Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-04

New York, Oct. 3.-Further steps to comply with the recent recommends - tlons of the interstate commerce com mission regarding the physical and other needs of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad were talk en by the CireCtors of the road here today. Resolutions were adopted pro- V1ding for tt", appointment of six spe- cial committees which are to investi- gate every phase of the situation touched upon in the commissions re- port of June goth last, in which the financial and operating managements of the New Haven system were se- verely criticized.
 At the conclusion of today's meeting President Howard Elliott made public the reply formulated by the directors to the commissions report.
 The Railroads Reply.
 The reply sets forth the steps al- ready taken by the New Haven to conform with the commissions recom- mendations. It instances the selection of MT. Elicit as, chief executive to help work out new plans of manage ment which have been under consid- eration since the commissions report was made public, and which, the statement says were being considered flor some tIme before the investiga- ton made by the commission" and the provision ali eGdy made for separate presidents and staffs for the Boston and Maine and the New York, Ontario and Western. As soon as the by laws of the New Haven road are changed thare will be 9 separate prest- dent and staff for that road" it IS added. The plans considered it is ex- plained, were intended to provide a new form of management that could give closer supervision to the details of the business" The directors also have occupied themselves fin consid- ering the financial corporate and phy- sical condition of the properties for which they are trustees"
 SmalIer Operating Divisions.
 Some action along lines similar to that taken in the cases of the Boston and Maine and Ontario and Western, it is stated, will be taken as rap1dIy as practicable in regard to the trolley lines and the steamer lines, but the directors feel that New Haven and Boston and Maine matters should re- ceive attention first"
 The reply continues; Tn addition te taking these steps, action has been taken about reducing the size of the operating divisions on the New Haven road so as tL make certain that su- perintendenrs are not overbuFdened and therefore unable to give thorough attention to safe and economical op- enation, and unable to keep in close touch with tie employees and the pup lie,
 tSThe officers of that company. and of the other companies. are examining their organizations with the idea of enlarging them, if necessary and when suitable men can be found, so as to make certain that every reasonable step is befas taken to safeguard life and property and to produce rigid economies anG efficient operation. This process is necessarily slow one,
 Financial Needs of Properties,
 FIn additi )n the directors have been very much concerned ever the imnedi- ate financial needs of the properties. and this has taken a great deal of time and attention of the directors and the chief officers
 f4The directors have not been un- mindful of the recommendations and suggestions ef the commission. and they have fully realized not only in the past but now. the importance of those suggestions. but making large changes in the structure of any erganiza tion is necessarily slew and delicate process, which should be done so Tai as possible without demeTaItzing the forces. Unit, that could be fatrly started, the directors did net feel that they could give that careful attention to the recoHnn endations of MT. Prouty that their in0 p5rtance deserved.
 Resolutions Presented to Commission
 t'The directors new feel that they can take up those questions in de- tail.''
 A committee consisting of President Elliott Thomas Dewitt Cuyler and Dr. A. T. Hadl 9y, president of Yale uni versity, was appointed te wait upon the interstate commerce commission and the attorney general and lay be- fore them tne resolutions which were adopted and to outline to these officers of the government the plan that the directors are now working under in order to respond to the recommenda- tions made hv the various public au- therities."
 Ehe following are the resolutions adopted by the directors today and embodied in the roads reply to the interstate counerce- commission:
 Resolved, That committees of the directors, Gonferr1pg with others as hereinafter set forth, be formed and given instructions and power to pro- ceed diligently 10 examine and report in detail upon the suggestions and recommendations of the interstate commerce commission and to report and to rec ommend to the board what action in their judgment is best in the interest of II e public, of the employe and of the hcnd and shareholders.
 Said reports to be made at the earliest moment that is reasonably practicable, but not later than Dec. l.
 To Investigate Trolley Situation.
 IA committee to take up, investi- gate and discuss the Connecticut troll ley situation, to consist of Messrs Samuel Req, John L. Billiard, Charles F. Brooker, James $. Hemingway, VII liam Rockefeller. A. T. Hadley and Howard Elliott. That this committee is t9 confer with and get the views 6f the public utilities commis ission of Eonnecticut, and with MT George N. Woodruff of Connecticut, of the com 1hittee on trolley affairs of the New El1gfand railroad conference created the governors of the New England states.
 "2-:A committee to take Ip, inyesti- gate and reTort on the Rh0de Island trolley sftlrrlion. cons ststing of T.. New ton. 'EaTney, Robert W Taft, Edward 4ffiilEan, Edward Miller, T Dewitt %ltyfer. Howard Elliott" and Vice Pres fdeft 'BuckI7nd. That this committee