The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-21
NEW DEAL IN RAILROADS
BY ONE GENERAL TRAFFIC
MANAGER
J. G. sTUBBs THE MAN NAMED
Will Have His Headquarters in Chi
cagO-Similar Position for Da-
rius Miller, Representing
James j. HILL

SAN FRANCISCO, June POI. c.
Stubbs, vice president of the Southern
Pacific, whose appointment as traffic
manager Of the vast systems controlled
by the Hartman interests, as an
nounced from Chicago, 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, Mr.. Stubbs ex-
plalned the matter by saying that Mr..
Hartman had been considering for some
time the feasibility and practicability of
divorcing the traffic Of the lines he is in
terested in from the other affairs of the
road. He has talked over the scheme
with other gentlemen who helped to
frame the policy and direct the fortunes
of the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific, and has evolved a plan which in
Harriman's opinion ought to accomplish
the heretofore impossible task Of har-
monizing the interests of the several
Hartman roads. AS Mr.. Stubbs puts it,
it is a plan to bring about a unification
of interests with reduction of friction
and the elimination Of unnecessary COM
petition without consolidating the prop
critics under one management. Under
this plan one man is to have entire
charge Of the traffic of the several cor
porations, and in order effectually to
divorce the traffic from the other affairs of
the road this official will report directly
to the board. This position of power and
responsibility, comparable to no other in
the history of railroading, was offered to
Mr.. Stubbs, and he accepted. The plan
is an absolutely new one in railroading.
Mr.. Stubbs does not even know what
title will be bestowed upon him.
II suppose" said he, that it will be
traffic director or director of traffic
That is a matter of detail that has not
been considered as yet.
REPRESENTS HARTMAN.
I'm word" Mr.. stubbs went on to
explain, II am to be placed in entire
charge of the traffic of the Southern Pa
cific, the Union Pacific and the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company and the
Oregon Short Line company, and 1 will
report to the directors of the several
companies. That means that I am to
report direct to Mr.. Hartman. The idea
is that each company has its board Of
directors and each board of directors has
its executive committee presided over by
chairman. When the board is in ses-
sion it is supreme, and when the com
mittee is not in session and the execu-
tive committee Is in session. 1t is su-
preme. When the executive committee
is not in session, the chairman of the
committee runs things. E. H. Hartman
is chairman OF the executive committee
of the four roads.
''The other Hartman roads, such as
the Illinois Central and the Chicago &
Alton, are not embraced in this arrange
ment. My responsibilities Will be con-
fined to the roads beyond the Mississippi
river. This ds the territory in which all
the 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 pre-
sides.
MR.. sTUBBs' NEW DUTIES.
Il am relied upon to show Mr.. Harri-
man and his associates that systematic
readjustment of the traffic methods of the