EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED IMPOSTURE Sydney, July 7.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 775, 18 July 1890, Page 4

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED IMPOSTURE Sydney, July 7.

Some extraordinary disclosures rrlefcinp; to a clever imposture, of whic> the Bail way Commiosionero were th< victim*, aie made in a paper vrbicl wa« lad on (he table of tne Aenembij Ih«i "week by the OoW/ittl IWaurer At tbe end of last yenr a person, an nounciog himsolf an Mr William Pu'ljcoan, of the Pullm&n Company, ibt builders of tbe well-known Pullraau oars in America, arrived in Mcloourne nod ifc was announced that bo bad come here with the view of introducing the cars into Australia, The Now South Wales Railway Comm f ftßioner> nought an interview with Mr Pullman, who shortly afterwards came to Sydney SfeVtrnl wtoi views took place, in wh ci tbe no-oal ed Pullman represented b mHrlf as armed wth full powera t< nexoiia'e on behalf of the firm Th' prooeedi'igf) advanced bo far that on Januaiy 6'h last an agreement wat drawn, under wbioh the Pullman Company whs to receive 3d per train mile for the use of carriages for ten year*, and after that time 2<l per mile, the extra fare for the usn of vestibule oars and berths to be limited to 8a per passenger. It was further provided that *h'iuld more favorable arranae&<>»ta be made wi'b tbe other oolonu>> ifcl in oilr/t>y »'bould liave | ower to v»» « ihs Hkieetumt. Other ro^ol« io< were p'ovi-lt-d f< r, and iheß-tUa 1 (JcjWtnm onern wero to h'^n fho ruin t(* pi'io- ft c the c»rn a' L6OOO for p»o ! dit<in« oar, ami L4OOO i'»oh dra*ri/-g-rooa» car, an allowHiiOo to bo made fo« wear and tear. Affc°r cooH'der'n* the matter Mi Pullman decidod fh\t if the car« were to bp purchased ho muni have L2OOO pro 6b on naoh, bub on the Chief Ooronjianioner refusing to f\«rp>< to this he reduced the amount to LlOOO for eaoh car, and this was agreed to by fche Gom«)i«»ionero. Oh January 20m., ftf<er farther oonsr'deration, tbe agiepmeut wan modified in cevoral minor renpectn, ar.d tbf*rf» the ui.ttur reated. B lore the agreement w»h prcpired^ for ■ignature tha Railway G mwhwouvrn WHttted to s«o Mr Pullm>iu'fl authority to ftot for tbe Srm, but that getitleomn iwemed ntrongely reluctant to produce It. No gniiefuotion being obtained from him, and as be disappeared some* trbut mysterion^ly for about six vreoks, Mr Eddy, the Oblef Oom»issionor, cabled to Mr George Pullman as follows: < *Nos;obiati"'js[ with Mr Wm, JPullar>«n. Are you preparing agnetxienv ■?" A reply came ohort and iharp on the mvoe day, <( Party unknown." Tbia was followed by tbe tha next mail by a letter intimating that the only rcpreieutative of the Company warn in London, that the party culling hitoaelf Wm. Pullman , w»i unknown, a*id tbat the Company would thfttik tbe QoixiwikuiQuec* to I

rntntfc WoU '200, the ooefc of the o&blo message rent in reply. The monfiy was remitted. Sinoe that the Pullmart (jotnpany have written doolaring their entire ignorauoe of the Ho-oallod member of their firm.