The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-21
PLAN TO BE PURSUED
Purpose of New Railroad COnsOIida.
lion Explained.
REDUCTION OF FRICTION
Is the Main Object 10 Be Accom-.
pllShed Through the Scheme.
TRAFFIC WILL BE SEPARATE.
Nj. J. {. Stubs Placed at the Head of
that Department.
THE PLAN IS NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL
Roads West Of the Mississippi River Not
Actually Combined with the Har-
riman Roads East
TRAFFIC WILL BE SEPARATE.
Mr. J. c. Stubs Placed at the Head of
that Department.
THE PLAN is NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL

San Francisco, June 2O.-J c. Stubs,
vice president OF the Southern Pacific.
whose appointment as traffic manager OF
the vast system Of railroads controlled by
the Hartman interests was announced
from Chicago. has arrived in this city.
IN speaking of the innovation 10 be iutro-
duced in railroad methods by the creation
of the position TO which he has just been
appointed, MIR. Stubbs explained the matter
by saying that MIR. Hartman had been
considering for some time the feasibility
and practicabnIty Of dNorcing the traffic
Of the lines he is interested In from the
other affairs Of the road. He has talked
oyer the scheme with others who helped
10 frame the policy and direct the fortunes
Of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
and had evolved plan which, in Harri-
mans opinion, ought TO accomplish the
heretofore Impossible task Of harmonlzing
the interests Of the several Hartman
roads.
As Mr.. stubhs puts It, n is plan to
bring about a unidcation Of interests with
a reduction Of friction and the elimination
OF unnecessary competition without consol.
dating the properties under one manage
mont Under this plan ono man is 60
have entire charge of the traffic of the
several corporations and in order TO eff
fectually divorce the traffic from the other
a1airs of the road. this official viii report
directly 10 the board. The position of
power ana responsibility, comparable To
no other In the history Of railroading Is
an absolutely new one. Mr.. Stubbs does
not even know what title will be bestowed
upon him.
~ suppose" said ne, that II win be
traffic director or director Of traffic
This is matter Of detail that has not
been considered as yet
In a word" Mir. Stubbs went Oh 20
explain, Il am TO be placed in enure
charge Of the traffic Of the Southern Pa
/ cihc, the Union Pacific the oregon Rail
I road and Navigation company and the Ore
gon Short Line and / will report to the
boards Of directors Of the several com
panies That means that | am to report
/ direct to Mr.. Hartman. The organization
/ IS simply this: Each company mas ITS
board of directors and each hoard OF d.
rcctors has an executive committee, pre-
sided over by a chairman When the board
/ is in session, Il is supreme, and when the
! beard is not IN session and the executive
committee Is holding "A meeting the eNecu
J i've .tNmnlIlRt ~ supreme w hAAA N-''
executive committee is not in session, tht
| chairman OF the committee runs Things
/ IT, H. Hartman Is chairman OF the ioui
/ boards,
'"rhe other Hartman roads such as tn,
/ Illinois Central and the Chicago and Al
( ION are not embraced In tails arrangement
I NV responsibilities will be confined TO th'
! lines west OF the river. This Is the ter
/ ritoly within which all the traffic trouble
/ have existed. There have been pools an,
| Cpntlemen's agreements and they have al
tnf "a gpiXp fHp nT0Dlrm, NOW, Mt
! IIni1Iman proposes to try this experiment
Of handling the traffic of the lines owe
wnlcn he presidcS. a.. A.. t,.rr,
- am relied upon TO show Mr.. Harr'
man and his associates that Systematl
/ reimbursement Of the irathc methods 81 "
several roads In harmonious lines ana %
odminlstration Of the traffic business vii
he rim under greater proht. MIR. HarflmIl
ms such an idea and ! am TO demon
suate It to him in practice. .,,,o,,oI rb
patiwnv Is unblaZOned. Whether the re
suit viii justify the experiment Lena ~
10 he seen | have no Idea whether g
orranrcmrnt viii be made permanent VI
6eaidunrters viii he in Chicago
Mr. Siubbs said that the new arrange
ment respecting hlmseen was, c', sd,fi
ern Pacific nnd Union Pacific also 10 IN
mon In the country who were uhpfepArs
70 see sqch rev9 }ions M stubbs wa
"ssrcJ N Ills promotion would De nttende
IN anv other changes in the general otnce
ol iHe the other roads with which n
H iHI henceforth be identified He said b
NV no reason for any changes and b'
Iieved that an the present officials woul
hold their positions. 80.
uNr Stnbbs said that when he left Gu
caga plan was being perfected 70 PA,
IKE frpikg OF the Northern Pacific, m
- ~ Northern and the Burlington in IN
Sannds ~ Darius Miller, at present SCI
ond Vice president q the Great S S}itT
iiiu,,,hf about central zatlon Of The maj
sgc1uc,,t If The Gould lines. Including "a
Missouri Pacific and Texas and RIO Gl,a i.
III for chicago 10 enter upon the duii'
= bfe new posltion.