Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-09
NJ ADOO's REPORT Shows
SAVING ON RA|LRp /,
Reforms Inuuguratcd Have Rel
Expense OF Operation an
Enormous Amount.
BIG sLAsnEs IN SALARIES
Cuts List of officials Drawing Big
Wages, and Saves, Under Govern
ment Ownership, Moro Than Sd
600, OOO-Trafllc Is Intensified.


WASHINGTON, September s.-Reaf-
flrming his intention to 'h,amanize the,
railroads and negative the idea mat
corporations have no souls. Wliliam
6. McAdoo. dircctor-gcNeraI OF the
United states railroad administration.
made public to-day report to the
President covering the hrst seven
months of his dictatorship. He shows
a unified system OF railway and water
mileage. which was formerly 1905
railroad companies operating 39'.olS
ship lines engaged Is, coastwise trans,
portation and navigating an inland
water System. hich includes some
nifty seven canals. 3.057 miles in length.
as we'll as many thousand miles OF
mavisablc rivers. lakes. bays and
sounds.
forms In re s0% T ssrseS the
director-general points out that there
were but two considerations always be-
fore the Federal administration or
transportation:
J. ''rhe vim ing of the war"
q ''rhc scrv ic. to the public at the
lowest cost consistenA WIZ me pay,
employees ard the maintenance OF The
transportation systems under control OF
the government rs Scli-supporthS
rather than a moncy-'nakinE agency
The report outlines the crippled con
tlitions OF the railroads when taken
over, their insufficient motive power
and equipment. and their failure to
move freight promptly because OF CON
gcstion ard biockadas. MIR. McAdoo
says there, Is reason to peiieSG SUP,
acreleratinE the movement or traihc
and employing the available equip
mcnt more intensiNcly,
He is confident that the railroads VIII
shortly be IN condition ia meet any
demands that may be made upon them
IF the neehed motive power aiready
ordered can be secured. and the Skilled
labor necessary l. not Withdrawn from
the railroads for military and other
purposes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF STAFFS
CUTS SLASH IN EXPENSE
Immediately upon the roads coming
under ,.overntlcnt control series of
reorganization OF stats and methods
was b. gun to effect savings in opera
tons These essn G%~ be wa 9u''in Sided into
seven grand divisions with a Federal
regional director in charge Of each.
operation OF the lines was taken from
the presidents of the roads and turned
over to the directors. Previously rail-
road presidents were receiving as high
as 100000 n year.
were drawing salaries OF $1,000 & year
or over. to total OF s2l.39o. 1871. Under
government control the highest salaries
arc to regional directors which range
from $4,000 TO $4,000 a year, and the
total number OF officials drawing $4,000
or over is but 1875. TO total OF VIC
I5o2.S or a saving under government
operation OF si.sii,SS9. In addition.
reduction IN legal expenses 10 the roads
OF $4,000 900 has been effected.
:. Traftic has been intensified. Both
carload and trainload have been heav-
'ly increased. and reroutinS OF trafhc
over AIRLINE routes has cut down car
mileage In about sixty days some
Sga9 cars were reroutcd III certain
Western territory, saving l.154.s0o car
miles.
3. consolidation OF ticket and traffic
Offices and positions and the abandon
-ncnt OF competition have reduced over
head expenses. Soliciting forces were
largely abandoned Consolidation OF
1iceS and abandonment OF on-llne OF
Ices Will effect saving OF s23,566.633.
avIr" IN advertising Is estimated at
= 600. 600.
{. Unnecessary passenger trains have
""n eliminated BY this 81 900. roo
rain niles year have been taken
rom schedules west Of the mississippi
aud 26.i2o.o00 miles east OF the Mis-
ssSipDi
:! Consolidation OF passenger termi-
nails has cnualized travel. As an In
stance routing of Baltimore and Ohio
York into the PENNSYLVANIA teEninnl at
New York has relieved Pennsylvania
train" from overcrowding and tilled the !
b. e. O. trains.
6. Standardization OF freight cars
and locomotives. by which about twelve
types of each will take the place Of
the 1000 TO 5000 previous types, will ]
result in bulk production Of railroad
equipment and consequent heavy saw
{. Side door delivery resulted in (
speeding M the movement OF cars at
terminal points. and uniform freight ,
classification, removing the confusioni;
in billing and resulting in the simplihI
cation OF office routine. have cut costs
both outside and inside. H
Among the operating accomplish b
ments of the lines under governmenta
control arc the movement OF about
6.i55.558 troops between May l. 1875
and July 81. 1918, without serious I'M
convenience to the normal passenger
service Of the lines. speed with which,
lumber for ships. aeroplancs and othert.
government requirements are now,
being handled-fifteen DAYS being fhe6
time for delivery from coast to coast
and the movement of 22.000.0O0 tonsSi
more coal for the six months endinclf
with July than in the same period az,
year ago. which up to that time was AZ
record.
McAdoO Saves Gasoline b5