The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-08
LUCIUS ST0RRS
TO HEAD MELLEN
TROLLEY LINES

Springfield, June S.-Reports COM
ing from high railroad circles in New
Haven have it that within the next
few weeks important changes VIII oe
made in the personnel of the Officers
of the New England Investment and
Security company, the Connecticut
company, the Rhode Island COM
pany and the Vermont company,
which hold the trolley lines or the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad system. Chief among these
changes according to rumor, Will be
the resignation of Lucius s. Storrs of
this city as president of the $4,000
600 New England Investment Sc
curity company, and his election as
vice-president of the Connecticut
and the Vermont. company, OF all OF
which President Charles s. Mellen OF
the New Haven company Is president.
Mr.. Storrs was seen in his office
in the Massachusetts, Mutual bulld1ng
Yesterday by a reporter, and while
he admitted that there have been ru-
mors of one kind and another since
last December concerning changes IN
the officials Of the trolley companies,
he knew absolutely nothing officiar
concerning any change affecting MIN.
1t is known, however, that he has
not renewed his lease Of George ID.
Chamberlain's house at 146 Mill
street which he has occupied since
coming to Springfield two and half
years ago, and that his household
goods are packed. 1t has been sup
posed, however, that he was merely
to change his residence, and that the
packing of his goods was preliminary
to a long absence from the city of
Mrs. Storrs. The reports to The Tn
ion from New Haven, however, gave
a different color to events.
Another important change which is
reported to be pending is the election
of J. T. Harmer, controller of the
New England Investment & Security
company, as president of the COM
pany, succeeding Mr.. Storrs. Mr..
ager, high in the confidence of the
trustees of the company. and while 1t
is also true that no confirmation of
this change could be obtained yester-
day at the Security company's offices.
the report comes from such good au-
thority that there is little doubt of its
veracity.
Mr.. Mellen's new progressive pol
icy is said to be at the bottom Of the
changes reported to be pending. The
trolley holdings of the New Haven
railroad and its subsidiaries amount
to 1900 miles, extending from West
chester county, just east of New York
city, along the Sound and through the
entire state of Connecticut, except the
Hartford & Springfield road, which is
ced by the firm Of Tucker, Anthony
& Co., of Boston; all the roads in
Rhode Island, the Worcester Consoii-
dated system, the Springfield, Pitts
field and Berkshire systems and the
Blackstone valley, Attleboro and 9TH
er lines in Central Massachusetts,, and
81 miles of line in Vermont, extend
ing from the State Line above North
Adams around Bennington and thence
to the Hoosac Falls line. With the
-, AZ l.
not including the Berkshire system,
this great trolley system is directly
controlled by subsidiary companies,
of which Mr.. Mellen is president, and
the lines not directly controlled, con-
sisting of little more than 400 miles
are held by the New England In
vestment and Security company. 1t is
impossible for the busy president of
the New Haven road to exercise di-
rect supervision over the develop
ment of the trolley system, and it is
known that he has implicit faith in
Mr.. Storrs, who has been with him
since 1897. as a constructive railroad
man; therefore, it appears to be log
ical to railroad men that he should
put Mr.. Storrs in absolute executive
control of the trolley lines
Prior to November, 1906 when the
New England Investment and Secur-
ity company was formed, Mr. Storrs
was with the New Haven railroad
PREVIOUSLY TO that he had been with
the Northern Pacific system, of which
Mr.. Mellen was president before ne
came to the New Haven road On
the Northern Pacific Mr.. Storrs was
engaged as a development expert. It
was his duty to lay out the routes
of new lines, months and sometimes
years in advance of even the prelim-
mary civil engineers. Many of the
lines in Montana and other Western
states were built as a result of his
plans, and the results of his planning
were so successful that he gained
the implicit confidence of Mr.. Mellen
who brought him East when he as
sumed the presidency of the New Ha-
ven system.