The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-19
||I]| AMERICAN
|l|I[S EFFICIENT 7
|, hh Railroad Man Passes
4 ',l,u,ent on Systems of
United States.
MACHINE"
"a MAY BE DETRIMENT
I i ldtation and Legislation
y.,Id Deter Needed Capital,
s,s W. N. Acworth.
!. PRESTON G. ADAMS.
or "a The Tribune.

" p,Wirs to The Tribune.
YORK. Feb. ls.-Both criti'
nroise of American rail
W. embodied in q statement
w wv Nc Acworth, the English
y .ooomist. before sailing on
g,aystsuia. Mr. Asworth has
.l.S;ug a study of American rail.
Gre ,u,re the last two months, in
~ nv, tsstifying before the presi-
s;I,oad securities commission.
nads several previous examina-
4 American railroads at inter
! tvo or three years.
,,;ueipal defect that Mr.; Ac-
.s.i;ons as of American railway
.~snt lies in "the Capitalization
.Sojnistrative power in head
). nfiees in Chicago and New
ssieb, while tending, doubtless.
S,;,ney and economy. is re
s., IN some degree for the pres
/ ssi,ed relations between the rail
nl the public." f"
',sTs that arise in Kansas. in
IN the far south, in the far
,,i need prompt adjustment. have
! rsfercd. Mr.. Acworth pointed
{. oHcers a thousand or two thou
I'm: away. and the citizen
a i is dealing with machine.
| a. in Touch With People.
|n;rt ~ said Mr.. Acworth, sEthat
<, various important sections of
tssniry the large railway systems
a haye real executive officers,
4 Hbtesi possible discretion TO deal
4 tal questions on the spot. l also
g hat the ranking officers of your
Eun should every now and then
4 h different communities along
\ E.ts, and cultivate the personal
|rttspee OF their citizens. y
d AeHorth is Of the opinion that
|sAsions in the railroad cupboards
. d been buried. and that now the
y would do well to open their
faris and let the people see how
y I'D clean they are. -
! RluaI economy OF operation. Mr..
Fsti thinks. the American rail
= sn first in tho world. and he
Esni surprise at the space given
|,npapers TO criticism Of railroad
Eey sin the utilization of 10
E1'ss, in the obtaining of the
|fH measure of result for each
Il expenditure. the railways in
\ ssl5iry have reached higher
'tfd 10 International comparison
hrues or government, and that
EEsster difficulties. -
FGsign Capital Is Wary.
<tEsii upon the enormous amount
wy that must be spent upon
|tas railroads in view of the
mi facilities must be increased
as % per cent every ten years,
r Ehich period he believes the
Eb;tantiallv doubles. Most OF
uVisl. be said, must be obtained
" and he expressed the opinion
'sslrn investment is deferred by
y regards as too much legisla.
.sd governmental interference.
H. Aeworth.
V Investors Of Europe. and even
esn Wall street, seem hardly
Pr the enormous amount OF
'hal must be spent upon vour
= 70 Keen pace with yoYr grow
.st..f your traffic doubles every
as 1t substantially does, YOU
~ NOT perhaps 10 double your
n every ten years but To in.
llem at least by so per cent.
sen hundred millions per year
q oy Mr.. Hill as necessary for
:pse IS none too much. The in.
Ivy Oh Your western and southern
,ouf people in general. must
5na tnat tins capital cannot be
. N fheir OVID communities.
cue would say that merican
are more efficient than those
snd England, or that your
.sot Is more efficient than the
|. ,s sot OF Prussia. Your railways
.,ts., ts.9eo a higher standard in in.
= a. ra,, eohlparison than your farm.
asrpuf government, and under
s. .DacgiEles. for in England and
|n, ointment employment with a
\ l. 'gupan7 is prize. and man
,s- ,eufaio IN the service of the
eailany throughout his life. lie
4 d'e! d;s! obviously more amen
,t.. ulscIpline than the shifting
,ar ,;,h vseh foreign, force employed