The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-09
No Longer at Head of the
Boston & Maine Railroad
System
TO SERVE ONLY
THE NEW HAVEN
with the Maine Central-Will Be
Will Remain AS Director.

BOSTON, July 9.-The first definite
outcome of long continued agitation
over the New York, New Haven &
Hartford s control of the Boston 6
Maine railroad came late yesterday,
when Charles Sanger MeIlen, president
of both lines, relinquished the presi-
dency of the Boston & Maine. BY this
act, President Mellen automatically
removed himself also as president of
the Maine Central railroad, which is
a subsidiary Of the Boston & Maine
Before the board of directors of the
Boston 6 Maine road, at whose regular
meeting the resignation was submitted,
President Mellen declared that in as
suming the presidency of the Boston &
Maine and of the Maine Central, in
addition to looking aftS- the New
Haven's other extensive interests he
had taken upon himself ''more than
one man could satisfactorily handle
with justice to EACH His resignation
was accepted, to take effect when a
successor shall be appointed.
President MelIen s successor win be
Morris Mcdonald of Portland, Me-,
who is now viee-president and general
manager Of the Maine Central. He will
be elected to the presidency of the
Boston & Maine at special meeting
| of the board of directors called for
the 10th, and will be advanced to the
presidency of the Maine Central to-
morrow, when the board of directors
of that road Is to meet.
Reports that Mr.. Mellen s act yes
| terday was the forerunner of his re-
| hp at
system which he has built up in New
England We're denied emphatically by
him and by his representatives. '.This
| change in organization means nothing
more than that Mr.. Mellen will devote
his full time to the affairs of the New
Haven railroad and its direct subsidi-
aries hereafter, and Mr. Mcdonald will
in all respects handle the Boston &
Maine and Maine Central interests,
says a statement isued by the New
England lines last night. The state
ment adds: 1.-THE change does mot
mean any loss of interest in the affair
of the Boston & Maine and the Maine
Central by the New Haven, and Mr.
Mellen continues in the boards of di
rectors of both roads and as member
of the executive committees. 1t has
been found impossible for one man t.
handle the three roads satisfactorily
and do Justice to each, and the New
Haven being the larger and more i'm
portant, Mr. Niellen will hereafter de
vote his attention to the affairs of thai
road.
Men close to the New Haven manage
ment declared last night that there Il
no intention to sever the relations be
tween the New Haven and the Boston
& Maine, which have been attacked b'
opponents of the system in recent pub
lie hearings as a monopoly of trans
portation service in violation of law
Morris Mcdonald. who is to be TIN
new president of the Boston Main
and of the Maine Central, is a practi
cal railroad man of nearly 30 year
! experience He is 4S years old From
!. 1885 to 1892 he was with the Louis
Vile Evansville & st. Louis railroad
beginning as paymaster and ending a
: superintendent of transportation. Ate
a years service with the Central Ran
6 road of Georgia as assistant tralnmae
ter. Mr. Mcdonald went to the Nam
Central, entering the service of tina
road on December 90, 1896 as secretar
to the general manager. This posltlo
he held until November 10, 1897, whe
he was made general superintendent Q
l. that road In January, 1908, Mr.. MI
Donald became vice president and gel
eral manager of the Maine Centra
y which Office he now holds