Show f BELMONT BEMONT FORCES I ROUTED BY RYAN I I I I Dissolution of Gotham's s Traction Traction Trac Trac- tion ton Combine Now Only Matter Mater of Time I Now New York Voik Sept Jt 2 21 The The first between llio- llio hmo hostile forces of or Thomas F F. Ryan Iun and amid August Delmont In 11 time tho tl traction combine has occurred in iii ina Inu a u specIal meeting of or the time directors of the tIme h Metropolitan compan company com coin pan pany pammy an and amid resulted in iii il a rout lout fur for Del Bel- mont moat Ryan's Ryans um tie UI dissolution tion lon iou of or the lie ler el a series of ot receiverships receiverships receiver receiver- ships for the whole chain of ur corporations corpor corpor- the lie Metropolitan time the Metropolitan securities the New NewYork York Vork City Hallway Halway com company I nut and time the Street t Railway company and the elimination of ur Belmont from froni the lie local traction fe field was field was Il-was was brought one uric st mite step nearer hearer acc accomplishment Only anI one une question was ras discussed at atthe atthe atlie the lie meeting Shall the Metropolitan company open Its Is books to the public service commission In compliance with wih that lint body's bolys boly's order I In lii time the beginning of or time the commissions commission's I uce access S to the corporations corporation's books Looks had been requested and the lie administrative c officials at the tIme In Instigation In- In of had hall refused Time The commission then issued u a mandatory order un under r the thc authority of law hw and amid th the question was iVIS thrown before the time hoard board of or directors which Is controlled by y Despite Despie tIme the tl protests and appeals ap al'- al- al peals of time the directors the tho board voted otel to give up Ul time the books TJi 1 exposure of oC these re records can calm only hasten the crash clash of or the whole merger structure ule and amid aIll both oth sides siles knew It it- I. I The Time Belmont policy wao iraa to defy efy the time commission and amid postpone the tho evil evi day dayh h by an appeal to tu tho timo courts courtr The Ryan alum aim was to pull pul down the time edifice on the heads of Belmont and amid his supporters H Ryan nn according to his on own statements ha ln ha ing sold sobi out his erection stocks s and amid Sot got from under Time Tho Tie genius and cunin cunning of ur Ellhu f Root oot l had planned the thc coup n Ryan fan nn went to tu Washington Saturday morning morninG and remained until Sunday noon loon In iii orter or- or ter lIeI to tu go ro over O CI the Uio situation with wih th time the secretary of These visits have o been heen more mora or less frequent since sluice Mr r. r Root Hoot took up nh his I abode abudo o In the thuc capital and aut It JL Is said salo I that Mr Im H Ryan aI maintains a house in YashIn Washington Wash Yash In ington lol In Iii order older that those these l conferences ma may be JJ more easily screened from froni pub pub- I city I If I this decision cllon is upset In iii the tIC higher courts as is con confidently ft n t expected the time ic of or stocks of the time company's com coin pany's tummy's amalgamated b by the Metropolitan would bo be o done according to the time method metho prescribed ec by 1 iho limo United States tates court in Iii 11 11 Not thorn Sec 11 Securities SC aso ase |