The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-26
REVELATIONS INTERESTING.
Operating and Managing star of Penn
sylvania a Compact Organization.


The declaration of the first vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad that
the revelations of the interstate COM
merce commissions investigation into
the relations between the roads officials
and the coal companies in its territory
came as a surprise to the management
is interesting from many points of view
One fact that gives it a peculiar force
is that it would be hard to find a rail-
road of Importance in the country IN
which the operating and managing staff
was a more compact organization. The
Pennsylvania has from time out Of
mind trained its own men. So closely
has this policy been followed that today
higher officials are men who began at
the bottom and whose whole service has
been with one road.
The requirement of the company's
charter that its directors shall be citi-
zens of Pennsylvania has probably had
much to do with the permanency of the
organiza ton. While most of the road
financing especially recently has been
done In New York, there is not a New
York banker on the board, something
that can be said of practically no other
important American railroad To an
unusual extent the board is made up OF
railroad men and merchants.
1t has been said of the Pennsylvania
that it is topheavy with engineers
President Cassatt began as a rodman
and came up through the engineering
anu IlOllf6 DOWCI Dc
sides the president, three directors, the
assistant to the second vice president,
the general superintendent of transpor-
tatiOn, the superintendent Of freight
transportation and three out of the four
general division superintendent, began
as engineers. One of the engineer d.
rectors, Samuel Rea, is serving as third
vice president, and another, James Nc
Crea, is first vice president Of the lines
west of Pittsburg and president of the
Vandalia, controlled road. In add
tion the general manager, ". w. At
terbury, came up from the grade of APP
prentice through the motive power de-
partment, and the other general division
superintendent did the same thing.
But few young men are to be found
near the top in the Pennsylvania Cen
eral Manager Atterbury is 40, Third
Vice President Rea is Al, and Fourth
of the others are considerably older.
President Cassatt is in his 47th year,
and so is Captain Green, the first vice
president. Second Vice President Pugh
is So, Mr. McCrea is S. Robert Pit
cairn, the resident assistant to the
president at Pittsburg, is close to 20,
and William A. Patton, the assistant to
the president at Philadelphia, is 81 j.
B. Hutchinson. the assistant to the
second vice president. is 81 Michael
Trump, general superintendent of trans
portation, is 81, and r. M. Patterson,
the superintendent of freight transpor-
LaLlOn, IS 90. George L. O1AOH, Liz
freight traffic manager, is only 40.
There have been a few fathers sons
in the Pennsylvania service, but appar-
emily they have not been exceptions to
the rule Of promotion according to abfli-
ty. Under such conditions the tenure
of position has naturally been very Sc
cure Hence it win be interesting to
see whether the revelations of condi-
tions reprehensible in themselves, but
not necessarily Incompatible with eff
Gent service to the road will cause any
radical change in the Pennsylvania $
operating staff.