The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-29
ELLIOTT HOPES TO
 WIN BY USE OF MEN
New President of tie New Hav. en Declares Personal Equa-
 ton Is Necessary

Boston, July 29.-'sThe right of the people to know what their railroads are doing and how they are doing it is the one all important fact which transportation officials must appreci- ate nowadays said Howard Elliott, the new president of the New Haven road, in an interview here.
 t'Furtherrnore when 1t happens that the man selling railroad accommoda ton is the only one in the field there is almost a double obligation on him to be open and above board" contin- ued Mr. Elliott {
 'HThe public has it's own obligations to assist in every way possible; ship pers by removing their goods with speed or delivering them in time to allow for their proper shipment.
 ssI want to say now in referring to the Boston and Maine situation with which MT. Mcdonald is struggling that he is going to win out. It is go- ing to take time and money, but he stands ready to devote his life to the task.
 Real personal attention to the pub lie of the kind which I have in mind and which I regard as absolutely nee essary cannot be given by proxy That is why I am anxious for the plan by which the various divisions will have their own officials and their own boards of directors. MT. Mellen was a. very WOnQeT1ul put 1O dIISA11Pt- ed to cover so much that he could not get close enough to the people,
 "I am very anxious to impress on all men in the system that they need not worry as to the future. No man who is doing his work will need fear. My hopes for the future are built on the men, you see.
 tsIn railroads we are reaching our limits on plants. We have increased i the weight of rails, the strength of 1 bridges and the weight of cars and the powers of locomotives until we can- not go much further. Better use of all the appliances and better utilization ot l the employees marks the real step fo1 l the future.
 .'I have been trying it for twenty 1 five years, but not just the way 1t is understood. Scientific management, | which ignores the personal equation. will always be a failure and that is work with my men rather than al them. That is the thought I have in mind"
 James IT. Hustis, vice-president o1 the Boston and Albany Railroad, will 1 be chosen president of the New Ha- the latter becomes chairman of the New Haven board of directors in No vennber.
 Another development in the .reor. ganization of the New Haven road fs l the authoritative report that Timothy F. Byrnes, vice-president of the sys- l tenn, is to sever his connection witt the road by September 1. MT. Byrnei is being considered for the head oi 1 the steamship lines.
 Lucius S. storrs of Springfield fl the choice of many of the New HaveH directors for president Of the trolley systems He is vice-president O l the New Haven road.
 I Roger Babson, the railroad statistt | cfan has given his view of the condl | tons leading up to MT. El1iott's ele vation to the head of the New Haven
 He said:
 ''The stockholders committee of tn New Haven road had no more to d I with the election of MT. Elliott a president of the New Haven tLan al
 Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston William
 Rockefeller and Theodore Vail of tn
 directors committee representing tn Morgan interests, put the whole plal
 through.
 ..A1l the hard and disagreeable worl
 has been done by MT. MeIlen- Thre men will now handle the job tha
 MelIen had Elliott will operate tn
 road, Vail will attend to the finance
 and George von L. Meyer will atten
 to the people and the legislative end !