Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
McAdoo Takes Over Direct
Management of All Ma.
tons Lines
PRESIDENTS DISMISSED
ALLEGHENY Region First Set
. Up, Including Penna.. New
, Jersey and Maryland

rector Of the Allegheny region" with
headquarters in this city
Markham is the first Of the regional
ralroad directors to he appointed by
Director NCAdoO
Every railroad president whose road
comes under the direction Of Mr. Mark
nam Is relieved Of active duty hv the
appointment
Included in these are Samuel Re-,
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
and Agnew T Dice. president of the
Reading
manager for each road will he ap-
pointed by Director McAdoo. Responsible
only to the railroad administration, and
In many cases It IS expected PRESIDENTS
of roads will be named
The lines over which Mr Markham
VIII nave jurisdiction are the PennSvl-
Nanla lines east of and including Pitts
ourgh and Erie; Baltimore and ohio.
east Of Pittsburgh and the Ohio River.
including Pittsburgh terminals Besse
mer and Lake Erie Railroad Cumber-
land Valley Railroad central Railroad
OF New Jersey; Coal and Coke Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railway ,
western Maryland Railway: Cumher-
land and Pennsylvania. and PITTSBURGH
and Lake Erie
i'ii'Ni' Nmmnnt
Official comment on the mart of the
pennsylvania and Reading officials re-
garding the regrounine of the r,iiro,d,,
by Director General NIcAdoo vac ,,,i,t-
held today IN the absence from, the civ.
Of Mr.. Rea. rresident If the parr-
sylvania. and Mr. Dtre nresident Of the
Reading In mIarters in nosition IN
know It vas understood the chief exc
cutives of both roads Yew Of the
public
Creation of the Al'eEhenv region is
interesting here because Of the fact
that Mr.. Rea was chairman Of the com
nittee directing the affairs Of four Of
the roads in this new group Besides
Mr.. Rea, the committee, known as the
Philadelphla Baltimore Pittsburgh Ms
trfct conference Committee, Eastern
NalIroads' was composed Of Mr. Dice
ana A w. thompson, vice president ot
Inc Baltimore and ohio.
. rms BODY was created as temno-
rarN organization working with \. "
smith region dlrect0r for the eastern
-uistrlCt' 10 operate as one system the
.ioiloWlng lines, under the original Nc
,Adoo program IennSNlNan'a Railroad
east OF PhtShurEh, Fhiladelnhia and
ReadlhE railway Baltimore and Ohio
Rallroad hneS eaS' OF FlttshurEh and
last official reguIatior made nv MS
committee vas 10 restrict the handling
aof carload shipments Of freight into
Philadelphia and Baltimore only ~ sre.
-Cial permit 4 5 one means for relieving
the congestion and speeding IN the
movement of troops and munitions
Every railroad president in the United d
States was relieved from active duty as
executive manager Of his road by
i
point a Federal manager for each road
responsible only 10 the railroad admin
istration IN many instances the presi.
dent of the road NAV he named as Fed,
eral director
To safeguard the interests If stoclbo,d-
ers and maintain the indiyiduality n,
each railway Federal directors uhen.
ever possible will he annoirted from
among the oneratinr ofHcers of the nron,
ertv the director general arpoupced
Director CeneraI NJ, Adoo laet 1iebt
said he had beer unable to escara The
conclusion thar ic uouId he ad,.,sabI. tc
make the drastic chance TIE onroirt
rnent of agents of tho railroad adr,iris
Tration to direct the operation Of each
ralfoad Nlrtuaily takes control from
10 noaiu OF ulrFc'orS oE makins al,
Iir,,t NJ 10 ,I,r s''''d
WI Ni'-'''' VIII alP0''''
McAdoc's Announcement
The announcements IF tba re,, rai,rosd
i,licv follows.
an yiew of tbe direct rAsporsibi,it,
for the oneration of tbe raiIroadc.of tbf
countrv nIaced unot niractor r,enera
McAdoo hy the act of Congress and h,
tbe nroc1au,a+ion If the president bt
has been unable to escare the conclueior
that il will he advisable Ia rIace /, direct
charge of each nronertv for oraratine
nurnoses a renresertative tn he ,,rowr
as The EedearI r,anaear who y,iu report
~ the regionaI director As far as nrac.
ticahIa tbis Eederal manager viii bf
chosen fro,,, the oneratipr off7cers of III.
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Employes to Be ENCOURAGED
.rhir i belieyed IA he of essential
ironortarce not ort TO secure the hest
resmIts during the period of Govern.
mental control, but also TO give the
greatest degree of reinsurance to the
. officers and employees that the railroad
careers upon which they have entered
will not be narrowed, but, If anything
will be broadened. and to give the
greatest nossible reinsurance to the