Show Not a Bookkeeper NEW YOKE April 29At the opening of business before the Pacific Railroads investigating inves-tigating committee today President Adams of the Union Pacific said he wished to make a statement He had noticed that there was a disposition on the part of some newspapers news-papers in giving an account of testimony to comment disparragingly on his testimony of yesterday that he had not examined the books and accounts of his company Ho wished to say he was no book keeper He must accept the statements of his bookkeepers He said the Omaha 6 Nebraska road was operated probably as a branch of the Union Pacific The Oregon Short Line was built in 1881 when it was thought that Northern Pacific would not be built for many years The road is 610 miles long Along Bear river it is a grazing farming and mountainous country for 200 miles It runs through the lava beds but as sagebrush grows there it could easily be converted into an agricultural region re-gion The roads cost 20000 to 25000 per mile fully equipped The stockholders of the Union Pacific took all of the bonds and half of the stock A one thousand dollar bond and 500 in stock sold for 1000 The road was a great feeder for the Union Pacific Pa-cific The Union Pacific had guaranteed the payment of the Oregon Short Line bonds on the advice of Sidney Bartlett Judge Dillon and other counsel of the road They maintained main-tained or advised that it was legitimate without the consent of Congress Governor Pattison said that an act of Congress stated that a road shall not issue or guarantee the issue of bonds without permission of Congress Con-gress Adams said he knew that but he obtained ob-tained the written opinion of counsel He was not a lawyer and must be guided by them He was an an officer and was aware that if he laid himself liable he must suffer |