Show THE N P investigation 1 J B faegin a former director Is examined jamos B williams present secretary for tir receiver does not know much on the witness stand new york may 19 J B war examined as to the of the northern Iaci flo today he was a director ol 01 the company in 9 he did not attend many meetings of th board and did not vote on the changa of terminals and did not take part in the purchase our chase of the northern manitoba lie bad acquired one interest in tho bocky fork pro pertle in 1883 negotiations fot tho sale were carried on between the owners the coal lands and the of the anaconda mine ills interest in the property hd cost him over and was acquired before he went into the northern directory As the largest shipper on the line of the road he was frequently thrown into contact with mr oakes whom he always found earnest in protecting the interests of the road did not remember having told vallard how much he had paid the union pacific rod for coal jarbee 11 williamb the northern pacific road for the past fifteen years and at present s to the receivers ce ivers was the other witness today he did not know who owned the terminals prior to their heina leased by the northern pacific raci fic he had the impression however that they controlled by bev eral corporations the firm of abbott were the trustees he had believed that the ten ninal could be made belf supporting by renting to other roads williams said it was a matter of general notoriety that villard controlled the kock fork property if that I 1 the case said lawyer why was the report of the road for that year made t read that one J L platt owned the property t 1 I dont know answered williams williams quoted villard as saying that the bocky fork road cost more than and was earning 5 per cent net upon its cost williams ald it was espe dally desired to beaure the bocky fork road in connection with the coal company ele the bocky fork road might have fa other road la it not a fact that no other road was near enough northern road tasked williams thought it a fact also a fact that the northern pacific never had any serious apprehension that the rocky fork boal company would reenee to sell them coal if they refused to buy the road the bearing adjourned |