New-York tribune., 1916-02-01
$4,000 A YEAR
HEDLEY'S INCOME
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inquired how the witness with his null
titude Of duties. perfected them
81 am working twenty-four hours
day" he said. THAT is. | am always
within telephone call OF the office. But
sometimes steal some time for pleas
ure luventng is my pleasure. With
Mr. Doyle. who is also with the same
company. ! sometimes sit down and we
talk about a device that seems TO be
needed. lie supplies one idea and !
supply another
The witness admitted that all the eX-
per.mcutal work was done by the In
terborough employees in the shops of
the company. II a device proved useful
the lnterh0rough got u for nothing,
allowed the inventors 20 patent it and
put il on the market
The only important inventions by
employees, he declared. was one by a
signal engineer. James c. Waldron,
whose time speed control system al
lowed trains 70 run IN safety on short
hcacway. The witness said 10 was an
extremely important device Naldron's
salary. he said, was about $4,000 The
luterborough gave him S 500 for his
invention II. D. Stott head Of the
rover house. whose annual salary was
twelve. eighteen or twenty thousand -
invented an important electrical de-
vice, but never got a great deal for IT,
Mr. Hedlev could name no other en-
pioyc besides himself who had prohted
boy what he alleged 10 be standing
offer of the company 10 buy from en-
ployes all inventions which might be
OF usefulness
with the lnterborough bearing all
the expense OF your experiments,
haven't you got pretty soft snap q"
asked Mr.. Colby.
"I'll admit that if an inventor knows
his business he will not spend much
OF his own money on his patents the
witness replied.
Denies Patenting Ideas of Others.
lie denied that he had taken the
iGcas Of The thousands Of trained
scientific employees Of the subway or
elevated lines and obtained the patents
ia his own name.
Mr.. Heoloy plainly resented the
probe into his business connections and
his stock transactions a letter writ
ten by him 10 the committee on Janu-
airy l3. in which he declared that the
REQUEST for information regarding his
stock holdings was not legal. material
or pertinent. was read into the records.
"a general inquiry along that line
would result I'm a fruitless invcstiga-
ton irt0 the personal affairs of indi-
vidua.s and an invas ion OF their rights
aud liberty. AS guaranteed by the Con-
stituton." the letter read The Inter
borough attorney. Hedley said, wrote
tho letter.
The witness told the committee that
he had sold his stock IN the Railway
Improvement Company, which he or
eanizcd 10 handle his inventions. be
cause people with unframed minds"
might misintcrprct his dealings. He did
not wish to be associated with d COM
pany which sold devices 10 the Inter
borough, which employed him, he said.
Tic denied that he got rid Of his stock
VIXEN he learned Of the appointment Of
the Thompson committee.
Did your conscience trouble you?'
asked Mr. Colby.
NO said the witness; my record
was perfectly clean and / did not wish
% be Misunderstood"
Up 10 few weeks ago, he testified
he held about thirty-fve shares Of
common and preferred stock of the
Agasote Nillboard Company, whose
product the lnterborough used in the
roofs of some of their cars. He dis
posed of IL 20 Eugene II. Outerbridge,
president of the Agasote company, for
the same price az which he bought, he
said.
Hedley explained that as vice-presi-
dent and general manager Of the Inter
borough he received $4,000 a year;
9rom the New York Railways he re-