The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-04
NEW HAVEN BOARD
ACTS To ENFORCE
SAFETY CHANGES
Seven Committees Named to
remedy Weaknesses round
In Various Branches.
WILL CONSULT WITH
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Steps Taken to ReOrganize OPP
Grating Systems in Interest
of Economy and Efficiency.

with the view to developing every
branch of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad to its highest
degree of efficiency for Safeguarding
the public and practically admitting
that its superintendents had too much
work assigned to them for the best
interests of the service, the directors
yesterday appointed seven committees
to investigate and report important
changes TO carry out the recommen
cations and suggestions of the Inter
state Comm cree Commission.
Joint conferences will be held with
members of the Public Utilities Com
mission of Connecticut, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the Public
Service Commission Of Rhode Island,
the Public Service Commission of
road Conference and the Attorney
General.
Already steps have been taken to
have a separate president and staff
for the Boston and Maine and a sepa-
rate president and staff for the New
soon as the bylaws of the New Ha-
ven road are changed there will be
separate president and staff for that
road Some action along similar lines
Win be taken as rapidly as pracica-
be in regard to the trolley lines and
feel that New Haven and Boston and
Maine matters should receive atten-
ton first.
Action also has been taken to re-
duce the size of the operating dfv1-
EionS on the New Haven road, as
to make certain that superintendents
are not overburdened and to enable
them to give thorough attention to
safe and economical operation and to
Keep in close touch with the employees
and the public
A COMMITTEES was appointed to in
<estigate the Connecticut trolley
situation, to consist of Samuel Rea,
John L. Billiard, Charles F. Broker,
James s. Hemingway, William Rookie
Teller. DR.. A Z. Hadley of Yale, and
President Howard Elliott Tt is in
structed to confer with various public
Submissions.
A committee on the Rhode Island
trolley situation. consisting of D. New
ton Barney, Robert w. Taft, Edward
1EiI1igan, Edwin Miner, T. De w.
CuyIer, Howard Elliott and e. c.
auckland, vice president, will confer
with the Public Service Commission
of Rhode Island and with George NJ.
Woodruff. of the New England cons
ference
The steamship situation will be eo1l-
ssldered by A Heaten Robertson
Henry X McHarg, C-NI. Pratt, George
r. Baker, Francis T. Maxwell, Howard
Elliott and J. Rowland Gardner vice
president of the New England Steam
ship Company, comforting with Frank
lin W. Cram, of the New England
Railroad conference
Boston and Albany Railroad mat
tiers Will be acted upon by w. Murray
Crane, Theodore N. Vail, Alexander
Cochrane. William Skinner, James s..
Elton, and J. H. Hustis. This com
mittee will confer with the Public
Service Commission of Massachusetts
and the New England Railroad con-
ference. Another committee will cons
slider the Western Massachusetts troll
ley situation
Howard Elliott, Thomas De WET
Cuyler and A T. Hadley were chosen
to wait upon the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Attorney General
and outline to them the scheme that
the directers are now working under,
in order to respond to the recon-
mendations made by the various pub
lie authorities.