The Washington times., 1916-12-14
Member Of Utilities Board Tes-
titles Company Expert Con.
ferred on TrifIing Points.
SMALL ITEMS FAVORED
Mentions Matter of Finish on
Mahogany in Office OF
Pepco President.

the estimates of the consulting engi.
neers as to the cost of n mahog-
any finish to the offices of the presi.
dent and vice president of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company could
he satisfactorily adjusted Is one of the
questions upon which repeated ef.
forts were made to secure cop.
ference between the experts OF the
company and the Public Utilities Com.
mission, according to the testimony
OF Consulting Engineer Harold Al.
inert
That this constituted sample Of
the items that were submitted TO con.
ference and that no real effort was
made by the Potomac Company to
meet with the commissions experts
and reach adjustments, was the testi.
mony of Engineer J. Kappeyne, OF the
commission, who occupied the witness
stand before the commission today.
Diner On Many Points.
There were fve or six conferences.
totaling from ten sto twelve hours.
during the course OF which twenty.
four items In which the report OF
Consulting Engineer Charles Pillsbury
for the commission. and Consulting
Engineer Almert. for the company
differed, were discussed.
When Mr.. Almort was on the witt
ness stand last week he testified that
he had made repeated efforts" TO
bury or Mr.. Hnppeyne for hts assist
ants. or that his assistants had made
such efforts. The idea OF these con-
IeIcnces was 70 ld1ust the diHei-
Tho difference between tho two re-
Ponns smounted 10 more lhan s,:,oOO-
IV @ w, &c IcStu'monS sn"w r,e
terenses wore asked. MI. AimSrt
Ty,,,it,ined that !.e or hts assistant, mr.
mIah, Wr"," seven l.''ers 70 the
sD1nns nn or " Snn, peginh,lnS
Ing With tho late letter on October
.v ". ,nyre u.,.In ueait Wtnn
s.i,gd a,,,m "dnsir. ~ t ',',,s W." "a
tuS,m.n, ~, the hiccp.ncc. ~ sri
Gus items.
Held Conferences.
Mr.. Almcrt ,es,IiIed thnt th.rc were
one or ,,vo, cons.,.nc.s hsId ,,,,,, ria
Us" VI '"o i, "''u w" re
assistant MI NllIiamr' ana thdt MT
Williams according To report to
Mr.. AImcrt. had endoavorcd to reach
an agreement or an adjustment. but
a., - - -, 80, ,ai,a,, ,',,
ma n"'s ieM I.'nls VIZ '""'. w
and that tho conferences had eecn
cropped. M ",n"ms also Ns'.o
n.s 80. ren.a,sa .n"r,s ~ rsacb
NJ c'oonc, ono os ,ho con,,,IssI,n
engIn.ers hv ,eI.nhonc 10 arrange
further conferences. hut could never
nnd Mr. rooner A., his offIcc
To Civ. an nccurnt. history of lust
what thes. conferences were and
what they amounted 10, the commits .
sion called Engineer Kapneyne To- the
stand this morning and requested
from him n detailed statement Of the
conferences and each item considered.
The witness offered In evidence n
detailed statement OF the conference
on each item. lie stated that he had
conducted III" conferences for the
commission and that Mr. Williams
had represented tho power company.
They discussed, in all. twenty,fo
items. Mr.. Williams. In his report Ia
NJ, nimert, gay, nv, n,.y Pr" , ,,.inr. AIT, at.
OF these were ever discussed by the
conferees.
MT, Nappey" aiSp anu ,""t NY" ~, =
,,onnins OF The r"nf@r"nc.s. lie said
no was aiways ready for them and he
was sure that MI u, members OF MS
stan were READY. IhsIc was no rec,
I'll. To- eI,her himself ar Mr. ,,poner
who had been a party Ia field work
tracing out diner.ness' MIN Mr'
"iH'a"S ''P''9'""s wv "'"'' '''''
Adjust Differences.
~. y.,o,,o s.,a ,hs, 4, ,ra. nm.
"t' haPpVS"' sau re. "as w
derstood IN MS oihce 'ha' no matter
what work was occupying the atten'
-. aronnod no talc nm Conference
sI 1pht Iasd 10 IA i,,st ment ar ali.
,ssnncas hetwecr The .npineers' yaIua.
.,an ss,ima,.s
"rbcsa Conferences began on Sen,
,.n,hsr 81 and with the tield inspec.