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Show FALSE ENTRY IN THE BOOKS INDICATED Chief Counsel Folk Reads a Letter Into PvOcord of the New Havon Inquiry. WASHINGTON, April .'10. Investigation Investi-gation into the affairs of Ibo New York, New lluven &' Hartford railroad rail-road systom by the interstate commerce commission was enlivened todr.' by a sharp verbal tilt between Chief Counsel Coun-sel Folk and Stevenson Taylor, a marine- on.'iueor of New York. Mr. Folk read into the record a letter let-ter from Mr. Taylor to former President Presi-dent Mellen of the New Haven, telling him of tho formation of the United States Transportation company at Mt. Mellen 's request, to operate a line of steamers from New York to Pall River. This paragraph in the letter caused tho trouble: "McKay suggests that his expenses toward setting a pier in New York, about $36,000 bo charged by tho Quiutard Iron works as repairs to steamers. Ts this , advisable or permissible?" per-missible?" Tt was explained that the MeKav referred to was John H. McKay, Mf. Mellen 's counsel, and that Taylor was president of the Quinlard Iron works. Mr. Folk asserted that this letter indicated indi-cated false entry bookkeeping, and called attention to the fact, that it was written in Mr. Taylor's own hand instead in-stead of beinir dictated. His questions brought, heated answers from the witness, wit-ness, who saiil ho did not know whether ho had made the eutry sujrgcstod or whether Mr. Mellen hail replied to his letter. |