Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-22
REHABILITATION
Planned For Boston
and Maine Railroad
With Aid Of s2s, 600 900 Allowed Road
ey National Railroad Administra'
ton Call for Expenditure OF Sp'
proximateiy Half Of That Sum
For Equipment

ton Call for Expenditure OF Ap'
proximateiy Half Of That gum
For Equipment
BOSTON. Nav 21.-Plans for the re-
Mobilization of the Boston d Adalne
Pailroad with the aid of the s2S.ooo,-
coo allowed the road this week by the
Rational Railroad Administrator
can for the expenditure Of approx
imately of half Of that sum for
equipment, according TO James H.
Hustis, federal receiver for the road.
The company. he says. plans to buy
freight cars, switching engines. coal
cars. box cars, stock cars, cabooses.
refrigerator cars. baggage cars.
postal cars and milk cars. The other
half of the sum it is expected Will be
used to enlarge freight yards. lay
ne% tracks. strengthen the lines and
expand the repair shops.
The plan calls for a third track 10
be built along the Fitchburg DlVls-
ion, which now lauls 40 per cent. OF
the freight car movement of the
Boston & Maine system and q sec
ond track on the Portland division
between Cummings and North Ber-
wick. Bridges will be rebuilt or
strengthened so as to carry the
heaviest loads.
Freight yard extensions will be
built probably at Rotterdam. Low
ell. Haverhill. Mechanicsville and
Lawrence,
Locomotive terminals slated for
expansion are those at East Deer
field. Lowell. Concord, n. H.. and
Dover.
Regional directors for the Pocohon-
tas district and for the South Dis
trict to succeed MIR. Markham will
New York will continue to act as re-
gional director for that part of the
| East not included in the new Allie
gheny district. and district directors
will be named to serve under him as
supervisors of roads in New England
and for the section between Pitts
burgh and the Mississippi river, and
| north of the Ohio river.
The first act of the director general
today in executing this new policy
was the removal Of G. w. Huntington.
president of the Nirginian Railway.
as chief operating officer, on the
| charge that he failed to carry out
/ promptly the railroad administrator
instructions regarding the repair and
maintenance of his line. This was
thought to be the fororunner of re-
mOval of a number Of other presi-
dents. 1t was pointed out tonight
that a large proportion Of the pres
ent railway presidents will be needed
to manage their own properties, par
ticularIY whenever the president ac-
tually is the most active operating
officer but in all these cases the pres
idents will be required to resign their
official positions With the companies
"and to become exclusive representa-
tivcs Of the United States Railroad
Administration"
Consequently their salaries will he
paid BY the government and they
can receive no pay from the railway
corporation. As an indication of
what salaries they may expect. it be-
came known tonight that most of
Mr.. McAdoo's principal assistants of
the railroad administration will re-
ceive more than $4,000 a year For
most Of them. this is much less than
they received as officers Or execu-
tives of railroads under private man
agement. In this connection it was
noted that Mr. McAdoo as secretary
of the treasury receives the usual
cabinet members salary Of $4,000 a
year and Is paid nothing as director
general Of railroads.
The director generals announce
ment of the new policy was dictated
from his sick room at home