Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-31
President of Northern Pacific
Elected to Succeed Charles
S. Mellen.
TAKES OFFICE SEPTEMBER
Bylaws of System to BIZ
Changed so Each Division
Shall Have Its Own Re-
spOnsibile Executive.

Now York. July 25.-Howard Elliott
president of the Northern Pacific. was
elected president and director of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
a a meeting of its directors to-day. and
a new plan adopted for the admnistra-
ton and operation of the entire New
Haven system. This provides that as
soon as the bylaws of the road can be
changed, the new president shall become
chairman of the board of directors and
that each division of the system, the
New York, New Haven & Hartford prop
ct, the Boston & Maine, the New England
Navigation company and the network OF
trolley lines, shall each have I'm operating
executive. a president with defined du-
ties" who will be subordinate to the
chairman. Mr.. Elliott is to become chair
man also Of the boards of directors OF
each of these divisions.
The plan provides further that the
boards of directors of the New Haven
and the Boston & Maine shall include
a sufficient number of the influential res
ldcnts of the several States in which the
properties are situated adequately to rep
resent the interests of tn communities
served"
Mr.. Elliott will assume his duties
as president on September I, succeed
Ing Charles S. Mellen, and will be elect
ed chairman some time In October
when a regular meeting Of the direc-
tors occurs at which it is proposed
TO make the necessary changes in the
bylaws.
who the subordinate operating eX-
ncutivcs for the four properties would
he, Mr. Elliott said he could not state
at present as he had not had time to
consider the matter Timothy T..
Ryrnes, now vice president Of the New
Haven. was mentioned Tonight as the
possible president of the road.
The new plan is based on recon-
mendations of the committee of stock
holders headed by George Won l..
Meyer which was constituted to sug
Eest reforms in the management of
the New Haven during the recent agi-
tation against the road, which Gull
minated in the resignation of Mr. Mel
len. The recommendations We're en-
bodied in report of the sub-com-
mittee of directors appointed to elect
Nh. Mellcns successor. and which were
submitted with the approval of the
committee to the fun board Of direc-
tors to-day and by them adopted
These included further the SUCCESS
lions that the legal organization of tn
system be simplihed and that efforts
he made in conjunction with the gov
ornors' conference" of the New Eng
land States, recently called together to
consider the New Haven situation, to
secure Conformity In the railroad laws
throughout the New England States,
especially In those affecting the issue
of shares and securities"
They also emphasized that the flu
ture policies of the roal should be
founded and carried out on conserva-
tive and constructive lines"
The recommendations, in suggesting
the new plan of administration as
adopted to-day by the board of direc-
tors, point out that "probably much
distrust and dissatisfaction which exists.
and most of the complaints which have
been made, are due to the fact that
there have been no distinct lines be-
tween the functions of operation OF
each separate property"
while Mr.. Elliott would not admit
tonight that he had any plans in view
in regard to meeting the criticism, it
is believed that the future policy of the
New Haven will be administered with
view in some respects at least 70
adjusting itself to the views of the
commissions.