The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-22
NEW MEN TO
FILL PLACES
IN THE P. 5,
tCOntInued from First pase.)

Mr.. McCarter's statement is self-ex-
planatory. 1t is as follows:
THE exact facts with reference to tht
changes In Public Service, or, rather, SC
much of them as the public is interested
aPublic Service Corporation is now the
direct lessee of all the gas and electro
properties which 1t controls. and is. there
fore, operating these properties directly
During the past~summer all the railway
properties controlled by Public Service
pany. known as Public Service Railway
Company, of the capital stock of which
company Public Service Corporation owns
nearly es byo 81 PER- per cent s,n, ' Thus the 9rg E nossibIq
now to make economies where formerly Il
was not.
There has been no change of any mo
ment in the s~tockholding interests of the
Public Service Corporation, nor IS any con
templated. The same interests that have
controlled, the company expect to continue
to do so In the same proportions. NOR Is
any segregation of the different depart
ments of the company's business under the
least consideration. As stated by me yes,
terday, the company is following the lead
OF other large corporations in embarking
upon a comprehensive scheme of retrench-
ment, made necessary by the prevailing
financial conditions.
'Sdch q course seems dictated by COM
mon prudence. 1t Is the company's inten-
ton to take care of all business that
comes to 1t, and to give as good service
as Liz SOhditioAS Will pCibllts b0t ~ H
decided for the present to cease its pur-
suit of new business. to stop all new con-
struction work that can be postponed, and
to make no substantial extensions. :
THE 200 new cars already ordered ana
nearing con. pletion will, of course, be de-
livered to and used by the company as
soon as possible. The company has, as
stated by me yesterday, also decided upon
q comprehensive scheme OF economies, Ell
fective Janury l next, In connection with
its executive and managerial force. the
leading features of this plan are as fol-
lows:
INSTEAD of a president and three vice,
presidents, as at present. the company Will
have a president, a first vice-president ana
a second vice-president. There will pc no
change In the office of president; A., 3.
Carlton and Colonel Charles A. Sterling
will retire as vice-presidents.
George j. Roberts, at present engineer
In chief of the United Gas Improvement
Company, of Philadelphia, will be elected
TO the office of first vice president, and
John j.. Burleigh, at present a vice-presl-
dent, will become secord vice-president.
MIR. Roberts is an exceptional man FOR
this property. He has a wide knowledge
of the property gained after years OF Ia
miliarity with 1t. He is unique in possess
ing n technical knowledge of all three
branches of the eompany's business, ana
he is on the most cordial terms With our
whole organization.
II have been trying to get him to come
to the property, and 10 obtain the consent
of his present employers to his coming for
nearly n year, and nave only at last Sue
ceeded. He will be vice-prestdent in charge
of operation, and in my judgment IS the
best man in the country for the position.
The second vice-president will also be
located at the home office. His duties will
be connected with the commercial and
executive branches Of the c~ompany's bust
ness.
colonel eHine's office. at present located
in Jersey City, will be moved ito Newark
His present title, that of assistant to the
president, will be abolished, and he will
be elected secretary. performing the duties
of his new Office as well as those here
tofore performed by him. He will succeed
Frederick Evans, the present secretary,
who will retire.
The positions of commercial agent of
the gas department and commercial agent
of the electric department will be abolished
other duties. The comptroller will here
after perform the combined duties OF
comptroller and both commercial agents.
"A general agent win be placed in
charge of the commercial end of the COM
pany's gas and electric business In each
one of the company's six divisions, as fol-
lows:
Bergen division. e. c. Roberts. Hacken-
sack: Passaic division, Colonel w. H
Rogers. Paterson; Hudson division. #. w.
Schmidt. Jersey City; Essex division. X.
r. Young, Newark; central division, Fl. p.
Chandler. Elizabeth; southern division, w.
II. Allen. Camden. Z
Under the new organization this posi-
tion of general. agent will be one of great
Importance. There will also. of course. be.
as heretofore, in each division. an en-
gineer of the gas department. a superin-
tendent of the electric department. and a
superintendent of the railway. department
except that we have no division of the
railway department known as the Bergen
division.
M gas and electric offices in Newark
will be combined at the corner of Broad
cfronf and Cnntro1 0Hnnno fhn pas and
electric offices at Orange will be combined
in the present gas office on Main street,
and the three present offices in Jersey City
will be combined In the principal office
on Montgomery street.
with the exception of the railway de.
partment. which will remain at Broad
the executive and managerial offices will
be housed together in the Prudential
building.
1.-THE number of those heretofore con
nected with the executive, legal and man
agerial force of the company who will re,
tire exceeds twenty: many salaries will bt
reduced, but this retrenchment does not
extend below the managerial force. The
consequent economy is considerable. The
total economies arising from carrying ou'
the whole plan, as outlined above, will bt
very large.
process of thorough reorganization during
the few months. This has not beer
so much with the thought of economy al
or increasing eIlclency.
1T is true that we nave brought to this
department several persons formerly con
nected with the claim department of thu
Rhode Island Company, in Providence
Their qualifications for the respective po'
sitions and their experience in the bust
ness were their sole recommendations rol
employment.
"It is believed that with the organiza-
ton simpliied and perfected, as 1T VII
be. the company can be more efficiently
managed under the ~reorganized plan:
1.-The severing of the personal and bust
| ness ties involved is of course most un
pleasant, and deprives the. company O
the services of many valuable men. Els
nnoinl1.r ruin Ahn Iocn nf Mr. Carlton