Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-02

ject, it is reported he will bring to this
city most of his personal staff.
After his election was announced ..Ir.
McCrea remained in the offices of the
president for some time receiving the con-
gratulations of the officers and higher en-
ployes of the great corporation He will
leave for Pittsburg this afternoon to ar
range personal affairs and matters of Of
ficial business. His election to the presi-
dency will necessitate his removal with
his family to this city. President McCrea
Is a native of this city, and although he
has been resident of western Pennsyl-
vania for many years. he has a wide circle
of friends here and is popular.
Presidents Statement.
After the meeting of the board of direc-
tors, President McCrea authorized the fol-
lowing statement:
THE policy of the Pennsylvania railroad
does not depend upon any one man. 1t
continues unchanged from year to year.
1t will be my purpose to promote, as best
l can, the same progressive development
which was conducted 50 ably under Presi-
dent Cassatt and the presidents who pre-
ceded him
The Logical Choice.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January flames McCrea
was the most logical choice for president of
the Pennsylvania, and 1t has been prac-
tically sure ever since Mr.. Cassatts death
that he would be chosen. Probably no
man in the employ Of the Pennsylvania
knows as much about the operation of every
part of the system as does James McCrea.
For more than ten years he has been prac-
teal president of the Pennsylvania system
west of Pittsburg, and before that he was
general Superintendent of the line east of
Philadelphia.
Besides being a director, Mr.. McCrea is
vice president of the Pennsylvania COM
pany. This Is the name under which the
lines of the Pennsylvania west of Pittsburg
are controlled, and the office is practically
the same as president of that part Of the
Pennsylvania system. The president of the
Pennsylvania company Is always the preSi-
dent of the Pennsylvania road. AS he sell
dom interferes, the vice president has abso-
lutte control of this part of the system.
Besides being thoroughly acquainted with
the lines west of Pittsburg, Mr.. McCrea is
also conversant with the condition Of the
eastern part of the system.
Twenty-Five Years in Service.
In his twenty-five years in the railroad
business he has worked up from position
to position and knows the business from
beginning to end. Before he took the vice
presidency of the Pennsylvania company
he was general superintendent of the lines
east of Philadelphia, and obtained a thor
ough knowledge of that part of the sys-
tenn. He was one of the active railroad
men elected to the board by the share
holders at the recent election and stood
alone as the only candidate for the pres
idency who combined a thorough knowl-
edge of the eastern part of the system
with q thorough knowledge of the condi-
lions in the west. Since his membership
in the board he has also become thor
oughly conversant with the improve
ments which the road is carrying out.
Mr.. McCrea lives in Pittsburg at 1920
Ellsworth avenue, in a very simple res
idence. He entertains very little and has
little to do with Pittsburg society. He
does not bear the reputation of being ex-
tremely wealthy. He is a member Of
ardent golf and billiard player