impossible"