The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-26
HOWARD ELLIOTT
WILL HEAD NEW
HAVEN SYSTEM
Northern Pacific Man Succeeds
Charles S. MeIlen
CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT
Each Railroad in System and Con.
trollcd TroiIy Companies to Have
Operating Executive.

New York, July 26.-Howard FL
lott. president of the Northern Paci-
fic, was elected president and direc-
tor Of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad at a meeting
of its directors yesterday and a new
plan adopted for the administration
and operation of the entire New Ha-
ven system This provides that as
soon as the bylaws CT the road can
be changed, the new president shall
become chairman OF the board of d.
rectors and that each division of the
systematic New York, New Haven
and Hartford proper, the Boston and
Maine the New England navigation
company and the network of trolls
lines-shall each have an operating
executive, a president with defined
duties" who will be subordinate to
the chairman. Mr.. Elliott is to be-
come chairman also OF the boards of
directors of each of the divisions.
The plan provides further that the
boards of directors of the New Ha-
ven and the Boston and Maine
shall include a sufficient number Of
influential residents of the several
states in which the properties are
situated adequately 10 represent the
interests Of the communities sery-
ed" Mr.. Elliott will assume his new
duties on September 1, succeeding
Charles S. Mellen, and will be elect
ed chairman some time in October,
when a regular meeting Of the dire,
tors occurs at which il is proposed
TO make the necessary changes in
the bylaws.
Il take up this work with very
solemn sense of duty to the owners
Of the property, to the people that
arc to be served. and TO my family
and to myself" said the new presi-
dent last night. If any experience.
taient, strength, courage and judge
ment thai | may have acquired in
the West can be applied to making
a better and more satisfactory trans
portation machine TO serve the peo-
pie of New England and to build up
and be part of a greater New Eng
land, and 10 bring a return to the
many owners of its securities, !
shall feel that have done some
thing to help, and be satisfied and
gratified
Who the subordinate operating
executives for the four properties
would be Mr.. Elliott said that he was
not prepared to say at present, as
he had not had time TO consider the
matter. Timothy Il. Byrnes, now
vicepresident of the New Haven,
was mentioned last night as the
president OF the road
The new plan is based on recon-
mendatiOns of the committee of
stockholders headed by George Won
L. Meyer which was constituted to
suggest reforms In the management
of the New Haven during the recent
agitation against the road which cul-
minated in the resignation OF Mr.
Mellen. The recommendation We're
embodied in a report of the sub
committee Of directors appointed to
elect Mr. Mellen's successor and
which were submitted with the APP
proval of the committee to the full
board OF directors yesterday and by
them adopted. These included fur
Their the suggestions that the legal
| organization OF the system be simpli
fed and that efforts be made. in
conjunction with the governors
conference" OF the New England
states. recently called together to
consider the New Haven situation
to secure uniformity in the rail
road laws throughout the New Eng
land states especially in those affect
ing the issue of shares and securi-
ties"