Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-20
HARR|NAN'S NEW IDEA
The Railroad NJ Maenate Originates
a New Wrinkle in Matter
Of Management.
One Man to Supervise the Traffic
Of All Interested
Lines.
Believed That II Will Harmonize
the Factions and Increase
the Profits.

San Francisco, June 20.--J. c. Stubbs,
vice president of the Southern Pacific.
who has been been appointed as traffic
controlled by the Harrimaninterests, has
arrived in this city. In speaking OF the
innovation to be introduced in railroad
methods by the creation of the position
to which he has just been appointed,
Stubbs explained the matter by saying
Hartman had been considering for
hility OF diyorcing the traffic of the liues
from the other affairs of the road He
has talked over the scheme with other
gentlemen who helped frame the policy
and direct the fortunes of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific. and has
evolved plan which. In Harriman's $
opinion. ought to accomplish the here
tofore Impossible task of harmonizinp
the interests of the several Hartman
roads. As Stubbs puts IT. 1t is the plan
10 bring about a unificatlon of the in
terests with reduction of friction and
elimination of unnecessary competition
without consolidating the properties
under one management. Under this plan
One man Is to have entire charge of the
traffic OF the several corporations and in
order to effectively divorce the traffic
and other affairs Of the road this official
VIII report directly to the board This
position of power and responsibillty.
comparable to no other In the history of
railroad.ng, was offered to Stubhs and
he accepted. The plan is an absolutely
new one in railroading. Stubbs does
not even know what title will be be-
slowed upon him.
lam to be-" said Stubbs in explain
Ing his new position. placed in entire
charge of the traffic of the Southern
Pacific. Union Pacific, Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Company and Oregon
Srort Line. and will report to the boards
OF directors OF the several companies,
which means will report direct to Har-
riman. The organization is simply this.
Each company has a board of directors
and each board of directors has an ex-
ecutive committee. presided over by a
chairman. When the board of directors
ts In session II is supreme and when the
board is not in session and the executive
committee is holding meeting, the ex-
ecuttve committee is supreme When
the executive committee is not in ses-
sion the chairman OF the committee runs
things. e. III. Hartman is chairman of
the executive committee of the four
roads.
The other Hartman roads. such as
the Illinois Central and Chicago e. Alton
are not embraced in this ARRANGEMENT.
My responsibilities will be confined to
lines west OF the river. This is the ter
ritory within which all traffic troubles
have existed. There have been pools
and gentlemen's agreements and they
have all failed to solve the problem.
Now Mr.. Hartman purposes to try this
experiment OF handling the traffic of the
lines over which he presides
am relied upon to show Hartman
ana his associates that the systematic
leadjustment of the traffic methods of
the several roads in Harmonious lines.
and economic administration of the af
fairs Of the traffic Departments viii be
attended by greater profit have no
idea whether or not the arrangement
will be permanent"
Stubbs said that when ne left Chicago
plan was being perfected to place the
traffic of the Northern Pacific. Great
Northern and Burlington in the hands
OF Darius Miller a present second vice
president of the Great Northern. ant,
there would, in all probability. be
brought about a Capitalization of the
management of the Gould lines inolud
ing the Missouri Pacific, Texas and Rio
Grande lines.