Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-26

"For the first time In my life my
time has been fully occupied" said
William G. McAdoo. secretary Of the.
treasury. director general Of rail-
roads and holder of few other Jobs,
and the right-hand man Of President
Wilson, as he sat in his official car
at the Terminal station Monday
morning preparatory to holding a
conference with B. L. Winchell. re-
gional director OF the railroads in the
southern states.
'I have thoroughly enjoyed the
work, even though II has been rather
arduous at times, and now 1 am go
ing to retire TO private life for a
good substantial vacation. just as
soon as my successor is appointed"
Mr.. McAdoo, with a group of Of
f1cials from the railroad administra-
ton, Is making a tour through the
south to confer with the regional d.
rector and the various federal man.
ayers concerning transportation prob
lens that have arisen or are liable
to arise In this section Of the coun-
try. The party arrived in Atlanta late
Sunday afternoon in five special cars
and will leave Monday night for Pen,
sacola, Fla, and Mobile. Ala. passing
through Milledgeville. Ga. where Mr..
McAdoo spent the years of his early
boyhood.
With him on this trip are Direc-
tors John Shelton Williams. c. r.
Gray and W. C. Carter: Oscar A.
Price. assistant to the director gen.
eral, and d. c. Porteus. director of
the division of finance and purchase.
Mr.. Williams is also comptroller OF
the currency.
1.-THE south has not presented such
complex transportation problems as
other sections of the countryside
east, for instance-but whenever the
main artery of tr fic TO the eastern
ports has become clogged the south
ern roads have felt the effect through
the damming up of traffic like the
backwater from a millpond when the
gates are closed" continued the d.
rector general.
Freight Problem Hard
zone of the hardest tasks that we
have had to handle is the movement
of freight from terminals in the
large cities. That is the problem
that IS troubling us right now and
it is absolutely necessary to impress
,,1oo +ba brciparu man oP tho So1-th
that freight must be moved without
delay. Otherwise thousands of cars
will be tied up and transportation
badly complicated"
What effect do you anticipate
from the lifting of the embargo on
cotton?" he was asked.
81 do not believe that much con-
gestion will result" replied Mr.. Nc
Adoo, for l think the shipment OF
cotton from inland points to seaports
will be so controlled as to limit
the amount of cotton received for
export to the capacity of ships avail
able at the various ports"
Asked as to the possibility or
probability of the railroads being
continued under federal control or
taken over permanently by the gov
eminent. the director general de
clined to discuss the matter in de
tail. although he indicated that the |
government should be given an op- |
portunity to demonstrate fits ability |
to handle the roads under normal |
for q reasonable period |
Of time.
what do you expect to do when |
you turn over your post to your |
was the next query.
well. first Of all. l am going to |
lake one long and satisfying vaca-
-ion," he answered.
And then | expect-to take UP the |
practice of law. Folks wonder how |
l lawyer can run a lot Of railroads, |
put the answer is easy. All you have |
to do is to get some good men to-
10 it for you. I can build a ho0se /
f 1 get a good architect.
Its like the point OF a little !
sketch l heard one time in a musI-
al comedy. There were a couple of !
fellows planning to go into the ship |
ping business. One of them was out |
lining the duties of the other and |
told him that his job would be to |
build all the ships
Furnished the Ocean
We'll, what are you going to do
Continued on Page 2, Column -